Katharine & Chase in Coronado, CA

Some couples choose places like Paris, Rome, or London for their honeymoon. For Katharine and Chase, that is where their relationship flourished. The Bride Katharine Read, 28, U.S. Foreign Service Officer The Groom Chase Beamer, 33, U.S. Foreign Service Officer The Date September 8 The pair met during their orientation class in Washington, DC, and dated for six months before Katharine moved to Guatemala and Chase left for Djibouti. “Long-distance was a real challenge,” Katharine says. Three years later they were finally assigned to the same city, Warsaw, Poland. During a getaway to the Piedmont region of Northern Italy, Chase proposed using a picture of Katharine’s engagement ring that was taped to her class ring. Not only had Chase called Katharine’s father to ask for his daughter’s hand in marriage, but he also asked him to bring the ring (which Chase had purchased in New York) with him next time he crossed the Atlantic. Her parents arrived to celebrate, ring in hand, just a few days later.