so our honeymoon was a last minute decision. we were originally going to just stay local and have a low-key week together and go on a cruise in april 2011. a few weeks before the wedding we decided we really wanted to go away and looked into florida beaches but couldn't afford much.
the same day i went to pick up my dress (where i decided i no longer LOVED it and the awesome manager let me exchange it!) a family friend called and saved our honeymoon!! she got us a hotel room for the week, so all we had to do was get there and we'd have our honeymoon!
we decided to go pompano beach, fl, we flew out on Monday after the wedding and stayed right on the beach.
on the plane.
first lesson learned: the 7am flight to orlando, fl is full of screaming children because Disneyworld is in orlando....we didn't think that one through very well at all....
after a 3 hour layover...we made it to pompano!
our room!
we learned our second lesson of the week on our first night. be sure to research the area because not every beach is like ocean city, md! we couldn't walk anywhere (well within reasonable distance) and we didn't rent a car since we're used to being in a resort area when we go to the beach.
the only happy picture of the first night. after this we ate the gross buffet at the casino, lost $80, and then attempted to go back to the hotel. we took a cab to the casino which ended up costing $30 so we didn't want to spend that much to get back. wonderful new husband decided we could just jump on (any) bus and get back. not so much. we ended up on 2 wrong buses, in a run down neighborhood, and then we met Charlie! Charlie was the nice man that told us how to walk the mile back to our hotel just before offering us a bag of weed to celebrate with...thanks but no thanks....
wonderful husband again decided not to listen to Charlie and we went our own way. Florida has little lakes in between their streets so you can't cross over them everywhere. we ended up having to call a friend at home to pull up a map and get us back to the hotel! it was 1130 pm, raining, we had no clue where we were, and ended up walking a total of 5 miles that night!
needless to say....we rented a car the next day!
first half of the week was soo windy...
view from our balcony
down the beach a little bit. i wanted so bad to walk out on that pier but you can't...
the Everglades tour was probably one of our favorite parts of the week. we went on an airboat and saw 3 gators!
and it was so pretty....
then we drove to Miami and went to South Beach. its soo pretty there but soo hot in August!
our last day...so pretty...
we took the dress and had a last minute photo shoot.
plane home....even with our first night adventure, we had a blast and relaxed a lot!
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