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The Best Trip I Took with a Stranger I Met Online: A Complete guide I never meant to travel with a stranger. It started as a harmless chat in a travel forum — two people trading tips about cheap flights and hidden cafés in Lisbon. A few messages became weeks of conversation, and before I quite realised what was happening, we’d booked tickets. Two people who’d never met in person, planning to share taxis, breakfasts, and sunsets. Mad, really. But sometimes madness is the point. You must read the interesting story about  Discovering Hamburg’s Coolest Neighbourhoods . We met at the airport, both awkward smiles and too much coffee. She was quieter than online, and I talked too much to fill the silence. But something settled on that first train ride from Lisbon to Sintra — the kind of easy rhythm that only happens when neither of you needs to pretend. We wandered through misty hills, took photos of tiled houses, and got lost more than once. I think that’s when trust began, in those ...