{"id":1,"date":"2017-09-27T12:35:26","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T12:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/san-jose-costa-rica-2017\/?p=1"},"modified":"2017-09-27T07:43:52","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T12:43:52","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/san-jose-costa-rica-2017\/2017\/09\/27\/welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jake Stevens reflects on his semester abroad in San Jose: A piece of my heart will always remain in this tiny Central American country. The pace of life in Costa Rica is exactly as life should be; relaxed. Whether I spent my time lounging on the most pristine beaches nearly every weekend or getting lost in the markets and restaurants of San Jose, I continually felt the philosophy of \u201cpura vida\u201d and learned to enjoy every moment. While my language skills improved and I became fluent in Spanish, I also felt my comfort zone grow as well. I believe this was the most important thing anyone can find while studying abroad.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more please <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/san-jose-costa-rica-2017\/contact-us\/\">contact us<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/san-jose-costa-rica-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/2017\/09\/1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"San Jose, Costa Rica\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/san-jose-costa-rica-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/2017\/09\/1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/san-jose-costa-rica-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/2017\/09\/1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/san-jose-costa-rica-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/2017\/09\/1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/san-jose-costa-rica-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/2017\/09\/1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/san-jose-costa-rica-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/2017\/09\/2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A beach in San Jose, Costa Rica\" width=\"584\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/san-jose-costa-rica-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/2017\/09\/2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/san-jose-costa-rica-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/2017\/09\/2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jake Stevens reflects on his semester abroad in San Jose: A piece of my heart will always remain in this tiny Central American country. The pace of life in Costa Rica is exactly as life should be; relaxed. Whether I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/san-jose-costa-rica-2017\/2017\/09\/27\/welcome\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/san-jose-costa-rica-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/san-jose-costa-rica-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/san-jose-costa-rica-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/san-jose-costa-rica-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/san-jose-costa-rica-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/san-jose-costa-rica-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/san-jose-costa-rica-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/14"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/san-jose-costa-rica-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/san-jose-costa-rica-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/san-jose-costa-rica-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}