A Globetrotting Courtship
When Patrick (United Kingdom native) met Liz (Mizzouri born) in Atlanta, they hit it off … and then realized they only had a few weeks to get to know each other. Five...
Within a week, Venezuela native Nahila spotted Bernard, who hails from Nicaragua, twice out and about in Miami, where they live. A few days later, she saw him again at a mutual friend’s birthday party and, “I officially couldn’t wait!” Nahila laughs. “I went to talk to him and that was the beginning of it all.” The pair bonded over a mutual passion for food, wine, and adventure and dated for five years, during which they traveled to more than eight countries. In 2015, the night of their annual Christmas date, Bernard gifted Nahila a bottle of champagne with a diamond ring attached and proposed. The couple—who split their time between Florida and Nicaragua—married at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist before a reception at Middleton Place.
(Click here to see more of Nahlia and Bernard's beautiful Big Day.)
Image by Aaron & Jillian Photography
