Liudmila and I met while she had been studying English and I had been studying Russian. We hit it off and took a gamble and decided to meet each other for a vacation. We traveled to Minsk together, as we were both able to go without a visa.
We later met for several more vacations including in Czechia, Turkey, and the Dominican. I relocated to Moscow for about six months. We decided to marry and began the visa process.