A Love Affair In Madrid And a Romantic Tour in Rome!

I decided to enjoy everything, the comfortable seat, the flight attendant’s smile, and everything I was experiencing because there was a chance it would all end at the airport.

Frederico Costa
10 min readAug 26, 2022
Photo by David Monje on Unsplash

At that time (2008), for the first time in my life, I had vacation and money at the same time, and I decided to travel outside of Brazil for the first time. With the help of a friend from work, I made a plan and decided to visit Madrid, Barcelona, Rome, and finally Paris. Someone advised me not to start with Paris to save the best for last. That trip represented many things for me. I felt victorious, happy, and free. I was living an incredible moment and threw myself beautifully into it all.

My fifteen-day vacation in Europe would start in Madrid. Before boarding in São Paulo, someone from the airline calls my name over the loudspeaker. They decided to put me in a business class seat despite buying an economy ticket. But wait, this is going to get even better. As soon as I found my seat on the plane, I was greeted by the flight attendant who would assist me during the flight. He was a very handsome, tall man who spent the entire flight serving me with that beautiful smile.

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Frederico Costa

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