Before starting with Daniela and me story i have to do a short introduction of my love history....
I'm not gonna tell you about my previous girlfriends but you should know that for 8 years I was single... I dated with a bunch of girls but one thing i learned through the year is that is better to be alone than to be in a relation thats not completely true... A good relation as i see it is the one that naturally flows, you shouldn't be struggling to be happy together, if it doesn't happen, just let go and keep working on your individual growth...
This being said im gonna tell you about Daniela and me... :)
For the last 4 years i've been traveling, that also makes difficult to be in a relation...
I was managing a hostel in San Marcos la laguna, Guatemala and wewere short on volunteers, there was 2 about to arribe, one Italian girl called Daniela and a portuguese one called Madalena...
this is Daniela and Madalena, the become really good friends...
I was working at reception covering shifts and this girl came to the bar, i asked her, can I help you with something? and she said, no rush...
After i finished with a guest i knew it... this girl was the italian volunteer. So, the first contact we had was with me grabbing her from her shoulders, shaking her and yelling "Danielaaaa!!!"... I think that caused a good impression... don't ask me how...
So, time went by and about two weeks later my interest on her was pretty big... I think i chased her for a week before she let go and accepted my love... always carefully... doubting but allowing me to get closer and closer...
This is me trying to get closer
Here she was already giving me some love back :)
After 2 months working together and making our connection grow we took a flight to Argentina, my country... I can say that maybe took about 3 or 4 month to be able to fully trust each other and feel that we were meant to be together for a long time and share a lot of adventures...
I'm not gonna go through details or this post would be a whole book...
We have traveled through Oregon, California, Nevada, Arizona, Mexico and Guatemala...
Why I love her so much???
Well, there are so many reasons... She's the one... I know it now... She's been the last month in Italy and I'm still in Guatemala, distance is not making anything bad to us... we love eachother every day, it doesn't matter if we are in the same room or in different planets...
This girl... this woman...
She's not scared of flowing with whatever the universe has prepared for us...
She's, smart, social, strong... she still has her inner child alive and plays all the time...
eating squirrels food
She loves nature, hiking, animals...
This is her, hiking by herself with two new kanine friends...
(PH: Daniela Frattaruolo)
huging a tree in yosemite park US.
On the next photos you can see how her emotions change... she was on a bus with Madalena and sudently someont got on the bus with 2 little alive pigns in a bag and lay them donw on the bus floor... this is not so strange in guatemala...
You can see how she was happy and then introspective and sad...
You can see the tear....
I have no doubt I love her....
She is a hard worker and i know she can do anything she wants to do...
Building fences...
MOOPing after the Oregon Eclipse Festival... (MOOP: Matter out of place)
Working with tools and wood making a bed for our van! :)
Even puting hand on an engine...
working for others...
This was a sign for a smal restaurante owned by a mayan ladie with a 4 year old kid... (just to help, no money there)
Sitting in a pile of garbage bags in the back of a truck while working with the green team...
So, im gonna share a few more photos but not so much more text... thanks for reading our story :)
She's not scared of bugs...
She takes amazing photos
Love is in the air...
We share the pasion of reading, maynly sci fi....
Watching the stars in Arizona
just look at that smile!
So, Daniela, if you read this... I love you pupusita!
I miss you a lot, can't wait to have you back here!!!
**** All text and photos are original ****
PS: She also doesn't love social media so she's gonna be mad about this post :P