a full life is made of sushi, side quests, and no plans

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>> Oh my gosh, my day was so sweet. Today

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was my third full day in Hiroshima. Just

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been exploring the city the past couple

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of days.

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And it's been so incredible. It's my

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first time in Japan.

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I love it so much. Today I went to the

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city and first thing I went to a coffee

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shop. I found a spot that had good

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reviews and I'm really glad I went

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because the barista, he was the first

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person I interacted with in the city

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that actually spoke fluent English. So

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we ended up chatting for like an hour

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and it was super sweet. We talked about

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life and travel since being a barista

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was my full-time job for a while. We had

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some relatability there. So we were just

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talking about that. It was so it was

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sweet.

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I went and got some cheesecake and I

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just sat in the park thinking about

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life.

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Making friends with the pigeons. Nothing

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like sitting in a park in Hiroshima

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eating Basque cheesecake.

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And it's so good. I got like a salted

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cheesecake flavor and matcha.

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I also picked up some matcha from a

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sweet old man that owned the shop. He

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actually made all of the ceramics and

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bowls in the shop himself. I'm really

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excited to try that matcha. Then for

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dinner, I met up with my parents and we

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had our first ever sushi experience in

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Japan.

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It was something spiritual and I'm not

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even being dramatic.

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>> I literally could not stop smiling. I've

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never been more happy in my life. And

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then I ate like 20 plates, I swear.

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I want to go back like right now.

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Today was also my last day just

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exploring on my own and tomorrow my

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parents and I are going to do a whole

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touristy day. But something that I've

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just been loving about this trip is

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going out with no plan whatsoever. No

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idea about what I'm going to be doing

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that day. As someone who is a super

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planner and has to know exactly where I

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want to go, this trip has really taught

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me to just go where my feet and my heart

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desire. And maybe have like one day

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where I have all the touristy stuff,

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maybe one or two depending on how long

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the trip is, but the rest of the days

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just like go out, experience the

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culture, talk to people. Okay, that was

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my little recap. I'm going to go sleep

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now. Good night.

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This was the day of being a tourist. Our

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first stop was ice cream and then lunch

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in that order obviously. And editing

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this now, oh my gosh, I can't believe I

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almost decided not to come on this trip.

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Like what the heck was I thinking?

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>> walk around Venice, you can't really

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compare.

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You get it's awesome.

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[laughter]

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>> Why does this place kind of remind me of

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Paris?

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How many miles per hour do you think I'm

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going right now?

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>> Five.

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>> 0.5

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I had okonomiyaki which has wheat

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unfortunately, so I'm walking very

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slowly to not trigger my exercise

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induced anaphylaxis.

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A life, man.

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We spent the rest of our afternoon at

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Miyajima Island and I

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not want to leave. The water, the deer,

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the mountains, everything about that

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place felt like such a dream.

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>> And even though I was essentially fourth

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wheeling my parents and their friends

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the whole time, I really loved getting

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to spend the afternoon with them and

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just exploring the island together.

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>> It's so beautiful here. I'm so glad I

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came.

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So blessed.

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Got me my coffee and I got a photo with

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a deer. I am a still puppy. Go ahead.

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Ciao.

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Thank you.

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Best trip ever.

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Fourth wheeling the entire day.

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I am happy.

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>> Got to know.

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>> Got to know. What do you think

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[laughter] of the new Mickey

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>> [music]

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Die Reisende teilt ihre Eindrücke von ihrem ersten Japan-Besuch in Hiroshima. Sie berichtet von spontanen Erlebnissen, wie einem Gespräch mit einem Barista, kulinarischen Highlights wie Cheesecake und erstklassigem Sushi sowie einem Ausflug zur Insel Miyajima. Die Reise hat sie dazu inspiriert, weniger zu planen und sich stattdessen treiben zu lassen.