In Jan/Feb of 2007 Kim and I went to Australia to visit Sydney, Diving in the Great Barrier Reef, and touring Queensland's rainforest. I planned in advance to ask her in Sydney at the Opera House and had the ring with me that evening.
Everything went well with my plan that day. We got a great room (Club Level) at the Intercontinental with a gorgeous view of the Harbour Bridge and Opera House. I told Kim it was going to be the most exciting day of her life when she got up. She thought I meant it was because we were going to climb the Harbour Bridge later in the day – and she was nervous.
Anyways, we toured the historic Rocks area of Sydney – next to Circular Quay, and then took the 3.5 hr climb of the Harbour Bridge. After a late lunch we took a ferry to Manley Beach to watch the surfers. We got back and got ready for dinner at the Opera House’s restaurant Guillaume at Bennelong – one of the top restaurants in Sydney. When I booked this in December I asked for the best table and it was! The restaurant is located is the smallest of the 3 ‘shells’ of the opera house. We had a view of the Sydney skyline and Harbour Bridge. We sat just to the right of this picture, close to the window. Everyone working at the restaurant was in on the secret, so they gave me lots of space/time.
After an amazing dinner, I got down on one knee and gave her the ring, which I had been hiding in my camera bag that whole night. The table was dimly lit except for a spotlight exactly where I placed the ring. Kim was utterly speechless, partly because she mentioned earlier at dinner that maybe she was waiting in vain for a proposal. I’m not sure what I said, nor does she, because she was fixed on the ring with her mouth wide open and I was trying to not drop the ring, but she did say “yes – of course” after I asked her again.
The rest of the night she stared at the ring. We had fun diving on the Great Barrier Reef for 7 days, Spa treatments in the Daintree Rainforest, White Water Rafting in Cairns, and a historic train ride into Kuranda - around waterfalls, and of course lots and lots of shopping. All the while Kim and I were beaming with her new ring and thoughts of best friends getting married.
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