I never thought I’d spend Christmas alone in a foreign country.

I never thought I’d spend Christmas alone in a foreign country.

I had a feeling I wouldn’t be able to go home for Christmas.
Thanks, corona.
So, I decided on Plan B: spend the winter holidays in sunny Cadiz, a port town in Andalusia. Because if I’m going to spend Christmas alone, I may as well spend it alone at the beach, right?
I planned the trip. A few days in Cadiz, and a day trip to Tarifa, the southernmost city in Spain. I was about to book the Airbnb and the bus tickets. No one could sto—
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One commenter said that seeing this video in their feed of recommendations felt like a personal attack.
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“What if the pandemic is preparing you for everything you asked for?”
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“Why are you so quiet?”
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