Sunday, August 30, 2009
The upside of doing our honeymoon well after the wedding itself is that we didn't need to plan them both at once. The downside is that all the past month has been nothing but honeymoon planning...well...
We also went to the Roderick Reunion out in Saint John. Did lots of canoeing, swimming and work around the property, but also did the traditional bowling, BBQ, bonfire and golf for the reunion itself. Weather was FLAWLESS the whole time we were there, which is super uncharacteristic of new brunswick! I *do* love the cottage.
Last weekend we were up at Dave's cottage near Wasaga. Weather wasn't terrific, but still in the mid 20s and not too rainy...not out swimming twice, played volleyball/badminton/frisbee, and played lots of euchre + mexican train (tequilla) dominoes. Big ups to Dave and Sara for having us up!
The honeymoon is only two weeks away. Time really flies. I just finished booking our last hotel - which has been a major adventure. The internet is truly amazing in terms of how much information you have at your fingertips, but it also makes things incredibly overwhelming and time consuming to sort through!
I'm sure I've spent 100 hours+ on TripAdvisor.com, Hotels.com and Booking.com sorting through all the different options. Example - Madrid has almost 500 hotels. Literally. Obviously you can filter them down by region and price, but we're still talking 200+ feasible options, each with ratings, reviews, maps and pictures to sort through.
Given that we're staying in something like 12 different cities over the 16 day trip, that's 12 different hotels, 12 different drawn out decision making processes! Anyways, all in, I'm pretty happy with our choices, and the variety of places we're booked at all across the spectrum:
...AND I managed to very closely hit out target of $100/night average. Go team!
We also went to the Roderick Reunion out in Saint John. Did lots of canoeing, swimming and work around the property, but also did the traditional bowling, BBQ, bonfire and golf for the reunion itself. Weather was FLAWLESS the whole time we were there, which is super uncharacteristic of new brunswick! I *do* love the cottage.
Last weekend we were up at Dave's cottage near Wasaga. Weather wasn't terrific, but still in the mid 20s and not too rainy...not out swimming twice, played volleyball/badminton/frisbee, and played lots of euchre + mexican train (tequilla) dominoes. Big ups to Dave and Sara for having us up!
The honeymoon is only two weeks away. Time really flies. I just finished booking our last hotel - which has been a major adventure. The internet is truly amazing in terms of how much information you have at your fingertips, but it also makes things incredibly overwhelming and time consuming to sort through!
I'm sure I've spent 100 hours+ on TripAdvisor.com, Hotels.com and Booking.com sorting through all the different options. Example - Madrid has almost 500 hotels. Literally. Obviously you can filter them down by region and price, but we're still talking 200+ feasible options, each with ratings, reviews, maps and pictures to sort through.
Given that we're staying in something like 12 different cities over the 16 day trip, that's 12 different hotels, 12 different drawn out decision making processes! Anyways, all in, I'm pretty happy with our choices, and the variety of places we're booked at all across the spectrum:
- uber fancy castle type places
- modern chic big chain places
- tiny 1-star and 2-star, 15 room hostales (not to be mistaken for hostels...hostales are a notch up the ranks)
...AND I managed to very closely hit out target of $100/night average. Go team!
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