Un sí a la Toscana · A Dispersée Love Story

A yes to Tuscany · A Dispersée Love Story

October 18 2021, by Jordi Rosich, 4 min reading time

Adriana had already had everything ready for her trip to Tuscany with Gerard for months. Both of them were very excited to photograph an idyllic scene in these dreamy places: how about a picnic during a sunset? Adriana, who is a photographer by profession, loved the idea and decided to take a thousand and one details from home to be able to use them as props: tablecloths, lights, the basket... What she didn't know nor did he expect that the moment he would soon capture on camera would become one of the most magical of his life.

While Adriana was preparing for the trip, Gerard already had the engagement ring chosen and very close... He kept it at home for a month and a half! It was very funny to see how, every day, Adriana was two feet away from the ring without knowing it. Gerard had the theory that "if you want to hide something well, you have to leave it in plain sight so that it goes unnoticed".

At last the day came to set off on the journey and to take the ring out of its hiding place. The jewel ended up in the backpack that would accompany them every day and where they carried everything they needed to visit small towns, museums and go to Italian restaurants...

Gerard and Adriana had planned to have the long-awaited picnic during the third day of their stay in Italy. They visited Siena and bought dinner: a good wine and other groceries in one of the typical shops in the old quarter. Maybe because Siena makes you fall in love so much that you spend more hours there than you planned or, simply, that was not supposed to be the day... But the sunset caught them in the car, while walking, of course, between fields of vineyards, meadows and cypress trees.

They had no choice but to postpone the picnic until the next day (and Gerard would have another chance to ask her for an engagement!). Perugia marked their route for the day. This time they didn't want to be late for sunset, so the visit was quick and after lunch they made their way to the location.

Arriving at the hill, they immediately prepared the dream scene. Adriana was immersed in her world taking dozens of photographs here and there. Just as he was going to put the camera away, Gerard tells him: "let's take the last shot with the timer at 10 seconds." "One more photo?" thought Adriana, "if we have a lot of them!". But Gerard, inside himself, started the countdown: 4, 3, 2... and at the last second, while she was smiling at him, he looked at her and the words came from his lips: "You want to get married with me?" CLICK Gerard offered her the engagement ring just as the camera rolled. They had the snapshot of that memory for a lifetime.

As you can imagine, the answer was a resounding yes.

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Alas, Tuscany, one of the most romantic places to propose: good weather, movie landscapes and perfect gastronomy to enjoy with all the senses. Gerard couldn't have chosen a better place to propose, even if Adriana had said yes anywhere in the world...