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Recently, one of my chapter mates, Jennifer Harrington, posted a link to a story about this poor couple who went through SIX NATURAL DISASTERS on their honeymoon. It boggles the mind. It seems to me that would either make or break a marriage. Either you’d say, “After this, we can survive anything.” Or you’d figure that it was an omen of bad luck, and you were doomed.
Honestly, though, many of us have the occasional SMALL disaster. My dad performed his sister’s wedding ceremony and forgot to have them sign the marriage certificate. After they headed off on their honeymoon and he discovered it, he sent the state troopers out after them (my uncle was doing NINETY–guess HE was eager for the honeymoon) to bring them back and sign it. My uncle never quite forgave my dad for that.
On my own honeymoon, my husband and I were driving back to New Orleans when a Coke bottling truck crashed into a toll booth in the lane next to us slightly ahead of us. By the time we registered what was happening, we were through the toll booth and on the bridge. Hubby tried to find out what happened to the driver from the newspaper later, but we never did see a story about it. Anyway, so we’re driving along a short while later, still pretty shaken up by having seen this accident, and there is an exploding sound in the back of our Datsun hatchback. Like fools (poverty-stricken newlyweds), we’d taken the leftover champagne from our special suite in the hotel, corked it up, and put it in the car. You can’t do that to champagne. It becomes a cannon with a cork. Scared us to death! Plus, champagne went everywhere.
But at least we didn’t have to go through a tsunami!
So, what would be your ideal honeymoon destination (and you might want to rethink the globetrotting trip to New Zealand, Australia, Tokyo, etc.)? If you’re married, how was your honeymoon? Quiet? Disastrous? Do you think you could have lived through six disasters?
Australia isn’t that bad. Sure we have had a couple of earthquakes off the Queensland coast and then there was that little old flood that wiped out a good part of the eastern seaboard. Oh and we can’t forget that stupid cyclone Yasi that wiped out the banana crop, but all in all those things don’t happen all that often. My ideal honeymoon would be at home sleeping in my bed surrounded by all the things I love. Besides you can never trust that the beds in hotels and motels are free from bedbugs and I just don’t trust anyone outside my family and myself to take care of my cat.
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 3:17 am.
I am AUSTRALIAN & a Queenslander. I agree with Kelly. So what if 90% of QLD was covered in flood water at one time, not to mention the other states. I am in Toowoomba & there WAS a very serious side to the monumental FLASH FLOOD that roared through down & then on down to Murphy’s Creek & Grantham. Life is getting back to some normality & we are LOVELY PEOPLE. Bad times bring out the best in us. So, come for your honeymoon & we will show you a good time.
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 3:46 am.
Mary P! NO WAY! I’m in Toowoomba too!
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 6:44 am.
Kelly & Mary I have always wanted to visit Australia & if I am very lucky I will some day. A dream honeymoon for me would be and extended tour of Scotland, Ireland and England’s castles.
I didn’t have a honeymoon with starter husband #1, I had a hangover instead. Unless you count the three days in Vegas after getting married by a rubber stamp I didn’t have one with DH #2 either. What we did have was a very surreal stay in a hotel named the 20th Century that was about a 100 years off. They were going through renovations so we walked through the hotel on plywood & tarps. The roof leaked in several places so we dodged buckets & cans, room service was non-existent, and the restaurant was closed for an unspecified reason so we had to eat in the snack bar. And if that wasn’t fun enough we arrived about an hour before the news Elvis had died broke.
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 6:51 am.
Goodness evlqun, none of that sounds like much fun at all to be honest. I agree, SOMEDAY I will get to Australia. There are so many places I want to go that aren’t in the good ol US of A. My honeymoon was in Jamaica, and while we had a nice time, i’d probably never go back. The country was too poor for my liking. We stayed at this beautiful resort but the minute you left it, you didn’t feel safe anymore. There had been a hurricane that had gone thru not long before we got there and it was also a month after 9/11 so everything was a bit crazy then.
As to living thru 6 disasters??? I dunno whether I am strong enough to do that or not. Thankfully, so far I’ve not had to deal with much in the disaster dept (KNOCK ON WOOD) and here is hoping that I won’t have to in the future either!
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 7:01 am.
