{"id":86,"date":"2023-05-07T17:56:05","date_gmt":"2023-05-07T17:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/owenwhaley.me.holycross.edu\/?p=86"},"modified":"2023-05-07T17:56:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-07T17:56:05","slug":"leaving-st-andrews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/owenwhaley\/2023\/05\/07\/leaving-st-andrews\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaving St Andrews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three long flights later, I arrived home last week.<\/p>\n<p>Studying abroad has transformed my life. I experienced the beauty and diversity of Europe, and Scotland became my second home. I forged friendships with people from all around the world. And I learned the fundamental importance of embracing the unfamiliar.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_90\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-90\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/owenwhaley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/05\/IMG_1081.png\" alt=\"In Sallies Quad\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/owenwhaley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/05\/IMG_1081.png 1200w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/owenwhaley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/05\/IMG_1081-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/owenwhaley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/05\/IMG_1081-683x1024.png 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In Sallies Quad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I said it before, but going abroad was by no means an easy decision. A year on, I am beyond grateful for those in my life who encouraged me to seize the opportunity. I hope this blog has helped others on the fence do the same.<\/p>\n<p>I will always cherish my time at St Andrews and hope I will one day have the opportunity to return to that incredible community. Until then.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_91\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-91\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/owenwhaley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/05\/IMG_1164.png\" alt=\"Sitting on the St Andrews Pier\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-91\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sitting on the St Andrews Pier&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_89\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89\" style=\"width: 2400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-89\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/owenwhaley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/05\/IMG_1121.png\" alt=\"The windy St Andrews Pier\" width=\"2400\" height=\"3600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/owenwhaley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/05\/IMG_1121.png 2400w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/owenwhaley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/05\/IMG_1121-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/owenwhaley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/05\/IMG_1121-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/owenwhaley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/05\/IMG_1121-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/owenwhaley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/05\/IMG_1121-1024x1536.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/owenwhaley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/05\/IMG_1121-1365x2048.png 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-89\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8230; the windiest spot on campus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three long flights later, I arrived home last week. Studying abroad has transformed my life. I experienced the beauty and diversity of Europe, and Scotland became my second home. I forged friendships with people from all around the world. And I learned the fundamental importance of embracing the unfamiliar. I said it before, but going &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/owenwhaley\/2023\/05\/07\/leaving-st-andrews\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Leaving St Andrews&#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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/owenwhaley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86","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=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/owenwhaley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/owenwhaley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/owenwhaley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/owenwhaley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}