{"id":506,"date":"2016-12-31T11:14:40","date_gmt":"2016-12-31T10:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/blog\/internationalvoices\/?p=506"},"modified":"2017-01-04T10:30:15","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T09:30:15","slug":"living-the-christmas-life-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/blog\/internationalvoices\/2016\/12\/31\/living-the-christmas-life-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Living The Christmas Life Abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Christmas festivities at the University of Southampton have started as a nice opportunity to share in the company of colleagues and friends before leaving to celebrate the holiday season with our families. Personally, I celebrated with my brother in the beautiful city of Vienna, Austria, but I will share with you this trip until next post. Meanwhile, I will share some activities around the magical Christmas experience I have lived in Southampton.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/south.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/south.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/south-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/south-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/south-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #121240\">University of Southampton: Christmas Lights Switch On.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #121240\">We started with a pleasant chat and a delicious mulled wine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-511\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/kew-.jpg\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/kew-.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/kew--300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/kew--768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/kew--1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #121240\">A bit of Christmas magic at Kew Gardens, London:\u00a0This experience in the botanical garden was simply <strong>amazing!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/Tai.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/Tai.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/Tai-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/Tai-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/Tai-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #121240\">A lovely Christmas meal with the most charming people<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Wishing you had a joyous Holiday Season and a most prosperous and healthy <strong><span style=\"color: #121240\">New Year!!!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas festivities at the University of Southampton have started as a nice opportunity to share in the company of colleagues and friends before leaving to celebrate the holiday season with our families. 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