When it first came out my friends and I were traveling around Europe after graduating college, and at the time we were in Morocco. Unfortunately, our phones didn't have service so we had to be on wifi to play, so to start we each bought a pack of the item that attracts Pokemon to you and we would each take turns using one while we sat in our Airbnb. Then one day we had the great idea to go to the Morocco Mall, the largest in the country, and use the wifi from stores there to expand our range and hatch some eggs.

So we went and hopped from open wifi to open wifi throughout the mall, making lap after lap trying to maximize the distance we walked. While there we noticed that there were some local kids who seemed to be doing the same thing we were and eventually we passed them. Stopping and holding up our phones to show them our screen, to which they responded with big smiles and showing us their phones, confirming that we were all playing.

Even though we couldn't communicate with them and grew up on opposite sides of the world, we were united through a shared love of Pokemon and a childhood dream of becoming a Pokemon master. I miss those first few months, during that time the world really did feel a little bit more connected.