She boarded a seven-night cruise expecting bingo with her dad, not a love story with the man she thought was married.
This week on The Ginger ROAMance, we share a love story set in Vigo, Spain... because the stories we carry with us matter.
What was supposed to be a family birthday holiday turned into an unexpected cruise romance across Spain and Portugal. With her sister cancelling at the last minute, she expected seven nights of cocktails, bingo and spending time with her dad. Then she noticed a handsome stranger travelling with another woman. Assuming he was married, she immediately ruled him out. But one conversation at the bar changed everything. What followed was a week of unexpected attraction, embarrassing misunderstandings and a holiday romance that had a surprisingly good chance of surviving back home.
Submitted anonymously by a Woman, aged 25-34, from Wales.
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VIDEO CHAPTERS:
00:00 Welcome to The Ginger ROAMance | Real Travel Romance Stories
00:47 A Family Birthday Cruise Without My Sister
02:52 The Handsome Stranger I Thought Was Married
06:35 Two Cocktails and One Embarrassing Mistake
11:09 Breakfast, Bingo, Birthdays and Unexpected Chemistry
15:01 Falling for Someone on a Cruise Through Spain
19:07 Romance in Portugal and a First Kiss
22:57 The Porto Discovery That Changed Everything
27:13 Could Our Holiday Romance Survive Back Home?
33:12 Our First Proper Date Off the Cruise
37:05 Ginger Afterthoughts
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