My husband and I were recently married, and very excited about our honeymoon. We had never traveled internationally together before, and though we were only going to Mexico, we knew it would be a rewarding and awesome experience.
My husband and I had been together for a number of years before we got married, and had long ago agreed that we would both retain our surnames. We are both attached to our names, and saw no reason to change them. As such, when we made our hotel and flight reservations, they were in both of our full names.
When we arrived at the hotel, the staff took our bags out of our shuttle and asked for our last name. My husband gave them his last name, which is Krogh (pronounced Crow), he said the name and then spelled it.
We were then directed to the reception desk where they checked us in. The staff spoke excellent English, which was a relief, because my Spanish leaves something to be desired. Throughout the entire check in process, the staff called us Mr. and Mrs. Krowgge. We didn't want to correct the pronunciation, but stifled giggles the whole... read more >>
Honeymoon Travel Stories
We were spending two weeks in Ireland on our honeymoon. We decided to go to the Emerald Isle when my fiancé (now husband) and I looked at each other and said, "I don’t want to go to a beach." Let it be said that neither of us are beach people, I happen to hate the sand and my husband (who is Irish) burns because of his fair complexion. Therefore, keeping this in mind, we decided to do something untraditional and head to Ireland, a place both of us had always been entranced by.
When we arrived in Dublin, we spent a few days there before renting a car and traveling cross country to Killarney on the western shore. Let me just make this comparison, if Dublin is New York, Killarney is the East Village. It’s a very trendy, cool locale, young and thriving with interesting people. However, in the mix of all of that is a group of Irish that have been there before Killarney was cool. Not that I’m calling this group “uncool,” they earn a certain distinction that no trendy “pub kid” could ever dream of having.
Let me explain, one afternoon, upon... read more >>