{"id":27,"date":"2023-02-03T17:44:13","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T17:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/owenwhaley.me.holycross.edu\/?p=27"},"modified":"2023-02-03T17:44:13","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T17:44:13","slug":"seeing-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/owenwhaley\/2023\/02\/03\/seeing-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeing the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Studying abroad has offered so many opportunities to travel Europe. Last semester, I set out on a week-long trip with some friends through Barcelona, Rome, and Vienna\u2014a lot of traveling for a guy who had never been off the east coast up to four months ago.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona was unlike any other city I had ever experienced, with its welcoming, easy-going culture and rich history. The legacy of the seminal Catalan architect Antoni Gaud\u00ed could be seen throughout the city. Our first glimpse of his work came in Park G\u00fcell, a vibrant park featuring colorful mosaics, musicians, and incredible views overlooking all of Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>We also saw the awe-inspiring Sagrada Fam\u00edlia, an enormous basilica that towers over its surroundings. We quickly found out that we could find our way to the heart of the city by looking for Sagrada Fam\u00edlia in the distance\u2014it&#8217;s so large that we could almost always see it. Of course, we couldn&#8217;t leave Barcelona without enjoying its lively beaches and viewing some of the works of Picasso.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/owenwhaley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/01\/IMG-6298-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"The view of Barcelona from Park G\u00fcell\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The view of Barcelona from Park G\u00fcell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Next, we spent twenty-four momentous hours in Italy. We made our way to the Vatican to hear Pope Francis deliver mass in Saint Peter&#8217;s Square. From there, we explored all the unbelievable history Rome had to offer, stopping at the Colosseum and many other sites. We ended up logging close to 40,000 steps by the end of the day.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/owenwhaley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/01\/IMG-6693-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"The Roman Colosseum\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Roman Colosseum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Our last stop was in Vienna, which has to be one of the nicest cities in Europe. The food was great, and we even ate at\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Caf\u00e9 Landtmann, a famous coffee house that, over its 150 years of history, has hosted a range of figures from Sigmund Freud to Paul McCartney. We also visited the Hofburg and a few other spots related to the Habsburgs. It was incredible, to say the least.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/owenwhaley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/01\/IMG-6827-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"The Natural History Museum in Vienna\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Natural History Museum in Vienna<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I never believed I would have traveled much of Europe by the time I finished college, but studying abroad opens up so many possibilities. I&#8217;ll be sure to keep you updated on where life takes me this semester.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Studying abroad has offered so many opportunities to travel Europe. Last semester, I set out on a week-long trip with some friends through Barcelona, Rome, and Vienna\u2014a lot of traveling for a guy who had never been off the east coast up to four months ago. Barcelona was unlike any other city I had ever &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/owenwhaley\/2023\/02\/03\/seeing-the-world\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Seeing the world&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":546,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,10,17,18,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-barcelona","category-rome","category-the-vatican","category-traveling","category-vienna"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/owenwhaley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/owenwhaley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/owenwhaley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/owenwhaley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/546"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/owenwhaley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/owenwhaley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/owenwhaley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/owenwhaley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/owenwhaley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}