{"id":4719,"date":"2014-05-09T12:09:07","date_gmt":"2014-05-09T16:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/?p=4719"},"modified":"2024-01-29T12:55:08","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T17:55:08","slug":"may-9th-2014-day-of-the-tortugas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/may-9th-2014-day-of-the-tortugas\/","title":{"rendered":"May 9th, 2014 &#8211; Day of the Tortugas! by Jessica D&#8217;Ambrosio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First day with the turtles, or <em>tortugas<\/em> in Spanish. <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/First-Green-Turtle-300x2251.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4862 alignright\" alt=\"First-Green-Turtle-300x225\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/First-Green-Turtle-300x2251.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>It was amazing! 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