15 years in the making
15 years in the making
It all started in Groningen, in the most romantic of places: a student house. We lived two doors away, "accidentally" bumping into each other in hallways, exchanging curious looks and having shy and awkward small talks. We hit it off pretty quickly though. A few students parties (and a few drinks for courage later) the shy smiles turned into conversations, the conversations into something more… and the rest, as they say, is history, 15 years in the making.
A few years and many adventures later, we rented an absolute unit of a camper van and set off down the Portuguese coast, with no real plan. We slept above cliffs, woke up to the sound of the ocean waves and had breakfast up in the clouds. Even the camper van breaking down on the edge of a cliff couldn't ruin it. That's when we fell in love with Portugal: beautiful, delicious, slightly chaotic. Basically, our vibe.
Somewhere along the way, enters Sir Toshi. He was actually the one who chose us and it soon made perfect sense. Stubborn like Olya and sophisticated like Andrei, he fit right in. As time passed by, he started demanding a nicer apartment and neighborhood more suited to his standards, so he could have the life he deserves, living under the care of his double-income parents. Of course we gave in... and that's how we settled into our new cozy home in Amsterdam East, under his rule.
And then came Madeira. Sunrise. A mountaintop above the clouds. Olya thought they were there for the views and the snacks. Andrei had slightly bigger plans, ones that Olya definitely didn't see coming. Confusion turned into tears, tears into laughter, and eventually into the easiest answer of all: YES!
