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In this blog post series, I interview world travelers about objects that came home in their bags and what those objects mean to them. This week\u2019s post features Annie, a woman of the world, roller derby aficionado, and public health advocate.<\/p>\n
Jen: Annie, you\u2019ve worked and traveled all over the world. Can you tell me about an object that came home with you on one of your many trips?<\/strong><\/p>\n Annie: <\/strong>Oh, wow. I\u2019m a collector of\u2026 lots of stuff, so my bag always comes home MUCH heavier than when I first departed\u2026but one of my favorite souvenirs didn\u2019t add much weight to my suitcase at all. It\u2019s a photo strip from a Berlin U-bahn (train) station photo booth; just four blurry little pictures of my sister and I wearing enormous hats and too much lipstick. The photo (which occupies a special place on my refrigerator) was taken in 2007, but the memory of that trip is still so fresh in my mind.<\/p>\n Jen: Photos can make such fantastic souvenirs. Why is this photo booth image particularly significant to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n Annie: <\/strong>Most of my journeys are heavily planned in advance, but this one was different. I was grieving a rough break-up, and my sister invited me to tag along on a trip to Germany\u2026the next week. I thought she was crazy, but she knew that nothing helps me shake the blues like meeting myself in a new place. As usual (OK, well at least 90% of the time), she was right. From the moment I stepped out of the Berlin airport, I knew this city would be good for me. I love these four little pictures because they contain my first genuine smile in months\u2026and because we are straight up rocking those enormous hats. Annie: <\/strong>The street food (bear with me). Berlin is an incredibly diverse city, and the street food reflects this. From nudelgefl\u00fcgelpfanne to currywurst to spanakopita to pomegranate-orange juice, each delicious mouthful reminded me of Berlin\u2019s impressive evolution. In short, the city gave me hope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In this blog post series, I interview world travelers about objects that came home in their bags and what those objects mean to them. This week\u2019s post features Annie, a woman of the world, roller derby aficionado, and public health advocate. Jen: Annie, you\u2019ve worked and traveled all over the world. Can you tell me […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98880406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel-tips-intel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98880406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98880406"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98880406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98897445,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98880406\/revisions\/98897445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98880406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98880406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98880406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nJen: \u201cMeeting myself in a new place,\u201d what a great turn of phrase. What was it about Berlin that allowed you to do this? \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n