{"id":92,"date":"2017-05-26T10:01:09","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T15:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/?p=92"},"modified":"2017-06-15T14:20:50","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T19:20:50","slug":"beyond-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/2017\/05\/26\/beyond-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While abroad I had the opportunity to see more of the beautiful places Europe has to offer, during my first vacation I visited (in addition to Paris, of course) London, England and Venice, Italy.<\/p>\n<p>London very much reminded me of home (Boston, MA), which only makes sense considering the city was founded by the English. London had a very beautiful, classic feel. The streets were wide and old, the people were warm and friendly, the \u00a0monuments and buildings were well-preserved and beautiful.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-96 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2017\/05\/rsz_20170222_174524.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1494\" height=\"2656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2017\/05\/rsz_20170222_174524.jpg 1494w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2017\/05\/rsz_20170222_174524-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2017\/05\/rsz_20170222_174524-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2017\/05\/rsz_20170222_174524-576x1024.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1494px) 100vw, 1494px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-97 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2017\/05\/rsz_20170223_160730-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2017\/05\/rsz_20170223_160730-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2017\/05\/rsz_20170223_160730-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2017\/05\/rsz_20170223_160730-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2017\/05\/rsz_20170223_160730-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-98 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2017\/05\/rsz_20170222_164957-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2017\/05\/rsz_20170222_164957-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2017\/05\/rsz_20170222_164957-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2017\/05\/rsz_20170222_164957-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2017\/05\/rsz_20170222_164957-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After visiting London, our next stop was Venice. Venice was unbelievably beautiful, a gorgeous old-world city. We were lucky enough to have had our stay in Venice be during Carnivale. Carniavle is an ancient Venetian tradition celebrated for 40 days during the Lenten season.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-103 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2017\/05\/rsz_20170225_200521-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2017\/05\/rsz_20170225_200521-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2017\/05\/rsz_20170225_200521-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2017\/05\/rsz_20170225_200521-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2017\/05\/rsz_20170225_200521-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-100 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2017\/05\/rsz_20170225_113612-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2017\/05\/rsz_20170225_113612-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2017\/05\/rsz_20170225_113612-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2017\/05\/rsz_20170225_113612-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2017\/05\/rsz_20170225_113612-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-101 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2017\/05\/rsz_20170225_142646-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2017\/05\/rsz_20170225_142646-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2017\/05\/rsz_20170225_142646-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2017\/05\/rsz_20170225_142646-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2017\/05\/rsz_20170225_142646-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-102 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2017\/05\/rsz_20170225_142712-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2017\/05\/rsz_20170225_142712-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2017\/05\/rsz_20170225_142712-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2017\/05\/rsz_20170225_142712-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2017\/05\/rsz_20170225_142712-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Venice was one of the most beautiful cities I have ever seen, it is easy to see how its beauty inspired many famous works, for example Shakespeare&#8217;s <em>The Merchant of Venice\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Othello.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While abroad I had the opportunity to see more of the beautiful places Europe has to offer, during my first vacation I visited (in addition to Paris, of course) London, England and Venice, Italy. London very much reminded me of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/2017\/05\/26\/beyond-france\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":472,"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\/lyon-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/472"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions\/136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}