I’m an American who flew 3,300 miles to go to Wetherspoons – and I fell in love when I arrived

A STUDENT flew 3,300 miles to visit a Wetherspoons — and ended up falling in love with a local lad.

Felicia DiSalvo, 21, heard so much about the pub from online chess pal Zak Broadhurst she decided to fly over from New York.

She ended up going to the The Moon Under Water in Deansgate, Manchester, on all five days of her trip.

And she and Zak, 22, fell “head over heels” for each other as she tried pub grub including fish and chips with curry sauce.

He said: “I kept telling ­Felicia how amazing Wetherspoons is.

“It’s a place I can fall into no matter what I’m after -—breakfast after a long night out, something to eat on my break at work, a drink with friends on the weekend.

“I was confident that Felicia would adore the classic English pub vibe of Wetherspoons.

“It also meant we could finally meet face-to-face and we fell head over heels for one another.”

Felicia, of Staten Island, spent £1,300 on flights.

She said: “When I visited I loved it and wish they had such an incredible pub in America.”

Felicia is now planning another trip to a Wetherspoons, this time in York, where Zak is going to study psychology.