The Gift of Being Where You Didn’t Mean to Be
Description
It wasn’t a spiritual retreat. It wasn’t a plan.It was a cracked hillside, a plate of spicy fish, and a pot of summer tea in a tiled-backroom restaurant in Wenzhou — a city most people haven’t heard of, but whose people you’ve definitely met.
✴️ In this episode:
What it means to be truly present in the accidental places
A portrait of Wenzhou — its food, history, and wanderers
The weird wisdom of bad locations and forgotten cities
Why we don’t need to "find ourselves" — just lose the signal
This is about presence in a world obsessed with escape. It's about forgotten places, unlikely meals, and the kind of wisdom that shows up when you're not looking for it - earthy, uncomfortable, spiritual, and grounded in the beauty of accidents.
🗺 Part of The Accidental Exile, a series of illustrated stories about travel, memory, and the mysterious gift of just ending up somewhere.
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