{"id":1652,"date":"2023-04-19T16:47:19","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T16:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/studyabroad\/?p=1652"},"modified":"2023-04-19T16:47:30","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T16:47:30","slug":"spain-update-3-elizabeth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/studyabroad\/2023\/04\/19\/spain-update-3-elizabeth\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain Update #3 – Elizabeth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hola,<\/p>\n

I haven\u2019t posted an update about my life in a while. There have been so many big changes. I finished my first semester here and passed all my classes, yay! I went on spring break for a week, well two weeks if I\u2019m counting my spring break at Tech (which I still had assignments). They take breaks pretty seriously here, I wasn\u2019t assigned any homework from my teachers in Spain, and I was encouraged to enjoy my break stress free. It was the best spring break I\u2019ve ever had.<\/p>\n

I went to Finland with my boyfriend and a group of friends from Japan and Korea. We went to see the northern lights, which we partly saw through the clouds. I went sledding for the first time and walked on a frozen over lake. I\u2019ve never seen so much snow in my life.<\/p>\n

After Finland we traveled to Italy. First Milan, then Rome, Pompeii and the Amalfi coast. Italy has always been my dream country to visit, after Spain. To be honest I wasn\u2019t a fan of Milan. The hardest part was finding good housing and transportation. Taxis were all full as well as buses. We ended up staying in a very nice hostel, and I learned that most of the time it is actually cheaper to stay in an Airbnb than a hostel with 8 other people in the same room. But I\u2019ve made many friends from all around the world staying in hostels. The shopping in Milan was the best I\u2019ve seen. I couldn\u2019t buy anything because I\u2019m only allowed one backpack on the flight, but the fashion is impeccable in Italy.<\/p>\n

We also went to an inter Milan f\u00fatbol game for very cheap. I\u2019m not a sports fan, but it was so much fun. We flew to Rome after, which was extremely crowded. We saw the colosseum, the pantheon, and many other important historical sites. I never would have thought I would be able to go to Rome, it was such an inspiring experience. We then took a train to Naples, which I suggest getting on the train as early as possible. They overbook tickets and people are packed tight in the hallways and doorways of the train. Once in Naples we took a bus to Pompeii, another place I always dreamed of visiting. Pompeii is so much bigger than I ever imagined. I saw some of the preserved bodies from the volcano, sculptures, paintings and artifacts. Finally, we went to the Amalfi coast. The best part of the whole trip: the best food, people and nature.<\/p>\n

This is a lot of information packed into one blog, but if anyone is interested in a more detailed description I can write more. I am so grateful to have had this experience, just 2 weeks have influenced my way of thinking about different cultures. I am glad to be back home in Le\u00f3n and I can\u2019t wait to return some day to Italy and Finland.<\/p>\n

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Hola, I haven\u2019t posted an update about my life in a while. There have been so many big changes. I finished my first semester here and passed all my classes, yay! I went on spring break for a week, well two weeks if I\u2019m counting my spring break at Tech (which I still had assignments). […]<\/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-1652","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\/1652","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=1652"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1658,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1652\/revisions\/1658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}