When Savannah moved to Barcelona to teach English in 2017, meeting someone was the last thing on her mind. “It was a sort of Eat, Pray, Love experience,” she says. “I’d broken up with my ex and wanted to spend some time away. I left my job in London and went to Spain.”
As soon as she arrived, she instantly fell in love with the lifestyle. The school she taught at was near the beach and she quickly found a new group of friends. “I also used dating apps to meet new people,” she says. Soon, Michael’s profile caught her eye. He was living in Barcelona temporarily, to play tennis, while he took a break from his job as a mortgage broker in Sydney, Australia. “My profile said ‘Australian tennis player’ so I think Savannah had visions of me at Wimbledon,” he laughs. “In reality, I was paying for the opportunity to play at an academy.” Even so, they soon hit it off. “I liked the way he looked and he sent me a silly line about my favourite Skittles flavour,” says Savannah. “He’d been in London before Spain and had been staying in Islington, five minutes from where I grew up.”
