{"id":3838,"date":"2015-12-21T14:45:38","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T19:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.rollins.edu\/wpsites\/letters\/?p=3838"},"modified":"2019-07-22T16:23:13","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T16:23:13","slug":"a-proper-farewell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/2015\/12\/21\/a-proper-farewell\/","title":{"rendered":"A Proper Farewell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Culture shock is real- I\u2019ve experienced it firsthand. Stepping into the Boston Logan airport, I hear everyone speaking from what I was used to, an American accent. I feel like I can talk freely and be understood without clarification. At the baggage claim, I strike up a conversation with an individual and they understand every word I say. I can also understand the words of everyone around me. Definitely an experience I had not been used to in multiple months.<\/p>\n<p>Adjusting back to life in America hasn\u2019t been so easy. When my friend walked to the left of the car to drive, I subconsciously follow, because the left side was where the passenger sat. The right side was where the driving wheel was. I still find myself saying, what\u2019s the \u201cpostcode\u201d, instead of zip code, and \u201cis there a que?\u201d, or \u201cwe need to que up?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I miss London and the experiences I had. I miss going out with on my own and with friends on adventures in the city. The nature of the language and culture is proper and classy, which I have adapted for my own self-advancement. I have grown so much from this experience. I look back on the memories now that I am home, and I smile. I smile because I am thankful for the risk I took to go to London alone and the strength I had to take chances. I learned that I am responsible for my own happiness, and if that means exploring and being happy on my own, I am more than thankful to receive that gift.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ice-240x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16849 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ice-240x300-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/maddox-225x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16850 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/maddox-225x300-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My last night in London I spent ice skating at the Swarovski ice rink at the Natural History Museum. I enjoyed lovely mulled wine and winter views. It felt like home. Afterwards, I packed and headed to the Maddox club to enjoy house music on my last night out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Culture shock is real- I\u2019ve experienced it firsthand. Stepping into the Boston Logan airport, I hear everyone speaking from what I was used to, an American accent. I feel like I can talk freely and be understood without clarification. At the baggage claim, I strike up a conversation with an individual and they understand every&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":150,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-capa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/150"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3838"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16851,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3838\/revisions\/16851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}