There is not a doubt that we journey relatively rather a lot and we’ve expert some pretty excellent romantic locations from dinner in a fifteenth century monastery in Florence to crusing the crystal Caribbean Sea in Belize to strolling beneath the ocean in Bali. So when Valentine’s Day comes spherical I seem to get caught for ideas.
So I decided to ask our a couple of of our favourite couple journey bloggers all about their private love lives throughout the hopes this would possibly encourage us with good ideas for a future Valentine’s Day and perhaps you too.
Nonetheless first a bit about us…
Josh & Erin
Journey With Bender
We recurrently seek the advice of with ourselves as a result of the Bender family. Nonetheless there is a prolonged historic previous sooner than these two lovable children grew to develop into part of the picture.
How Did You Fall In Love?
Josh and I are highschool sweet hearts. Yup, Josh first requested me out technique once more as soon as we had been 16. We had a fairly common relationship correct up until I moved to London at 20. Whereas I was in dwelling in London I noticed one important lesson: I could not reside with out Josh, I was in love. Lucky for me he travelled from Australia to the UK to beg me ask me correctly to return dwelling. I did. As quickly as I returned dwelling he proposed and we had been married.
The place Was Your 1st Valentines Day?
1997 – gosh, really? Now you are asking me to sift through the recollections. I take into account we had been in our last yr of highschool. So it’ll of been a college day. I am constructive we went out to dinner or one factor though haha. We’re coming as a lot as 20 Valentine Day’s collectively – EPIC!
What’s 2015 Valentines Day Look Like?
We celebrated early this yr at a luxurious resort in Nusa Dua, Bali. It was an all-inclusive resort with a youngsters membership. It was basically essentially the most time we spent collectively as a pair in awhile. We went ocean kayaking, did a sea strolling tour, had a {{couples}} therapeutic therapeutic massage and sipped cocktails on the swim up pool bar. It was stress-free and easily regarding the two of us, which was wonderful. For a pair who journey the world full time with youngsters, that’s what we wanted basically essentially the most.
Date night time time on the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, Italy (2013)
Dave & Deb
The Planet D
I met Dave & Deb in Crete, Greece after which as soon as extra just some months later in Sri Lanka. They’re an journey couple from Canada who’re severely merely the cutest.
How Did You Fall In Love?
We met the great quaint technique, at a bar. The bar was the preferred spot in town and it was often called Tequila Willies. There was a Blue Rodeo cowl band having fun with (Blue Rodeo was a popular Canadian band on the time) and Dave and I every had comparable cowboy boots. My college housemate Melissa yelled, “you two have the similar cowboy boots!” And the remaining is historic previous. We every put our toes up on the stage and tapped in sync to the music. The following day Dave gave me a reputation and we went on our first date two days later. Ever since we’ve been inseparable.
The place Was Your 1st Valentines Day?
We had been every nonetheless in class our first Valentines Day, so we’d have virtually positively gone to Sharkey’s on the waterfront in Burlington, Ontario. That was the “good restaurant” that people our age went to. I do keep in mind Dave had a dozen roses delivered to my class in school. I was the envy of all my friends. After dinner, I am constructive that we went to Tequila Willies because of that is the place we on a regular basis went. Our friends frolicked and labored there and we on a regular basis had rather a lot pleasurable collectively. We had been already dwelling collectively at the moment to, so we had our private celebration as soon as we purchased once more to the townhouse.
What’s 2015 Valentines Day Look Like?
