{"id":4165,"date":"2019-06-03T11:18:59","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T15:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/?p=4165"},"modified":"2019-06-03T11:18:59","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T15:18:59","slug":"dropped-in-the-middle-of-a-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/2019\/06\/dropped-in-the-middle-of-a-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"Dropped in the Middle of a Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I imagined every aspect of this trip being overwhelming, but instead&#8230;it&#8217;s been over the top rewarding; the places, the people, and the experience. We&#8217;ve been able to walk down some of the country&#8217;s oldest streets, experience homemade bread at every meal, and talk with some of the most passionate cattle farmers. I look around me and everyone seems shocked. At first I thought it was the reality of culture shock, but then, after a few days of processing and reflection, I decided that this &#8220;look of shock&#8221; was rooted in an entirely different reaction. We had been dropped into the middle of a dream. The land took long strides with leveled and hilly terrain; it produced knowledge and understanding and put on display the heart of many. We have spent days and nights building relationships with farmers and families, and every second spent together gives a more honest glimpse into this beautiful country. We&#8217;ve been given the opportunity of a lifetime and I never want to leave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I imagined every aspect of this trip being overwhelming, but instead&#8230;it&#8217;s been over the top rewarding; the places, the people, and the experience. We&#8217;ve been able to walk down some of the country&#8217;s oldest streets, experience homemade bread at every meal, and talk with some of the most passionate cattle farmers. I look around me [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":564,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,48,9,45],"tags":[126,118],"class_list":["post-4165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-led","category-international-agribusiness-in-diversified-livestock-and-grain-production","category-spring-break","category-uruguay","tag-opportunity-bigpicture-biggerdream","tag-uruguay-agdawgsabroad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4165","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\/564"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4166,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4165\/revisions\/4166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}