Aurora Magazine 2018

Sunshine peeks through the window and wakes me up. I sit up to stretch and look toward the couch. Colten is already up. He has always been an early riser. I head up to the upper deck and find him getting the boat tied down to the dock. Colten glances over toward me and smiles. His smile always melts my heart. “I thought I saw something beautiful out of the corner of my eye.” “Probably the city of Mykonos, because I know you’re not talking about me. I am a train wreck.” “I think you are beautiful just the way you are. Messy hair and all.” I smile at him as I try to hide that I am blushing. He walks over and kisses. “Are you ready for your day of fun?” “You bet. I’m going to go get ready.” I take a quick shower, get dressed and fishtail my hair. I grab my sandals and head to meet up with Colten. I quickly slip my sandals on and he guides me off the boat. He grabs my hand and interlocks his fingers with mine. We walk the streets of the city taking in the whole new world presented before us. It is like stepping into a postcard. Colten takes a few pictures of me as we walk the streets. I take a photo of him next to the windmills and we also get some- one to take a few of us. Then we visit one of the old churches before heading to a local farm for organic wine and food tast- ings. When we arrived, we were greeted by many of their farm animals. Colten and I took a picture with the donkey. Their wine was amazing and went very well with their fresh cheese and meat platter they had for us to try. “I don’t think you can top this. The day is almost over.” He laughs and grabs my arm to pull me alongside him.

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