In early spring 2016 they we're both at Josephine, a bar on the Liston in Corfu Town. Both out with a friend and this is where Bart saw Christina for the first time. She however, did not see Bart...

Bart planned on talking to Christina but decided to gather some courage first. And as happens often, life passes you by while you make plans. Christina had left. A few days passed while Bart kept thinking about the woman he saw and his missed opportunity. Online he found out that Christina wasn't living on Corfu at the time so the chances of him running into her again were slim. A message was sent and the connection was made.

To Bart's disappointment, Christina was dating someone at the time and when she mentioned that, the conversation quickly ended. 'In the days and weeks passing, we both kept thinking of each other which resulted in a 'Hey how are you' message from time to time. Each time this ended the same way, regardless of how nice these conversations were. After a while of on and off chatting, Bart decided that they at least should meet once before accepting that this was it. So on a spring Friday afternoon, Bart decided to get in the car, take the ferry to the mainland and drive to the city where Christina lived. He sent her a selfie showing he was there and accompanied it with a message saying ' I hope you won't make me wait too long '

'That night we met and spent the whole night just talking and laughing at the empty rooftop of a hotel. A bottle of wine and music playing from a phone.'

Over the next months Christina stopped dating and called Bart. As her break-up was fresh, they decided to give it a few weeks before meeting up in Thessaloniki at a certain time and location. For the first time they actually spent some time together. While Bart was on his way back to Corfu, Christina texted to say she still wasn't sure, thanked Bart for a nice weekend and good-bye!

Weeks went by and Bart had his 34th birthday. A small party was planned and a call came in from the Neolea office that flowers had been delivered. A whole lot of white roses with one red in the middle and a note saying : you're as special as one red rose among the white ones.. but no sender.
Thankfully Bart was able to figure out who had sent those flowers after calling the shop owner and having him check his security camera feed. That quickly turned just another birthday party into one the best ever...

About a month later, Christina moved in with Bart!