Before we met, we grew up separately.

201201 / 06

Giannis and Aliki as friends before they became a couple

Before we knew it

We met in high school in 2012. We were classmates and slowly became friends, long before either of us imagined this.

2014 · 30 April02 / 06

Aliki posing for an early portrait during the photoshoot, 2014

Giannis behind the camera during the photoshoot, 2014

From friends to a fight

I picked up photography as a hobby and Aliki posed as my model. Escaping the friendzone wasn't easy, we were already best friends, and it took three attempts and two "no"s before we became a couple.

201803 / 06

Aliki with the iGEM Thessaloniki team, 2018

Giannis with the ASAT/SpaceDot team, 2018

Same campus, opposite poles

We studied at the same university but lived parallel lives. Aliki ran iGEM Thessaloniki in biotech; I ran ASAT/SpaceDot in space engineering. We met in the middle every evening.

202204 / 06

Our first home together in the Netherlands, 2022

A new home in the Netherlands

In 2022 we both moved to the Netherlands. A new country, a new chapter, and our first real home together.

2024 · July05 / 06

The proposal

July 2024. The "yes" was, finally, immediate.

202406 / 06

A second home

Later in 2024 we moved into a new place together — another chapter, another set of keys.

07 / 06

Today.

And on 17 July 2027
we're getting married.

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