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Can holiday romances last? Meet 4 summer flings that went the distance
13 Feb, 2021 08:00 PM
10 minutes to read
Stories of when holiday romance followed readers home. Photo / Aaron Burden, Unsplash
A new destination, a chance meeting, a spark, then something more - sometimes holiday romances are destined to be more than just a fling. Here are the stories of four travellers who met their partners on the road. As told to Juliette Sivertsen.
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Two chance meetings
Stephanie and Dennis Markson met on a plane to Barcelona. They ve been married nearly 50 years and have two children
Stephanie: We met on a flight from London to Barcelona in 1970. I wanted to have a drink but it turned out they wouldn t take money in the currency I had with me. Dennis was sitting across the aisle, one row behind, noticed I had a New Zealand passport and offered to pay for the drink. So he bought the drink, and really, that was all the contact we had, other than at Customs, w
Hotel review: French Bay House, Akaroa
20 Jan, 2021 10:38 PM
3 minutes to read
French Bay House, Akaroa. Photo / Martin Haughey
Style: A historic home now converted into a sweet B&B.
Price: Rooms with en suite start from $250. Includes Wi-Fi and cooked breakfast.
Perfect for: Romance, exploring.
First impressions: French Bay House is surrounded by beautiful gardens, pretty enough that passersby will stop to take photographs. On a shady porch, take a seat in the swing chair and wait for your hosts Jacqui and Tim to arrive for a tour of the house. It dates from 1874, when it was a family home and doctor s room, and is known locally as the doctor s house . The architecture is a style known as carpenter Gothic - a technique of applying Gothic forms to wood.