{"id":2292,"date":"2014-12-14T21:05:56","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T02:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theartofperegrination.wordpress.com\/?p=65"},"modified":"2014-12-14T21:05:56","modified_gmt":"2014-12-15T02:05:56","slug":"homeward-bound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/wrpg211\/2014\/12\/14\/homeward-bound\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeward Bound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This time last year, I was on a plane back to America. It was a bittersweet plane ride. I was torn in two. While a part of me couldn&#8217;t wait\u00a0to be home with my family for the holidays, another part\u00a0of my heart remained in England.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_71\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theartofperegrination.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/12\/melondon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-71 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/theartofperegrination.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/12\/melondon.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me in London<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>When I arrived back at Dickinson College for my Spring semester, I had a much harder transition than I expected. We hear a lot about the culture shock that comes with spending a semester or a year abroad, but what about the readjustment to life back home when you return? I spoke to two Dickinsonians to hear their stories about coming back home to Carlisle.\u00a0Listen to the podcast below to hear their stories about studying abroad, their perspectives on coming home to a small college town, and their advice for making a smooth transition.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_70\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theartofperegrination.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/12\/sam1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-70\" style=\"margin-right:10px;margin-left:10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/theartofperegrination.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/12\/sam1.jpg?w=250&#038;h=271\" alt=\"sam\" width=\"250\" height=\"271\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Samantha Moyer&#8211;Norwich, England<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_68\" style=\"width: 206px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theartofperegrination.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/12\/steph.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-68\" style=\"margin-left:10px;margin-right:10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/theartofperegrination.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/12\/steph.jpg?w=196&#038;h=261\" alt=\"steph\" width=\"196\" height=\"261\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephanie Hammond&#8211;Mendoza, Argentina<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F181542593%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-ARxg5&#038;color=ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe><br \/>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/theartofperegrination.wordpress.com\/65\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/theartofperegrination.wordpress.com\/65\/\" \/><\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/pixel.wp.com\/b.gif?host=theartofperegrination.wordpress.com&#038;blog=75367242&#038;%23038;post=65&#038;%23038;subd=theartofperegrination&#038;%23038;ref=&#038;%23038;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This time last year, I was on a plane back to America. It was a bittersweet plane ride. I was torn in two. 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