{"id":13087,"date":"2016-06-27T15:01:09","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T15:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/?p=13087"},"modified":"2024-01-30T11:42:18","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T16:42:18","slug":"salamanca-is-incredible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/salamanca-is-incredible\/","title":{"rendered":"Salamanca is Incredible!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/06\/IMG_4687.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13092 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/06\/IMG_4687-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4687\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/06\/IMG_4687-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/06\/IMG_4687-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/06\/IMG_4687.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>This is the beginning of week two in Espa\u00f1a for me. 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