Eloi Cordomí: "Instead of a honeymoon, my husband and I rented an island to be with friends"

There is a summer night that Eloi Cordomí will always remember, that of the last day on the island of Cadaqués where he celebrated his wedding with his husband, Xavi. “Instead of going on our honeymoon, we rented the island of s’Arenella for six days to be with friends and family,” explains the meteorologist. He had known the island a few years earlier, had been filming a report there, and had fallen in love with it. “I knew that if I ever had to throw a big party, I would do it there,” he recalls.

They had the official wedding a week earlier in Palau-solità i Plegamans, but they saved the big celebration for those days in Cadaqués. First, the siblings, brothers-in-law, and their partners went, and together they organized the party. Then more family arrived, and finally, the closest friends. Cordomí has very specific images from that night: people dancing on the beach, music, mojitos, everyone in swimsuits, nature, and above all, “lots of smiles and happiness.” The celebration, he explains, ended up becoming a kind of “parallel world of happiness.” “We were thirty years old and celebrating a real and sincere love. I think that was noticeable, and we managed to create a very beautiful atmosphere that we will always remember,” recalls Cordomí.

Nature, says the meteorologist, has always been the backdrop for some of the most special moments of his life. This was also the case with the marriage proposal from Xavi. It was a few months earlier, in March, while they were skiing in Tuixent-la Vansa. “We stopped in the middle of the forest, and suddenly Xavi took off his jacket. Underneath, he was wearing a t-shirt with the message: “Will you marry me?”" He admits that the proposal caught him completely by surprise and that he was very excited. A few months later, they were celebrating their wedding party in Cadaqués.

Cordomí admits that, in general, all summer nights that have an air of “being unrepeatable” seem special to him. There is one that also holds a large place in his memory. It was during a kayak trip along the Camí de Sant Jaume marítim, entering through the Arousa estuary to Santiago de Compostel·la. For six days, they lived with a very diverse group of people: Valencians, Sevillians, Murcians, Danes, and Galicians. On one of the last nights, they pitched their tents at a campsite in Rianxo, and the guides, who were also musicians, had prepared a seafood feast and a party. “I thought that moment would probably never happen again, and that made it unique,” he remembers.

When he thinks about unforgettable moments, Cordomí explains that there is always a specific instant when he escapes for a few minutes from everything and becomes aware of what he is experiencing. “You look at the sky, the landscape, or the people, and you think that life has already been worth it just for that moment,” he concludes.