Hey guys, so if you're new to my channel, my name's Alyssa and it's really nice to meet you.
I've gotten this question before, and I haven't really had the chance to answer it.
People have asked me, if I have ever fallen for someone while traveling
And how that worked out, and what I kind of did about that.
Here's the thing...
I have fallen for someone while traveling.
I met him in Europe but I also visited him on this past trip.
I never ended up telling him how I feel.
Uh..
So I don't know if he's going to watch this, or if he's not.
I feel like you probably know who you are, so...
If you are watching this then.....yeah....here we go....
So when I went to Europe I was seeing someone back home. Now we weren't officially boyfriend/girlfriend.
But as I was on my trip, I started to gain stronger feelings for him and started to bring up the concept of being boyfriend/girlfriend.
because he wanted to, and I wasn't ready normally.
So I was ready, and I started to bring it up.
But shortly after, when I was in Greece, he decided to tell me that he wasn't sure if he wanted to be with me anymore.
He was questioning his feelings for me, said he didn't really love me anymore, things like that.
So of course, I'm hurt and I'm angry and I realize I'm across the world, I'm not going to let this ruin my trip.
I don't deserve this, and I'm just going to keep moving forward.
He wanted me to stay sad basically and hold off until I was at home, to see if we could make things work.
But....I thought, if someone doesn't want me, then I just have to keep moving forward.
That's not fair.
I shouldn't be with someone that questions, if they want to be with me or not.
So, a few days later, I met someone on a flight from Athens to Rome.
And it was the day before my birthday, and he didn't have a hostel booked, and I had already been to Rome.
So I was like "Come with me, I'll show you what hostel is good." whatever.
We ended up hanging out for that night, and the next day we went site seeing on my birthday.
Honestly, even though we had only known each other for like 24 hours
I felt like I had known him for a lot longer.
I feel like we kind of just clicked. And I feel like it was someone I just had to meet at that specific time
because I was really worried that I was going to be spending my birthday alone.
The evening of my birthday, so about 24 hours after we had met
we were just hanging out in our rooms, so I messaged him saying,
"You should skip Florence, and come to La Spezia with me."
And he basically skipped it without a second thought.
Asked if I already booked my train ticket and I had not, he said we'll meet down in 15 minutes, we'll go get our tickets.
So we travelled the next couple of days together, a little bit of Italy.
Now, honestly, maybe this is just me seeing things in the wrong way
but honestly, we just clicked.
And it was one of my favourite parts of my entire trip, and he brought up a quote
that related to him and I traveling together, and it was "Happiness is only real when shared."
Because I did most of the trip by myself, and it was really nice to do some of the trip with someone that I got along with so well.
When we had to say goodbye to each other, I thought it was super fricken sad.
He dumped out his bag and said that he was looking for something,
and I was like "What are you looking for??"
He literally dumped out his bag on the platform of the train station, and I was like what are you doing??
He said he's "Looking for something I can't tell you what it is unless I find it."
He wasn't able to find it, but he had bought two necklaces in Turkey
and he had one, and the second one was to give to someone that he met
and he wanted to give it to me.
Honestly, I cried saying goodbye, it was a really difficult goodbye. Just because I felt like I had such a connection with him.
So there's that.
The issue is, is that he lives on the complete other side of the world as me.
I seriously saw the world in him, and I haven't been able to find someone that I've been that smitten by, here.
So I was really looking forward to going on my Australia/New Zealand trip, to see him again.
I wanted to see if that connection was still there, or if it was just because we were both traveling.
So I saw him.
I saw him on my trip.
And...
The same excitement wasn't there as it was when I was in Europe.
But the thing is, I was in his hometown, we were doing everyday things like
making breakfast, and going grocery shopping.
And it's not that we were both traveling. So I think the excitement wasn't there because we weren't both traveling,
we were in an everyday environment.
The thing is, I enjoyed the everyday things with him.
I enjoyed grocery shopping with him and waking up early, and making breakfast and just hanging out with him.
When we were hiking, I asked him why he is still single and he said
That he is waiting for something that's "easy"
And that is why I never did say anything.
Uhm...
Because the furthest thing from easy, would be me, living literally, across the world.
It's really weird because we both live in a city with the exact same name, but on the other side of the world.
So uhm....I don't know...
There were a few things he said that made me think that maybe he feels the same way
but didn't say anything, just like I wasn't saying anything.
If I did not live across the world from him...
If we happened to live in the exact same city, and not just a city with the same name
I probably would try to make things work.
The thing with growing connections with people while you're traveling is...
you have to know that a lot of them are temporary
and you just have to be thankful for the time that you spend with these people.
And the memories that you have and just kind of keep those close to you and cherish those.
I don't know, now I'm crying...
I'm going to look like such a stalker, but I'm not.
I feel like...
What makes me sad is that, when we were together things felt easy
but the fact that we live across the world, things are not easy, so that's why I didn't say anything.
I'll probably for awhile, regret that.
I'm always someone that likes to speak her mind and not have regrets.
And I feel like this will probably be my only regret for awhile.
So yeah, falling for someone while you're travelling is sh*t
because a lot of the times, you only get to spend a couple days with them
and you live separate lives, in separate places across the world.
Europe was just really good, so I keep those moments real close to me.
Thanks for watching! Sorry I got emotional here.
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Bye guys.