Our Love Story
Like many modern romances, ours started with a little nudge from technology. Friends on both sides had been trying to set us up, but it was a dating app that finally brought us together one winter evening. From our very first date, conversation flowed, laughter came easily, and we both knew something was different.
Life quickly fell into place as within a few months we’d met each other’s families, and by May we were moving in together , turning a house into a home filled with early morning walks, cooking adventures, friendly competitions over who makes the better pizza (Hannah usually wins…), and plenty of evenings spent sharing a good bottle of wine.
Both of us love to travel, and from the first date, we couldn’t stop talking about Puglia, a place neither of us had been, but both of us had always wanted to visit. In July, we finally made the trip, wandering through whitewashed villages, lingered over long dinners in vineyards, and drank more Aperol Spritz than we care to admit. The special moment came in Matera, where on a rooftop terrace with champagne in hand, Francesco asked Hannah to marry him.
Looking back, it feels as though invisible threads had been tying our lives together for years. Our friends had known each other long before we met, our paths had almost crossed more than once, and yet everything fell into place just when everything was right. Maybe coincidence, maybe destiny… or maybe it was the invisible string theory at work, quietly tying us together until we were ready.
Now, we can’t imagine starting the rest of our lives anywhere but Puglia. Puglia has become woven into our story, the beginning of our forever. It feels like the perfect place to begin the next chapter of our lives, surrounded by our closest friends and family.