Yes, it's a bit 'touristy', but when Le Tour Eiffel makes it hourly sparkles and illumination at night, what a memorable setting that would be for popping the question. Good luck!

Jody, like klondike, that's exactly what I was going to suggest. Not only do I love that bridge but it also seems to be a bridge for lovers.

I like Dick's suggestion as well and, actually, anywhere in the lovely garden behind the Rodin museum be great.

Hey Gardyloo~check out Romantic Paris by Thirza Vallois. I think it is Iliad Books. You and the "intending" might get some great ideas. Ah,love!

You could always carry the ring with you and do it at the moment that just seems right...maybe eating dinner at a small restaurant by candlelight..but i would be careful about carrying the ring around with you

We took the Vedettes du Pont-neuf boat cruise one evening in February. (Brrrr...). One the return trip down the Seine, our tour guide told a story of the next bridge (sorry, can't remember which bridge it was!) where you were to kiss the person you were with and make a wish, then your wish would come true. He could wish to marry her, out-loud, of course... (We've been married 27 years but still found it quite romantic!)

Ah well, time passes, so an update...

He didn't do it in Paris, but waited until her birthday this week, only a few days before he leaves for postgraduate school in NYC, while she remains behind in LA (although numerous transcon flights are booked.)

Not a bridge over the Seine, but at least it was over water. He took her to the restaurant in Santa Monica where they'd had their first meeting, for a candle-lit dinner. Then they walked down to the pier, just at sunset. He winked and nodded to the operator of the big ferris wheel, who dutifully stopped the wheel when they were at the top of the arc, there above the Pacific, the breaking waves, and the stunning view of LA, Malibu, and Catalina Island glowing in the sunset. One knee, ring presented, will you, yes.

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Thanks for the update. How sweet

That sounds absolutely perfect, Gardyloo! Awwwww.

This is charming, but, folks, really, how often these days does one wait for a Male to pop the question? It's an endless negotiation, in my experience. So I expect that together they come to some kind of understanding and a bridge in Paris would be a good place to celebrate this, with "he said, she said, our families will say, let's do it."

Boy, if it was last evening, we had one gorgeous sunset, as the moon felt so close you could touch it in your hand and these little wisps of clouds that turned gold, then pink, then rose. That would have been something!

(What restaurant?!?)

Mazel tov!

So maybe the wedding can be in Paris...

"Endless negotiation"?? Yikes! I am glad that there were no negotiations in our family!
How cold

Gardyloo, will the honeymoon be in Paris?
to the future Mom in law~

Don't know the restaurant. Walkable to the pier I guess.

No date set, so no idea of honeymoon venues. Grad school first. They liked Paris, but <i>loved</i> Provence, so if I had to guess I'd put my money on lavender time.

Aaaaah... romance! This is a good thing. A good way to start a marriage instead of just sorting bumping into a marriage.. I think.

And thank's for updating! So many people ask questions, get loads of opinions and advice and then POOF... I (and I can be nosy) never get to know what happened!