{"id":22147,"date":"2026-04-20T11:24:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T16:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/studyabroad\/?p=22147"},"modified":"2026-04-22T15:00:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:00:41","slug":"why-i-am-glad-i-chose-spring-semester-to-study-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/studyabroad\/2026\/04\/20\/why-i-am-glad-i-chose-spring-semester-to-study-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I am glad I chose spring semester to study abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hello! Today I am writing to you from a cafe overlooking the Mediterranean in a town called Villefranche-sur-mer. Since I am nearing the end of my study abroad, I have had more time to travel and slow down and it has been phenomenal. <\/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\/2s8Hdyr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55221225825_b8dc34aa04_z.jpg\" alt=\"The streets\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The streets<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I have had time to reflect on the things I learned while still experiencing new places and cultures. My advice I\u2019ve learned from the past month is that spring is definitely my recommendation for studying abroad. You study during the cold months then when you finally get a break near the end it is the perfect weather to explore the beach, hike or enjoy a coffee on a terrace. <\/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\/2s8AxiM\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55219923107_4bcfc878fb_z.jpg\" alt=\"The city\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The city<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I have loved my time in Lyon. It\u2019s a city which granted me lots of friends, laughs and learning experiences.<\/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\/2s8GsmT\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55221077139_a6c50a7229.jpg\" alt=\"The Quai\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Quai<\/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=10043\">University Jean Moulin-Lyon III<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello! Today I am writing to you from a cafe overlooking the Mediterranean in a town called Villefranche-sur-mer. Since I am nearing the end of my study abroad, I have had more time to travel and slow down and it has been phenomenal. I have had time to reflect on the things I learned while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[205],"class_list":["post-22147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-france"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22147","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\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22147"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22157,"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22147\/revisions\/22157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}