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So my boyfriend and I have been dating for around 3 years now. And since our parents finally accepted our relationship (hurray! or at least they don’t forbid us to see each other lol #Rome&Juliet) we thought it would be nice for us to go on holiday together like normal couples do and have our first of hopefully many more traveling experience together. (Honestly, I can’t even tell you how shocked I was when our parents didn’t say anything against that). I was damn excited to be traveling with my boyfriend for the first time. Damn excited.
After I went through every deal that was available, we decided to go to Mallorca based on his friends’ recommendation. Because we are so well prepared, we did not book anything until a few days before we wanted to leave and thank goodness that we were still in season for some nice weather. If you are interested in what Mallorca is like and need a good guide give these posts a visit:
We flew from different airports (since we both live in different countries yay long distance) but both arrived at around 7 am in the morning and found each
Traveling from PMI airport to our hotel
The airport is actually right in front of the beach if you look at it on a map. And by car, it was only about 3 km away from our hotel. According to my boyfriend, this was a perfect walking distance. I mean we could walk along the beach, hand in hand in the morning sun. (The idea of being romantic was the only way to motivate me to walk). So fine, if I must, I will walk.
We tried to look around for an exit, but could not find anything. I then decided to ask the information desk on how to get out of this airport if we wanted to walk. And she was like, “You want to walk…?”
“Yes… walk”, I said knowing very well how ridiculous it must sound, but hey! It was definitely not my idea.
“There is no way to walk out of here. The airport is surrounded by highways…”
“Oh is that so?”, I say (actually delighted by the “bad news”. Let’s be honest, if you know me, you know well that walking would not be my first choice.) Turns out that if we really did want to walk, we would have to take a bus first to get to the next station outside the airport. And the price of that was practically equivalent to a taxi arriving right in front of our hotel. So yes, we took a taxi.
Credits to my boyfriend 
Though still things to improve as my personal photographer
Dipping our feet into the Mediterranean with the Morning Sun
Upon arrival, we
We were just taking a walk along the coast where the water kisses the shore when an older lady came by to point at my outfit and say, “Very nice.” I thought that was super cool, ok? It seemed to me that older people here are more relaxed?? Because my outfit was not exactly on the conservative side (my boyfriend was just extremely confused about my shirt. He didn’t understand why the whole back was open like that. But
He, of course, said that the lady was definitely not pointing at my outfit. She was obviously trying to point at him and say he looks nice, but not trying to be rude, she decided to point at my outfit. Yes, of course, that is exactly what was going down. Am I right ladies?
mi nerdy boi 
is kind of cute
Sightseeing in a sleep-deprived state
Since we weren’t able to check-in early, we had plenty of time to explore the surrounding area. So we got some sandwiches and sat in a parc like the homeless people we before we went to the aquarium which was only a 10-minute walk at most.
While the aquarium was super fascinating and we did have fun, by the end of the long walk (because the aquarium was huge) we just wanted to lie down and sleep somewhere (a bench would do thx). But we had already paid for this 3D Whale hologram show. Before the show even started my boyfriend said that he might fall asleep under these conditions (dark and quiet) but we paid for it. And just as the show started, I started to fall asleep as well. Becoming aware of this second sleep, I woke up in shock and tried to wake my boyfriend up (cause I knew he must have fallen asleep too) so we wouldn’t miss the show. But this unappreciative child fell back asleep (
Our first dinner in Mallorca
Fun Storytime: We were so tired on our first day, that when we were finally able to check into our rooms, we took a dead people nap for several hours. I mean the two of us slept a total of barely 3 hours that night. By 5 pm we actually woke up and were determined enough to get ready and go to the beach. But of course, who would have thought, it was cloudy and even started raining. Lucky us.
So we decided to go back to sleep before we would go down for dinner. /starts crying about money/ I had actually woken up 30 mins before the lounge closed, and had a heart attack thinking about dinner. So I tried to wake my boyfriend up, asking him if he wanted dinner and his half-asleep butt said no. And I was not going to argue back.
