On our last evening in Santorini, we went for a swim, then sat on our balcony taking in one last sunset with olives and local white wine. We were dressed up for a 9:30 dinner reservation at La Maison, an upscale Mediterranean restaurant in a stunning setting overlooking the caldera and part of the island – ostensibly to celebrate our last night of the trip. As Robert had suggested the previous two nights, we set our camera up on a chair to take video so we could get screenshots of us on the balcony. Since we’d already done that and gotten nice pictures from the previous nights, I was not at all suspicious. With the video still on, Robert got down on one knee. I was so shocked it took me a while to process what was happening (as you can probably tell from my face). I was faintly aware of the most beautiful diamond ring sparkling brilliantly in a black box, and him saying the words “will you marry me?” I’m so grateful to have the video and pictures because the next few minutes were an incomprehensible blur of hugging and happy tears. We spent the next half hour reveling in our status as a newly engaged couple, and Robert told me the whole story of when and how he told each of our parents what he was planning. He had kept it a secret for over seven months. Once the sun was fully set, we went to our room to call our families with the happy news before walking to our dinner reservation.
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