{"id":29,"date":"2018-07-16T15:42:02","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T20:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/?p=29"},"modified":"2018-07-16T15:42:02","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T20:42:02","slug":"mi-primero-dia-en-espana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/2018\/07\/16\/mi-primero-dia-en-espana\/","title":{"rendered":"Mi primero dia en Espa\u00f1a"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The jet-lag is real, ya&#8217;ll.<\/p>\n<p>When I arrived in C\u00e1diz, the first thing I did (after meeting my host mother and father and sisters &#8211; who are wonderful!) was nap. I woke up and took a short walk with my roommate before dinner, since we had some time to kill. Why? Well, because the people here in Spain normally eat dinner at 9:00 or 10:00 PM. Crazy difference, right? The dinner that my host mom prepared for us last night was <em>muy delicioso<\/em> &#8211; it was something called <em>puchero.\u00a0<\/em>It was a soup, made from a delicious broth, that had hard-boiled eggs, ham, and rice in it. It was like a breakfast soup. I loved it. I found a similar recipe for this soup <a href=\"http:\/\/www.best-spanish-recipes.com\/andalusian-stew.html\">right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I did get some pretty cool pictures from that first walk, though.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-32\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2018\/07\/IMG-1926-1-e1531773547970-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2018\/07\/IMG-1926-1-e1531773547970-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2018\/07\/IMG-1926-1-e1531773547970-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-33\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2018\/07\/IMG-1928-e1531773508676-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2018\/07\/IMG-1928-e1531773508676-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2018\/07\/IMG-1928-e1531773508676-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2018\/07\/IMG-1929-e1531773495999-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2018\/07\/IMG-1929-e1531773495999-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2018\/07\/IMG-1929-e1531773495999-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-35\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2018\/07\/IMG-1930-e1531773481229-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2018\/07\/IMG-1930-e1531773481229-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2018\/07\/IMG-1930-e1531773481229-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-36\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2018\/07\/IMG-1931-e1531773467438-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2018\/07\/IMG-1931-e1531773467438-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2018\/07\/IMG-1931-e1531773467438-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2018\/07\/IMG-1931-e1531773467438-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2018\/07\/IMG-1931-e1531773467438-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2018\/07\/IMG-1932-e1531773453668-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2018\/07\/IMG-1932-e1531773453668-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2018\/07\/IMG-1932-e1531773453668-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2018\/07\/IMG-1932-e1531773453668-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2018\/07\/IMG-1932-e1531773453668-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yeah. This is my home for the next 17 days.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, I felt terrible. I was exhausted, irritable, anxious, and jet-lagged. Two minutes in, I already wanted to go home. I want to express to everybody thinking about studying abroad right now that THAT IS A NORMAL FEELING! Not even 24 hours later, that feeling passed, and now I am ecstatic to be here. Power through it, and keep thinking positive thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>Soon enough, you&#8217;ll remember why you signed up for this. Once all that jet lag and anxiety passes, you&#8217;ll remember that this is the experience of a lifetime!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The jet-lag is real, ya&#8217;ll. When I arrived in C\u00e1diz, the first thing I did (after meeting my host mother and father and sisters &#8211; who are wonderful!) was nap. I woke up and took a short walk with my &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/2018\/07\/16\/mi-primero-dia-en-espana\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":725,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/725"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions\/38"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}