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to ask where you went on honeymoon? and why?

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butterfly2015 · 03/04/2015 22:16

As much as I'd love to head to say, st lucia, we are contemplating the Falklands as our honeymoon destination.

Where did you go?

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lancaster · 03/04/2015 23:16

Cook Islands , because they looked awesome and they were.

CatHammock · 03/04/2015 23:17

Iceland! Because it's beautiful and interesting and we're awful at beach holidays and hot weather in general. Also had the wedding there, since we were having an immediate-family-only thing, and could afford the airfares.

lancaster · 03/04/2015 23:17

Also dh liked the fact that they have no poisonous creatures!

LuluJakey1 · 03/04/2015 23:19

South west France. It was really rural and old fashioned and peaceful. We stayed in a little stone house for 6 weeks on the edge of a tiny village. It had a pool, no neighbours and the bedroom window was surrounded by honeysuckle and bougainvillea and the smell was fantastic. There were fields of sunflowers, vineyards and lavander.

It was 6 weeks of absolute bliss and I think set us up for the last 5 years. We really got to know each other because there was no one else! We had been together about 15 months beforehand.

CalleighDoodle · 03/04/2015 23:19

Cuba. Juat fancied it.

ChipDip · 03/04/2015 23:21

Maldives - just wanted a luxury, dream holiday and it really was.

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butterfly2015 · 03/04/2015 23:21

My dp was in the war. Hence the reason he's been back so many times, he goes to pay his respects and get very drunk with his mates. However he's made friends there and has stayed in touch.

He went back in 2012, the 30th anniversary and met Simon mayo on a helicopter trip and ended up being interviewed for his radio show. He's also met Jim Davidson there a few times and says he's an obnoxious wanker.

It's a stunningly beautiful place where the penguin walk on the beach amongst the kids playing, it's crime free and a very friendly place.

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pressone · 03/04/2015 23:22

DH1 - motorcycle touring of Cornwall & Wales with a mix of camping and B&b (depending on weather) Chosen because we were skint.
DH2 - Tunisia - bought as a wedding gift by BiL
DH3 - still working on DP to persuade him to get married again!

bridgetsmummy · 03/04/2015 23:23

We went to Florence, it was beautiful.
We stayed outside the city in a hotel in the hills with views over the whole city.
My husband booked it, I didn't find out where we were going til we were in the car from the church to hotel,
I loved the film A Room With A View, and had always wanted to go there

SoMauve · 03/04/2015 23:24

Umbria. Gorgeous. Even the wasps in the pool just did a lazy backstroke rather than get all arsey.

santamarianovella · 03/04/2015 23:25

Major Envy at your trans Siberian railway honeymoon heymicky,

We went to Sicily, been there when I was a child,and always wanted to visit again and explore it properly , its just beautiful ,particularly Taormina and the island of Salina, would love to go there again,

We then went to the south of France , we drove , covered places we both have not been to, casiss, heyers, we rented a small boat and went to porquerolles, it was amazing,

MissMooMoo · 03/04/2015 23:26

RJ dp and I are going to verona and lake garda for 5 days the day after our wedding for our summwr holiday/mini moon in August.
we fly to the Philippines for our proper once in a lifetime honeymoon in December! !

SaltySeaBird · 03/04/2015 23:28

Falklands is stunning with some incredible wildlife. Gorgeous islands, deserted white-sand beaches, penguin colonies - probably not the place for nightlife, bars and lots of dining choices but a really interesting destination.

serin · 03/04/2015 23:30

Islay, one of the hebridean islands.

Was gorgeous, just us and loads of deserted beaches.....oh and the whiskey!!

RJnomore · 03/04/2015 23:33

Miss moo fab! We are taking Thr kids to Verona/Venice/Garda this summer.

Will get to the Philippines eventually Grin youngest dd is not a good traveller, DH and I have much of the world still to see.

elfycat · 03/04/2015 23:34

I went to Scotalnd/Northumberland on my honeymoon.

However... I've been to the Falklands for 2 weeks (DH was in the army and I went on a visit) and it's amazing. If you can go please do. Port Stanley is unique (and I have wool from the wool shop I still need to knit) with shipwrecks parked up in the bay. Even the houses are worth looking at - many are so small and with greenhouses to grow fresh produce.

Get a vehicle and go visit the Darwin House and the penguins. If you are into the battlefields and cemeteries - they are atmospheric.

I had my best scuba dive ever down there (I don't think this would be easy to do. I was a member of a military club with their approved dive medical) where a penguin flew overhead and we were buzzed by a huge sea lion. There is a boat trip to go and see some of the sights.

Before we had DDs DH and I contemplated going to live down there for a few years for the heck of it once he left the army. Be aware of the rain, that comes in from a horizontal direction - take waterproofs.

ilovemargaretatwood8931 · 03/04/2015 23:35

We went for 2 nights in a grim and very overrated posh hotel, local to where we got married, in the midlands. We couldn't get time off work at the time, so was necessary to have a short break.

We spent the 2/3 days and nights there freezing, starving hungry (no carbs in the tiny posh meals, we are greedy people!), and DH had forgotten his asthma inhalers- kept wheezing because of the horrid plug in air freshener. We'd never go there again!

Have a lovely honeymoon OP! The Falklands sounds interesting and beautiful. St Lucia, equally so. Like the sound very much of youfarging's honeymoon though, sounds beautiful.

catgirl1976 · 03/04/2015 23:37

1st marriage (at 18) tour round Ireland

2nd marriage - Vegas, as we were already there for the wedding

Postchildrenpregranny · 03/04/2015 23:39

We had three nights in a (very nice) hotel in Grasmere . In 1982 . Couldn't afford anything more exotic . And we were 32 , DH was well paid and I'd just sold a house and had reasonable prospectof new well- paid job . Am gob -smacked at how people can afford these destinations. And forgive me (perhaps I'm just old fashioned)but the concept of a honeymoon with your children along I do find rather odd ! And isnt a honeymoon something you have immediately after your wedding? Otherwise it's a holiday?
Have travelled quite extensively and I'd go for a sophisticated European city But then I dont like beach holidays .I love Paris (in the spring )Have been there 6 times, twice alone with DH . Was very romantic.

dontcallmelen · 03/04/2015 23:40

Nowhere,got married on the Saturday went back too work on the Monday, wedding cost about three quid, it was nearly thirty five years ago though, & we have made up for it since, celebrated our twenty fifth anniversary Maldives & Kerela .

Postchildrenpregranny · 03/04/2015 23:43

Lake Garda is lovely, but can be very hot in August RJ Nomore. Are you touring or visiting Venice/Verona from the Lake ? It's quite a drive , and I wouldn't do it unless your children are teenagers . It's lovely up in the Dolomites though .

Postchildrenpregranny · 03/04/2015 23:45

You can indeed 'make up for it later' as dontcallmelen says . We celebrated our 30th touring India. Was amazing.

Backtotherealworld · 03/04/2015 23:46

Belagio on Lake Como. It was beautiful and easy to travel to as we got married in Venice.

TheRealMaryMillington · 03/04/2015 23:48

North Norfolk coast - one night at the Victoria in Holkham and then a week at my friend's dad's cottage - with 10 month old DS in tow. It was lovely.

Postchildrenpregranny · 03/04/2015 23:50

DD1 spent three months in the Philippines and she says it was beautiful . Especially the smaller islands . It can also be dangerous-there was an uprising while she was there and her party was evacuated to a military airfield...It's not on my bucket list