{"id":69,"date":"2017-06-04T14:26:35","date_gmt":"2017-06-04T19:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/?p=69"},"modified":"2017-06-04T14:26:35","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T19:26:35","slug":"i-wont-leave-not-when-i-just-got-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/2017\/06\/04\/i-wont-leave-not-when-i-just-got-here\/","title":{"rendered":"I Won&#8217;t Leave, Not When I Just Got Here"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_73\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-73\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-20.15.45-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-20.15.45-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-20.15.45-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-20.15.45-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-20.15.45-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-20.15.45.jpg 1885w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-73\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police guard a street entrance to London Bridge earlier today while crowds and TV crews filled the pavement.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I have been in the UK for a few days now. I started in Bagshot to visit my cousin and her family, then spent a day in Edinburgh. When I woke up this morning, my phone nearly buzzed right off the table. Somehow, I knew instantly that there had been another attack. Thankfully I was in Scotland, an 8 hour car ride from the scene of the crime.<\/p>\n<p>I do not know what will happen in the days to come. All the tension from the elections has gotten people fired up and anxious&#8230; anything could happen, anywhere, at any time.<\/p>\n<p>But I love travelling and London is one of my favorite cities. So for now, I&#8217;m going to enjoy this historic, beautiful, magnificent city and absorb every ounce of knowledge that I can. I will be brave, I will stay safe, and I will be happy. Right here, in this very spot.<\/p>\n<p>As I explore, I will constantly hear Professor Mad-Eye Moody&#8217;s voice in the back of my head: &#8220;Constant vigilance!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been in the UK for a few days now. I started in Bagshot to visit my cousin and her family, then spent a day in Edinburgh. When I woke up this morning, my phone nearly buzzed right off &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/2017\/06\/04\/i-wont-leave-not-when-i-just-got-here\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":507,"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\/london-summer-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/507"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions\/79"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}