{"id":11639,"date":"2016-03-11T14:34:25","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T14:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/?p=11639"},"modified":"2024-01-30T10:35:50","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T15:35:50","slug":"sacrifices-of-the-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/sacrifices-of-the-past\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacrifices of The Past: Rome, Religion, and a Journey to Worlds Lost in Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-11639 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/sacrifices-of-the-past\/olympus-digital-camera-5\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/03\/P3070055-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11643\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11643'>\n\t\t\t\tArt so life like&#8230; it&#8217;s eerie.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/sacrifices-of-the-past\/olympus-digital-camera-6\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/03\/P3060348-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11644\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11644'>\n\t\t\t\tIn the halls of the &#8220;Flavian Amphitheatre&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/sacrifices-of-the-past\/olympus-digital-camera-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/03\/P3080348-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11640\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11640'>\n\t\t\t\tJesus, Mary, angels and the spirit of God are ever present through art.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/sacrifices-of-the-past\/olympus-digital-camera-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/03\/P3070189-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11641\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11641'>\n\t\t\t\tEither way&#8211;stunning, stunning, stunning.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re reading this blog, you&#8217;re a person of curiosity. If you&#8217;re like me, you like history&#8230; <em>a lot.<\/em> You also like to travel, study for the thrill of learning, meet new species of people, think about the world, and all-in-all&#8230; just plain take in life for the sake of stopping to admire the wonderful views, sounds, smells and tastes. My name is Kira Carmen Gilson. I didn&#8217;t sign up for this trip just on a whim, and I didn&#8217;t end up in Europe because of a fluke. Being a part of this program was a goal.<\/p>\n<p>Some of you might be able to relate to me on this one: I&#8217;ve been waiting for years and years and years to go to the Old World, for I have never left the USA in my life and I&#8217;ve always had a yearning wonder about the place where my ancestors (and perhaps yours, too) came from.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11645\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11645\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/03\/P3060287.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11645\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11645\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/03\/P3060287-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Ancients, Archaeology and Architecture... 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Initially upon the arrival in Italy, everything seemed as if I walked into a dream, another world, just something else&#8230; nothing here was like what I had come to expect day to day in the USA. My fine friend, I could see the character dripping out of every corner.<\/p>\n<p>O! The joy of experiencing the old world for the first time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re reading this blog, you&#8217;re a person of curiosity. If you&#8217;re like me, you like history&#8230; a lot. 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