Tell us how did you meet? Was it love at first
sight?
It was very serendipitous! We met
through mutual friends. I had a rare day off work and was having lunch in Bondi Beach with friends when
Adrian unexpectedly walked through the door. There was instant chemistry and a strong attraction towards
each other, but nothing happened until he again showed up at a friend’s birthday drinks a week later. It all
moved pretty fast after that… We moved in after 4 months and never looked back!
What about the engagement story? Can you give us an
snapshot?
We were holidaying at
Siargao Island in the Philippines with our closest friends in 2015. We had a beautiful private oceanfront
villa with its own jetty. The morning of New Years Eve, he asked me to go on a walk with him. We walked down
to the end of the jetty looking out to the ocean and I thought nothing of it, until he started getting
emotional and got down on one knee. There were lots of tears and screams of delight when we walked back to
everyone who had been watching the whole thing. It was such a surprise; I had no idea he had been
carrying the ring in his backpack everyday since the holiday began, stressed that he’d lose it in our
travels.
So you decided to become Mr & Mrs Fagerlund. Why
Bali?
There was no question that it
would be Bali – it has always been our spiritual home. Adrian and I have both spent a lot of time there and
we go back every year. It speaks to our love of the ocean, the simple island life and beautiful design and
architecture. Being one of our favourite places in the world, it made sense for us to share it with our
family & friends.