![]() ![]() ![]() The writer reflects on her travel romances © Fabienne Fong Yan / Lonely Planet That’s usually how we make it possible for love to catch us off guard. More laid back, outside of our regular environment, far from the pressure of work and maybe the gaze of our friends and families, we break free from some of the restrictions we – consciously or not – put on ourselves at home. It is easier than we think to find love while traveling we are usually at the top of our game after all. To survive this emotional rollercoaster, I had to teach myself how to deal with the expectations travel romances create, as well as their bittersweet endings. ![]() I have lived in more countries and cities than I can recall, and fallen in and out of love along the way. I moved from a Couchsurfing community in Peru to a shared flat with friends in Germany, then backpacked across Japan (three times) to eventually start a business in Vietnam. The nomadic lifestyle I chose for myself a few years ago hasn’t allowed me to build long-lasting romantic relationships. There are lessons to be learned about love on the road © Petri Oeschger / Getty ![]()
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