{"id":4695,"date":"2016-06-06T15:21:10","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T19:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.rollins.edu\/wpsites\/letters\/?p=4695"},"modified":"2019-07-18T18:47:44","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T18:47:44","slug":"we-all-have-our-place-in-this-diverse-spain-king-felipe-vi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/2016\/06\/06\/we-all-have-our-place-in-this-diverse-spain-king-felipe-vi\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;We all have our place in this diverse Spain.&#8221; &#8211; King Felipe VI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have stepped out of my comfort zone and into a different country, Espa\u00f1a! Since my adventure began I have found myself molding into the culture as one would naturally do (especially to avoid the intense stares). I am very much big city-minded and Madrid contains the same hustle and bustle of New York but with a stronger presence of cultural unity. <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13240540_1107350325994871_8125355224561178880_n-300x201.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-16531 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13240540_1107350325994871_8125355224561178880_n-300x201-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" \/><\/a>When I first arrived my Spanish was tested tremendously as my<br \/>\nhost parents speak little english. To sum things up, I felt like a small child mumbling a bunch of miscellaneous words\u00a0trying to reach an ultimatum\u00a0of sorts. As I gain confidence in my Spanish I gain a better sense of confidence in myself.<\/p>\n<p>So far on my journey I have discovered:\u00a0jam\u00f3n\u00a0is\u00a0to Spaniards as\u00a0ambrosia is to Greek Gods, cigarettes are almost more accessible than water, and there is no such thing as personal space. Furthermore, my favorite thing in Spain are\u00a0not the bars or museums,\u00a0however the people.\u00a0By observing the people, it&#8217;s as if I am in an museum, but instead of viewing subjects behind a thick sheet of glass, I am able to\u00a0see and\u00a0learn with tangible interaction. I appreciate Spain and it&#8217;s people and it saddens me to think in one more month I&#8217;ll be flying home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have stepped out of my comfort zone and into a different country, Espa\u00f1a! Since my adventure began I have found myself molding into the culture as one would naturally do (especially to avoid the intense stares). I am very much big city-minded and Madrid contains the same hustle and bustle of New York but&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":108,"featured_media":4697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-verano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4695","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\/108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4695"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16532,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4695\/revisions\/16532"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}