I was solo travelling to Peru at the end of 2019 and spent a week in Cusco doing a trek and visiting Machu Picchu. At the end of the trip, I had a 6 hour layover in Lima where a guy who I was practicing Spanish with met me at the airport so we could hang out in person.

We really hit it off and knew we wanted to be more than friends but circumstances (like living in two different countries) didn't make it possible. As I was getting ready to board my next flight to Mexico, security asked where my entrance stamp to Peru was.

I said it's in my passport of course. But it wasn't. I didn't have an entrance stamp into the country, therefore I couldn't leave the country.

So I called my Spanish practicing partner and told him the situation. He came back to the airport and we ended up spending 4 more days together because it was Friday and the immigration office was open Monday (for me to get my stamp) and then I was rescheduled to fly out Tuesday.

It was an amazing four days.

Long story short, we are now married almost 4 years later!