We honeymooned in Virginia, Chincoteague/Assateague Island, Virginia Beach, then Colonial Williamsburg. I don’t recall any major disasters, except that one of the Wmbg historic taverns lost our reservations. We’d made it a year in advance and Mr. R had called 3 x to confirm.
It was the first time Mr. R saw me in full Terminator Mode. The maitre’d was RUDE. When I asked what we were supposed to do for dinner, he said there was a McD’s in the next town, all snooty like. I blew my top and … shall we say … offered him constructive criticism on the error of his ways.
Mr. R still says it made him hot to see me, a tiny (then) little five-foot-nothing little thing in that big guy’s face. The guy was duly chastised and seated us quickly. I was just getting calmed down when a dude with the flute came by to play soothing music for me. We still laugh about that.
It was a good honeymoon. The life disasters didn’t start for a few years. They’ve made us stronger. We have our 25th anniversary one month from tomorrow!
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 7:16 am.
Romantic Italy sounds like the ideal Honeymoon spot to me.
For our honeymoon IV and I went to The Abbey in Lake Geneva. We only had a few days before he had to go back to work and I had to go back to grad school. It rained the entire time. We ended up playing cards in the lobby.
Not sure we’d have survived six natural disasters, although we have survived enough non-natural ones since.
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 7:24 am.
No disasters on our honeymoon almost 17 years ago. Unless you consider a hurricane coming through the Florida panhandle a week or two before our wedding a disaster! Actually, the week we spent in the Destin area was perfect in all ways. The sun was shining, the sky blue the water calm. We were there in September so we had the beach to ourselves.
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 7:31 am.
All I’ll need for my honeymoon is a fluffy bed and a wild guy, regardless of the place! Just sayin’.
(I know, weird hearing this from pure sweetness and innocence little B)
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 7:51 am.
No disasters on our honeymoon 27 years ago, next month. We didn’t have much money or time off from our jobs so we took 3 days and went an hour down the road to Omaha, Nebraska. We actually had a good time going to our first horse race, Peony Park, and furniture shopping. Back then we wanted to take a camping trip to the Mountains of Colorado. Twelve years later we did it taking along our three kids. It was worth the wait.
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 8:18 am.
Kelly, I used to live in New Orleans. Try convincing people that major hurricanes don’t routinely hit it! (they don’t). I’d love to visit Australia. Maybe one day.
Mary and Kelly both, I really wasn’t trying to dissuade people from coming to your part of the world for a honeymoon! It was just a joke. Trust me, *I* wouldn’t let a few disasters keep me from visiting. Really, I wouldn’t. I actually think that the problem was that they planned too EXTENSIVE a honeymoon. If you have a long, involved honeymoon, odds are that you’ll hit a disaster SOMEWHERE. *G*
eviqn, I’d say you qualify for a disastrous honeymoon. Sheesh! We at least got to stay in a nice hotel before the accident and the exploding champagne!
JenG, I’ve always wanted to visit Jamaica, despite everything I’ve heard about it.
KarenR, the life disasters definitely make you stronger.
Lori, I’d LOVE to go to Italy. Let’s go! The rainy honeymoon sounds like it could be a blessing in disguise, though. Lots of togetherness time!
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 8:33 am.
If I had that many disasters on my honeymoon, I would be thinking someone was trying to send me a message…just saying…one you could call a coincidence, two you could call bad luck…three you start getting a little nervous…six? Though I guess one could romanticize it by saying that when the two of you joined together your love was so powerful that it threw off the balance of nature…glass half full, glass half empty…
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 8:34 am.
Sue, Destin is gorgeous! Although it did get hit by a bad hurricane some years ago, and I heard it had a hard time recovering. But I love their beaches. We used to vacation there all the time.
B, I’m with you on the wild guy! The fluffy is optional. *G*
MichelleB, we took our dream trip to England for our 25th wedding anniversary. It was well worth the wait! But it really was a LONG wait. *G*
Wendy, I know, I would see it as a bad sign, too. Then again, it could be a good sign that you survived them all, right? I do tend to be a half glass full kind of gal. *G*
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 8:38 am.
We honeymooned at a house on the beach in Destin, Florida. Mr. G played lots of golf, I slept in & read on the beach. Stopped in New Orleans for Halloween weekend trip back. That was mind-blowing & lots of fun!!
