In the year following college graduation, Barrett began planning to propose to Sarah. They both share a common passion for traveling and had previously discussed taking a trip to Europe. Barrett decided to use this trip as a cover for his proposal.

They began planning the trip and decided on Germany as the perfect place to start their traveling adventures. In the end, they decided to visit Frankfurt, Heidelberg, Rothenburg ob Der Tauber, Munich and Nuremberg. Sarah mentioned that she was most excited to see Rothenberg, a medieval town that still maintained its historic architecture. In particular, there is a famous street that Sarah was eager to photograph. Barrett decided that the perfect place to propose.

Later that summer, the two set off on their journey to Germany. Their plan for the trip was to travel between the cities via Germany’s train network (Barrett would claim that he was already a pro at navigating the train network… Sarah would soon have proof of the contrary). With a slight delay and a few missed trains later, the two would arrive in the city of Rothenburg. Sarah, eager to start exploring the new city, was not so impressed by the delay.

Once they dropped off their bags at the hotel, Barrett and Sarah set off to find a restaurant for lunch and to explore the different museums and historic buildings that Rothenberg had to offer. At the top of Sarah’s mind was seeing the Plonlein, the famous street that Sarah was most excited to see. Barrett, having already prepared a local photographer to discreetly wait for us at the Plonlein before dinner hours later, had to do everything he could to convince Sarah to avoid the Plonlein. This included taking Sarah to the Christmas markets, ancient city walls, and the castle gardens. To make things even better, it began to pour as they were walking back to the hotel to get ready for dinner.

In a fortunate change of events, the weather cleared up five minutes before they would head out to see the Plonlein and then walk to the restaurant. They began to walk down the famous street of the Plonlein when a photographer yelled at us to get out of his shot (secretly moving us into a better position to get the best angle for the proposal). Once we got out of his way (and into position), Barrett took Sarah by surprise and proposed in the middle of the street. Sarah was shocked and enthusiastically said yes.

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