Last week David and I got to help with a marriage proposal. Our friend Bonnie's friends from Arizona were in town, and Cameron planned a romantic proposal to his girlfriend Natalie. While Cameron was proposing to Natalie in the park next to San Giovenale Church, Emily (Cameron's sister), Bonnie, Vitopaolo and I were preparing to light 4 lanterns (Cameron's carry-on luggage), and David was serenading with his guitar. Lighting and releasing 4 lanterns precisely at 9pm sounded like an easy and simple task, but it turned out to be the opposite. The wind at the edge of the Orvieto rock was quite strong, and the lanterns took a few minutes to fill with hot air before you could release them. Needless to say there was a few times when we almost lit ourselves on fire, and we lost a few lanterns. We also came dangerously close to setting San Giovenale on fire, I am guess that would get us deported since it is the oldest church in Orvieto.
It all worked out in the end! Natalie said yes, 4 lanterns we released into the sunset, and we had a pizza and wine dinner in the park to celebrate.
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| Testing out the lanters |
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| Walking to San Giovenale |
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| David serenading |
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| Emily and Bonnie trying not to light themselves on fire |
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| What was left of one lantern |
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| The released lanterns |
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| Greeting the newly engaged couple |
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| Natalie & Cameron |
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| Natalie calling her parents to tell them the news |
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