Our rental car DIED on the way back home in Shreveport, LA. A tow truck came & took us to the rental company, had to transfer all our belongings into another car. When we got back to Dallas, the rental agency tried to charge us for not “returning” the 1st car with a full tank of gas. I thought Mr. G was going to vault the counter & choke the agent.
I’ve been through a typhoon in Taipei & it’s tornado season here in Texas. No great shakes. Just batten down the hatches.
Dream vacations? Australia for Mr. G, Greece & Rome for me. I’d love to go to China & see where my mom was born & spent her childhood before emigrating to Taiwan & the U.S.
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 8:43 am.
My ideal honeymoon would be one week in Scotland and then one week in Ireland. Although, I don’t think it would be ideal for my hubby. He is more of a beach vacation kind of guy.
We went to Mexico for our honeymoon. It was so hot, as soon as you left the room you were drenched in sweat. We tried to play tennis, but once again it was way too hot. On the third day I had such a bad burn, I wanted to go home. So, for 2 straight days we sat in the hotel room and watched movies and ordered room service. This for me was the best part of the honeymoon, just me and hubby relaxing and snuggling watching movies. We should have saved the money and got a hotel room somewhere closer to home. I learned on that trip, that I was not one for beach vacations.
6 natural disasters??? I am not sure how we would handle that. I guess you never know until you are put into that situation. I would like to think that I have some survival skills and that they would kick in at some point.
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 8:49 am.
Amy, I’m like you, I got fried on your honeymoon too! Hubs thought it was really funny that he could lay a foot away from me in the bed and still feel the heat radiating off my skin. Thank goodness we didn’t have to go anywhere so I was able to de-burn inside for a day or 2 before being forced back outside. I was much smarter with the sunscreen after that!
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 8:56 am.
Sabrina, you would be more than welcome here in Toowoomba. Actually all you Goddesses would be welcome and I can say that spring is probably the best time to come for a visit, especially during the annual Carnival of Flowers (it would make for a great second or whatever honeymoon). Oh and don’t worry Sabrina, I didn’t take offense, I was being just a little odd, okay really odd but I am like that I’m afraid. So it’s all good.
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 9:06 am.
We honeymooned in San Francisco. It was a great trip except for the first day and half. By the time we got to the hotel, I was tired and laid down for a nap. It upset hubby because he wanted to go, go, go. I sent him out to sight see by himself. He came back and I was running a fever.
Apparently working, planning the wedding, having the wedding and the recycled air of the airplane led to a cold. It took about a day or so until I felt better and then off we went. I wasn’t going to miss the horseback ride through Golden Gate Park for anything.
Although, I do recommend you don’t ride lunchtime. Hubby spent more time trying to get the horse to stop eating the grasses then actually enjoying the ride.
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 9:17 am.
11 years ago, DH thought he was Speed Racer. Though a very long story that DH still likes to tell about his “lawyer” abilities with a strict county and how he got out of that mess, the short of it is he had a suspended driver’s license for about the first 2 months of our marriage. I did all the driving on our honeymoon and thereafter.
We went to Colorado in February! The best part was the Royal Gorge. The cold wind was whipping though the canyon, but it was only us and about 5 other people total. The off season prices were great and we did it all, even driving the car across the bridge. We tried to take the kids there last summer, but it was crowded and very expensive. We skipped going into the gorge itself, and had a great time taking everyone’s pictures by a cactus. My favorite pic is one where I took a picture of our son taking a picture of DH.
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 9:41 am.
Next week will mark 21 years since my husband and I were married! We spent our first honeymoon night in one of the Victorian passenger cars at the Chattanooga Choo Choo. The honeymoon package included champagne, chocolates, flowers and breakfast the next morning. Luckily, management allowed my new husband to bring a plate back for me. The next week we spent in a cute little beach cottage on St. Simons Island, Georgia. Since it was early May, none of the summer crowds were there yet and it felt like we had the whole island to ourselves.
It was really perfect for us. Great weather, enough history for me to have fun exploring something new each day but small enough that our main focus was each other. The closest we came to a natural disaster was being attacked by man-eating deerflies as we explored the grounds and cemetery of 200+ year old Christ Church. I have always been a bug magnet.
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 10:13 am.
Never been on a honeymoon, but I always thought of exotic places like Figi or Bora Bora would be great places for a honeymoon…
My oldest cousin went to Italy and Greece for hers. My youngest cousin went to The Bahamas and another one went to a Honeymoon resort in PA…
I hear Disney World in Florida is fast becoming a honeymoon destination… But I don’t think so for me…
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 10:15 am.
