"I went on a girls' trip to Italy, met the love of my life - now we've moved in"

A woman met the “love of her life” while on a girls’ trip to Italy - and less than a year later they’ve moved in.

Quirine Brouwer, 27, met partner Giovanni Moioli, 30, on Bumble while joking around with her pals.

After five days of “drinking wine, eating pasta and being a tourist” they went on their first date.

They managed to squeeze three meetups into the 10-day trip - and began a long-distance relationship immediately afterwards.

Five months later, she asked to move in - and two weeks ago (07/24), they began renting a flat together in Milan.

Quirine, a freelance copywriter from Rotterdam, The Netherlands, said: “This was the best decision of my life - we’re just on the same level with everything.

“In a very interesting period of my life, this seemed so uncomplicated.

“Living together made so much sense.

“Every time we’d visit each other, we’d stay with each other for weeks, anyway.

“It’s all been very easy.”

Quirine’s friends decided to whisk her away to Italy after she started suffering from work-related burnout.

She was having panic attacks, had to quit her job as a content creator and move back in with her parents.

The trip was planned for September 2023, and up until the last minute, she didn’t even want to go.

“I couldn’t work, couldn’t afford rent, and had to move back in with my parents,” she said.

“I didn’t want to go - I was having panic attacks up until the day before.

“But I decided to go, in the end.

“It felt like time to start completely anew.”

The girls rented an AirBnB - a “big, pink villa” - and planned to relax for 10 days.

Two nights into the trip, they started playing around on each others’ dating apps.

Quirine said: “We decided to open Bumble - we were having wine one night.

“It felt like a typical girl moment.

“We made a game out of the names, because so many guys had the same name.

“And we were hoping we might find someone with a boat, to take us out onto the river.”

Quirine’s friends came across Giovanni’s profile, and Quirine secretly swiped right.

She loved that he was “a creative,” and found him really attractive.

But, not wanting to ruin the girls’ night, decided not to message him first - which meant the conversation timed out.

“I woke up to a message from him on Instagram,” she added.

“He said, ‘hey, we didn’t get the chance to talk on Bumble.’

“He invited me for a drink.

“I think I was feeling quite spontaneous - I thought it could be nothing.

“But even if it was a bad date overall, it was a really romantic setting.”

Feeling guilty for ditching the girls’ trip, Quirine checked in with her friends.

But they encouraged her to go - telling her it was time she had some fun.

The pair met up in one of the local towns, and spent the evening drinking Aperol spritz at a local bar.

“We really hit it off,” Quirine added.

“We drank Aperol spritz, sat by the lake, watched the sunset and talked for hours.

“I can’t even explain how perfectly romantic it was.”