A CHILDREN’S author has revealed how she fell in love with an alcoholic homeless man she met on the street – and now they’re married with kids.

Emmy Abrahamson, 41, from Sweden, was holidaying in Amsterdam in 2006 when Vic Kocula approached her.

5 Emmy Abrahamson told This Morning how she fell in love with Vic Kocula, who used to be homeless alcoholic Credit: Rex Features

She knew immediately he was sleeping rough because of his “dirty” clothes and hair, but was struck by his “beautiful brown eyes”.

The pair got talking and there was instant chemistry. After 10 minutes of chatting, Emmy agreed to meet Vic on the same bench a week later for a date.

When Emmy had to return to Vienna - where she lived at the time - she feared she'd never see Vic again, but three weeks later he called her to say he'd made his way to Austria to find her.

More than a decade later the couple, who shared their amazing love story with Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield on This Morning, are married with six-year-old twins, Desta and Til.

5 The pair are now married and have six-year-old twins, Desta and Til Credit: ITV

Emmy has written a book about their unlikely romance, called How to Fall in Love With a Man Who Lives in a Bush.

Emmy told the ITV1 daytime show how she was instantly attracted to Vic, despite his unkempt appearance.

She said: “Straight away I could see he was homeless because he was very dirty and so were his hands and fingernails. He was holding a briefcase which I thought only crazy people did, and later on I found out that's where he held his sleeping bag and cans of beer.

“We started chatting and I realise he had the most beautiful brown eyes I'd ever seen and he made me laugh straight away.”

5 Emmy told Phil and Holly how she was holidaying in Amsterdam in 2006 when Vic approached her Credit: Rex Features

Emmy recalled how their relationship blossomed over a romantic picnic lunch.

Vic, an American, had been backpacking around Europe when he ran out of money.

He decided he wasn't ready to go back to the US, and resorted to sleeping on the street.

He begged for money which he used to travel, but soon fell into a pattern of drinking heavily.

Vic said: “The wheels fell off and the alcoholism kicked in heavy. It was such a gradual turn that one day I realised: ‘Oh my God, I'm a homeless alcoholic’.”

Emmy thought their romance would end when she returned to Vienna, but she gave Vic her number just in case.

5 The pair tied the knot in a romantic fairytale castle Credit: ITV

Unbeknown to her, he was desperately trying to raise enough money to make his way to see her again.

Emmy said: “I didn't know if I was going to see him again but I couldn't stop thinking about him.

“Three weeks later [in Vienna], I'd just turned 30, and I got a phone call from Vic who said ‘I'm here now’, and we've been together ever since.”

The couple tied the knot in a castle and Vic transformed his life by retraining as an electrical engineer.

5 Emmy has now written a book about the pair's unlikely romance Credit: Rex Features

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They have told their twins how they met, but aren’t sure the children fully appreciate their unique tale.

Vic said: “We've told them everything that happened. I don't think they grasp the social aspects of the whole thing, they just think it’s funny that daddy lived in a bush.”

Later in the show, Holly squealed as actor Anthony Head revealed his house is haunted by a little girl.