{"id":6384,"date":"2022-07-07T16:36:55","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T20:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/?p=6384"},"modified":"2023-02-24T22:30:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T03:30:42","slug":"pre-departure-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/2022\/07\/pre-departure-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-Departure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Before departing for the beautiful country of Scotland, I was slightly anxious about traveling abroad. Prior to this trip I had only been out of the country once and it was not nearly as far away from home as Scotland is. I was very anxious about visiting a country that I had never been to with people that I had only met a month ago. There were a million scenarios in my head of everything that could go wrong while I was away. I would say before this experience I did not trust myself enough to feel relaxed and at home in a country that I was so unfamiliar with. I was pleasantly surprised during our first moments arriving in the UK. As soon as I walked out of the subway station and into the city of London all my fears melted away and all I felt was extreme joy and a sense of excitement. In preparing for this trip I read about the historic aspects of Scotland and specifically the places we were planning on visiting. I learned about the Jacobite rebellion and the battle of Culloden, the history of the different clans, and the battle of Bannockburn. I was extremely impressed with how open the Scots were to sharing their history and culture with tourists from all over the world. I learned so much about their values by just having a conversation with a random local on the street or in a restaurant. I would say that after having this experience I would not hesitate to travel abroad again. This trip has allowed me to feel more confident in myself and have a broader outlook on differing cultures and opinions. I would encourage any student who is considering studying abroad to just do it. No matter how big your fears or anxieties are, once you step out into a new country and open your eyes to all the beautiful aspects of their culture you will not be disappointed that you went. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Before departing for the beautiful country of Scotland, I was slightly anxious about traveling abroad. Prior to this trip I had only been out of the country once and it was not nearly as far away from home as Scotland is. I was very anxious about visiting a country that I had never been to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":297,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,38,85,7,11,105],"tags":[97,100],"class_list":["post-6384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-led","category-program-type","category-scotland","category-semester","category-summer","category-youth-engagement-in-agriculture","tag-agdawgabroad","tag-scotland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6384","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\/297"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6384"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6635,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6384\/revisions\/6635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}