Thanksgiving 2021, Marjan and Alessandra are visiting Long Island for the holiday when Marjan takes a drive with Alessandra's dad. The only way for Marjan to receive her dad’s blessing was to pass a Formula 1 quiz based heavily on eras before Marjan was alive. Luckily he passed on the last question and received Dad's blessing. Over the next few months Marjan had Alessandra unknowingly plan her own engagement. “Why don’t we go to DC to see the cherry blossoms?” was the only question Alessandra needed to plan a weekend trip in April. She booked the hotel, made reservations, and had everything planned out. On their walk around the Jefferson Memorial, Marjan found a great spot to ask Alessandra if she wanted to get a picture. After waiting for someone who looked capable of taking a quality photo, Alessandra walked to the spot as Marjan whispered that he was about to propose. As he went to “tie his shoe” Marjan pulled out an engagement ring and asked Alessandra to marry him. There were a few “is this a joke?” moments before Alessandra said yes!