My date in Portugal…
I had never been to Portugal before and all week I’d been looking forward to escaping Antwerp’s endless rain for something warmer, brighter, and far more thrilling. The kind of thrill that comes from meeting a man you’ve never actually seen in real life in the South of Portugal. I felt absolutely no guilt about chasing the sun and could use some adventure.
When I walked into the arrivals hall he was already there, scanning the crowd.
I definitely stood out. Little black dress, high pumps, bare legs. I had done my makeup on the plane and my hair was falling all soft over my shoulders. I caught his eye and gave him a bright, confident smile as I approached.
Mr. X was tall and slim, mid-forties maybe, the kind of man you wouldn’t necessarily notice right away.
I looked him over and instantly imagined him as a slightly nervous computer geek who wasn’t used to this sort of situation. And honestly, I couldn’t blame him. A woman flying all the way to Portugal just for him… what if it didn’t click, what if it felt awkward?
In the car on the way to his villa, we talked about everything. Work, travel, hobbies.
And very quickly there’s a relaxed atmosphere like we allready know eachother for years. It’s a match! After a short tour of his villa and the garden, he opens the first bottle of wine. He tells me he has a demanding job and that working 70+ hours a week is nothing unusual. He wants to reward himself for all the hard work and laughs as he says that I’m his present for the next two days. Sounds good to me: let’s get this party started 🙂
Dinner that night was wonderful and i start to feel that the tension between us was impossible to miss.
By the time we got back to the villa, we didn’t even pretend to wait. We started kissing before we even crossed the doorway. He unzipped my dress, lifted me up and set me down on the kitchen counter. So much for my initial nerdy image of him. I slipped into the bedroom to put on the lingerie he’d picked out for me and then… well, let’s just say it turned into a long, passionate night.
The next day he surprised me with a nice plan for the two of us.
We drove through beautiful Portugal, visited beaches, wandered through the harbor town, i offered him my phone to take some pictures of me. Around five we found ourselves on a gorgeous beach right at sunset. The whole sky turned golden and pink and I remember thinking: wow. This is one of those moments you’ll want to remember it forever.
-xxx- Lynn
