I
very recently learned of a travel blog contest sponsored by Expedia and the National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY). The contest offers a travel blogger the
opportunity to travel to Australia, Paris, Morocco, London, or Seattle and star
in a short travel film as part of Expedia’s “Find Yours” campaign. It sounded like such an exciting contest, but
I thought I had found out about it too late to put something together worth
considering. I read the entry by Dave and Deb of The Planet D, one of the travel blogs I follow,
and left a comment. When they replied
and said I should enter too, I realized I had to try.
I would love to travel to any of the locations offered, and have been to all but Australia. I tried to think of what riveting idea I could come up with of what I would find in one of the locations, but my mind kept drifting back to one place, London, where my husband and I went on our honeymoon and where the rest of my life with my soul mate began.
I would love to travel to any of the locations offered, and have been to all but Australia. I tried to think of what riveting idea I could come up with of what I would find in one of the locations, but my mind kept drifting back to one place, London, where my husband and I went on our honeymoon and where the rest of my life with my soul mate began.
Tower Bridge |
As I planned our wedding, I also planned our honeymoon (which was a lot more fun to plan and really made the whole planning a wedding thing a lot easier). Our honeymoon was going to be the trip of a lifetime. We were going to travel to the place I had always wanted to go, England. Our trip actually included time in London, Bath, and Paris, but London was the destination I had been looking forward to my entire life.
This
brings me to one of the multitude of reasons I love Romeo so much. Many couples
travel to tropical locations on their honeymoons, someplace sunny and romantic
with not a lot to do but spend time together and stare deep into each other’s
eyes. There is nothing wrong with that, but that was not my definition of the ideal
honeymoon, nor was it Romeo’s. We know of so many couples who have completely
different ideas when it comes to how they want to spend their vacation time. I
am so grateful that I am married to a man who has the same love of food,
culture, architecture, adventure and seeing and experiencing everything a
person possibly can.
We had such a wonderful time on our honeymoon, especially in London, that we both came to the decision that this could not be a once in a lifetime trip. We would have to somehow make travel a regular part of our routine. Traveling to faraway places expands our horizons, provides us with a more worldly view, pushes our comfort levels, and increases the strength of our relationship.
The First Day of our Married Life |
We had such a wonderful time on our honeymoon, especially in London, that we both came to the decision that this could not be a once in a lifetime trip. We would have to somehow make travel a regular part of our routine. Traveling to faraway places expands our horizons, provides us with a more worldly view, pushes our comfort levels, and increases the strength of our relationship.
Clearly soul mates, who else would be Watson to my Sherlock Holmes? Sherlock Holmes Museum |
We
now try to travel at least twice a year, and at least once a year to an
international destination. But I will always have a special fondness in my
heart for London, and I would love to return with Romeo to those special places
we experienced on our honeymoon almost nine years ago.
If
we could go back to London, we would find our soul mates in each other again by
revisiting the places we had seen before and reliving our honeymoon. We would visit London’s huge museums containing
objects and art from all over the globe, such as the National Gallery and Victoria
and Albert Museum, and especially the British Museum, for which we had not set
aside enough time to fully explore in the manner it deserves. We would gawk again at the immense examples
of architecture from different centuries, such as St. Paul’s Cathedral, the
Tower of London, Tower Bridge, Westminster Abbey, and Big Ben. And we would take a peek at how the other
half lives at the royal residences of Kensington Palace and Buckingham Palace.
The British Museum |
London's Iconic Meals - Full English Breakfast and High Tea |