{"id":21347,"date":"2025-08-01T14:10:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T19:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/studyabroad\/?p=21347"},"modified":"2025-08-01T14:10:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T19:10:20","slug":"the-friends-i-made-along-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/studyabroad\/2025\/08\/01\/the-friends-i-made-along-the-way\/","title":{"rendered":"The friends I made along the way"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When I started this program, I was nervous about making friendships. However, I have found some of the most amazing people who have changed my life for the better. Even though some of these people I only knew for a short amount of time, the love I have for them can never replicated. Staying here for 12 weeks total with two weeks left, I have seen dozens of people come and go and, even through it is bittersweet, I would not change it for the world. I have met people from Russia, Brazil, Switzerland, Italy and more where I have learned about different cultures and people. These people have shown me their values and outlook on life that has changed my perspective forever. I never knew what this program would give me, but I am beyond grateful for this opportunity. I have realized that the only things I will remember are the friends I made along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2rk5nvk\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54693477961_680d4e7d1d_n.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6704\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Formula 1 movie night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2rk5nvf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54693477956_9bdae2026a_n.jpg\" alt=\"20250713_231449_45D8D7\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hogwarts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2rk1aqc\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54692656847_41fc8633d8_n.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6569\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">They are short<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2rk6D2B\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54693725289_61e3b1259c_n.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0263\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dinner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2rk6D2w\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54693725284_2c8ab13cee_n.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0115\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The legend of Regents (the man in the middle)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about this blogger\u2019s study abroad program: <a href=\"https:\/\/mystudyabroad.missouri.edu\/_portal\/tds-program-brochure?programid=11097\">Regents University London<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I started this program, I was nervous about making friendships. However, I have found some of the most amazing people who have changed my life for the better. Even though some of these people I only knew for a short amount of time, the love I have for them can never replicated. Staying here [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[195],"class_list":["post-21347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-united-kingdom"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21347"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21348,"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21347\/revisions\/21348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}