In a relationship with Europe

A friend of mine came from a girls trip to Italy where she met a German she fell madly in love with. At the home town airport, she was greeted by an advertisement with the text "Marital status: in a relationship with Europe."

The signs show the most joyous path, the heart’s way… Two years later at the same time, I was getting ready to go to their wedding.

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Suhtes Euroopaga

Mu sõber tuli tüdrukute reisilt Itaaliasse, kus ta kohtas sakslast, kellesse hullupööra armus. Tallinna lennujaamas tervitas teda reklaam tekstiga “Perekonnaseis: suhtes Euroopaga.”.

Märgid näitavad kõige rõõmuküllasemat teed, südame teed… Kaks aastat hiljem samal ajal valmistusin nende pulma minema.

Passion

I had made a habit of drawing a few cards from her magical decks when I visited my clairvoyant-like masseuse. A few weeks ago I had got a picture of a couple dancing tango with the title "Passion".

Now, my friend and I went to a party, and before that I pulled a card from my personal deck of cards with angel pictures... and I got a picture of a couple in each other's embrace, with the title "Passion"!

It was actually a passionate period - I wrote with passion, I built our home passionately, my fiancé and I also had strong passion between us.

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Kirg

Mul oli kujunenud harjumuseks oma poolenisti selgeltnägijast massööri juures käies tõmmata tema maagilistest kaardipakkidest paar kaarti. Olin viimati mõni nädal tagasi saanud pildi temperamentselt tangot tantsivast paarist pealkirjaga “Kirg”.

Nüüd läksime sõbraga Pärnus peole ja tõmbasin oma isiklikust inglipiltidega kaardipakist enne seda kaardi… ja sain pildikese teineteise embuses olevast paarist, pealkirjaga “Kirg”!

See oli küll üks kirglik periood ka - kirjutasin kirega, sukeldusin kirglikult kodu ehitamise teemadesse, kihlatuga jätkus ka omavahelist tulevärki…

Happiness and flying

I was waiting for my fiance in the cafe to go together and submit the applications to get married. I took a cup of coffee with milk, and when I lifted the cup, I found a thought written on a piece of paper under it: "Man is created for happiness as a bird is for flying.”

What a wonderful sign.

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Õnn ja lendamine

Ootasin kohvikus oma kihlatut, et minna abiellumiseks avaldusi sisse viima. Võtsin ühe piimaga kohvi ja tassi tõstes leidsin selle alla paberile kirjutatud mõttetera: “Inimene on loodud õnne jaoks nagu lind lennu jaoks.”

Imeilus mõte ja märk.

Ukuaru waltz (by Arvo Pärt)

One summer, my dear friend suddenly started hearing Arvo Pärt's "Ukuaru waltz" everywhere, which she likes like crazy. She soon decided that if she ever got married again, this would be her wedding waltz.

Then I remembered another good friend had years ago decided that if she ever got married, it would be in her tiny home town. A little while later, the next idea came to her who should be the singer who sings at the wedding. She laughed that everything else was in place, only the groom was missing. The wonderful thing is that soon she found a new admirer, also from the same tiny town, who proposed to her less than a year after the first meeting, and we got a wedding invitation to that tiny town!

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Ukuaru valss

Mu armas sõber hakkas ühel suvel järsku igal pool kuulma Arvo Pärdi “Ukuaru valssi”, mis talle hullupööra meeldib. Ta otsustas peagi, et kui ta peaks veel kunagi abielluma, saab sellest tema pulmavalss.

Mulle meenus selle peale teine hea sõber, kes kunagi äkki oma sünnilinnas otsustas, et kui ta veel kunagi abiellub, siis Kuressaares. Veidi aega hiljem tuli tal mõte, et pulmas võiks sel juhul laulda Ivo Linna, ja naeris, et kõik muu on paigas, ainult peigmees puudu. Imetore on see, et õige pea leidis ta uue austaja, samuti Saaremaalt pärit, kes tegi vähem kui aasta pärast esmakohtumist talle abieluettepaneku ning me saimegi pulmakutse Kuressaares toimuvasse pulma!