Our First Big Adventure

Six months into dating, Emma surprised James with tickets to Japan -- a trip he'd dreamed about since reading about samurai as a kid. For two weeks, they explored Tokyo's neon-lit streets, hiked through bamboo forests in Kyoto, and ate their body weight in ramen.

It was during a quiet moment watching the sunset from a mountain temple that James realized he never wanted to travel the world with anyone else. He almost proposed right then but decided the timing wasn't quite right. (Emma later confessed she had the exact same thought at the exact same moment.)