{"id":6882,"date":"2015-01-19T05:53:24","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T10:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/?p=6882"},"modified":"2015-01-19T05:53:24","modified_gmt":"2015-01-19T10:53:24","slug":"generic-first-post-studying-abroad-is-cool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/?p=6882","title":{"rendered":"Generic First Post: Studying Abroad is Cool"},"content":{"rendered":"

What everyone will tell you about studying abroad boils down to one big fact: it’s super cool. As boring, as generic, and as monotonous as that sounds, it’s completely true.<\/p>\n

In the first five days since I’ve been in Italy,\u00a0I’ve seen things that I can’t even talk about without shivering. The Vatican at 3\u00a0a.m.; the villas in Tuscia; all the piazzas in Rome; the Colosseum, the Forum; and this is just day five. Day Five.<\/p>\n

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The Vatican at night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The other thing that no one will tell you, (or maybe I didn’t talk to the right people), is that the whole experience is surreal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Seeing sights that I’ve learned about from staid textbooks and lectures where I was half-awake has been almost too much, almost unbelievable. Taking a step back, putting away my Iphone, not taking pictures, and taking a deep breath has been the only way to truly internalize what I’ve been seeing.<\/p>\n

Where do I go from here? Well, in the next couple of weeks, I’m heading to Venice for Carnivale<\/a>, Barcelona (if I book the flight), Munich for a Bayern game, Florence for a week, and the Balkan countries for my spring break.<\/p>\n

Hopefully I’ll catch some soccer in the interim, and truly understand why AS Roma fans are such fanatics about their sport.<\/p>\n

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Generic ending statement: Ciao for now?<\/p>\n

That works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What everyone will tell you about studying abroad boils down to one big fact: it’s super cool. As boring, as generic, and as monotonous as that sounds, it’s completely true. In the first five days since I’ve been in Italy,\u00a0I’ve seen things that I can’t even talk about without shivering. The Vatican at 3\u00a0a.m.; the … <\/p>\n

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