{"id":6059,"date":"2014-07-28T14:24:13","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T18:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/?p=6059"},"modified":"2024-01-30T09:18:21","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T14:18:21","slug":"the-first-days-of-our-study-abroad-experience-in-costa-rica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/the-first-days-of-our-study-abroad-experience-in-costa-rica\/","title":{"rendered":"The First Days of our Study Abroad experience in Costa Rica by Kaylee Lannigan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day one was finally complete. It was longest day I have had in awhile. Waking up at 3am to pick up Katie and Jillian on the way to airport was struggle. 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