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Stumbling through Barcelona's Gothic Quarter last summer, I felt the crushing weight of linguistic inadequacy settle in my throat. A street vendor's rapid-fire Catalan blended with Spanish as I fumbled for basic produce names - not knowing "albaricoque" meant apricot cost me both euros and dignity. That sweaty-palmed moment sparked my WordUp revolution.

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My stomach dropped like a stone in the Mediterranean when I patted my empty pocket. La Mercè festival fireworks exploded overhead, painting Barcelona's Gothic Quarter in violent reds, but all color drained from my world. Some pickpocket now held my cards, cash, and passport photocopies - every lifeline for a solo traveler. Sweat glued my shirt to my back as I fought nausea scanning the oblivious dancing crowd. Borrowing my Dutch hostel-mate's cracked iPhone felt like clutching driftwood in a hur

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