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Our Honeymoon

September 19, 2014 By Sage 13 Comments

Robert really blew it when he took me to Lake Como to propose.  Just try finding a worthy honeymoon destination after that!

Varenna, Italy

We’re getting married in a little over a week and we still haven’t settled on a honeymoon destination.  A delayed honeymoon was always part of our plan because of Robert’s autumn lecture schedule, but we didn’t expect to have this much trouble deciding where to go.

We’d briefly considered taking a train over the Alps to Florence, renting a car and doing vineyard tour around Tuscany, but we do European city breaks so often that they’ve become something for a long weekend, not a honeymoon.

We both love the romance of rail travel, so we’d considered taking the Orient Express through Southeast Asia, or the Deccan Odyssey through India but we weren’t convinced that we wanted to spend that much time (and money!) on a train. can’t decide on honeymoon destination

We both loved the idea of Maldives but their human rights violations caused us to reconsider and ultimately decide not to support their economy.  In keeping with the beautiful tropical theme, we’d considered a week on a private island in the Caribbean but figured we’d go stir-crazy after a few days of being stuck on an island.

A Seabourn cruise from Singapore to Bali was a frontrunner for quite awhile, but we finally decided that the cruise line wasn’t a good fit for us.  Which brought us to a tour of Vietnam, with a cruise around Halong Bay, but that’s my idea of a winter sun holiday, not a honeymoon.

We’d even considered Toyko… or a roadtrip in the US.  I haven’t been back to the States since 2011 and I’ve always wanted to drive at least a part of Route 66 before it disappears, but that’s really not how I want to spend my honeymoon.

I love Mexico, but after having such easy access from the US, I’m spoiled and cannot justify the hassle and expense of getting there from Europe.

Machu Picchu is one of our dream destinations, but even a night with a view of the ruins couldn’t sell it as a honeymoon… too rustic.

I’m half Cuban and it’s been my lifelong dream to visit Cuba, but the travel regulations for Americans make it not worthwhile for an American to travel there with a non-American, so that will have to wait until I’ve got my British passport ;-)

So you see, we’ve got quite a first world problem on our hands!  Truthfully, we’re just spoiled.  We each have six weeks of holiday time, and we travel all the time.  We can take our honeymoon pretty much anywhere we’d like, but we can’t seem to find the destination that’s the right mix of exotic, romantic and luxurious, which is really what we’re after.

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  1. DJL says

    September 19, 2014 at 5:19 PM

    Greece?

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    • Sage says

      September 19, 2014 at 5:31 PM

      A Greek Islands cruise, perhaps :)

      Reply
  2. Gracey is not my name.... says

    September 19, 2014 at 11:53 PM

    Aren’t the Cuban restrictions different if you have family there, do you? My friend was born there, is now American and she, her husband, parents and her adult children visited last summer..

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    • Sage says

      September 20, 2014 at 9:19 AM

      Fortunately (unfortunately for travel purposes) three generations emigrated to the States in the late 50’s, so the family angle will be a tough sell.

      Reply
  3. Anonymous says

    September 20, 2014 at 2:39 AM

    Zambezi Queen luxury river safari and Mauritius are still on my list for longer trips!

    Reply
    • Sage says

      September 20, 2014 at 9:27 AM

      We’ve been looking at river cruises, but we’re concerned that our fellow shipmates will skew much, much older than us. That was also a concern with the Orient Express and Deccan Odyssey.

      Reply
  4. Dd says

    September 20, 2014 at 12:21 PM

    Fall in new england

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  5. Sage says

    September 20, 2014 at 2:49 PM

    I grew up in Connecticut and there’s nothing like New England in autumn… but not for our honeymoon.

    Reply
  6. Anonymous says

    September 20, 2014 at 9:55 PM

    Corsica

    Reply
  7. Kim Welch says

    September 21, 2014 at 5:04 PM

    Australia maybe?

    Reply
  8. Anonymous says

    September 21, 2014 at 4:19 PM

    New Zealand? Has all sorts of beautiful places and can be quite romantic ;)

    Reply
  9. sammys dad. says

    September 21, 2014 at 4:48 PM

    New zealand is pretty epic (& not as dark as lord of the rings would have you think). We went to the south island in (there) winter for skiing but the scenery would be brilliant any time of year & the people are so friendly.

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  10. Esz says

    October 1, 2014 at 11:04 AM

    The Antipodes :-D So Australia or NZ or both. I just came back from the South Island of NZ. The Marlborough region makes more than 70% of NZ’s wine – you could spend two weeks there just tripping around wineries and exploring the AMAZING coastline and still not cover everything. The scenery is just straight out of a postcard – snow capped mountains just kilometres away from the most spectacular BLUE waters. Summer is on it’s way and it would be the most ideal time – the vines will be all green and the water plenty warm enough for swimming.
    The east coast of Aus is amazing too – I am in Melbourne and its a great city for getting lost and wandering around in. We have a vibrant restaurant culture and the best coffee in the world – I am not kidding. Not to mention 4 great wine regions within 2 hours of the city. The NSW coast has gorgeous sub-tropical beaches and there’s ever sunny Sydney of course. I wouldn’t recommend the Gold Coast as I fear its not the kind of class you’re after – its the Aussie equiv. of Vegas but with less glitz and more trash imho.
    If you have six weeks you could comfortably split your time between both countries. Visa’s shouldn’t be too much of an issue I don’t think.
    Hope that helps! Do visit! You will love it here!

    Reply

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