It all started during Liv's second year of her bachelor when she traveled to Ireland for a study abroad semester. Upon arrival, she had the good sense to join the Kayak Club hearing that they knew what the craic was all about! During that time she joined the club on their annual Alps trip in Slovenia for a week long session of wicked rapids in the glacier rivers of the Soca. At the end of the week, Oliviana offered an open invitation to the club members to stay at her apartment in New York as a token of her appreciation! Well, only a month after returning from her travels did she receive a Facebook message from the "Hot Kayak Guy" named Ethan to stay at her apartment for a week. Ethan arrived in New York to stay with Liv and fell head over heels as she discussed all the food options in the city. After a whirlwind week of getting to know each other, they unfortunately had to part, thinking they would never see each other again. A year later, Liv was in Europe again this time in Italy for an internship with the US State Department. She decided to have her 21st birthday with all her friends from Europe flying into Lake Como and Ethan and the kayak club friends were on the list. On the weekend, in the romantic Italian lakeside, Liv and Ethan reconnected and knew they could never part again. Over the next three years, they lived far apart traveling back and forth to each other every other week. When finally Ethan proposed and moved to the fairytale land of the Netherlands ;)