{"id":1415,"date":"2022-11-22T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T08:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"urn:uuid:14f07a27-c289-4664-bd64-c9e1fd781ab6"},"modified":"2022-11-22T09:00:02","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T08:00:02","slug":"switzerland-from-another-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.fhgr.ch\/international\/2022\/11\/22\/switzerland-from-another-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"Switzerland from another perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My name is Julia and I\u00b4m an exchange student from Spain. I came to Switzerland with my parents in September and I remember I was very scared at the beginning because it was going to be my first time living alone and in a foreign country. 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