The Honeymoon.

Ah... The Honeymoon. What to say about The Honeymoon? Well, for starters... it's been the most difficult part of the wedding so far. To say I am surprised by this would be slightly understating it but now that I think about it, I really shouldn't be that surprised at all. Greg and I like to obsess about things and we take a while to make any big decisions. The Honeymoon definitely falls into the category of big decisions. Still, it was much easier deciding where to get married, picking a photographer, and it was practically a piece of cake when it came to choosing my wedding dress. I was trying to figure out why choosing where to go on The Honeymoon was proving to be a challenge and the only thing I can come up with is that there are so many options. True, there were a lot of options when it came to finding a venue or a dress but there weren't nearly as many as you would think. Choosing the Hotel Monaco was an easy choice because it was so us. We absolutely love Kimpton Hotels (I even worked a short stint at one when we lived in Alexandria) and the french couture-y style at the Monaco made it a no-brainer. Same thing with the dress. It's a very "me" dress. I wonder what is a very "us" honeymoon though... "Us" includes a lot of words like luxury, relaxation, service, food, and new. Unfortunately, that could mean a lot of different spots on the planet and a lot of different accommodations.

When we started thinking about The Honeymoon we agreed that we didn't want to go somewhere we had already been. We hadn't quite decided whether we wanted to do a beach-y lazy trip or a fun see-it-while-you-can trip but we did know we wanted to go away for at least 10 days, give or take a few. We started thinking about using miles and going somewhere domestic, maybe Napa/Washington wines or East Coast seafood. Then we realized we would probably have enough miles to go international and that right there is when things started getting really complicated. Did we want to do French Polynesia, Mexico, the Mediterranean....? Did we want to go somewhere super luxurious that was a once-in-a-lifetime place and stay in more moderate digs or go somewhere more easily accessible and affordable and stay in a luxurious and lavish setting? Do we want beaches, a cruise, driving through towns? WHAT DO WE WANT?

We still don't know. When I first asked for suggestions via my facebook status, everyone had such varied answers that I was slightly frustrated. But then I realized that everyone had such varied answers because everyone has different wants. I think we need to figure out what we want before we can do anything else but that'll only get us but so far. I will say this, however: if this is the hardest decision we have to make when it comes to tying the knot then we are extremely lucky.