🪩 Colin swears that Bea and he spoke for the first time at this party. Bea does not remember this but as many can attest, the night was a blur - The picture is the only evidence corroborating Colin's story.

🎄 Love sparked at an Ugly Christmas Sweater party in Amsterdam. Colin had just returned from his first-ever visit to Portugal and used it as his opener to strike up a conversation with the most beautiful woman in the most ugly sweater, who happened to be Portuguese.

🛫 Colin's time in Amsterdam comes to a close and the duo decides to give long-distance a shot! (Sometimes joined by their favourite third-wheel).

🌞 Long-distance didn't stay distant for long, with frequent trips back and forth. A proper international summer love story!

🎲 Bea and Colin attempt to move to Canada but get stuck in the US, because of the global pandemic! They spend some months down in Atlanta with Colin's family and almost break up because of Catan. Later that year, they move back to Amsterdam and swear to never play Catan again.

🏡 Colin and Bea move to Portugal and pick up some new roommates, Fishe and Cau. The four of them buy a house. (Colin, if you're reading this, please hang those shelves in the bathroom).

💍 Colin brings Bea on a weekend getaway to Coimbra, unfortunately unbeknownst to Colin, the nice hotel was also the scene of a beautiful love story that ended in murder (It's okay it was 700 years ago anyway). He decided that it was best to propose in Porto away from the murder vibes.