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Me parece incre铆ble conocer al amigo de un amigo y hacer clic con esa persona desde el segundo uno. Pero, me parece a煤n m谩s incre铆ble conocer a esa persona y que la conexi贸n sea inmediata, c贸mo si se tratase de alguien proveniente de tu mismo pa铆s aunque... realmente se trate de una persona proveniente de Suecia 馃槺.
El d铆a de ayer aprend铆, de una forma muy bonita, eso que nos une y nos conecta con otros seres humanos, m谩s all谩 de nuestra nacionalidad, idioma, cultura o religi贸n.
El d铆a de ayer conocimos a Juli y a R奴ta, dos hermanas que la hermana de mi esposo conoci贸 durante el tiempo que estuvo de intercambio en Suecia. Qued贸 una bonita amistad entre ellas y ahora que visitaban Latinoam茅rica, espec铆ficamente Colombia, decidimos conocerlas. Mi cu帽ada no estar铆a, pues ella vive en Argentina, pero mi esposo y yo s铆. Y aunque no conoc铆amos a Juli y a R奴ta, quer铆amos recibirlas, conocerlas, y darles una bienvenida no solo a Colombia, sino tambi茅n a la Venezuela que hemos creado en la distancia, a trav茅s de nuestra familia.
Escogimos el d铆a de ayer a las 8:00 p.m para vernos, en un Centro Comercial. De inmediato me di cuenta de su GRAN amabilidad. La noche pas贸 muy r谩pido, primero con las preguntas b谩sicas para saber qui茅nes 茅ramos, y luego, esas conversaciones m谩s profundas y personales que van m谩s all谩 del pa铆s de donde uno viene y que apuntan directamente a lo que uno es.
El encuentro tuvo inicio en un restaurante de comida t铆pica colombiana y terminamos tomando polas en un BBC. Juli me present贸 la Cola-Pola, una bebida gaseosa con toque de alcohol que yo no hab铆a probado y R奴ta prob贸 por primera vez las arepas colombianas. Hablamos de pel铆culas, de m煤sica, de tradiciones, hobbies... de nuestras historias personales. Conocerlas fue realmente encantador y me fascina la idea de poder hacer amigos al otro lado del mundo 馃挆. De alguna forma se siente como viajar tambi茅n, a trav茅s de sus experiencias!
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I find it amazing to meet a friend of a friend and click with that person from the second one. But, I find it even more incredible to meet that person and that the connection is immediate, as if it was someone coming from your own country even though.... it's really a person from Sweden 馃槺.
Yesterday I learned, in a very beautiful way, that which unites and connects us with other human beings, beyond our nationality, language, culture or religion.
Yesterday we met Juli and R奴ta, two sisters that my husband's sister met during her time as an exchange student in Sweden. There was a beautiful friendship between them and now that they were visiting Latin America, specifically Colombia, we decided to meet them. My sister-in-law would not be there, as she lives in Argentina, but my husband and I would. And although we did not know Juli and R奴ta, we wanted to receive them, meet them, and welcome them not only to Colombia, but also to the Venezuela that we have created in the distance, through our family.
We chose yesterday at 8:00 p.m. to meet, in a shopping mall. I immediately noticed his GREAT kindness. The evening went by very quickly, first with the basic questions to find out who we were, and then, those deeper and more personal conversations that go beyond the country you come from and point directly to who you are.
The meeting started at a typical Colombian food restaurant and we ended up having polas at a BBC. Juli introduced me to Cola-Pola, a fizzy drink with a touch of alcohol that I had not tried and R奴ta tried Colombian arepas for the first time. We talked about movies, music, traditions, hobbies... our personal stories. Meeting them was really lovely and I am fascinated by the idea of being able to make friends on the other side of the world 馃挆. Somehow it feels like traveling too, through their experiences!
Todas las im谩genes de esta publicaci贸n son de mi autor铆a, editadas en snapseed. El contenido tambi茅n es original y propio.
All images in this post are my own, edited in snapseed. The content is also original and mine.