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Dec 20, 2022Liked by Tatiana Gallardo

Loved this!! Thanks for taking a chance on a random off Reddit 🫡✨

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Dec 20, 2022Liked by Tatiana Gallardo

Sooo good! Thx for making Berlin what it was <3

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Apr 30, 2023Liked by Tatiana Gallardo

It’s very readable and fun... as a 74 year old who just spent 10 pre covid Years as a nomad... I’m right with you. What really got me moving and encouraged me to give up my permanent home was volunteering. I ended up loving the Buddhist nunnery in north India and spending 4 months a year there. Once you start roaming around you realize the world has a lot to offer and most of it is cheaper than California.. Now I just can’t stay put.. I’ll do that when I get old:)

I didn’t use the social apps but I am a natural

Talker who likes people. I always appreciate a sushi bar, a very comfortable place to dine alone.

Keep it up. The world needs international understanding . Travel helps, we are little peace ambassadors

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This is such a fun and creative piece! I love the way you play with the newsletter format - it always feels so new and fun and surprising in the best way!

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I loved this piece so much tat!!! Definitely came at the perfect time because i am moving to a new city in the new year. This made me excited to make new friends and feel open in the face of all my new opportunities :)

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Your expressive pictures tell a story with such joy. Leaving a not so happy, not what you hoped for, situation in Spain for the complete unknown of Berlin - gutsy. Knowing that at times you will be rejected, as you point out, and still going for it is a leap of faith with great rewards I find. Glad to hear you’re feeling better

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Creative, charming, and courageous -- so inspired

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I loved this story's triumphant arc! And these are also great tips for those of us not living in foreign cities. So many people are just looking for connection.

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Great post! When I arrived in the foreign city where I was going to be living for a year (also in Germany, actually), one of my flatmates - at the time a complete stranger - advised me that 'to get to know a city you need to get lost in it'. Well, I get lost EVERYWHERE, and that idea of getting to know a place is to proceed with utmost caution, clutching to the coat tails of someone who's lived there forever, and to not let go until I have been guided all the way home again!

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Joy-filled and inspired by this. ❤️

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How fun to capture selfies in a strip from a photibooth. With your new peeps. Thanks

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Wonderfully fun to read!

So often, making new friends as adults is more awkward than dating!

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I love this story, the illustration of the graffiti, and the photo snaps! You’re the second person this week who has said they used Bumble BFF with great success, I love it!

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Such a great post!! Love the pics 😍 I hate selfies as well. Bravo!! ♥️

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The storytelling via Photobooth snaps is brilliant! I really enjoyed this one, Tatiana, and appreciate your vulnerability. Making friends is difficult--even for those who seem to make friends easily.

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