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โ€œYou may think Iโ€™m small, but I have a universe inside my mind.โ€ ๐ŸŒˆ โœจ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ . What do you think of this edit? [check out my #stories for the progression๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ] All feedback and suggestions welcome ๐Ÿ˜ฌ . I was feeling a bit tired of all the clouds and gray skies โ˜ here in Madrid this week, and so I took things into my own hands. And you know whatโ€” the sun is starting to poke through today!! Madrileรฑos, you're welcome โ˜€๐Ÿ˜œ . ๐Ÿ“Puerta de Alcalรก ๐Ÿ“ท @theculturalstreets
I'M BACKโ€ผ๏ธ Back in Madrid that isโ€” and I can't stop smiling.๐Ÿ˜Š . This city is where it all startedโ€” my love of traveling and living abroad, my blog and even my Instagram persona: "Lauren on Location." ๐Ÿ˜‚ No matter what I do, my heart always leads me back here, to Madrid.โค . This new year and new move is going to come with a lot of adjustment, change and hard work, but I'm feeling ready. AND I'm excited to share this new journey with all of you. Of course you can find me hereโ€” but you can now ALSO find me over at @mymadridguide ๐Ÿค—My first post goes live today! . ๐Ÿ“ท: @theculturalstreets
The countdown is onnnn โ€ผ๏ธ .. Officially moving in with this goon tomorrowโ€” and boy I hope he knows what he's in for. Let's take bets. How long will he last โฌ‡โฌ‡๐Ÿ˜‚
Finally time for the big news ๐ŸŽ‰ ๐ˆ'๐Œ ๐Œ๐Ž๐•๐ˆ๐๐† [back] ๐“๐Ž ๐Œ๐€๐ƒ๐‘๐ˆ๐ƒ! ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ . Some of you already knew this, but honestly I had a hard time putting it in writing. It seemed too good to be true. But now that' I'm one week outโ€” I figured it was time. .. ... And to go along with big news #1, here's big news #2 โ€ผ๏ธ I'm starting a new Instagram account to document all my Madrid favsโ€” @mymadridguide ๐Ÿ™ƒGo give it a follow to join me on this new journey! โค OH- & if you're planning to come to Madrid any time soonโ€” be sure to reach out!! ๐Ÿ˜œ . ๐˜š๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ. ๐˜'๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐Ÿคž๐Ÿผ ๐Ÿ“ท @theculturalstreets ๐Ÿ“ @hotelriuplazaespana
2โƒฃ0๏ธโƒฃ2๏ธโƒฃ0๏ธโƒฃ๐Ÿฅ‚- Hope your beginning to this new decade is off to a great start โœจ๐Ÿ˜Š [๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด- ๐˜ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฆ ๐˜โ€™๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿผโ€โ™€- ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ!] . 2019 was a year of ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป & ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น for me. I left the place I came to call "home" for the past 3 years [pictured here], but wasn't quite ready to settle in to my next destination yet [cue the past few months of visa appointments, gov. offices & a ๐Ÿ’ฉton of paperwork]. So, while I waited, I decided to take advantage of this "transition time" and travel. I split my time between 4 continents, 12 countries, and spent the majority of the past year living directly out of a suitcase. It was a blast [and a whirlwind], but I'm definitely ready to slow down. I see 2020 as a whole new chapter for me, one I'd like to define by "๐Ÿ๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ." This year I'm going to take some time to reflect on where I've been and re-evaluate where I want to go [both literally & figuratively]. Then I'd like to focus in on my goals and come up with a plan to crush them. I'm very ready to figure my sh*t out professionally, to feel confident in a career path, and to feel fully secure in supporting myself. I've got a lot of exciting news to share โ€” ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜'๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฌ โ€” and a lot of uncertainty on the horizon. I have no doubt 2020 is going to be one hell of crazy, terrifying, and exciting ride. . Bring it on ๐Ÿ˜œ
As a travel blogger looking to inspire wanderlust amongst my community, I rarely talk about the hard times traveling here on this platform. But despite all the "candid" laughing photos with picture-perfect backdrops, itโ€™s not always easy. Life doesnโ€™t stop while youโ€™re away, and it surely doesnโ€™t wait for you. . . Last week while touring around Israel, my Grandmother passed away. Before leaving for my trip I knew the risk, and it was a very difficult decision whether or not to go. But, my grandmother made the decision for me. She wanted me to go, and all the tales from my travels always made her so happy. She even used them as bragging rights amongst her friends. My travels made her proud. . Even so, it wasn't easy to recieve that phone call while on a bus to the Israeli desert. To be so far away from her, and from my family when it happened. . My grandmother recently celebrated her 100th birthday- and she was truly 100 years young. She was an inspiration to so many, always radiating positivity and love and spreading joy. This holiday season won't be easy without her, but I'm finding comfort in the many happy memories we were able to create together this year. (Swipe left to get a little taste) . I hope I continue to make you proud Grandma โค
Sharing some happy Hump Day vibes ๐Ÿซโค๏ธ Best name for the camel wins- ready GO โฌ‡๏ธโฌ‡๏ธ Also- swipe to the left to see some #instagramvsreality ๐Ÿ˜‚ . After a nice (& needed) Instagram-hiatus, Iโ€™m back on the grid. Iโ€™ve been traveling around the beautiful country of Israel for the past week and have so much to share- so stay tuned! . Oh- and if you like my sweatshirt, head over to @bbxx.world and let us know! Weโ€™re starting presale soon ๐Ÿ˜œ
Twenty-eight โœŒ๐Ÿผ . I CANNOT believe it's already December 4th.๐Ÿ˜ฑ Twenty-seven has been a year of a lot of movement and transition. [๐˜š๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ'๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ] I visited 9 countries this year, even more cities and states, and while I had a blast, I'm definitely ready to keep my butt stationary for a bit. . I've been a bit quiet around here lately, because frankly there's been A LOT going on and it's been hard to keep up. I've also been taking a lot of time to think, plan and evaluate my next steps for 2020. And you know what, something tells me this 28th loop around the sun is going to be even more of a crazy ride. ๐ŸŽ‰ . A BIG thank you to all of you out there following along on this wild journey of mine. Your support means EVERYTHING to me and I canโ€™t wait to share some exciting news with all of you soonโค
Back in my beloved Mexico City ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝโค๏ธ . Letโ€™s quickly talk about the word โ€œMexican.โ€ I feel like my whole life Iโ€™ve heard people around me using the word โ€œMexicanโ€ incorrectly [perhaps unknowingly], and so Iโ€™d like to address it. Simply put, the word Mexican means "from Mexico." . My boyfriend is a native Spanish speaker, but heโ€™s not Mexican, heโ€™s Venezuelan. I had Spanish speaking friends growing up, but they werenโ€™t Mexican, they were Guatemalan. All my friends down in Chile-- they speak Spanish, and well, theyโ€™re from nowhere close to Mexico! . If you're looking for a word to describe "Spanish speakers" or someone that comes from Latin America, but you're not sure exactly where they come from, a generally safe word to use is "latino." [At least in my experience.] Not all Spanish speakers south of the US are "Mexican." . Anyway, I just wanted to share this little tidbit today and hopefully help spread some cultural awareness and sensitivity. I'm also on a continuing journey to learn, so please let me know if you are a Spanish speaker south of the US that identifies differently, I'd love to hear from you!