A woman met the “love of her life” while on a girls’ trip to Italy - and less than a year later they’ve moved in. <br /><br />Quirine Brouwer, 27, met partner Giovanni Moioli, 30, on Bumble while joking around with her pals. <br /><br />After five days of “drinking wine, eating pasta and being a tourist” they went on their first date.<br /><br />They managed to squeeze three meetups into the 10-day trip - and began a long-distance relationship immediately afterwards. <br /><br />Five months later, she asked to move in - and two weeks ago (07/24), they began renting a flat together in Milan. <br /><br />Quirine, a freelance copywriter from Rotterdam, The Netherlands, said: “This was the best decision of my life - we’re just on the same level with everything. <br /><br />“In a very interesting period of my life, this seemed so uncomplicated. <br /><br />“Living together made so much sense.<br /><br />“Every time we’d visit each other, we’d stay with each other for weeks, anyway. <br /><br />“It’s all been very easy.”<br /><br />Quirine’s friends decided to whisk her away to Italy after she started suffering from work-related burnout. <br /><br />She was having panic attacks, had to quit her job as a content creator and move back in with her parents. <br /><br />The trip was planned for September 2023, and up until the last minute, she didn’t even want to go. <br /><br />“I couldn’t work, couldn’t afford rent, and had to move back in with my parents,” she said. <br /><br />“I didn’t want to go - I was having panic attacks up until the day before.<br /><br />“But I decided to go, in the end.<br /><br />“It felt like time to start completely anew.”<br /><br />The girls rented an AirBnB - a “big, pink villa” - and planned to relax for 10 days. <br /><br />Two nights into the trip, they started playing around on each others’ dating apps. <br /><br />Quirine said: “We decided to open Bumble - we were having wine one night.<br /><br />“It felt like a typical girl moment. <br /><br />“We made a game out of the names, because so many guys had the same name. <br /><br />“And we were hoping we might find someone with a boat, to take us out onto the river.”<br /><br />Quirine’s friends came across Giovanni’s profile, and Quirine secretly swiped right. <br /><br />She loved that he was “a creative,” and found him really attractive. <br /><br />But, not wanting to ruin the girls’ night, decided not to message him first - which meant the conversation timed out. <br /><br />“I woke up to a message from him on Instagram,” she added. <br /><br />“He said, ‘hey, we didn’t get the chance to talk on Bumble.’ <br /><br />“He invited me for a drink.<br /><br />“I think I was feeling quite spontaneous - I thought it could be nothing.<br /><br />“But even if it was a bad date overall, it was a really romantic setting.”<br /><br />Feeling guilty for ditching the girls’ trip, Quirine checked in with her friends.<br /><br />But they encouraged her to go - telling her it was time she had some fun. <br /><br />The pair met up in one of the local towns, and spent the evening drinking Aperol spritz at a local bar. <br /><br />“We really hit it off,” Quirine added.<br /><br />“We drank Aperol spritz, sat by the lake, watched the sunset and talked for hours. <br /><br />“I can’t even explain how perfectly romantic it was.”
