Love In The Garden

A few posts back, I mentioned how hard Mat was working putting up the trellises on our balcony. He had to cut them, arrange them and also painted them all white...back and front and all the sides. Later, he built 4 huge plantar boxes to go with them.

Then we got so caught up with the honeymoon planning that we didn't dedicate any more time to decorating the balcony. The thought of going another summer without being able to use our balcony really got me down, so when the girls suggested we go to the beach for the weekend, I jumped at the chance.

Mat stayed behind to work on music and called to say he was going to make us all dinner when we got back into town. He also said that he had a surprise for me. I thought maybe he was making tacos. When we got home, we saw that dinner wasn't made and Mat was nowhere to be found.

That's when I realized he was on the balcony, which was by the way, completely decorated! He bought all the plants, trees, arranged all the furniture, and he even built a coffee table and bench. I couldn't believe he had done all this in just 2 nights. He started on it as soon as we left and worked until 4am in a rush to finish it in time for our return.

We had a little bbq party that night on our gorgeous balcony for the first time ever and I'm loving how magical it looks back there. It's like a new room! I love my man so much!

Eastern European Honeymoon

Mat and I got back a week ago from our fantastic Eastern European adventure. We traveled to Budapest, Tirgu Mures, Sighisoara, Brasov, Bran, Sinaia, Bucharest, Crete, Athens, Manchester, and Leeds! All in 17 days. We're a little bit wiser, a little bit tanner, and a little bit heavier. I'm pretty sure we had an ice cream cone every day on our honeymoon!

Our favorite country we visited was Romania. The landscape there is luscious rolling green hills, the people are warm and inviting, and the architecture is incredible. The food is awful though. Mat's highlight was waking up super early in Sighisoara (Dracula's hometown) and roaming through the citadel before anyone else was up yet. My highlight was seeing the runaway bull charge down the center of the street in Sinaia and chased after by a pack of wild dogs.

In Budapest we met up with some friends and enjoyed some live bands. In Bucharest we learned all about their communist past and their hopeful future. We attended Mark and Kaki's wedding in Crete, and climbed the Acropolis in Athens. Our time in England was spent catching up with family and on our last day we visited Auntie Joyce. It was great seeing her again and visiting her home where Mat first proposed.

As great as it is to get away and travel, it's always good to come back home and share memories with our family and friends. And of course, we missed Magellan, who seemed very pleased to welcome us back home.