{"id":5040,"date":"2014-06-23T18:43:08","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T22:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/?p=5040"},"modified":"2024-01-30T08:55:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T13:55:48","slug":"italy-like-actually-in-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/italy-like-actually-in-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy. Like, actually in Italy. by Sydney Merritt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, so far I don&#8217;t want to come home and that&#8217;s it.<\/p>\n<p>Everything is interesting, and so different than I expected. One of the first things I noticed was the graffiti. Obviously, that&#8217;s not a good thing. But I thought it was cool considering that this is such an old, well-known, important, and historical city, but it continues to grow to be modern. 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