{"id":3888,"date":"2018-08-20T17:19:59","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T21:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/?p=3888"},"modified":"2018-08-20T17:19:59","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T21:19:59","slug":"post-trip-july-5-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/2018\/08\/post-trip-july-5-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Post-Trip – July 5, 2018:"},"content":{"rendered":"

I can honestly say that this experience was a trip of a lifetime. I was originally hesitant to apply because I didn\u2019t know how I was going to afford the trip, but I decided to go ahead and apply anyway because this is something that I really wanted to pursue. I applied to many scholarships from CAES and was fortunate enough to have the entire trip paid for through these funds. Learning that I can pursue things that seem like they are far beyond my reach was the first of many lessons I learned on this trip.<\/p>\n

Something that really surprised me after spending time in these foreign countries is how different other cultures really are. I had never realized just how shut off to the rest of the world I have been by growing up in the United States. There are so many interesting people in the world to meet and cultures to explore. One thing that I specifically took from this trip was a new desire to learn foreign languages. In high school, I never really took foreign language classes seriously. I didn\u2019t see them as a way to learn a new language, but rather as just another course with a grade. After going on this trip, I have begun studying Spanish again (on my own time too!) and want to make language learning my new hobby. I realize the importance that language has in making relationships and I want to be able to foster new relationships with people from other cultures.<\/p>\n

This last lesson I wasn\u2019t really taught, but rather reminded of, is how easy it is to engage in community. When back here in Athens, I tend to stick with my close friend group and not branch out a great deal. While on these types of trips, you are put in a new place with 30 people you\u2019ve never met before. After just a few hours of traveling and getting to know them, they turned out to be some of the most amazing friends! I can\u2019t wait to come back to Athens to see them all again!<\/p>\n

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Arthur’s Seat, Edinburgh, Scotland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Cliff’s of Moher, County Clare, Ireland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Paris, France<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Versailles, France<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I can honestly say that this experience was a trip of a lifetime. I was originally hesitant to apply because I didn\u2019t know how I was going to afford the trip, but I decided to go ahead and apply anyway because this is something that I really wanted to pursue. I applied to many scholarships […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":220,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,26,28,23,3,85,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-europe","category-france","category-italy","category-maymester","category-reflection","category-scotland","category-the-grand-tour-art-and-gardens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/220"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3888"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3893,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3888\/revisions\/3893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}