My brother's sister-in-law traveled abroad with other people she hadn't met before and met and later married a Spaniard.

Recently I met his Mom for the first time one Christmas, They all live in Madrid where I lived before. I'm fluent in Spanish having

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#blacktravel #blackmastodon

Another thing I get from social media is that it can prompt me to discover things about myself that help me on my metaphysical journey.

Another form of #blacktravel

Just now someone asked me if I was in therapy and

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#selfdevelopment #abusesurvivor #neurodivergent #blackmastodon

My Mom needed a lift/ride this morning so I awoke after 40 minutes sleep and had my first Nescafe instant Expresso and I was amazed at how alert I immediately was. :)

I visited Cuba in '03. They call expresso there Cuban breakfast. :)

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Somalis in Toronto used to start speaking to me in Somali. I learned the word for peace to say back to them. I took their mistaking me for one of their own as a compliment.

A similar thing happened when I visited Ethiopia.

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I lived in Hong Kong 1996 to 1998 :)

I once saw a younger Chinese brother wearing the colors (red, gold, and green) and asked him whether he knew what they meant and he replied that he didn't.

What I always like about that moment is that he was willing to listen

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The only country I have been to where a local encouraged me to date another local was Hong Kong :)

I lived there from 1996 to 1998 :)

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I'm an atheist.

I drove around europe in 1991. I set myself the challenge of picking up every hitchhiker. The first one bible bashed me for an hour. I just listened.

Later I picked up three young Polish women and at some point I pulled over for 40 winks and

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I bought the cheapest air freshener for 69

I just sprayed it.

Now I'm wondering if I'm going to get high from the chemicals it might contain.

I learned Spanish in Guatemala in '98. In '03 I re-visited Mexico City - DF - and

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#movie #blacktravel #drugs #workingclass #blackmastodon

I walked up to a brother and greeted him and we were cool as we always are. This is Black Unity.

East european whites stepped into my personal space annoying me.

Instead of responding I first tested how they reacted to the same; so I stepped into their personal space and

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