Whether we have always been happily single, or due to divorce, separation, death of a spouse or a case of empty-nest syndrome to name just a few! When I began my travels, dating along the way never even crossed my mind. And it turns out there is a wide range of single men around the world, and there have been no shortage of options in how to meet them!
In Brazil I went out with a Brazilian and befriended a man from Belgium. In Serbia I dated a Turkish man. I am now dating a Turkish man I met in Istanbul. Even though I am from a city with many different ethnic backgrounds in a very diverse country, the breadth and variety of men I have connected with on the road has truly amazed me. Regardless of their place of origin, the men I have connected with on my travels have surprisingly had a lot in common, but quite different than men I have dated in North America in the past.
I have been married twice β the first time to an American man and the second to a Canadian. And in between times I dated a bit on both sides of the border; from my experiences they have a lot in common in that the majority were at first a bit aloof and less than likely to approach a woman.
And first dates almost always followed the same predictable model β meet for coffee or drinks. They also kept materialistic conversation to a minimum.
The other fabulous discovery I made about connecting with men on my travels is that the model of the date was almost never the same! Because I, and often both of us, were in a new city, we arranged to go for walks around the city, or do tourist excursions and the like.
