Although part of me was pining for 10 days at home sleeping pretty much every second of the day, our honeymoon ended up being the perfect storm of social calls, sightseeing and sea-gazing. With plenty of pasta and gelato thrown in!

Starting in London, where my mom traveled down especially for the day, we had a wonderful time with friends and new additions, plus an amazing break with perfect English weather!

But that was just the start. Impossible to post about everything we saw and experienced in Rome and on the Amalfi Coast, so here are the vital statistics and best shots!

  • 3 cities: London, Rome, Amalfi
  • 20 gelatos, especially hazelnut and Nutella. Especially Rick
  • 60 photos, including this one:

  • 5 bowls of pasta all’ amatriciana
  • 76 times we had to consult our map in Rome
  • 78 times we had flash arguments about directions in Rome, always resolved by a ‘well, which way is the gelato place?’ conversation
  • Endless times we were speechless about what we were seeing, in Rome and in Amalfi
  • 2 sets of happy tears on seeing the Cistine Chapel
  • 1 set of happy tears (mine), on finding my favorite Italian cookies in a grocery store
  • 9 times that Rick said he’d be happy to live in Rome. Forgetting that a basic grasp of the Italian language would be somewhat helpful in pursuing that goal
  • 7 pounds that I probably gained during our trip in my own personal Eat, Pray, Love homage. O Jenny Craig where art thou? Seriously.
  • 15 instances of counting our blessings that the hardest decision of the day was finding the place with the best cappuccino
  • 2 very happy honeymooners:

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