A nomadic couple who met on a plane and fell in love now travel the world together.
Krystina Burton and Gabriel Solberg plan to marry abroad.
Burton told Insider that they had already picked out a wedding venue.
Krystina Burton and Gabriel Solberg have been together for almost four years.
Burton and Solberg have 16,000 followers on their account and travel the world together. They told Insider that they are planning a destination wedding.
The couple said they met each other in a JFK airport terminal, unaware that they would sit next to each other on a flight from New York to Los Angeles and fall in love.
When asked how they met, Solberg, a nomadic digital-marketing professional now working from New York, said there were two sides of the story. I am aware that you think yours is not.
When Solberg sat next to Burton at the airport, he didn't know who she was. As she headed home to Los Angeles after an auditioning, Burton said she deliberately invaded her space in a quiet waiting area to talk to her.
He got on the plane long before Burton noticed he was in her boarding group. She said she thought of Solberg.
When the couple realized they were sitting together on the plane, they were excited.
Further conversations about spirituality allowed Solberg and Burton to quickly establish common ground, as well as how their differences complemented each other.
After disembarking from the plane, the pair exchanged numbers and kissed on the cheek from Solberg, who said he had just met the girl of his dreams.
They went to Los Angeles and stayed in a cabin in Topanga Canyon after the trio had a three-hour call. They had a marathon of dates from there, including a trip to Malibu beach, dinner at the cabin, and brunches.
If there was a seat available on the flight, they decided to bring Burton back with Solberg. The seat next to him was free.
Solberg said that Burton left to try out for Paula Abdul after hanging out in New York for a couple of weeks.
The couple said they didn't think about long-distance work at all.
They have been to many places together, including Mexico, Saint Thomas, Greece, Florida, and Las Vegas. The couple began documenting their experiences of traveling as an interracial couple on social media.
There are a lot of uncomfortable conversations and situations that you need to address, Solberg said of his privilege abroad.
The couple traveled from Las Vegas to Italy and got engaged. She said that Burton didn't know when to expect the proposal, but they already picked a wedding venue. We looked at rings.
Burton and Solberg agreed on a destination wedding after Solberg proposed with a custom diamond ring. They decided early on to get married in St. Lucia on July 25, their anniversary, but because of COVID-19, they have been experiencing delays to the 40-person intimate ceremony they planned to have at Windjammer Landing Villa Beach Resort.
The couple knows that their honeymoon will involve more sun and will be split between Indonesia and Hawaii.
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