Since he forced me to finish that humongous Paella for lunch and the poor thing was obviously lacking way too much sleep, I didn’t want to disturb him anymore and personally also didn’t care to have dinner at this point. So, I too went back to sleep. But when Mr. Sleepy finally woke up at 9 pm, he could not recall me waking him up and asking about dinner. He was incredibly sad and made us go out for dinner anyway. /Insert meme of girl crying and mum being nonchalant/
Taking a walk at night
We had previously already started to notice a large proportion of the people staying here were probably retired, but when we were trying to find a restaurant at 9 pm it became more apparent than ever. None of the restaurants from lunch seemed to be open. There seemed to be nothing going on in general … At that point, we really had to assume that this place was catered to Germans. I mean from what I learned Spanish people have dinner at 9 pm (at least on mainland Spain)?? (We found out that this assumption was totally wrong a few days later, had we just walked in the other direction lol).
Skip this if you can’t stand cheese (i don’t mean actually mean to exclude vegans): We took a stroll on the beach after we finally found a place to have dinner at. It really reminded us of the very first time we were really alone. That time, we strolled along the beach at night in the Netherlands. Can you call this a date? Because we call this the day we got together.
Do you really get to know your significant other when you travel together?
Although there are always more things we can learn about each other, whether you are traveling together or not, there are different things you learn about a person when you spend 24/7 together. Like your habits and thought-process. To be quite honest, this doesn’t just apply to your SO but just as well to your friends. It puts people in a different light (literally with the sun setting and rising lolol).
Me
I’m a bit slow and pretty forgetful. And I am super clingy but in my I don’t just mean, we hold hands when we go outside. By that I mean pls hold my hands while we eat so
Also my obsession with sunscreen. He said I use it as if it comes for free. (but hey! I am already committing to not stay in the shade and to swim during mid-day (lmao who dis??? the Thanh I know would never. same). So I think it’s only fair, for me to keep my excessive sunscreen application habit.
I, however, didn’t wear makeup throughout the entire trip. Even when we went to the city centre and I knew we were going to take a few photos (I was sort of in a rush after we were at the beach and needed a quick shower before heading out again), but I still felt really comfortable? And I think that’s really important as he has to wake up seeing this cutie pie face when it is not covered up and still love me. I just really appreciated how he liked it when I didn’t wear make up. He doesn’t think I needed it and I think that cute. (I got your barf bag here for anyone that couldn’t take that. Sorry, my bad.)
Him
He hates wasting food. If it is already on your plate, it better be eaten even if you are struggling. There is surely space for more unless it makes you sick of course. But he really wanted me to eat all that I can (and still I didn’t gain any weight).
He was definitely not afraid of the sun. He was practically convinced that we are paying to get some sunshine. So of course, we were sunbathing during the mid-day sun (like all them wrinkly tanned people).
I suggested going into the Royal Residence while we were in the city centre, after which I thought it would be nice to visit the Arabian Baths that all the bloggers talked about. But he really did not want to go. “Đi cái này
How my boyfriend and me spent time together when we travelled
I don’t have many photos to show because we spent much of our time at the beach and being paranoid af, we did not bring anything of value to the beach. But I am glad that we got to disconnect from our devices like this because it helps us connect. (crowds: booooh lmao cut out the cheese pls)
I am so glad to say that this was so easy to do with mon petit (from looking at hot beach are little points that make long-distance relationships shine a little.
For anyone traveling with their significant other
Really take the time you finally have together to talk and connect! Learn more about what and how they think. In our busy city lives, it is kind of difficult sometimes to really focus on the conversation and spend more than 3 hours without your phone.
Every relationship has its ups and downs
Although you may think that that couple on Youtube or Instagram live the perfect life and would never get into any kind of argument, that is probably far from the truth. I honestly like it when these influencers also talk about the times when things weren’t going so well because it reminds me of the fact that they are indeed just humans and that even the most perfect match will have their differences. The question is just about how you will deal with this.
So yes, although everything was really perfect and I loved every second we were able to spend together, we also had our disagreements. When sightseeing, he doesn’t actually need to go inside the buildings or exhibitions. It is enough for him to admire it from outside. He prefers to roam the streets and eat ice cream while window-shopping. And I think that is totally okay ( i love eating and window shopping) and he is a cutie for that. I just didn’t know that.
But that’s just another thing we got to learn about each other. I think it is quite natural to not have the same opinion on everything. That doesn’t mean that you cannot be a good match for each other because there is probably no couple out there that really never has disagreements.
Endnote
if my nerdy boi reads this for whatever reason (because tbh he will most likely not), thank you for the trip.
See ya’ll soon! – Thanh
