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What Happened to the Travel Fling?

A hostel in Barcelona, a trail in the Himalayas, a 'perfect' fling that ended on purpose.

How it started

An r/solotravel thread asks a simple question: did anyone stay in touch with a travel fling, meet up again or make it official? The answers are a tour of the world's best romance plots. One woman showed a visiting traveller around her city, the two clicked instantly, spent the rest of his trip together and swapped hosting duties twice more before happily going their separate ways. Another met a man in a Barcelona hostel, shared a romantic beach dinner at sunset and kept it alive with postcards and love letters until he moved in with her. A man recalls a conversation with a woman on a Himalayan hiking trail; days later she emailed to say she'd fallen for him.

Then it happened

The outcomes vary. The Barcelona couple married and travelled the world for years before divorcing, with no regrets. The Himalayan pair met again for a trek in Nepal, and three days in he knew he'd marry her; nearly two decades later they still are. And the city-tour woman says the fling was perfect precisely because nobody tried to turn it into more.

The morning after

The thread exploded with hundreds of replies, from hostel romances to cooking-class marriages. One couple who met trekking have been together nearly two decades. Another has a toddler and a baby on the way. Readers admitted to immediately checking flight prices.

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