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Issue 8 | It’s our 2 year anniversary!
The first steps
into a new place are always the most
powerful. We are excited and brave yet vunerable.
Emotions are heightened, impressions are overwhelming,
exposure is maximized.
As girls gone international it is easy to get wrapped up in these
moments which with experience, we know slowly fade from new and
exciting to comfortable and complacent, before eventually feeling the
familiar itch to move onward or wayward.
Anne Scott | Editor in Chief
But it is in these new times and places where we do not know the
language, the writing, the culture or simply the metro system that the
familiar quotation ‘actions speak louder than words’ truly embraces
itself.
I am not talking about big, bold actions that demand praise and reward.
I mean those times when you’re alone and confused, on the verge of
tears and someone’s faintest words or smallest actions cause you to
pull back from the despair that often accompanies the lengths of
loneliness on the road or in an unknown city.
Meghan Klein | Creative Director
When the messiness of expat and travel life freezes and you’re
reminded that deep down there is this beautiful thing called
‘humanity’.
These small moments of humanity become some of our strongest
memories and our anchors.
They act as a reminder that despite all the differences in the world, we
are one, we are human and our ability to positively impact is a gift and
its effects are deep, far reaching and long lasting.
Tina Jones | Managing Editor
The European Hosting Authority, euroVPS,
sponsors Girl Gone International.
Angie Elizabeth Persello,
Girl Gone International Community Manager
for Seoul, South Korea
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