Journey and way of life author Nneya Richards was quickly dwelling in London for “work and enjoyable” through the fall of 2017 when she first met Michele Scaglione, an entrepreneur who heads up growth at his household’s eponymous knitwear firm. “He went to the identical enterprise faculty in Milan as pals of mine, and we had been on the identical get together,” Nneya remembers. “We didn’t communicate on the get together, however then our paths crossed by way of Hinge, and after a couple of dates, we started seeing one another.” Nneya traveled again to New York quickly after, however Michele insisted she ultimately return to London. “And he likes to say I satisfied him to maneuver again to Italy,” Nneya provides. “[But,] I will not take full duty for that.”

Michele ultimately proposed in Taormina, Sicily on June 25, 2022—a day after Nneya’s birthday. “We normally journey for my birthday, and he had deliberate to suggest in a scorching air balloon in Cappadocia,” she says. “I did not know this, after all, and on the final minute, I introduced that I wished to go to Calabria for my birthday as a result of I used to be engaged on a narrative on one of the best locations to go to in Italy for Grazia, and Calabria is certainly extra off-the-beaten-path.”

Michele, ever the romantic, apparently scrambled to e-book a flight to Calabria, however discovered a silver lining once they had been compelled to undergo Catania, Sicily, which may be very near Taormina—the attractive and romantic hillside Italian city the place the second season of The White Lotus was just lately filmed. 

“On our first morning, we had been exploring the Teatro Antico, and Michele was carrying cargo shorts in order that he may carry the ring—which I assumed was unusual, however I did not need him to really feel uncomfortable along with his trend selections, so I let it go,” Nneya admits. “He stored wanting us to the next, extra secluded overlook on this historic Greek amphitheater. He stated, ‘Go over there. I will shoot you,’ and once I rotated, he was on one knee with the ring. It was sort of windy so between crying and being thrilled, I turned very Gollum—‘My ring! my ring!’—and attempting to verify it was on earlier than it blew into the Ionian.”

The marriage was set for August 29, 2022, at Cascina Lago Scuro in Cremona. “The planning actually started as soon as we discovered the venue,” Nneya says. “Which we didn’t actually begin on the lookout for till the winter of 2021.” Whereas searching Instagram in February of 2022, Nneya got here throughout Cascina Lago Scuro and instantly emailed them.