Forget Greek Mythology, I've got a Greek Fairytale

So, sometimes things in life happen, plans change. Take this blog for example. I had planned to blog last Friday when I arrived in Athens about travel days and my love/hate relationship with them. But instead life intervined, things happened, and now I feel inclined to tell you, one week later, about how I went to Greece and ended up with a ring on my finger.... !!!!!!

That's right. I'M ENGAGED!!!! Total shock right? Yeah, me too! That's because Eric (my fiance!), did an absolutely amazing job of surprising me. So here's the story....

Last Friday I set out to Athens, Greece, where I was to meet up with my best friend Katie. Katie wasn't going to arrive till Saturday so I stayed a night in a hostel outside of Athens and then went back to the airport in the morning to meet Katie. Then the two of us were to head off to conquer Greece - girl style. Only "Katie" turned out to be Eric! I think the exact words out of my mouth when I saw him walk through the arrival gates were, (mouth gaping open) "NO WAY!" and then ran and jumped on him - literally. Then Eric proceeded to drop to one knee and propose in the middle of the airport.

Eric: "I've got a question to ask. It's an important one."
Me: "What's that?"
Eric: "Do you have plans for the rest of your life?"
Me: "No, not yet."
Eric: "Want some?"

And of course, I said YES. Everything comes full circle. (That was exactly the way Eric asked me out for the first time, only replace "the rest of your life" with "Saturday night".)

And that was just in the first 5 minutes of Eric arriving in Greece. We then spent the next 5 days in Greece, just the two of us. Who could ask for everything better? It's almost as if we are doing things backwards - taking the honeymoon before the wedding. But we deserved it. :)

We spent two days in Athens, doing the Athens thing - Acropolis, Pantheon, street markets.... and then off to the quiet secluded island of Agistri where we layed on the beach, explored the island, ate lots of greek food, played with Greek cats, and did a whole lot of nothing. We couldn't have asked for anything better.

So, that's my (short) version, of how I went to Greece and got engaged. But before saying goodbye I have to give props to Ms. Katie Simpher, who for the past 2 plus months had been feeding me emails about how excited she was to meet up with me with Greece - asking me about what she should pack, how much to bring, places we could stay at, etc, etc.... I totally bought into it. You are amazing girl and I love you.

And, lastly, I am sorry that many of you are finding out about all this through a blog. I wish I could call each of you personally, but international phone calls are ridiculous. I promise that I will have all the juicy details when I get home.

So now Eric is gone, on his way back to the states, and I am in Budapest, Hungry, missing him like crazy. It's weird how much life can change in two short months. If someone would have told me this was where I was going to be three months ago I would have never believed them. And I couldn't be happier.

And, oh yeah, I cut all my hair off when I was in London.

Love,
Nicole (soon to be Enger)