Honeymoons Worth Telling Your Grandkids About

Dallas

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Oh man, where to start.

Two round-the-world airline tickets, six countries, 23 days and one husband who had never been out of the country. I had the flu in London and gave it to him by Paris. But there were great moments: a hotel room with views of the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre, the carpet talk from "Mike" in Istanbul, a sunrise hike around Ayers Rock.

There were also some moments that in hindsight are hilarious: our budget hotel in Knightsbridge, London; walking about 15 miles in Paris; losing my luggage in Geneva; navigating Kyoto with a hand-drawn map and finally finding our inn, where the only English spoken was "No shoes in my hotel!"

We'd do it again in a heartbeat.

Lauren Couillard

Gaithersburg

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We married way back in 1960 and traveled to Bermuda for a week's honeymoon. We had a beautiful room with a balcony overlooking the ocean. Signs were everywhere: "DO NOT PUT ANYTHING ON THE BALCONY RAILING." Of course, New Jersey folks do not read, much less obey, most signs, so I hung our bathing suits and my husband's athletic supporter on the railing. When they were dry, as I was bringing them in, I dropped the supporter down on the balcony below.

Horribly embarrassed, I knocked on the door below and rushed past the couple occupying the room, grabbed the supporter, apologized and ran out again.

The next day we saw the couple in a store in Hamilton, and I saw the man nudge his wife and point to me, explaining that I was that crazy person who had invaded their room the day before.