A long-distance couple who met on holiday and lived 4,000 miles away on separate continents have got engaged.<br /><br />Sydney Dohrmann, 27, and Joao Furia, 27, met while holidaying in Lisbon, Portugal, the day before Sydney was due to fly back home to Nashville, Tennessee, US.<br /><br />Joao, a financial advisor - who lives in Sao Paulo, Brazil - messaged Sydney the following day saying it was nice to meet her but the pair carried on dating different people.<br /><br />Five months on, moved to Lisbon for four months to meet up with friends from back home.<br /><br />Joao dropped Sydney - who was also single at the time - a text asking him to "swing by" and the pair's romance blossomed and they went travelling around Europe.<br /><br />The trip came to an end and they both returned to their home countries 4,884 miles apart - before Sydney moved to Sao Paulo to be with Joao in July 2024.<br /><br />Earlier this year, Joao popped the question and they are hoping to tie the knot in 2025.
