Because planning a wedding and a giant vacation is too much work at one time, Matt and I waited six months to go on our honeymoon. We flew to Rome via Paris, took a week-long Mediterranean cruise (which took us to Africa for the first time, and introduced us to a group of really great people), then got a car and visited Brussels, London, and Paris. It was a two-and-a-half week adventure that left us exhausted and thrilled to have seen so many amazing things.<\/p>\n
(The entire photoset<\/a> is on Flickr<\/a>.)<\/p>\n Read from the beginning below, or jump to each day:<\/p>\n Because planning a wedding and a giant vacation is too much work at one time, Matt and I waited six months to go on our honeymoon. We flew to Rome via Paris, took a week-long Mediterranean cruise (which took us to Africa for the first time, and introduced us to a group of really great […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[278],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"geo":null,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/storage\/2012\/07\/7230338704_36c8547ec4_h.jpg?fit=1199%2C1600","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Z5R-gf","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1012,"url":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/honeymoon-in-europe\/wednesday-thursday-5-2-3-2012-minneapolis-to-paris-to-rome\/","url_meta":{"origin":1007,"position":0},"title":"Minneapolis -> Paris -> Rome","author":"Jenni","date":"06.30.2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Matt's parents came to visit us before we left for vacation, so we had a fun night with them before it was time for them to take us to the airport on Wednesday afternoon. 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