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May 7, 2024
Lisbon, Portugal

Melanie & Aaron

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We are Getting Married!

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Aaron Rhoney

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Melanie Richmond

May 7, 2024

Lisbon, Portugal

How We Met:

We met the old fashioned way, Hinge, obviously. Melanie "liked" Aarons photo and he immediately asked her to dinner. Our first date was at Luna's Empanadas in Durham, NC for dinner (Aaron's Pick) at the end of March 2019. We had great conversation, so Melanie suggested drinks afterward at the Counting House where we explored a unique art museum and 30's era bank vault. Aaron was late (and frantic) to the date because directions and parking are not his favorite, of course Melanie was extremely early. We immediately hit it off and became pretty much inseparable ever since!

Our Engagement

We were engaged on September 17th, 2021 at the beautiful Zrinjevac Park (no we can't pronounce it either!) in Zagreb, Croatia. Aaron ambushed an unsuspecting local by asking them to take a picture of us as they walked off a bus, and boy did she deliver! Aaron surprised Melanie with a dreamy engagement photo shoot by a local photographer the next day in Split, Croatia. We spent the rest of our picturesque engagement trip saying Zivjeli (pronounced she-ve-el-e), which means Cheers in Croatian.

Why Portugal?

Our biggest question is why not?! With our goal being to travel abroad at least once per year, Portugal was our next stop. It came so highly recommended that we decided to take a leap and tie the knot in the country's capital city of Lisbon.

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