We’ll actually be in Canada this Valentines Day. Dave broke two vertebrae in his once more in November and continues to be recovering a bit. He’ll be good to start the journey as soon as extra in March nonetheless for now, we’re nonetheless taking points a bit easy. We have got a extremely expensive bottle of aged balsamic vinegar from Emilia Romagna that the beautiful caretaker of Spessano Citadel gave us. He was too kind to tug out a bottle of his private stock to current to us. It’s soooo expensive! We have got however to open it because of one – we hadn’t been nonetheless adequate to basically sit down and luxuriate in it, and two – by the purpose we had been dwelling due to Dave’s injury, he couldn’t drink wine resulting from his ache treatment. So now that we’re capable of really benefit from it, we’ll splurge on a extremely expensive bottle of wine to go along with our very expensive bottle of balsamic after which we’ll buy some very expensive Parmigiano-Reggiano to drizzle it all through. Then we’ll savour every chunk. Dave is then going to make me dinner because of he likes to organize dinner. After which we’ll sit by the fireside and reminisce because of we don’t get to do that relatively rather a lot. It’s going to be heavenly.
Sharing kisses in Antartica
Cam & Nicole
Touring Canucks
One different distinctive Canadian couple, nonetheless these guys are newbie mom and father travelling the world.
How Did You Fall In Love?
We met 13 years prior to now whereas attending school in Victoria, British Columbia (Canada). We had been every out for a night of partying with friends as soon as we met at a night membership (certain – you’ll uncover love on the dance flooring!). Two days later, we went for espresso. Espresso became a 6 hour date that ended with drinks and dinner. We saved it casual for the first few months nonetheless continued so far even after Cameron moved once more to Vancouver just some months later. We later moved proper right into a small condominium for just some months sooner than taking off to Malaysia for Nicole to finish her final semester on school alternate.
The place Was Your 1st Valentines Day?
Truly, we won’t keep in mind our first Valentines Day. It can have been spherical 9 months after we met. I’m undecided if we even celebrated Valentines Day once more then? If we did, it clearly wasn’t memorable.
What’s 2015 Valentines Day Look Like?
Our wedding ceremony ceremony anniversary is Feb 4th so we generally combine Valentines Day with our anniversary. This yr, we had an epic anniversary in Banff / Lake Louise throughout the Canadian Rockies of Alberta. We spent 4 days with out our boys for the first time EVER. We stayed throughout the cutest mountain lodge in the midst of nowhere. Our days had been spent snowboarding, snowshoeing and canine sledding, whereas our evenings had been spent being wined and dined at fancy consuming locations. Will in all probability be very arduous to prime this one!
Utilizing camels, as you do
Anton & Rache
Our Superior Planet
Anton’s weblog was my bible whereas we had been in Manila, nonetheless I not at all met him until Sri Lanka. What a stupendous man with an infinite future.
How Did You Fall In Love?
I met Rache throughout the engineering college in La Salle in 1991. All through my freshman yr, I’d stalk proper right here throughout the library and try to do “ninja” methods that did not work. We every had our private relationship in class and thru our early expert careers. 10 years after In 2001, we met as soon as extra every heartbroken and situated comfort in each other. We purchased married on January 11, 2003. I launched the weblog, Our Superior Planet on January 2005 when our first son Aidan was born to doc the meals and journey adventures of the family.
The place Was Your 1st Valentines Day?
Our first valentines day collectively was after I used to be courting her in class. The thought is secret romantic picnic in Tagaytay which is about one and a half hours away south of Manila. I bought the meals and put it in a picnic basket, with a coronary coronary heart cage for a butterfly that we’ll launch collectively, and a Nokia phone valentines reward.
What’s 2015 Valentines Day Look Like?
We is likely to be travelling together with our 4 sons: Aidan, Joshua, Raphael and Ysrael to Bataan about two and a half hours away north of Manila. It is going to be a crazy weekend with the boys for constructive!
A few years gone and nonetheless in love
Chris & Tawny
Captain and Clark
Chris and Tawny had been a powerhouse on stage at a conference I attended in Athens, Greece I merely wanted to fulfill them. I purchased the prospect to not solely meet them, nonetheless develop into friends with them in Sri Lanka. Gratifying and lovable I am constructive are their heart names.
How Did You Fall In Love?
Our love story is an unconventional one. We met whereas on a analysis abroad journey to Tanzania. Whereas we attended the similar school, we had not at all seen each other sooner than we departed for Africa. Our first conversations had been had as we climbed Kilimanjaro and lounged on the sunny seashores of Zanzibar. We fell in love shortly after.
