{"id":614,"date":"2015-01-12T10:46:54","date_gmt":"2015-01-12T15:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.rollins.edu\/wpsites\/letters\/?p=614"},"modified":"2019-07-25T17:32:43","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T17:32:43","slug":"so-it-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/2015\/01\/12\/so-it-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"&#038; so it begins&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_0846-225x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18202 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_0846-225x300-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since the beginning of college I always hoped that I would get the chance to study abroad. The idea of being able to be surrounded by another culture and being able to experience living in a completely different situation intrigued me. After completing the 3 weeks abroad in Costa Rica with the Rollins program, I knew I wanted to pursue a longer time abroad. Living with a family especially added to the entire experience. Being able to physically be with the locals, experiencing their culture, food, and their day-to-day life truly creates a genuine experience. I also really want to improve my Spanish and after learning a lot in just 3 weeks in Costa Rica, I hope to become almost fluent by the end of 5 months.<\/p>\n<p>Finally comes the time to get ready to leave for 5 months! After almost 3 hours in the Boston Spanish consulate, I obtained my student visa after panicking for weeks that I wouldn\u2019t get an appointment anywhere, but it all worked out! Visa, passport, and some euros in hand, I\u2019m ready to venture off to Spain! Goodbyes are extremely difficult but I know the time will be over before I know it. Now time for a full days\u2019 worth of travel and the beginning of a new adventure!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the beginning of college I always hoped that I would get the chance to study abroad. The idea of being able to be surrounded by another culture and being able to experience living in a completely different situation intrigued me. After completing the 3 weeks abroad in Costa Rica with the Rollins program, I&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":272,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-oviedo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614","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\/272"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18203,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614\/revisions\/18203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}