Jon took me away to Rome for my birthday as a surprise but I really wasn't expecting anything because we were in the middle of buying our first flat so already spending quite a bit of money! We arrived in Rome to discover our luggage was missing (luckily the ring was in hand luggage) and so I made us wait at the airport for another two hours to see if it arrived - it didn't and JP was getting more and more anxious. We finally abandoned the case to go check into our hotel where JP was insistent we went for a walk before it started raining. I started to get a bit suspicious as we headed towards the Giardino degli Aranci which has an incredible view of the city.

We went to look at the view and it was quite busy which I think nearly put JP off but he got down on one knee, I cried a lot, a crowd gathered and started cheering and we then went to call our families and tell them the good news. When we finally came round out of our little bubble, we realised there were 3 to 4 wedding couples in their full dresses/suits etc all having their photos taken in the garden which is apparently a Roman tradition so we think that was a good sign!

JP had booked us a beautiful restaurant for the evening but because we had no luggage and only trainers we had to reschedule as they wouldn't let us in - so we celebrated by drinking champagne at the hotel, buying emergency outfits at Zara and going to a tiny little pasta place. Wouldn't have changed it!