The place Was Your 1st Valentines Day?
Chris actually wanted to work the night time time of our first Valentine’s day collectively, nonetheless he often called me to return go to him as his shift was ending. The restaurant was closed by the purpose I purchased there, nonetheless he had the fireplace on with a desk subsequent to it. On the desk was a bottle of champagne and a delicious chocolate cake. We spent the remainder of the night time time cozied up by the fireside with all the place to ourselves. It was magical.
What’s 2015 Valentines Day Look Like?
We’re actually planning on spending this Valentine’s day in Portland, Oregon. We have got reservations at a well known pizza parlor and I’ll attempt to sneak in some buying.
This couple is solely an extreme quantity of, how lovable
Stephanie & Mike
20-One factor Journey
I met Stephanie in Sri Lanka and she or he really was a pleasurable loving, get collectively girl. Her story with husband Mike is an commerce love.
How Did You Fall In Love?
Mike and I met in basically essentially the most journey blogger-y technique doable: at TBEX in New York Metropolis! As you presumably can most likely guess, we’ve spent most of our relationship wandering world vast and writing about it.
The place Was Your 1st Valentines Day?
Our first Valentine’s day collectively was in Hoi An Vietnam- we dressed up fancy in our new tailored clothes and went to a pleasing dinner. Since then we’ve celebrated the holiday in Argentina, Finland and Mexico.
What’s 2015 Valentines Day Look Like?
This yr is likely to be our first Valentine’s day throughout the US nonetheless we’re not staying dwelling. We’ll be celebrating in Maui!
These guys are technique an extreme quantity of pleasurable
Nellie & Alberto
WildJunket
Nellie is a superb adventurous chick who I moreover met in Sri Lanka. Unbeknown to her she was 6 months pregnant on the time!
How Did You Fall In Love?
Alberto and I met just about 11 years prior to now as soon as we every went on a analysis abroad program in Miami, US. As cliché as a result of it sounds, it was love at first sight. Inside a month, we had been collectively 24/7, hanging out at occasions, spending weekends collectively and touring throughout the US. We wanted to return to our respective dwelling – Spain and Singapore – after the six-month stint, nonetheless we saved the connection going and haven’t been apart ever since. 😉
The place Was Your 1st Valentines Day?
For the first Valentines we spent collectively, we had been dwelling in London and Alberto shocked me by going dwelling early from work and whipping up a feast for me in our tiny studio condominium. It was his first time cooking and whereas the meal wasn’t good, it warmed my coronary coronary heart.
On Valentines Day 2009, Alberto did a grand gesture by proposing to me on my weblog! He took me out for a pleasing dinner in Singapore and as soon as we went dwelling, he insisted that I confirm my laptop computer. So the very very first thing I did was to open my weblog in spite of everything, and there it was, a weblog submit written by Alberto, asking me to marry him. As soon as I accomplished learning, i circled to see him on one knee, with a hoop in his hand. In reality I discussed certain!
What’s 2015 Valentines Day Look Like?
For this Valentines Day, we’re occurring a go to to Mijas, a charming little metropolis throughout the south of Spain. It’s going to be a quiet affair as we’re anticipating a toddler (who’s due in a month’s time!) I assume you presumably can say this Valentines Day goes to be the ultimate one we’re spending alone. 😉
Lovebirds in paradise
Ish & Heather
Globetrotting Mama
Heather is a superb mum and a stupendous partner. We knew we wanted to hearken to from this Canadian about how she spends her Valentine’s Day.
How Did You Fall In Love?
Ish and I met after I used to be 18 at a nightclub in Toronto. I was in my last yr of highschool and he was a college man! LOL. Late night time time phone calls and conferences after school happy me that we is likely to be good friends pretty quickly. He caught by me through my years in school in Ottawa and whatever the troublesome separation, fully backed my dedication to then flip spherical and go to laws school in Windsor, Ontario. As soon as I accomplished that diploma he popped the question. 2015 will mark 25 years of us being collectively as a pair and 16 years of marriage.
