The stay on mutual exchange in the fantastic region of Andalusia looked fantastic. We were going to a nice Spanish family that we met in Poland during our exchange. However, I didn’t expect it would have such an impact on my life.
We spent time in an apartment in a gated community with two swimming pools and well-kept places to rest. We swam, rested, visited, and sometimes cooked delicious dishes. I sat on a deckchair and watched my children and grandchildren swim in the pool. The whole time I felt the gaze of a man my age who was also relaxing with his family. His face was intriguing and familiar to me. After two days, a man approached me, introduced himself and asked whether 40 years ago I was at a summer camp in the Polish city of Włocławek. These were colonies organized by the Spanish Polonia for joint exchange. In that closed communist system, we missed the Western world very much. So I was at these summer camps and I met this boy with a twinkle in his eye who taught me how to dance and sing in Spanish. We were 16 years old then and we forgot to take each other’s addresses. Now what a meeting. I met his family. Our children and grandchildren became friends. The memories came back. Thanks to HomeExchenge we can continue our relationship and friendship.
Elizabeth
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Yes, it’s a love story.
We were very young and both very shy. We looked at each other from a distance. Our eyes always met, we were staring at each other, but neither of us took the next step. Daniel, because that was his name, had a slight vision defect, which didn’t bother me, but it caused him to be shy.
Everyone saw our youthful love and laughed a little at us. It didn’t bother us and we continued to stare at each other.
On the last day of the camp, one of the oldest participants, Pedro, he was already eighteen and had a girlfriend, couldn’t take it anymore. He brought Daniel to me and ordered us to start talking to each other, or at least say goodbye to each other. This step allowed us to stand next to each other, hold hands and be so close to each other. We had to say goodbye, our hearts were breaking, we both wanted to do something, but we were helpless. After we parted, we realized that we didn’t have each other’s address.
The meeting in Andalusia allowed us to release our emotions and feelings that were somewhere deep in our hearts. Daniel told me that two years later he turned 18. He wanted to come to Poland and find me, but then Martial Law broke out in Poland and it was not possible. Currently, we both have a happy life and wonderful families. This pure, strong youthful love will always remain in our hearts. Meeting thanks to HomeExchange allowed us to end this story with a happy ending and further develop our friendship.
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