We had been dating for one year, and en route to a business trip in Cannes, we took the overnight flight to Paris. On the flight's descent, Christopher presented our agenda for the day.
"No Eiffel Tower ?" was all I could ask as I looked at the list. He scratched out Sacre Coeur and slotted in a trip to one of the world's great landmarks. After a long day of site-seeing on a chilly, rainy October (2005) day, we ultimately found ourselves at the tower's base.
"Want to go up?" he asked. I thought for a minute and then said, "No, I want to look at it! We should sit down and rest and enjoy the sunset view." We crossed the River and found a perch in the Trocadero.
After chatting about our amazing day, Chris asked what I thought could make it even better. It had been just great, but I thought he'd want me to come up with an answer. I thought for a minute and then exclaimed "fireworks!" thinking he might be aware of some extravaganza set for that evening.
"Close," he said as he placed the open ring box on his knee. After a minute or so to let me gather myself, he asked me to marry him. I didn't want to seem materialistic, but I finally just had to ask to try the ring on! It was the most beautiful I'd ever seen! We slipped it on...yikes. Much too large.
We were in France for 10 days, and no one would put in a temporary sizing guard (and we weren't about to let anyone modify the setting!). We went back to where Chris had bought the ring when we got back to the US , Smyth Jewelers in Timonium (MD).
Unfortunately, due to the crescent silhouette details on the sides of my ring, and the sparkly diamonds set therein, re-sizing the 6 ½ to fit my tiny ring finger (size 4 ¼) would not be possible. So, they put in a guard and told us a new ring would be made in 4-6 weeks. True enough, it arrived in 5 weeks and fit just perfectly!
Thanks for being a part of our treasured memory, dear friends at Tacori! Everyone who looks at my ring confesses that it's truly the most beautiful they've ever seen.
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"No Eiffel Tower ?" was all I could ask as I looked at the list. He scratched out Sacre Coeur and slotted in a trip to one of the world's great landmarks. After a long day of site-seeing on a chilly, rainy October (2005) day, we ultimately found ourselves at the tower's base.
"Want to go up?" he asked. I thought for a minute and then said, "No, I want to look at it! We should sit down and rest and enjoy the sunset view." We crossed the River and found a perch in the Trocadero.
After chatting about our amazing day, Chris asked what I thought could make it even better. It had been just great, but I thought he'd want me to come up with an answer. I thought for a minute and then exclaimed "fireworks!" thinking he might be aware of some extravaganza set for that evening.
"Close," he said as he placed the open ring box on his knee. After a minute or so to let me gather myself, he asked me to marry him. I didn't want to seem materialistic, but I finally just had to ask to try the ring on! It was the most beautiful I'd ever seen! We slipped it on...yikes. Much too large.
We were in France for 10 days, and no one would put in a temporary sizing guard (and we weren't about to let anyone modify the setting!). We went back to where Chris had bought the ring when we got back to the US , Smyth Jewelers in Timonium (MD).
Unfortunately, due to the crescent silhouette details on the sides of my ring, and the sparkly diamonds set therein, re-sizing the 6 ½ to fit my tiny ring finger (size 4 ¼) would not be possible. So, they put in a guard and told us a new ring would be made in 4-6 weeks. True enough, it arrived in 5 weeks and fit just perfectly!
Thanks for being a part of our treasured memory, dear friends at Tacori! Everyone who looks at my ring confesses that it's truly the most beautiful they've ever seen.
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