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, where Bettina shares she officially fell in love with Carlos. The two had drinks at a hotel nearby, and decided to walk back. Bettina was in “impractical” heels, so, “He took off his shoes, gave them to me, and walked the entire way in his socks. I just remember thinking that he was the most attractive man for doing that.” After the weekend, the two sent a photo of them seated at the hotel restaurant to their parents.
Five years later, Carlos planned a trip back to Babington with Bettina and his cousins from Spain. Upon arrival, the hotel informed them that their room wasn’t quite ready and ushered them to a table in the restaurant to enjoy a glass of champagne—the same table they had taken that photo at years prior. Bettina was so moved by the coincidence that she took matters into her own hands.
The couple always knew that they’d wed in South Africa. The country started as a special place for Carlos, and Bettina grew to love it just as much. “[Carlos] has always been moved by both the physical beauty of the landscape and the beauty of the people,” says Bettina. “He went there for the first time while in university for an internship, and it was what launched his career. We then went together several years later for a wedding, and I fell equally in love.