The place Was Your 1st Valentines Day?
Wow, That’s thus far once more I can’t even keep in mind. It will need to have been in Toronto nonetheless I’m pretty constructive I purchased flowers and chocolate. That was his staple go to Valentine’s technique for a really very long time. Don’t knock it if it actually works, correct?
What’s 2015 Valentines Day Look Like?
We aren’t monumental Valentines Day followers. Attempting to get a reservation or do one factor collectively on the 14th on a regular basis results in each overpriced gestures and comes off as being additional regarding the day than the couple involved. We’re having a lunch date in the end in February. On the night time time itself? You’ll in all probability uncover us cuddled up with the kids watching movement photos on the couch. It’s a cheerful place for us so no regrets proper right here.
These guys have been collectively longer than us!
Mike & Megan
Mapping Megan
You perceive I’ve not at all met Megan, nonetheless I actually really feel like we’re good friends. She is a pleasurable, vibrant Aussie now dwelling throughout the US and chasing her journey wishes.
How Did You Fall In Love?
Mike and I met in Tanzania after every having summited Mt Kilimanjaro! I actually just like the reactions that we get from people after they ask: “So that you just’re from Australia, he’s from America, the place did you every meet?” My response is on a regular basis: “Africa – as you do!”
We solely spent a day collectively in Tanzania sooner than every having to catch flights to our completely completely different corners of the globe; however we saved in contact repeatedly. Having a passion for journey was the one technique our prolonged distance relationship actually labored – the one choice to see each other was to journey, so we began planning ‘dates’ in a number of places. Our first ‘date’ was in Scotland, after which we travelled to London, Paris, Amsterdam, Sydney, New York, and everywhere in-between.
The place Was Your 1st Valentines Day?
Whereas our first official valentines day as a pair was spent apart (gotta love prolonged distance) we made up for that two years later with an intimate exterior wedding ceremony ceremony on February 14 2013 on the beautiful Hawaiian Island of Maui. We’re going to ceaselessly be each other’s Valentines.
What’s 2015 Valentines Day Look Like?
Valentines 2015? You suggest married {{couples}} rejoice Valentines Day?! Kidding – we’ll be doing what we love to do most as soon as we’re caught at dwelling – planning our subsequent giant journey.
Could this be any additional romantic?
Mike & Anne
Honey Trek
These newlyweds weren’t keen on a standard honeymoon. They decided they wished on the very least 675 days to honeymoon all world vast.
How Did You Fall In Love?
9 years prior to now we had been prepare by a mutual pal—not for a date, nonetheless to play doubles volleyball. It took just some months of courting—along with a river rafting journey, selfmade jewelry, an 80s dance get collectively, and textual content material message poetry—nonetheless lastly Mike’s adventurous spirit and enormous coronary coronary heart (plus, devastating magnificence) gained Anne over.
The place Was Your 1st Valentines Day?
Our first Valentine’s collectively was in Cuba. We flew into Havana, rented a automotive and drove southwest exploring tobacco nation, deserted seashores, colonial cities and sleeping in native homes, even a meteorological local weather station. I imagine moving into a country illegally as our first romantic getaway was a sign for the adventures to return.
What’s 2015 Valentines Day Look Like?
As for this Valentine’s, we’re heading to Phoenix, Arizona for a family reunion nonetheless we’ll ensure you sneak away for a hike into the Sonoran Desert with some wine and chocolate in our pack.
What an especially romantic picture
Hai & Jessica
Notes of Nomads
We love these guys and seem to come across them everywhere. My favourite memory was of our time with them in Croatia and our hike spherical basically essentially the most scenic waterfalls ever – Plitvice Falls.
How Did You Fall In Love?
We first met all through school as soon as we had been every working part-time at a division retailer in Melbourne. We didn’t start courting for two years nonetheless having already gotten to know each other fairly successfully by then, we chosen travelling the world collectively rapidly after.