We had an “extreme honeymoon” on the Big Island of Hawaii. We had married in November, had a reception in February, and waited until May to go on our honeymoon. So I was pregnant by then and I couldn’t go see the volcano park (but Marc did) and the observatory (elevation too high, but Marc went). But we did camp on the beach (it rained), swim in a volcano-warmed corner of the ocean with turtles, kayak and snorkel at Kaleakala Bay, go tasting at coffee plantations, drive Saddle Road (the rental car insurance policy does NOT cover Saddle Road), off-road to a deserted green sand beach, and sleep in a $20/night uncomfortable hotel room where the big entertainment was watching the giant cockroaches gather across the street under a street light. We went to see the cliff divers (four teens) at the southern most tip of the island. I threw up a lot, but we had a great adventure. I would highly recommend the Big Island Revealed guidebook. It really did take us to the most wild and remote places.
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 10:52 am.
Oh, my word, six disasters? I think I would have given up after 3.
The last leg of our flight was canceled on our honeymoon, so we missed the first night and the gourmet banquet, but compared to many other things, including a truck wreck and champagne exploding all over the car (that last one is funny, Sabrina, even if it wasn’t at the time), I guess ours wasn’t too bad.
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 11:23 am.
I’m not married, nor am I planning to become. But I would love to travel the world. Especially America for the bookstores and the Grand Canyon, the Rocky Mountains and such, and Australia for the nature (I love orchids, especially Dendrobiums which grow there wild).
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 11:48 am.
We only had the one night for our honeymoon, second marriage for both and we had 3 little ones between us! We traveled north to hubbys hometown for the wedding, so popped over the border to Canada! No natural disasters found us but we did have a few man-made disasters for the actual wedding ceremony! First off it was an outdoor wedding, it rained, figures. So, we tried to move everything inside, by the time we did the sun was shining again! Moved everything back outside again! We had picked a song to be played during the ceremony, DJ couldnt get the machine to work, probably wet!!. The flower arrangement fell over onto my maid of honor, got that on video! Oh and did I mention I had laryngitis!!
We still had a great time through all those mishaps. And if nothing else it will be a great story to tell the grandkids!!
For our 20th we are planning on a trip to Ireland and Scotland, only 2 more years to go!!
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 11:57 am.
Sorry for everyone who had problems on their honeymoons and suffering through natural disasters. All those disasters make my puny little tornado in Oklahoma when I was fifteen seem like a picnic. Although they did say later it might have been a straight wind that blew the large branch of the huge oak tree through the window where I had just been sitting. There had been a tornado in town that night so I’ll never know. But I was frightened to pieces.
The honeymoon with husband #1 was quite nice with a cruise to the Bahamas. We flew to Miami and spent a few days there, deep sea fishing and eating, which is what we did on the cruise. The only drawback was my initial seasickness on the ship.
I spent my second honeymoon with my mother and grandmother. My ex went to Mexico the day after our wedding on business and I stayed home with my relatives. They had flown in from OK and it was the first time my grandmother had ever been on an airplane. It was quite a surprise when I saw her walk in with my mother. My ex did make up for the missed honeymoon with a trips to Puerto Rico and then the islands later on. Oh, and I finally did get to go to Mexico.
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 12:05 pm.
nancyg, I’ve been to Shreveport! But not in a long time. I went for a choir thing in high school, as I recall. Had to laugh at the rental car story–I think I would have LET Mr. G choke the agent. I can’t believe the gall of them!
AmyS, our years at Destin taught us that we’re not really beach people either. Once in a while I like it, but I really don’t like the sun. I’d rather travel to somewhere fun, like London or New York or the mountains. We went to Mexico for our “real” honeymoon (we only took a couple of days right after our wedding and we planned a honeymoon trip for later in the year–precisely because we wanted to go to Mexico, but didn’t want to go in July). We really enjoyed it, but then, we are from New Orleans, so the heat doesn’t really bother us. *G*
Kelly, I’m odd all the time, so I understand. *G* Thanks for the open invite!
