February 14th - The least and most romantic places in the world
Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast
The Independent
3.6 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 14 February 2023
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
Today is Valentine's Day and I'm joined by Travel Editor (and also, I like to think, Chief Romance Correspondent) of the Independent, Helen Coffey, to discuss the least and most romantic places in the world to travel.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to today's independent travel podcast. Goodness, it's Tuesday the 14th of February. Valentine's Day, of course. And who better to talk about the romance and sometimes lack of it in travel than the travel editor of the independent, which is Helen Coffey. |
| 0:22.8 | Or Helen, I would like to think of you as the chief romance correspondent. Is that fair? |
| 0:29.2 | I mean, we could call me Chief Heartbreak Correspondent. I feel like that's probably more |
| 0:33.4 | accurate to set the tone of this episode. Oh my goodness, I may have stumbled into the wrong |
| 0:39.7 | podcast. Well, let's see how we get on. Valentine's Day coming up. Lots of people going away. |
| 0:47.0 | It's possible some of them be going away for the first time together. How lovely. What's wrong |
| 0:52.7 | possibly with romance on the road? Well, I think holidays are one of those |
| 1:00.5 | things where they're just so fraught with things that can go wrong for new couples, but also |
| 1:06.5 | more well-established couples. I know plenty of people who their relationship was going really well and then they took a |
| 1:14.9 | first break together and that almost was the end of them. |
| 1:18.7 | So one thing I would advise if this is you and you're kind of taking your paramour away |
| 1:25.0 | for the first time, just be aware that there might be some stress points |
| 1:29.0 | if you're flying airports are always very stressful I think even at the best of times. So make |
| 1:34.8 | sure you've checked your luggage sizes and requirements beforehand. I had a situation with an ex |
| 1:40.2 | where he had not Ryanair charged in 50 euros he was grumpy for the entirety of our holiday |
| 1:45.9 | together so that wasn't good and then when you're there you don't necessarily have to spend |
| 1:51.5 | every second together is my other point even if you're going away for a romantic break if it turns |
| 1:57.6 | out you really like kind of sitting in a lovely square having a drink for several hours |
| 2:03.6 | and your other half actually would prefer to see every single museum and gallery in the city. |
| 2:08.6 | It is okay for you to take a bit of time apart if it means you're both going to enjoy your time. |
| 2:13.6 | You are very famously known as a terrestrial traveller. |
| 2:19.3 | You do not fly. |
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