Where in the world to propose marriage?

by **buffybot_in_beirut** » Sun Jul 29, 2012 7:28 pm

Eiffel Tower? Cliche-ridden and tacky. Strictly for American tourists.

If it has to be Paris, what about this spot?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pont_des_arts
(Note the last, two-line paragraph in the "History" section.)

by **ktrout** » Sun Jul 29, 2012 8:12 pm

buffybot_in_beirut wrote:On the rooftop terrace of any building in the old town of Sana'a at sunset.

Wow, not up on the Middle East, but that's an amazing place.

En route on the Trans-Siberian railway.

Meh. Just bicycled across Russia last year and I don't like trains :).

by **Osiris** » Sun Jul 29, 2012 11:44 pm

buffybot_in_beirut wrote:Eiffel Tower? Cliche-ridden and tacky. Strictly for American tourists.

If it has to be Paris, what about this spot?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pont_des_arts
(Note the last, two-line paragraph in the "History" section.)

What's going to impress her friends and family more, "He proposed in front of some thing in some place you've never heard of" or "he proposed in front of the ever romanticized eiffel tower"?

Classics are classics for a reason. You know why proposing at sports games are tacky? Because they ARE tacky. You know why proposing at lame places is lame? Because they ARE lame.

by **ktrout** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 4:12 am

Yeah, but it's France. As an American with, um, partial British ancestry it just won't do.

by **Michael** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 4:31 am

Not to be too picky, but if you can do Old Faithful at Yosemite, it would be truly epic...been to at least half of the places on your list and they're all good...the redwoods worked for me...

by **ktrout** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 4:41 am

Michael wrote:Not to be too picky, but if you can do Old Faithful at Yosemite, it would be truly epic...been to at least half of the places on your list and they're all good...the redwoods worked for me...

I agree. As an American, if I didn't want to spend a lot of money on airplane tickets there are many good choices. Especially in the western states, I think.
Getting a bit of a travel bug, though.
Madrid ... What's in Madrid?

by **vagabond** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 5:47 am

ktrout wrote:Madrid ... What's in Madrid?

Tapas, 20% unemployment, all night bars and clubs, a douchebag named Cristiano Ronaldo, Prado, a new riverwalk park + the Buen Retiro, Avila and Segovia day trips, Barcelona only a few hrs away

If it's proposing in August you seek: searing heat, concrete, bare streets, high prices bc everyone's on vacation; avoid anywhere that tourists go ie anywhere in Spain/Europe

by **ReptilianKittenEater** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 9:32 pm

Great suggestions Ktrout, but aren't there any more esoteric spots rather than touristy snapshots you could propose? Perhaps even by a quiet lake near the town called "I Wish I Had A Basement"

by **el3so** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 12:41 am

Her parents' house, family dinner. Better luck this time.

by **ktrout** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 1:14 am

ReptilianKittenEater wrote:Great suggestions Ktrout, but aren't there any more esoteric spots rather than touristy snapshots you could propose? Perhaps even by a quiet lake near the town called "I Wish I Had A Basement"

LOL. I'm going to wait to respond to that remark until after I've come up with a suitably smartass comeback.

by **ReptilianKittenEater** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 2:41 am

ktrout wrote:
ReptilianKittenEater wrote:Great suggestions Ktrout, but aren't there any more esoteric spots rather than touristy snapshots you could propose? Perhaps even by a quiet lake near the town called "I Wish I Had A Basement"

LOL. I'm going to wait to respond to that remark until after I've come up with a suitably smartass comeback.

I pulled out an atlas to find a country called Beglium.

by **ktrout** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 3:45 am

ReptilianKittenEater wrote:I pulled out an atlas to find a country called Belgium.

Not sure if I plan to get that far north. You had to go with the dead tree solution instead of just using Google Maps?

by **ktrout** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 4:14 am

el3so wrote:Better luck this time.

Thanks. Mr. DP is going to spin a disturbing yarn about my life someday.

by **el3so** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 1:10 pm

I like people getting married because it temporarily keeps priests away from children.

ktrout wrote: Google Maps?

This will only work if your fiancee is imaginary.

by **ktrout** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 6:42 pm

LOL, but it must exist. I've bicycled within 20km of it. Just that Amsterdam was a better draw than chocolate.

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