Brief Parts Of Their Story
Learn how they met and journeyed together
First Date
Met up for empanadas and wine. At this time Pawel lives and works in San Jose. Lana lives in Concord and works in San Francisco. Their homes are 53.6 miles away from each other 🤔 someone must have increased their search radius, or they crossed paths.
Second Date
Yea it took a while for the second date. One of them must have been really busy, playing hard to get or a bit both.
Third Date
They are getting to know each other a little bit. This might go somewhere... 🕊️
Meet the brother 😳
Pawel meets Lana's brother Roma and his wife Albina for some wine and cheese tasting. 🍷🧀
Meet the parents 😅
Pawel meets Lana's parents for the first time at the Muse concert. Father Viktor and mom Lyudmila. 🎸🔊🎶
First Weekend Getaway
Lana & Pawel chillout in Aptos and Santa Cruz. Beachtime, pool time, hiking and cooking together. 🌊⛱️
Let's Make It Official
Pawel & Lana go out to celebrate Lana's bday and they officialy become a couple during that date. 👩❤️👨
Lana's Bday Celebration
Pawel joins Lana's family and close friends for a weekend of birthday celebration. It is a big deal that she invited him, Sea Ranch is a special place for her and her family. 🌊🎂🥳
Hiking Trip
Lana and Pawel explore Yosemite with Cameron and Julia. This place is breathtaking. 🏔️
East Coast Trip
Pawel visits Lana while she was in Philly working on her experiments. They take a weekend trip to NYC. 🗽🌃
Mexico Trip With Pawel's Family 😳😅
Lana meets Pawel's family for the first time. Dad Bolek, mom Krystyna, sister Magdalena and brother in law John. ¡Arriba, abajo, al centro, pa' dentro! 🪕🍋🟩
Trip To Sea Ranch
Trip to sea ranch with Roma and Albina and Cameron and Julia. Spoiler alert, Albina and Roma will have a baby girl soon. 👶
Lana Picks Up Snowboarding
Lana's first snowboarding trip. She shreds the snow like there is no tomorrow. Only wipes out a few dozen times. 🏔️🏂⛄
Christmas In Chicago
Lana's first Christmas with Pawel's family and friends. 🎄⛪🎅
New Years In Concordo
Pawel's first New Years celebration with Lana's family and friends. 🎄🥳🎁
Time To Move In Together
Pawel and Lana move in together. For the last several months they spent a good amount of spare time together touring open houses all over the Bay Area and debrieffing at various sushi spots. They found a perfect fixer upper a few miles away from Lana's mom's and brother's house. 🏡
Trip To Tahiti & Morea
Time for a tropical vacation. 🌴🐙🐢🏖️
The Proposal
Pawel pops the question, Lana says yes. The rest is great. 🌅💍 Come to the wedding!
"Tam gdzie się kocha, nigdy nie zapada noc. Serce to cząstka człowieka, Które tęskni, kocha i czeka."
- Adam Mickiewicz
"Что есть ад? Я утверждаю, что это страдание от невозможности любить."
- Фёдор Достоевский, Братья Карамазовы
"Forever is composed of nows."
- Emily Dickinson