September 7, 2014 – The engagement day has finally arrived. It is the first day of the Paris leg of our 2-week vacation.

We arrived in Paris at Gare du Nord, the station where Eurostar trains from London arrive. We took a taxi going to the place we rented. With the limited French words that I have, I told the driver,  “Bonjour! Deux deux Rue de Monttessuy.” (22 Monttessuy Rd) I didn’t know that it should be vingt-deux. I said deux twice so I told myself it should be fine. So when we arrived in the area, the taxi dropped us off at 2 Rue de Monttessuy which is around 10 apartment buildings away. Great! We have to walk to the place with our heavy luggages. BUT… I didn’t mind the walk, we have an excellent view ahead.

With that view, I told myself that this location, is indeed, a good one.

Later that evening, we will be having dinner at the Eiffel Tower.

The evening has arrived, everything is set: the ring, the gopro camera, and the phone (where my proposal video is saved), the SLR camera. The food is good, the view is great, the people are well dressed and so are we. We had conversations with the couple on our left and on our right.

It started when I was asked by the lady on our right which I think is on her mid-50s. She asked, “How old are you? You look young.”

We told her our age. I told her, “I’m 27.”

She was suprised and said, “Oh, you must be working in the I.T industry because you’re young and can afford to have dinner here. I can’t afford to eat here when I’m still 27.”

I replied, “No, we’re not. We’re from the healthcare field.” And that’s when she introduced herself as a nurse and her husband as an Internal Medicine doctor. Also, the guy from our left butted in and introduced himself as a pulmonologist. And there you go, you have a medical team seating beside each other talking about whooping cough outbreak. hahaha!

Then, the conversation went back to us. The nurse asked us how long have we been married. I answered, “No, we’re not married yet.”

And she replied, “Oh, there might be something happening tonight!” This was agreed upon by the pulmonologist and the six of us laughed. The conversation then lead into whose paying the bill, etc. She’s a funny lady and we’re all having a good time.

So the nurse and her husband finished their dinner. While they are getting ready to leave, said to the girlfriend, “Be ready for the big question later!” And we all laughed again. They then said their goodbyes and told us to enjoy our vacation.

After a few minutes, the pulmonologist on our left finished their dinner and left too.

We then finished our desserts and decided to have some green tea. The tea that they served us was extraordinary, almost magical, because we are not expecting a tea to be this good! We asked our server if it is commercially available and where to get them. She happily showed us where and even gave us some samples of her favorites (which are also available in the restaurant).

So, I then decided to show her the video that I prepared for the past month. In this video, I compiled the pictures and clips from our travels and made it into a video.

After letting her watch the video, I showed her the blue box, handed it to her, let her open the ribbon, and asked her to hand me back the ring box. I then went near her on the side of the table, knelt on my knee, opened the box with the ring in it and popped the question.

And she said YES!!!