How we got to know each other

Costa spent his childhood up to the age of 16 in a small village where Petra’s uncle ran a cozy bakery. Back then, Petra was still a little girl and the two didn’t know each other. Costa, on the other hand, was a regular at her uncle’s café – so regular that you’d think he had his own nameplate at the regulars’ table. Whether it was after a nerve-wracking football match or a long night out, Costa and his friends could almost always be found there.

Some 16 years later, both now grown up and on their own paths in life, they meet by chance at a salsa party – in a town so far away from their hometown that even their satnav would have given up. Costa, now 32 years old, has matured a little, but still has that youthful spark in his heart. Petra, at 26, is curious about the world of salsa, dares to take her first dance steps and simply enjoys the vibrant atmosphere of the party.

Costa, who is known for finding new people so fascinating that he would probably even listen to a cactus, has already had a few cocktails and decides to get some fresh air. And that’s when fate strikes: he heads straight for Petra and her friend. Fortunately, he’s known her friend for a while, which makes things a lot less awkward.

With his charming smile and a carefree attitude that is partly due to alcohol, he greets Petra with a warm hug. They quickly strike up a conversation, and when Petra mentions that she has been working in her uncle’s bakery for a few years, it hits Costa like a bolt from the blue! Without hesitation, he exclaims: “That must be your uncle! And I also know your aunt, who used to serve there 16 years ago!”

Petra is perplexed and amazed at the same time, but she actually confirms it. And so begins a story that couldn’t have started better for the two of them – a bit like an old recipe that is suddenly rediscovered and tastes just as good as it did back then.