Although it wasn’t love at first swipe, from the moment they met in a hole in the wall wine bar in San Francisco in the summer of 2019, it was an instant connection that neither had experienced anything like before. They couldn’t believe how much they had in common: they both spent years backpacking around the world on shoe string budgets, they both lived in towns in the south of Taiwan and discovered their love for traveling while studying abroad in Spain. They learned that one of Auden’s friends was married to one of Brie’s friends (who was also the President of her sorority at UCLA) and they even competed against each other in a Tough Mudder race in Temecula in 2012! From that day forward (minus one day that passed between their first and second date), they have spent virtually every day and night together, trying to make up for lost time and making every moment count.
As if chartering a sail boat through the Mediterranean and exploring remote parts of Italy wasn’t adventurous enough, Auden led Brieanna up (approximately) 90 flights of stairs to watch the sunset overlooking the ancient seaside village of Riomaggiore, insisted they trespass onto the roof of an abandoned castle and popped the question.