(CNN) — Seven years ago, American Libby Green was traveling with her mom in Italy and France, capping off their trip with a visit to the southern French Mediterranean resort city of Nice before flying back to the US.
Meanwhile, German-born Marcel Gnauk and a friend were also in Nice, attending the Crossover Festival, a celebration of eclectic music.
Walking on the city's beachfront Promenade des Anglais, Marcel spotted Libby wielding a Hasselblad, a traditional medium-format film camera, and couldn't resist approaching her.
"I love old cameras, Hasselblad, that's amazing," he recalls telling her.
The pair chatted about the camera and travel, and he invited her to go to the music festival that evening. The next day, Libby flew back to the US, but they kept in contact.
Less than a month later Libby traveled to Italy, and she and Marcel, who was working in Switzerland, met up again.
"That's when I think we knew, okay, this is something special, something serious," says Libby... 

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