The place Was Your 1st Valentines Day?
Our first Valentine’s Day was spent consuming Thai take-out whereas mapping out that very journey that started this entire journey lifestyle.
What’s 2015 Valentines Day Look Like?
A decade on, this yr we’ll be in our adopted dwelling base of Tokyo, consuming a definite sort of Asian meals nonetheless little doubt eagerly planning our subsequent crazy journey journey.
These two love birds are presently based totally in Japan
DJ & Michael
Dream Euro Journey
Josh met DJ in Finland. He’s filled with vitality and the lifetime of the get collectively.
How Did You Fall In Love?
I met the particular person of my wishes in Stockholm after I used to be dwelling there and dealing on the Philippine Embassy in Stockholm whereas he was ending his Masters diploma at Uppsala School. I merely moved to Sweden and so forth our first meeting and first date he helped me switch my stuff to my new condominium in Stockholm. The following day he prepared breakfast in mattress for me. I knew correct then that he’s a keeper!
The place Was Your 1st Valentines Day?
Our first Valentines Day collectively was in Malta. We escaped the winter in Stockholm for 2 weeks in February and spent it exploring all corners of this small nation. The following ones had been celebrated throughout the Philippines and Germany.
What’s 2015 Valentines Day Look Like?
We love touring all through Valentines nonetheless this yr we’re going to most likely spend it in costumes at Carnival in Cologne, Germany.
Paris – city of lovers
Paul & Karen
World Help Swap
We’ve met this couple in numerous completely completely different worldwide places and even stayed of their one mattress room condominium in London. They’re sweet and severely an excellent wanting couple.
How Did You Fall In Love?
We actually met after I used to be 18 and Paul was 21. We every lived in Malta on the time – I grew up there whereas Paul moved there when he was 16. He had bleached blonde hair on the time and his British accent made him pretty irresistible. We dated for a couple of weeks which was pretty disastrous, we broke up and misplaced contact. Fast forward 12 years later. We had been every dwelling in London and met up as soon as extra at a mutual pal’s birthday celebration. Paul had merely come out of a long term relationship and I had been single for a while. He wanted to take me out on a date nonetheless I wasn’t so constructive, given our historic previous and his newly single standing. So we merely frolicked collectively, merely as friends. A few months later I had had a horrible day at work and I keep in mind contemplating that I merely wished a hug. I met up with Paul shortly that day and knowledgeable him all about it. He purchased up and gave me considered one of many loveliest hugs I’d ever had. We had a wonderful night time day trip collectively and on the end of the night time time he gave me this entire speech about why we should be collectively. Regardless of he talked about, labored. We kissed that night time time over 6 years prior to now and have been pretty inseparable since then.
The place Was Your 1st Valentines Day?
With out realizing Paul made an infinite need of mine come true. I had not at all visited Paris as I had this romantic notion that I wanted to be taken there for my first go to. Paul had no clue about this when he organised a day journey in Paris following the movie ‘Sooner than Sunset”s path. After we purchased to the put together station in London and I came across the place we had been heading I started crying my eyes out like a crazy woman. That was pretty embarrassing.
What’s 2015 Valentines Day Look Like?
We will definitely be in Sri Lanka which is good. Nonetheless aside from that we’ve not made any specific plans however. I’m hoping Paul has a shock up his sleeve 🙂
Nothing additional romantic than a sunset
Nick & Dariece
Goats On The Road
These Canadians really wish to journey. This couple journey at their very personal tempo, free from the 9 – 5 job stress and loving life.
How Did You Fall In Love?
We had been actually friends for about 3 years sooner than we started courting, which is good because of there are not any secrets and techniques and methods from our pasts! The day that we grew to develop into additional than merely friends was on a fateful day driving from Alberta to British Columbia and there was a mudslide on the freeway. No web site guests could get through, so we did what we wanted to – we rented the closest resort room for the night time time, and the remaining is historic previous.
The place Was Your 1st Valentines Day?
