{"id":765,"date":"2012-06-29T13:30:06","date_gmt":"2012-06-29T17:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/?p=765"},"modified":"2024-01-29T12:02:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T17:02:40","slug":"italy-hs-day-5-today-was-different-than-the-other-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/italy-hs-day-5-today-was-different-than-the-other-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy HS &#8211; Day 5 Today was different than the other day by Austin Oates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSCN0683.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-766 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSCN0683-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>Today was different than the other days so far. 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