{"id":94,"date":"2018-05-25T06:26:50","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T11:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mcm.edu\/travel\/?p=94"},"modified":"2019-01-07T09:19:01","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T15:19:01","slug":"getting-comfortable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.mcm.edu\/travel\/getting-comfortable\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Comfortable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Again!<\/p>\n<p>All of this tourism is starting to take its toll. Granted I\u2019ve only been touring for four days, but I\u2019m already exhausted. My feet are tired and my legs are so sore. I think I have shin splints from being a tourist and I didn\u2019t even think that could happen. I\u2019ve only been gone since Friday, but it already feels like I\u2019ve been here for years. Part of the reason is because I\u2019ve had such long days, but the other reason is that I feel really comfortable here.<\/p>\n<p>Before I left, my mom told me a thousand things about safety and I told myself those exact same things, to the point where I was honestly terrified to come here because I thought that the second I touched U.K. soil I would get kidnapped. While still a part of me is afraid that I\u2019ll get kidnapped, most of my fears have been put to rest. The city is not as difficult to navigate as I imagined. The food tastes pretty good (except some yogurt that I swear was mayonnaise). The people are really kind and helpful and welcoming of tourists. I can\u2019t promise that every place I go will be like that, but for the time being, it\u2019s nice to feel secure. Don\u2019t worry mom, I still never set my purse down, have my passport strapped to my body, and am painfully aware of my surroundings.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m excited to explore more and to share more with you. You can check my Facebook, Twitter (@HopeRouse) or Instagram (@HopeRouse) to see when I post more on the blog. If you would like to watch my trip in video form, you can subscribe to my YouTube Channel (Hope Rouse) to watch my vlogs. You can watch my second vlog here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8spdOVVEii0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Signing off from London,<\/p>\n<p>Hope Rouse<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Again! All of this tourism is starting to take its toll. Granted I\u2019ve only been touring for four days, but I\u2019m already exhausted. My feet are tired and my legs are so sore. I think I have shin splints from being a tourist and I didn\u2019t even think that could happen. I\u2019ve only been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":133,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"<p>Hello Again!<\/p><p>All of this tourism is starting to take its toll. Granted I\u2019ve only been touring for four days, but I\u2019m already exhausted. My feet are tired and my legs are so sore. I think I have shin splints from being a tourist and I didn\u2019t even think that could happen. I\u2019ve only been gone since Friday, but it already feels like I\u2019ve been here for years. Part of the reason is because I\u2019ve had such long days, but the other reason is that I feel really comfortable here.<\/p><p>Before I left, my mom told me a thousand things about safety and I told myself those exact same things, to the point where I was honestly terrified to come here because I thought that the second I touched U.K. soil I would get kidnapped. While still a part of me is afraid that I\u2019ll get kidnapped, most of my fears have been put to rest. The city is not as difficult to navigate as I imagined. The food tastes pretty good (except some yogurt that I swear was mayonnaise). The people are really kind and helpful and welcoming of tourists. I can\u2019t promise that every place I go will be like that, but for the time being, it\u2019s nice to feel secure. Don\u2019t worry mom, I still never set my purse down, have my passport strapped to my body, and am painfully aware of my surroundings.<\/p><p>I\u2019m excited to explore more and to share more with you. You can check my Facebook, Twitter (@HopeRouse) or Instagram (@HopeRouse) to see when I post more on the blog. If you would like to watch my trip in video form, you can subscribe to my YouTube Channel (Hope Rouse) to watch my vlogs. 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