International Love Story

Meet Elaine (American) & Abe (American) Elaine and Abe know each other since their childhood without even really taking notice of each other. It took several years and a Facebook message for them to cross paths again. Once they got in contact again, there was this strong connection [32:00]. From this on, they knew, that they want to spend the rest of their lives together. Abe is living in Texa...

Meet Deliah (Ugandan) & Roman (German) Roman and Deliah met through an app in April last year. She was in Uganda at the time, but was able to change the app's search circle. Therefore, she also had to make the first move and texted Roman. Although Roman initially had the impression that this was a scam, he decided to write back. Since then, the two have been inseparable. In this episode, you w...

Meet Lubomira (Slovak) & Mohamed (Egyptian) Lubomira studied journalism in Slovakia and was quite a workaholic when her friends convinced her to go on vacation with them. She agreed and in September 2009 they went to Egypt. Little did she know, that this trip is going to change her life.  Listen to how Lubomira and Mohamed met [04:07] and why they kept their relationship and their marriag...

Meet Kristelle (Lebanese living in Miami) & Adrian (Venezuelan living in Miami) In this episode Nacho and I are finally catching up with our beautiful friends. Their story started almost the same way ours did - TINDER! KB (Kristelle) and Adrian met in 2014 [01:22] right after KB arrived in the US. From there on everything went quite fast [07:11].  Listen to why she was attracted to him [1...

Meet Cristin (Filipino living in Canada) & Jophet (Filipino living in the Philippines) Today I'm catching up with Cristin. Since the last time we spoke (you might want to listen to EP18) a bunch of things happened in her life. From being ghosted to "Meeting the One" [09:31].  In December 2020 she met Jophet online. They started chatting but eventually became serious quite soon. Without ev...

Meet Rita (Cambodia) and Jesse (Hawaii)  Rita and Jesse met in 2015 while studying in Sweden. It was not love at first sight [04:27]. It was only shortly before New Year's Eve that the two of them got closer. The perfect kiss - And the perfect first kiss for Rita. At that time it was not yet clear whether it would be a summer love or if something more would develop from this kiss. Shortly bef...

Meet Ammy (South Indian) and Ben (South Korean) Ammy and Ben met online [13:08]. We talk about why the two met at the perfect time and why three words were enough to make her believe in love again. We also talk about Indian traditions and arranged marriages [54:00]. Ammy has swum against the current her whole life and struggled with depression for several years [22:07]. Today she has found a way t...

Meet Yasmin (Italian) and Shreyank (Indian) Yasmin was working in India for an internship when she met Shreyank online. Her plan was to stay just for 3 months, but this changed. The cover picture of this episode shows them on their first date [4:16]. Their first date was not at all what they have expected. Shreyank was nervous and  was talking way too much while she was trying to act cool. Bu...

Meet Silvia (Spanish) and Aiman (Yemenis) Silvia describes herself as a Chameleon. Her open nature and her way of dealing with certain things inspired me and made me think a lot even after our conversation. So we did not only talk about her love story [26:20] but also about how she perceives the situation in Yemen [1:03:22]. Yemen has been in a civil war since 2014. Silvia and her husband Aiman ar...

Meet Kaelynn (Canadian) and Dave (American) Dating on distance does not mean that you can not feel close to each other. When being in an LDR people around you wonder "How does it work?" and quite often you hear "I could never do this!". But when you have found your significant other it works! Kaelynn and Dave are an example of how you can keep your relationship interesting by staying open-minded a...

Living abroad can be difficult. There is this constant fear that something bad might happen back home. Especially right now, some of you might feel helpless. We would like to give you advice on how to handle a situation like that. After recording this episode, we were left with many questions as well. What we think is important is a constant communication, to share your feelings and thoughts - on...

Together with Panka (@Usatohungary) and Jazz (@Jazzupyourwanderlust) we talk about what it's like to close the distance.  For couples who are dating on distance, this is their ultimate goal.  In this episode, we'll look at it from two perspectives: - One is the person welcoming the significant other - The other is the person crossing an ocean for their partner. How does one prepare for s...

