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- | Fed-up Italian farmers set up mountain turnstiles | + | Their five minute airplane chat led to lasting love [[https://trip36.win/ |
- | If Carlo Zanella, president of the Alto Adige Alpine Club, had his way, travel influencers would be banned from the Dolomites. | + | On a recent transatlantic flight from Florida to London Heathrow, married flight attendants Hunter Smith-Lihas and John Lihas locked eyes across |
- | He blames them for the latest Italian social media trend, which has lured hundreds of thousands of tourists | + | The two men smiled at each other, before swiftly returning |
- | In response to the influx, frustrated local farmers have set up turnstiles, where tourists must pay 5 euros (nearly $6) to access several “Instagrammable” spots, including | + | This shared smile was fleeting, but spoke volumes. And later, when Hunter and John were on break at the same time, the couple found themselves sitting in the onboard crew lounge, reflecting on the shared life and careers they’ve built together. |
- | Photos showing lines of up to 4,000 people a day, have been popping up on social media in recent weeks. But rather than deter people from coming, the images have acted as a magnet. | + | “I met you for five minutes on the airplane when I wasn’t even supposed |
- | “The media’s been talking about the turnstiles, everyone’s been talking about it,” says Zanella. “And people go where everyone else goes. We’re sheep.” | + | “You never think when you meet someone for the first time like that, that it’d go this far. So it’s kind of surreal. And it honestly just makes you so happy, because you’re like, how did I get here?” |
- | Italian law mandates free access | + | Airplane meeting |
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+ | Traveling together: Today, the couple live together in Florida. They' | ||
+ | Airplane meeting: John Lihas, left, and Hunter Smith-Lihas, | ||
+ | Airplane meeting: John Lihas, left, and Hunter Smith-Lihas, | ||
+ | Hunter Smith-Lihas | ||
+ | First date: On their first date, Hunter flew from his home in Pittsburgh to Myrtle Beach in South Carolina to meet John, who was there on a layover. Here' | ||
+ | Long distance: John and Hunter lived in different cities, but traveled to meet one another when they could. Here they are on a trip to Los Angeles during this period. | ||
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+ | Surprise trip: For Hunter' | ||
+ | New adventures: After just over a year of long distance, John and Hunter moved in together and both moved to Detroit. "It was an adjustment," | ||
+ | Puerto Rico proposal: On a trip to San Juan, Puerto Rico, Hunter asked John to marry him. "It all clicked, like the rest of my life is coming together perfectly," | ||
+ | Honeymooning: | ||
+ | Traveling together: Today, the couple live together in Florida. They' | ||
+ | Airplane meeting: John Lihas, left, and Hunter Smith-Lihas, | ||
+ | First date: On their first date, Hunter flew from his home in Pittsburgh to Myrtle Beach in South Carolina to meet John, who was there on a layover. Here's the couple that evening. | ||
+ | Photos: How two flight attendants fell in love on an airplane | ||
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+ | How Hunter and John got here was via a series of unexpected moments and decisions starting six years ago, in 2017. | ||
- | Georg Rabanser, a former Italian national team snowboarder who owns land in a meadow | + | Back then, Hunter was just known as Hunter Smith. He was in his early 20s and working as a gate agent for Spirit Airlines. He’d aspired to work in aviation since he’d starting watching |
- | “So many people come through here every day, everyone goes through our properties and leaves trash,” he says. “Ours | + | “I thought, ‘Oh, my gosh, this is the best job ever. I definitely want to do something like this,’” Hunter tells CNN Travel today. |
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+ | After he graduated college, Hunter secured a gate staff position in his home city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The role was the perfect foot in the aviation door. | ||
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+ | Working the airport gate, Hunter interacted with hundreds, if not thousands, of people each day. As a sociable person, he always enjoyed | ||
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+ | But Spirit Airlines’ employment pool was so big he rarely met the same flight attendants twice. | ||
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+ | One morning, one of Hunter’s gate attendant coworkers asked if he could pass on some papers to the captain of a soon-to-depart Spirit flight, which was heading to Orlando, Florida. | ||
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+ | This kind of task, says Hunter, was “typically not my job, I did not normally do that.” | ||