MEDORA, N.D. (KFYR) – Here’s a true Medora love story.
Nelly and Ivan Kereziv met, fell in love and got married in Medora.
Both grew up in Bulgaria—in the same city—but didn’t meet until they both moved to Medora, separately, to work.
Ivan said he knew the moment he first met Nelly that she was the woman he was going to marry. Nelly took a little longer to convince, but Ivan said he worked hard to win her over.
They married on the Schafer Patio in Medora, the same place they had their first date.
The couple said that while they didn’t grow up in Medora, it’s definitely become home.
“At this point, it is home for us. We met here, we married here, we have our best friends, our new family is here. Everybody that we met along the way,” said Nelly.
“We have the expression, ‘It’s our home away from home,’ but I think at this point it’s turning into more of a home than home is!” added Ivan.
Ivan and Nelly are both working in Medora’s hotels this summer, and Nelly also works in the concession stand at the Musical.
And although they do consider Medora home, they aren’t quite ready to spend a winter in North Dakota; they spend their winters working in Florida.
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