Searching for a groom from Greece

A man refers to the worries he had as he emigrated to Canada in order to marry a woman whom he knew only through a photograph.

Res.: And so you decided to come to Canada.
Ν.P.: Yeah! After ah… a… from the nearby village, a family had two children who were here, and this concerns my wife. My current wife. Back then she wasn’t my wife. Eh, this happened by chance… I was passing by a first cousin of mine at the village and back then they used to knead and use the oven with the woods to put the bread. And she had two little children and she didn’t have anyone to entrust them to and she tells me “Nick, do me the favor to look after the kids until I put the… the bread into the oven”. Cause she had nobody to look after them. She was a first cousin I’m telling you. And I stayed and I watched the children and I examined and… This lady, her husband was related to those… my wife’s family. And I saw two photos. Probably one, with two persons. And I asked her “Who are these children?”. She tells me “They are my brother-in-law’s, Mpompotis’s, and they are in Canada”. “And in fact,” she tells me “The girl is asking for some good guy to… marry”. Eh, I said it at home, I said it, an aunt of mine heard it, she went and she found that... that cousin of mine. She says “Let’s send our Nick, who’s a good guy…” Along with the relevant praise. Eh, and so it began… Of course, there’s… We exchanged photos.
Res.: Ah! You exchanged photos?
Ν.P.: And as I mentioned, it seems to me, and it’s not the ideal way to get married. Because… I think that marriage is something very serious… a serious decision in each person’s life. And there must be… there must be an initial acquaintance. I didn’t have this opportunity. Because the distances here were… (Laughs) They didn’t permit this connection. Finally… she liked me, I liked her, she sent out an invitation to me and in… about seven months, the invitation was approved, I went to Athens, I passed the immigration and I left and I came in April.