Not many people have live footage of the day they met. Who would have thought a shaky festival video will become a treasured artefact. Lucky 7/7/7!

Our first hang-turned-date. Emilija invited Suleiman to see Bath. Pancakes were shared, life stories exchanged and a kiss at Turtle Bay later, we were locked in!

After months apart in Tanzania and Lithuania, we had our first weekend getaway back in Bath. Suleiman met Emilija's best friend Robert and got the nod of approval!

Emilija visits Suleiman in Southampton and meets his friends. Instagram official!

New Year together. We're thinking about where we go from here. Suleiman offers Emilija to move to Southampton between internships.

After 3 months of living together on Belmont Rd in Southampton, Suleiman sees Emilija off on the train to Paris. Tears were shed.

Reunited and it feels so good! While Emilija was in Paris, Suleiman completed his Masters and started a job in Cambridge.

Suleiman meets Emilija's mum for the first time.

Our first trip together to New York!

After a year split between London and Cambridge, and the first few months of COVID, we finally move in together in Bishops Stortford.

After a year in Bishops Stortford, we move to Basingstoke and begin hosting what is now famously known as CCC (cards, couch, cooking) weekends.

We travel to Crete and realise this is where we want to get married!

Suleiman visits Lithuania for the first time.

We travel to Morocco where Suleiman takes Emilija on a surprise hot air balloon and proposes at sunrise!

We buy our first home together! The Kensington Rd chapter begins.

We travel to Oman, Emilija meets Suleiman's sister.

Suleiman officially becomes British!

We travel to Tanzania together, Emilija meets Suleiman's family. We revisit many of the places in Zanzibar where Suleiman first spent time the summer we were getting to know each other.