Beth, we went horseback riding for our Mexico honeymoon, too. We rode these sturdy little ponies on an island down to a waterfall. It was harrowing, but I enjoyed it. And the lunch we had afterward, fresh fish grilled right there by the ocean with peppers picked right off the bush, was amazing. I do love San Francisco, too.
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 1:24 pm.
Amanda, I’ve never been to the Royal Gorge. That sounds amazing!
MistyK, that sounds like a truly idyllic honeymoon. I love trains.
Kathleen, KarenR would probably disagree with you about Disney not being a honeymoon location, but I agree–that’s the last place I’d like to go on a honeymoon. We went once with my son, and that was enough. Well, if my brother’s twins ever want to go, I’ll take them, but it’s not tops on my list for fun things to do. Italy and Greece sound perfect, though!
NicoleCBM, that honeymoon sounds AMAZING! One of these days I want to go to Hawaii for vacation. I’ve only passed through a few times on my way to Thailand, and even those few hours made me want to stay.
Nicole, it was funny later. It really was. We’ve certainly never forgotten it! *G*
Aurian, with my autistic son, we can’t travel as much as we’d like, but I do enjoy it. One of my favorite places in the whole world is the Cameron Highlands in Malaysia. Just beautiful–lots of rain forest.
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 1:35 pm.
Debbie, that’s where I want to go next–Scotland and Ireland. I’ve always wanted to visit there! Plus, I’m an eighth Irish.
Donna, I keep trying to get hubby to go on a family cruise with our son, but he’s worried our son will try to get in the water … as in leap from the top of the cruise ship. I keep telling him Nick knows better than that, but he’s skeptical. Maybe one of these days!
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 1:39 pm.
we went to luray caverns in VA in the middle of december for our honeymoon. lets just say, mountains and snow and a log cabin with fire place. was freakin awesome, for at least the the first 4 days there anyways…we had decided to watch dream catcher and cabin fever together in one night…yeah every little noise outside our window scared us…we were afraid to take showers..lol…and then it was like 2 hrs to the closest town to get any food and a deer jumped out in front us being chased by a mountain lion…and then the cows broke through their fence and blocked the freaking rd. after the 4th day I was ready to go home..lol..I was too jumpy for my own kind (but it was nice for the first 4 days like I said)
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 1:43 pm.
Sabrina- We made the mistake of going the day after we got married, which was June. Probably not the smartest thing, going to Mexico in June. However, even if it was the dead of winter here in Canada, I don’t think I could spend a week sitting on a beach. One day of sitting on the beach with a good book and a few of those fruity drinks, is enough for me.
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 2:00 pm.
Hmm, we actually decided to not do an official honeymoon but decided to take our daugther with us (5 at the time) and go to Disneyland so nothing really went wrong. That decision came after realizing hubby would only be able to take a week off of work so my longing to go to the British Isles and tour castles was put on hold and so was the idea of going to Egypt with a tour group and hitting all the hot spots.
However, our wedding day was less than perfect. I was 45 minutes late for my wedding, the ceremony music malfunctioned just as I was about to comedown the aisle, I discovered that the seamstress had not hemmed my dress quite far enough when I nearly tripped up the few stairs to the altar, after the wedding photos were over with and we left the area to head to the reception our vehicle ran out of gas and our photographer came to our rescue but we were a good 30 minutes late for the reception and during the reception my mother toasted us but somehow made it all about my late (as in passed on) ex (my daughter’s biological father) and how he would be happy for us.
Did I mention that I’m insanely punctual normally and I’m usually 15 minutes early or more for everything? lol
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 2:11 pm.
After our wedding we spent 4 days at my parents’ cabin in Tahoe. Then it was back to school for me, work for him. On the way home, we hit a big snow storm and spent 8 hours holed up in a donut shop with 15 other stranded motorists. There was another couple recently wed, so the owner played George Strait’s ‘ You look so good in love’ for us and we slow danced, while strangers watched. Now it’s a tradition for us to play that song every anniversary eventhough it’s more of a one-sided love song. More than 2 disasters on one honeymoon and I’d take it as a sign of impending doom.
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 4:11 pm.
Sabrina I saw that article, the poor people, but at least it was a honeymoon they wouldn’t forget!!
New Zealand is a great country and open for business, as is most of Christchurch! I am a Kiwi (I don’t live in Christchurch) and can tell you, the earthquakes in Christchurch haven’t affected the rest of the country at all, so New Zealand should not be avoided at all because of them. If you were to come to NZ for a holiday or honeymoon you would have a great time, adn see some beautiful scenery.
