Last Monday it was Nadia’s birthday and I
decided to do something different instead of just going out for dinner, so I made
up my mind to do a dinner under the stars on our roof terrace. Now the only
problem was how to get the terrace ready without Nadia noticing what was going
to happen.
Anyways, I thought of the plan and how I
was going to set it up and buy the supplies which consisted of getting as many
candles as I could get my hands on and then hide them in the house without her
finding them. Once all the candles were bought, I ran into a problem of how I
was going to cook the dinner as the terrace had no power so I had to run a
cable from the house which was easier said than done. But I did manage it all
at the end!
After a few days of preparations, the big
day came and I had told Nadia’s friends to keep her out of the house until I
called her so I could get everything ready upstairs which in all fairness did
not take as long as I thought I would but lighting all the candles turned into
more of a challenge than I thought due to the slight breeze which did not help
at all.
She came home expecting to see the house
fully decorated but instead just saw some flowers on the table and a card with
some instructions on what to do next. She walked upstairs to find the whole
terrace lit up and the table laid out for us to enjoy dinner.
After some crying and lots of hugs and
kisses came dinner with some nice white wine - nothing fancy, just some good home
cooking. She had already gotten a present a few days earlier when we celebrated
her birthday with friends – it was a nice new watch, but on Monday (her actual
birthday) she got her other present which is a weekend away with me at a spa
hotel up the coast - more on that later on.
I think she had a very nice surprise on the
day and she enjoyed the dinner under the stars even if there was no birthday
cake.
Good morning how are you?
ReplyDeleteMy name is Emilio, I am a Spanish boy and I live in a town near to Madrid. I am a very interested person in knowing things so different as the culture, the way of life of the inhabitants of our planet, the fauna, the flora, and the landscapes of all the countries of the world etc. in summary, I am a person that enjoys traveling, learning and respecting people's diversity from all over the world.
I would love to travel and meet in person all the aspects above mentioned, but unfortunately as this is very expensive and my purchasing power is quite small, so I devised a way to travel with the imagination in every corner of our planet. A few years ago I started a collection of used stamps because trough them, you can see pictures about fauna, flora, monuments, landscapes etc. from all the countries. As every day is more and more difficult to get stamps, some years ago I started a new collection in order to get traditional letters addressed to me in which my goal was to get at least 1 letter from each country in the world. This modest goal is feasible to reach in the most part of countries, but unfortunately it’s impossible to achieve in other various territories for several reasons, either because they are countries at war, either because they are countries with extreme poverty or because for whatever reason the postal system is not functioning properly.
For all this I would ask you one small favor:
Would you be so kind as to send me a letter by traditional mail from Gibraltar? I understand perfectly that you think that your blog is not the appropriate place to ask this, and even, is very probably that you ignore my letter, but I would call your attention to the difficulty involved in getting a letter from that country, and also I don’t know anyone neither where to write in Gibraltar in order to increase my collection. a letter for me is like a little souvenir, like if I have had visited that territory with my imagination and at same time, the arrival of the letters from a country is a sign of peace and normality and an original way to promote a country in the world. My postal address is the following one:
Emilio Fernandez Esteban
Avenida Juan de la Cierva, 44
28902 Getafe (Madrid)
Spain
If you wish, you can visit my blog www.cartasenmibuzon.blogspot.com where you can see the pictures of all the letters that I have received from whole World.
Finally I would like to thank the attention given to this letter, and whether you can help me or not, I send my best wishes for peace, health and happiness for you, your family and all your dear beings.
Yours Sincerely
Emilio Fernandez