Weddingbee Blog

I knew Mr. Carousel was getting around the concept of marriage when he started mentioning how much sense it would make tax wise to make our relationship “official.” But the proposal itself was very romantic, sweet, and spontaneous.

We decided to celebrate my birthday by spending the weekend in a beautiful resort in Sauerland, an area in Germany famous for forests, lakes, and protected wildlife areas.

We drove to the Hotel Knippschild and fell in love with the area. The lush forests, the clear blue lakes, the quaint villages…We spent two days enjoying the nature and relaxing at the spa. We ate at our hotel both nights because the food was simply divine. It was during dinner the second night that we got talking about “us” and how happy we felt together.

While we were talking, I could see Mr. Carousel reaching a decision. See, one of the reasons I love him so much is because he’s always telling me what’s on his mind. And that night he made up his mind that he wanted to marry me—and the second he did, he proposed. Filled with love and happiness (not to mention good food and wine), I said yes.

There was only one problem: we were missing a ring! We were too exited to wait, so the next day we woke up early, checked out, and drove to Amsterdam for three hours to find our ring. (It was a Sunday and, for those who don’t know, in Germany EVERYTHING is closed on Sunday.)

It became a wonderful, romantic adventure! Choosing the perfect ring together is one of the moments of that weekend that I treasure the most. It also felt right to make such an important purchase in Amsterdam, which is the city where we first fell in love.

Us, in Amsterdam in February 2009 and then in May 2010

Once we chose the ring we enjoyed the city a bit more, had some burgers at the Hard Rock Cafè, and finally drove back home.

What do you think of spontaneous proposals? I always had in mind the grand planned proposals I had so far only seen in movies, but reality was so much more lovely and special!