Mary, I agree Australia is a lovely place, and Australians are lovely people, and I am glad things are getting back to normal for you guys.
I haven’t had any disasters as such while on holiday, last year I was affected by the Iceland volcano, but other than that nothing really (touch wood), I think my ideal honeymoon destination would be somewhere relaxing and restorative.
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 4:14 pm.
Christina, wow, I had no idea that mountain lions still roamed in Virginia! I’ll have to check out Luray Caverns. They sound lovely.
AmyS, I’m with you on that one. I’d rather be out on a balcony overlooking the Smoky Mountains. Now I could EASILY spend a week there. Hubby couldn’t, though. He gets bored. *G*
Shirley, it sounds like you used up all your disaster potential during the wedding! Did you ever get to take your long trip? I hope so!
Mikki, aww, that is so sweet! What a nice man to make it special for y’all the best he could.
Missy, I would definitely love to visit New Zealand, but at the rate I’m going (I made it to England only after 25 years of marriage), I may not get there anytime soon! I still want to see Ireland and Scotland and Wales and Italy and Spain and Belize and Canada and …
Yeah, I’ve got a lot of traveling to do before I die.
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 5:40 pm.
Almost 28 yrs. ago we got married. After working in one city, living in another and marrying in a third, all we wanted to do was relax. We got a flat tire on a Sunday, while driving home. The spare was also flat! My husband had to hitchhike to the nearest gas station to get someone to fix our tire. When we made it home, finally, we left the next day for Quebec City. The second night there, we went for a seafood buffet. I ate way too much and got food poisoning. Fortunately, the rest of the honeymoon was uneventful. I am hoping that for our 30th anniversary, we can go back.
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 6:14 pm.
No tales of woe for our honeymoon. We did happen to find a newspaper from 1877 in an antique store that had my dh’s 4th ggrandmother’s obituary in it. He just happened to flip thru the paper and saw her name. It was kind of surreal.
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 6:30 pm.
Shirley, I too am almost fanatically early to places. For me though I must be at least 30 minutes early though.
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 7:10 pm.
KPM, are you sure you WANT to go back, after that experience, LOL?
Janae, that is definitely surreal! But kind of cool.
Kelly, I wish I were fanatically early. I TRY to be, but I’m usually a little late.
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 11:50 pm.
The disaster part actually reminded me of my employer, who just got back from a motorcycle holiday in the North Carolina area… Rain, fog, storms, wind: not much of a “holiday” anymore!
As for honeymoons… I’ve never really thought about it. Apparently my boyfriend intends to marry me someday, but it’s not like either of us is bent on marriage (more like, his traditional parents). So at this stage I’m still wondering how formal and how typical a wedding we’ll have. I guess we might go on a honeymoon, just because that’s the kind of thing he would organize for us, marriage or no. I sure hope if we have to face any disaster, that we’ll come out of it stronger as a couple… He is the person I can see myself live through the better and the worse with, after all.
Posted on May 7, 2011 at 8:57 am.
For our honeymoon we went to the Seychelles. it was fantastic apart form the second hotel we stayed in we had booked and paid for a beach ‘lodge’ but eneded up staying in a guest suite in a bungalow and then to cap it all I ended up with an ear infection that I still had when we flew home to the UK!
We are still married and celebrate our 20th Anniversary at the end of May.
Posted on May 7, 2011 at 6:23 pm.
After a beautiful warm weekend, we were married on Monday (Memorial Day). It turned blustery but not bad. We had no $$ so went to his parent’s cottage in northern WI. No heat and the temperatures were below freezing. We stayed the 1st night, with every item of clothing we owned on. Next two nights we spent at his uncle’s—the parsonage! Memorable to spend your honeymoon with a priest!
Posted on May 7, 2011 at 7:18 pm.
Asia, that’s the important thing–that the two of you can hang in through thick and thin, marriage certificate or no.
Paula, congrats on the upcoming 20th anniversary! We celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary almost exactly at the same time as the release of my 20th book. I thought that was very cool.
B (now we have two!), LOL about the interesting honeymoon circumstances. That WOULD be a bit unnerving!
Posted on May 7, 2011 at 7:44 pm.