Meet Waziha (Bangladeshi) and Taraz (Bangladeshi) They met on Tinder, but have never seen each other in person.  We talk about how a relationship can be built over such a distance and why it works [29:04]. Both are extremely attracted to each other and often talk about how the first meeting will be. Since Taraz and Waziha have been a couple, Waziha has become an expert in Photoshop. To imagin...

Meet Cristin (Filipino living in Canada) Cristin is a strong woman sharing her story and what experience she made when dating on distance. This episode is going to be quite emotional as she is going to talk about her last relationship.  Long distance was always a topic in her life. It started when she moved in young ages and had a distance friendship with her best friend [06:22]. She is used...

In this episode, Tina talks to Natasha. Natasha is a breakup and reinvention coach specialized in helping women to have amazing relationships. If you are just coming out of a painful relationship, or you are considering to breakup: Listening to this episode might trigger you. But it might also help you to take the next steps and to understand your feelings.  Every human being is dealing with...

Meet Juli (Colombian) & Mo (German) In this episode, we're going to talk about how Juli and Mo met [02:15]. Back in 2014 Mo was doing an internship in Barcelona (Spain) and Juli was studying there. The night they met, neither wanted to go out. Juli wanted to spend a calm evening while Mo was about "to hit the feathers" as he is describing it. He even was wearing his PJs already. It developed h...

"Relationships are not black and white they are about the gray area, forever. Being willing to live in the gray area will just strengthen you and strengthen the relationship." [19:20] This is a quote from Varsha we can relate to so much.  Varsha is a relationship coach. We talked about so many important topics that we want to share with you in this episode. A multicultural relationship is abo...

Meet Shahana (English) & Hari (American-Indian) When recording this episode, end of 2020 Shahana and Hari were reunited in England and quarantining together after being apart for 10 months. They suddenly spent 24/7 together in a small cottage. Hari is describing how much he is enjoying the little things right now [03:20] such as cooking for her. We also talked of how they met each other. Back...

Meet Jessica (American living in India) & Abhishek (Indian) Jessica and Abhishek met in 2008 in the US through mutual friends. From there on their journey started. Since 2016 they are living together with their two kids in India [17:39].   Not only did we talk about how they met [01:45] but also about their India-American wedding [08:49] and how they navigate through this crazy times when...

Meet Colleen (US, living in France) & Ankit (India, living in Canada) Colleen and Ankit met at work in Boston. For Colleen it was obvious from the beginning that she would like to get to know him better. Ankit, however, did not realize various attempts by Colleen as such [07:09], so she had to take the initiative and asked Ankit for a date. This date, according to him, did not go as planned. B...

Meet Jazz (US) and Tuomas (Finland) Jazz just moved to Finland and tells us how she felt the last days in her home country and how she prepared herself for the big step. Jazz and Tuomas met each other online while playing Pokémon [11:40]. They were friends for about 1 year before the friendship turned into something serious.  Jazz explains that she had the feeling that Tuomas will reveal his...

Meet Sofie (Denmark) and Bismark (Ghana)  They met each other in Ghana when Sofie did an exchange. Dating someone was the last thing she thought was going to happen. Even for Bismark, dating an exchange-student was out of the question until he saw Sofie for the first time. He somehow managed to wrap her into a conversation.    In general, he put a lot of effort to show her that he i...

Listen to the love story of Melissa (Lebanese) and Flip (Dutch). Melissa and Flip first met in December 2013 in Istanbul. Flip was on a business trip and had a layover, Melissa was on vacation with some friends. It's lovely how Flip describes the moment before he saw Melissa for the first time. Melissa and her friends caught his attention while he was enjoying the view of Hagia Sophia, watching th...

We do have an announcement to make. As our last weeks were quite overwhelming we decided to step back a little.  Right now we do feel, that we can't give back what we are receiving from you guys. We needed some time to breathe as well. Especially Nacho is dealing with homesickness and it breaks my heart to see him suffer. As some of you are missing your significant other and are waiting for b...

Meet Sarah (German) and Israel (Costa Rican) They were able to close the distance in October 2019. They met in Costa Rica Sarah when  was volunteering for a turtle conversation organization. Israel felt in love with her quite instantly, while Sarah was really looking forward to volunteer and also to get to know people from all over the world. Once the other volunteers left back home, Sarah wa...