Honeymoon Series: Split, Croatia

Over the summer, my husband and I went on our honeymoon shortly after our wedding. We visited many cool places, and you can read about all of that in this post. I'm going to be chronicling each stop on our amazing trip. Today's post will feature our favorite photos from our sixth stop: Split, Croatia.

(I will update the links below once all posts have been written and published.)

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Our very last stop on our cruise (but not the last stop on our honeymoon overall) was in Split, Croatia. We visited Dubrovnik, Croatia earlier as the first stop on the cruise, and while we had a blast exploring that town, the weather was nasty that day. In Split, however, that was not the case.

It was bright and sunny, and we made the most of it! We climbed up to the tip top of the bell tower, took way too many photos of the spectacular views, and just enjoyed it. We knew that once we stepped back on the ship, our cruise was essentially over (though we still had dinner and one more night on board). We had a great time walking around Split. I'd love to go back to the region and see more of the countries around Croatia - especially Bosnia. That whole area is so rich with history.

You can tell we had both been enjoying the buffets on the cruise ship at this point... it's a good thing we walked all throughout Paris shortly after we got off the cruise ship!

We were so sad for our cruise to end the morning after we toured Split. We had the best time on that ship, and I can't wait to go on another cruise in the future! 

• Have you been to Split?
• Do you enjoy cruises?

Honeymoon Series: Kusadasi, Turkey

Over the summer, my husband and I went on our honeymoon shortly after our wedding. We visited many cool places, and you can read about all of that in this post. I'm going to be chronicling each stop on our amazing trip. Today's post will feature our favorite photos from our fifth stop: Kusadasi, Turkey.

(I will update the links below once all posts have been written and published.)

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During our amazing surprise Mediterranean cruise, Dan and I had a stop in Kusadasi, Turkey. I won't lie - I had actually never heard of Kusadasi before. It was so much fun, though! We didn't take too many pictures (embarrassingly only four... oops) because we spent the day shopping at the markets near the cruise port and lying out at the beach, where we both soaked up way too much sun for our own good and ended up looking like lobsters.

We had a lot of fun at the beach, though, and eating a Turkish lunch and enjoying Turkish coffee afterward was really neat. And when we got back on our ship, we were exhausted from so much time in the sun, so we napped... for a long time. But after that, we got all dressed up for our nightly dinner on the ship!

This one may or may not be blurry because we downed an entire bottle of champagne together in our stateroom before we headed to dinner... hey, it was our honeymoon - don't judge! 

Overall, Kusadasi was a lot of fun, and we both want to check out more parts of Turkey - perhaps Instanbul - as soon as we can! 

• Have you ever been to Turkey? 
• What was your favorite thing to do there?

Honeymoon Series: Athens, Greece

Over the summer, my husband and I went on our honeymoon shortly after our wedding. We visited many cool places, and you can read about all of that in this post. I'm going to be chronicling each stop on our amazing trip. Today's post will feature our favorite photos from our fourth stop: Athens, Greece.

(I will update the links below once all posts have been written and published.)

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When I found out we were going on a cruise (a secret my husband kept from me for a year and a half!), I was stoked. When I found out we'd be stopping in Athens, I couldn't even believe it! I had always wanted to visit Athens, and it did not disappoint.

We only had a day in Athens from our cruise, and both of us are dying to go back. We had such a blast walking around all day and seeing ancient sites that we'd only see in photos before. Greece is somewhere we both want to visit again when we have more time.

We saw Hadrian's Gate, the Parthenon, and the Acropolis. We ate delicious Greek food and the biggest piece of baklava ever. Athens was absolutely gorgeous, so I'll let the photos do the rest of the talking.

• Have you ever been to Athens?
• Is it on your bucket-list?
• What is your favorite thing to do there?

Honeymoon Series: Venice, Italy

Over the summer, my husband and I went on our honeymoon shortly after our wedding. We visited many cool places, and you can read about all of that in this post. I'm going to be chronicling each stop on our amazing trip. Today's post will feature our favorite photos from our second stop: Venice, Italy.

(I will update the links below once all posts have been written and published.)

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Venice was unbelievably beautiful. The canal was gorgeous, and all the boats seemed so whimsical to me. It was a great city to be in to practice taking photos for sure. Venice is SUPER expensive, though. It definitely wasn't somewhere we could do a lot of things we wanted to do because of how high the prices were there. We had a blast walking around together and exploring the main area, though. We even took a water taxi once!

I also got what I call 'slut-shamed' at St. Mark's Cathedral. I know you're supposed to cover your shoulders and your knees, but it was just downright TOO hot for that. I saw so many people going inside without those things covered, so I thought I'd try as well. They didn't let me. I had to purchase two cover-ups for a Euro each. Blah. I had to wrap them around me, and an entire tour group was pointing and laughing at me at point. THAT was not cool, and Dan insisted on taking my picture... so I glared (see photo below).

I did have THE BEST frozen drink ever, which I bought from a vendor on the street. It was a mint flavored slushie, and it was the best flavor I could have imagine. Mmm.

Overall, we were only in Venice for two days, which I suppose is a good thing because it was my LEAST favorite city of our entire trip! It would be more fun if we had a lot of money, but since we were seeing so many cool places, we couldn't shall out the cash for a gondola ride or any fancy-schmancy restaurants here. Little did I know we ACTUALLY weren't spending a lot of money because the SURPRISE CRUISE was next! Yep, Venice is where that left from, and I had no idea we were going on one until we got off the train next to a giant ship. 

• Have you ever been to Venice?
• What did you enjoy most about it?

Engaged!

Okay, so my title may be a little misleading for this post. I didn't JUST get engaged. Today is the ANNIVERSARY of my engagement to Dan, though... today marks TWO YEARS since he popped the question, and I said, "OF COURSE!" 

If you'd like to read about our story, CLICK HERE (to go to my "about" page), and scroll down to "Our Engagement Story". 

If you already have, just check out these pictures from our special day, July 7th, 2011! 

I really am so blessed to have a fiancé who thought so hard about how he was going to propose. He is so creative and loves surprising me, and I will be forever thankful that he made the moment SO special for me! :)

He got me the PERFECT ring! I wanted something like this (and he knew that but wanted to pick it out himself) -- I'd say he did a VERY good job! :)

I love the detail from the side view. I had never seen anything like it, and I LOVE that my ring is unique! :)

I absolutely LOVE sharing our story, and since I'm missing my Cadet Lovemuffin right now, it's great to reminisce! I will be seeing him soon, though, and I am STOKED about that!