In 2014, we both did an exchange in Santiago, Chile. To celebrate the “18”, the Chilean Independence Day, we went on a long weekend to Pichilemu in an organized trip, with a group of students. We probably had already met it in the bus, but the first active memory of meeting each other was a surfing lesson on the 20th of September. That same night we saw each other in a beach club, which ended with a midnight beach walk and our first kiss on the beach. Love at first sight? Uhmm, there was a click, yes, but it took some time before we finally had our first date back in Santiago. Paola, to her own struggle, actually took the initiative to invite Bart out. A few dates followed, and we really started to like each other. on the 3rd of December 2014, after a couple of failed attempts, Paola finally agreed on the idea of being Bart’s girlfriend. At the end of December, we both returned to our countries. Confused. Was this just a summer love or was this true love? It turned out to be the latter. After our exchange, Bart was able to come to visit Guatemala in March 2015. It quickly became very real. Bart moved back to Chile for work in May 2015, and it became possible to see each other around every 3 months. A 4-year long-distance relationship followed until March 2019, when we finally lived together in Chile, and then in the Netherlands from the end of March 2022 on. We will spare you all the stories of the adventures within these different chapters of our lives. But it has been an amazing journey and we can’t wait to celebrate it with all the people that have been an important part of it. We are very much looking forward to seeing you all together!