We spent our first Valentine’s Day collectively at a resort near Tulum, Mexico. It was our first time travelling abroad collectively and it was very romantic! Nick even shocked me with a diamond necklace at dinner. I’ll at all times keep in mind how nervous he was, I believed he was proposing!
What’s 2015 Valentines Day Look Like?
We’re actually spending this Valentine’s Day in Mexico as soon as extra! This time we’ll be throughout the State of Oaxaca, nonetheless undecided which metropolis however. Daily that we spend collectively is specific, nonetheless I’m constructive we’ll do one factor further romantic on February 14th this yr.
Huge hugs in Greneda
Jen & Tim
Luxe Journey Traveler
Jen is a improbable American dwelling in Italy. She loves luxurious, however moreover journey.
How Did You Fall In Love?
We met in Las Vegas, but it surely certainly wasn’t the identical outdated meet on the Strip story. I was going to UNLV and a supervisor at Blockbuster Video. Tim purchased a component time job after he moved to Las Vegas and all of the model new hires for the Vegas Valley obtained right here through my retailer for teaching. In merely the three days he spent at my retailer for his teaching program, I knew he was the one.
The place Was Your 1st Valentines Day?
Our first Valentine’s Day collectively wasn’t too thrilling, nonetheless very sweet. I had a class that ran until the late night time and after I purchased dwelling, he had ‘I actually like u’ spelled out in candles and had made us a spaghetti dinner.
What’s 2015 Valentines Day Look Like?
We’re spending this Valentine’s Day, which moreover happens to be our thirteenth wedding ceremony ceremony anniversary, truffle looking out and wine tasting in Istria, Croatia.
A date to remember beneath the Northern Lights
Oren & Cassie
forty second Class
We met this guys throughout the Czech Republic and frolicked with them virtually day-after-day we had been they. They’re pleasurable loving and good lookin’. Josh moreover gate crashed their Christmas in Israel just some years once more too.
How Did You Fall In Love?
We met in a fairly common nonetheless totally uncommon technique. We met at work. That’s the conventional half. Oren was a reporter at a TV station in Dover, Delaware. For these in Oz, that’s an especially small state that’s not all that important to the rest of the nation. Kinda like a mini-Tasmania. In summer season season of 2007, Cassie was employed to work on the same station. That is the weird half. Cassie was employed to alternate Oren. Oren vowed not at all to converse to her, nonetheless primarily modified his ideas the second he observed Cassie. In its place, he took her out on a date, and the remaining – as they’re saying – is historic previous.
The place Was Your 1st Valentines Day?
Our first Valentine’s Day? Wow, that’s going once more just some years. We tried to remember what we did on our first Valentine’s Day, nonetheless we couldn’t keep in mind. On the time, we lived 3.5 hours apart, so thought-about considered one of us visited the alternative one. We just about really spent a weekend stress-free collectively, each in Dover, DE (the place Cassie was) or Norfolk, Virginia (the place Oren was).
What’s 2015 Valentines Day Look Like?
We’re super-excited for this question (and, consequently, this reply!)! This Valentine’s Day, we’ll be boarding a plane for Panama, making it our thirty second nation collectively. We’ll be there for each week, and we intend to benefit from every minute of it.
Valentine’s Day now has a double meaning for us. Ultimate Valentine’s Day, Oren was recognized with Type 1 Diabetes in Nepal whereas we had been halfway through touring world vast. That week was the hardest week of Oren’s life, as we frolicked in two completely completely different hospitals in a Third World nation. After a month at dwelling recovering, we purchased once more on the freeway and accomplished our journey. It was a technique of claiming Oren controls his sickness, not the alternative technique spherical. Touring on this Valentine’s Day is an extension of that sentiment. Diabetes will not sluggish Oren down, and we’re thrilled to rejoice it collectively, on the freeway, having enjoyable with life, and having enjoyable with each other.
Spreading the love at Machu Picchu
So the place will you be spending Valentines Day this yr?
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