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Episode #27: Rafaela đ·đŽ đšđ· đ
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One of the amazing things about traveling and living abroad is the people you meet in random, chance, and fleeting encounters. Even if you just chat at the airport for 5 minutes or run into someone at a café, you form these deep, meaningful connections that stay with you for life.
One of those chance encounters occurred for me in the little mountain spa town of Fortuna in Costa Rica. I walked down into the lobby of my backpackerâs lodge one day and saw this tall European woman struggling to walk because sheâd injured her knee badly in a surfing accident.
Being everyoneâs big brother when I travel, my first instinct was to help her out, of course, and thatâs how I met Rafaela, who turned out to be one of the smartest, most positive, and dynamic people Iâve been blessed to know.
From humble yet gracious beginnings in Communist Romania, she worked her way up in finance, moved abroad to work in other European nations, speaks six languages, and now lives in Paris.
I met Rafaela in the midst of her year traveling around the world, when she focused on reading, exercise, yoga, and fully immersing herself in the moment. But far from your typical stereotypical backpacker, she carried a nice suitcase and told me she loved the high heels that she packed instead of the typical hiking boots - a true sophisticated badass!
After months of invitations (and begging), Rafaela finally acquiesced and agreed to hop on the podcast with me, which turned out to be one of my favorite conversations yet!
34 epizĂłdok
Manage episode 349590294 series 2845426
One of the amazing things about traveling and living abroad is the people you meet in random, chance, and fleeting encounters. Even if you just chat at the airport for 5 minutes or run into someone at a café, you form these deep, meaningful connections that stay with you for life.
One of those chance encounters occurred for me in the little mountain spa town of Fortuna in Costa Rica. I walked down into the lobby of my backpackerâs lodge one day and saw this tall European woman struggling to walk because sheâd injured her knee badly in a surfing accident.
Being everyoneâs big brother when I travel, my first instinct was to help her out, of course, and thatâs how I met Rafaela, who turned out to be one of the smartest, most positive, and dynamic people Iâve been blessed to know.
From humble yet gracious beginnings in Communist Romania, she worked her way up in finance, moved abroad to work in other European nations, speaks six languages, and now lives in Paris.
I met Rafaela in the midst of her year traveling around the world, when she focused on reading, exercise, yoga, and fully immersing herself in the moment. But far from your typical stereotypical backpacker, she carried a nice suitcase and told me she loved the high heels that she packed instead of the typical hiking boots - a true sophisticated badass!
After months of invitations (and begging), Rafaela finally acquiesced and agreed to hop on the podcast with me, which turned out to be one of my favorite conversations yet!
34 epizĂłdok
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