{"id":769,"date":"2012-06-30T20:31:09","date_gmt":"2012-07-01T00:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/?p=769"},"modified":"2024-01-29T12:04:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T17:04:06","slug":"italy-hs-i-couldnt-have-asked-to-see-anything-more-amazing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/italy-hs-i-couldnt-have-asked-to-see-anything-more-amazing\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy HS &#8211; I couldn&#039;t have asked to see anything more amazing! by Austin Oates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSCN0690.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-770\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSCN0690-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"334\" height=\"251\" \/><\/a>Another tiring day, but I couldn&#8217;t have asked to see anything more amazing! 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