{"id":1603,"date":"2023-03-27T16:58:20","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T16:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/studyabroad\/?p=1603"},"modified":"2023-03-27T16:58:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T16:58:20","slug":"spain-update-2-elizabeth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/studyabroad\/2023\/03\/27\/spain-update-2-elizabeth\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain Update 2: Elizabeth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">!Buenos d\u00edas!<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">I&#8217;m checking in a little late to give an update about how life has changed for me here. Firstly, I\u2019m running on Spanish time now\u2014siestas and relaxed schedules. Though everything is more relaxed, I\u2019ve been quite busy dealing with classes at home and in Spain. I\u2019ve also taken up a job teaching English to kids. On the weekends the school takes us on excursions throughout Spain, which has kept me entertained. I have met so many new people from all around the world that just happened to be in the same place at the same time as me. None of my friends are from Spain, and many do not speak English, so I am learning a lot more Spanish as a result of only being able to communicate in Spanish. I have definitely become more extroverted and open to making new friendships. I\u2019ve become more open to adventure, even climbing up a mountain. I\u2019ve also tried so many new foods and have learned how to cook traditional Spanish recipes. I would love to live here in the future; I think I\u2019ve finally settled down and made this my home. I\u2019m proud of myself for adjusting, despite all of the difficulties at first. I am happier here, but I still have low moments where I lose motivation to do anything. I miss my family and friends so much, I wish that I could just fly back and forth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">My first impressions of Spain have changed because I now understand the culture better. The majority of what I am actually learning in school is about cultural differences to adjust myself to a new country. I also take 2 hours of grammar every morning, which has proven to be the most difficult subject for me. The grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation of Spain is completely different from that of Latin America. Overall I enjoy all of my classes and I\u2019m loving learning here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Until next time \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1605\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2023\/03\/blogpost2-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"347\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2023\/03\/blogpost2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2023\/03\/blogpost2-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2023\/03\/blogpost2-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2023\/03\/blogpost2-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2023\/03\/blogpost2.jpeg 1672w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 347px) 100vw, 347px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1604\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2023\/03\/blogpost1-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2023\/03\/blogpost1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2023\/03\/blogpost1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2023\/03\/blogpost1-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2023\/03\/blogpost1-rotated.jpeg 1254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>!Buenos d\u00edas! I&#8217;m checking in a little late to give an update about how life has changed for me here. Firstly, I\u2019m running on Spanish time now\u2014siestas and relaxed schedules. Though everything is more relaxed, I\u2019ve been quite busy dealing with classes at home and in Spain. I\u2019ve also taken up a job teaching English [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-atuglobal","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1603"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1608,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1603\/revisions\/1608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}