Why didn't I post my honeymoon recaps before I said good-bye?

The way I looked at it, the honeymoon was not the wedding. So I'll be doing honeymoon recaps of our 3 week trip to Europe (largely France) on my non-wedding blog here.

I'm back (grudgingly)

Wedding was great.

Honeymoon was great.

And I have about 500 wedding photos. And that's not all of them. So now the tricky part ... what single picture to show you to tease you for the wedding? I'll decide that another day. We just got in 2 1/2 hours ago.

Talk to you soon!
Krista

(P.S. Marie - sorry I didn't email. As I'm sure you figured out, we were far too busy. But I thought of you when we were in London!)

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Is it wrong ...

... that I'm now looking forward more to the honeymoon than the wedding?

Not that I'm not looking forward to the wedding. But, come on! Look at where we're going:

(Picture taken by me in February 2005)

Today, we booked ...

... our honeymoon tour!

We decided against a cruise, for a few reasons. First, we wanted to do a tour and some free-touring on our own. For the cruise we liked, we'd have had very little time to do things before and after our trip. Second, they are more expensive, and although they include breakfasts and dinners, they don't include any excursions. Bus tours do include many excursions, most breakfasts, and some dinners.

Our plan:

• We arrive in Paris on June 8
• Travel around France for a few days
• Head to London
• Visit our beloved London (we've been there together) for a few days
• Do this tour:
  
• then head to the south of France to hang out on the Côte d’Azur (French Riviera) and Provence.

Hey, if we're going to splurge anywhere, why not on our honeymoon?! We will get home on June 27.

Honeymoon Ideas

So, here are some of the ideas we're floating around:

• 15-day cruise (Rome to London with stops along the way)
• 14-day cruise (London to Rome then back with stops in both directions)
• 10-day cruise (Rome-Cannes-Barcelone-Naples-Rome)
• 10-day bus/train tour London to Paris
• 8-day bus tour London to Paris
• 8-day regional French tour (Normandy-Loire Valley)

Just some of our thoughts. We're totally undecided, and I'm pouring through the tour books and on-line. I planned a trip for us to New Zealand (3 1/2 weeks) just over 2 years ago, and Wade thought I did a good job, so I'm apparently the trip planner. That trip was mostly free touring, meaning we rented a car and I had our itinerary, activities and hotels / hostels / campgrounds booked along the way. It was a lot of work, but a lot of fun. However, for this trip, I'd almost just rather sit on a boat or bus for most of the time, with some "free touring" before or after. I don't know why - I just would rather be looked after this time. It's more expensive, of course, and you have more rules (departure times, tour times, etc), so there are of course disadvantages, but you don't need to think as much!