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Post by LadyDuff on Oct 9, 2002 4:57:17 GMT -5
Hello all, Hubby and I have not yet had our honeymoon, but we would like to go to Scotland! Where did you go on your honeymoon?  |
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Post by LadyDuff on Oct 9, 2002 4:58:45 GMT -5
By the way, where does the word honeymoon come from originally? anyone who knows?
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Post by Dawn on Oct 9, 2002 6:03:10 GMT -5
You know it is dangerous to ask such questions with a librarian on the board. I even happen to be sitting at the reference desk as I type!
Popular folk-belief traces the origin of the word "honeymoon" back to the medieval custom of newlywed couples drinking mead (honey) for the first month (moon) of married life to ensure their fertility and to increase the chances that their first child would be a son.
Tobias and I travelled by rental car up to Northern Sweden on "inlandsvägen" and then back down the coast. We stayed in STF Hostels the whole time. It was about 2 months after the wedding and we got to bring our own sheets, sleep in bunk beds, and make our own meals in the shared kitchens. Romantic, huh?
Actually, it was a wonderful adventure and I wouldn't trade it for anything!
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Post by Natooke on Oct 9, 2002 7:48:42 GMT -5
We married in my home town in 91 ... & since Peter's parents made the trip over, we all went to Jasper (Canadian Rockies). We spent a week in a modern log cabin w/kitchen & went on daily treks ... white water rafting ... hiking ... eating good food  lots of laughter ;D. You know not many can say they had their MIL & FIL on their Honeymoon but I did  ;D After nearly 12 years of marriage ... I would still like to go somewhere with Peter for a week ALONE Canadian Rockies.  |
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Post by Dawn on Oct 9, 2002 7:52:45 GMT -5
PS...Here we are in June 1997 at our wedding on Öland!  |
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Post by Carolyn on Oct 9, 2002 9:06:23 GMT -5
Anders flew into Albuquerque 5 days before we were married. To start things off well, he was delayed at O'Hare Airport for a total of 10 hours after the flight from Stockholm, so by the time he got to me, he was absolutely shattered, so days 1 and 2 were a loss as far as getting anything done.
We had a home wedding at a friend's house with just my very close friends and a small amount of family.
We were going to the Grand Canyon and Las Vegas, before going down to Phoenix for our interview at the Swedish consulate there for my residency permit.
On our wedding night, we spent most of it sitting in an enormous traffic jam on I-40 between Albuquerque and Grants, New Mexico. There was road construction so things were one lane each way, huge concrete barriers and apparently just ahead of us, a semi had rolled and caught fire, incredible tragedy. Fortunately, we had a cooler in the back of my truck where we had put some sodas on ice and also food from the buffet at our wedding reception, so in the middle of the night, we shared sodas and cold snacks with the Navajo trucker behind us while we waited for the mess to be cleared up.
The Grand Canyon in January is incredible, almost no one else was there. Las Vegas was Las Vegas, interesting for my sociologist husband, but vulgar beyond belief. But we had a good interview in Phoenix, had 5 days to spend together traveling the Southwest, and then I put my brand-new husband on the plane and didn't see him again for two months.
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Post by LadyDuff on Oct 9, 2002 14:08:09 GMT -5
Oh thank you for those stories and thank you for telling about the origin of the word! Like I said, we havent been to our honey moon yet, but we want to go to Scotland, to visit the Mac Duff Clan´s castle ( ruins) and see the sites that have any connection to the family itself and also just for Scotland itself which is so beautiful! Those are lovely pictures Natooke and Dawn! Dawn, you guys look wonderful and sooo happy!  This is me on our wedding day And here is the happy couple, Mr and Mrs Duff  We were married on September 22 2001 at Edsbergs Slott Sollentuna, I will try finding a picture of it later, so you can see what it looks like A very pretty place |
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Post by LadyDuff on Oct 9, 2002 14:15:45 GMT -5
Here´s the place we were married:  and a brief history of Edsbergs Slott: Edsbergs gård uppfördes ursprungligen omkring 1630 av proviantmästaren Henrik Olofsson. Greven Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna, riksskattmästare och kusin till Axel Oxenstierna, övertog gården någon gång under 1630-talet och fick sätesfrihet år 1647. Redan 1645 hade han drottning Kristina som gäst. År 1670, när huset gått i arv till sonen, Gabriel Gabrielsson, var kung Karl XI och änkedrottningen Hedvig Eleonora "till måltids". Den förste "Rudbeckaren" på Edsberg, överståthållare Thure Gustaf Rudbeck, köpte slottet år 1757 för 360 000 daler kopparmynt. Redan 1760 ersatte han det gamla trähuset med ett gediget stenhus. Slottet blir då en tvåvånings putsad tegelbyggnad med fasta framskjutande flyglar, täckt med ett valmat mansardtak. Stilen är förenklad fransk rokoko. Edsberg förblev i familjens ägo i knappt 200 år. Sollentuna kommun tillträdde som ägare 1959. Slottet har under senare år genomgått omfattande renoveringar. Festvåningen som omfattar 400 kvm är nu öppen för tillställningar som bolagsstämmor, jubileer, festmiddagar, mindre konferenser, bröllopsmiddagar etc. |
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Post by Natooke on Oct 9, 2002 14:22:48 GMT -5
Wow !!! what great stories and pictures .... |
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Post by LadyDuff on Oct 9, 2002 14:25:52 GMT -5
I agree with you and thanks, I am so happy that I can post pictures now!! Will look for a pic of my kitty so you all can see how cute he is |
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Post by Dawn on Oct 10, 2002 1:00:49 GMT -5
Here is where we got married ;D:   |
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Post by Brandy on Oct 10, 2002 2:14:29 GMT -5
Dawn,
The picture both inside and out, look just like the church where my husband's sister got married in Sundsvall! I wish I had a picture to post for you, it is an exact duplicate!
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Post by Brandy on Oct 10, 2002 2:16:29 GMT -5
By the way ladies- all beautiful pictures and fun stories! Thanks for sharing!
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Post by LadyDuff on Oct 10, 2002 4:33:50 GMT -5
Oh those are lovely pictures Dawn!!! I really like these little churches here in Sweden, they are so pretty When we were married I was so nervous I never even noticed all the people there, all the friends, they were gone from my sight! It wasnt until after, when we turned towards them that I realized they were actually there!! It is really a special feeling when you get that ring on your finger!! |
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Post by Natooke on Oct 10, 2002 5:25:23 GMT -5
OK ... a little off topic but what the heck eh!This is a little wooden church just outside of town ... where we baptised both our children. Granhult Träkyrkan .JPE) Here are some paintings that appear on the walls.  This last picture isn't from the same church, but from Södra Råda Old Church (sadly burnt down) which is the same age as Granhults. home.swipnet.se/~w-64205/srada.html |
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lots of laughter ;D. You know not many can say they had their MIL & FIL on their Honeymoon but I did 
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