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Bremen, Deutschland on the 3rd of October, 2011, at 3:00pm

By Manja W

I was born 1980 in eastern Germany, that time known as 'German Democratic Republic'.

My husband comes from the western part of Germany. October 3rd is a national holiday, the 'Day of german Reunification'. So, this date became our personal day of unity.
It was our first date after we wrote some sentences on an internet dating platform. I was working at a huge fast-food restaurant at that time and had fewer work-free days.
So we had chosen the holiday to have a meeting at the 'Werdersee' in Bremen. He came with his red little Ford to pick me up at the Central Station in Bremen, where we saw us the first time live. He lived nearly 30 minutes away. I had an apartment in Bremen, but little far away from the city, so I had to use the train.
As I was leaving the Central Station to look after a red Ford or my date, I nearly passed him by. But he saw me. He thought a moment if he should call me over or if he should leave that scene. But he shouted at me 'Here I am'.
Nervous and a little shy, as first dates are, we were shaking hands, a short hug and then we drove to the 'Werdersee'. Arrived there we were walking around the sea, talking, shyly holding each others hand, thousand sorry's for wet hands and had a short break on a park bench. We were watching planes flying above us. It started raining, so we had to run back to the car. He was a gentleman and drove me back to my apartment. As we arrived there, we were both a little confused. Is it ending here, should we go up or say bye... Still sitting in the car in front of my home we had a first little kiss. I offered him to stay a while because he had made a way to meet me. So we were talking on the couch, giggling and kissing. I can't remember if we had a coffee, eat something or so. Just remembering that couch and how we sat there. As he had to leave because of a long way home, we knew we will meet again.

This year we'll have our 8th anniversary. And we are married since 2017. Our holiday date is bringing him always tears to his blue eyes, so I ordered that map, to give him a good feeling, whenever he passes by.