Honeymoon - part 2

Tuesday, March 23rd:

This was probably our most relaxing day in Hawaii.  We slept in, went to our favorite place for breakfast (Wailana Coffee House - this is a local place that was within walking distance of our hotel.  We ate there almost every morning), and then spent most of the day at Waikiki Beach.  It was really super crowded but we still had fun.  Our hotel was right on the beach but also had a few pools, including a reflection pool that overlooked the ocean.

We were walking around downtown when strangers holding parrots came up to us and put these on us.  We thought it was pretty cool until they recommended a $10 tip.  We gave them $5.

this was our hotel

Wednesday, March 24th:

We woke up at 5am to catch our bus that left at 6 to take us to Pearl Harbor.   We loved it!  I had been there before, but it was so neat to see the memorial again and learn more about what went on during the attack and watch a documentary with footage from that very day.     

U.S.S. Arizona

One thing new I learned this time was that those who survived the attack have the option to be buried with their fellow shipmates once they pass away.  They will cremate their bodies and have a diver take the ashes down to the ship...I thought it was interesting.

After Pearl Harbor our bus dropped us off at the swat meet for a couple hours.  This was one of my favorite things.  Everything was so cheap!  We bought 8 shirts for $20, sweatshirts for $10, necklaces, swimming suites, and beach towels.  After about 20 minutes of walking around everything starts to look the same, but we had fun and got some good stuff.

Once we got back we just relaxed on the beach and went shopping downtown.  We ate at Margaritaville that night - delicious!!

Honeymoon - part 1

I thought the easiest way for me to write about our honeymoon was to do it in sections because we took so many pictures.  So here it goes...

March 20th:

We stayed at the Sheraton Hotel on our wedding night.  John's parents upgraded our room to the deluxe suite and it was awesome!  Neither of us ate any food at our reception except for our wedding cake, so luckily John had packed some food that we were able to eat in our room.  

this is the cash we took on our honeymoon...it's all gone now! :(

Sunday, March 21st:

We dropped our car off at our apartment Sunday morning and had my brother Rich take us to the airport.    Our flight was about 6 hours long, but it went by pretty fast.

John at the Hawaii airport

this was the view from our hotel room

Waikiki Beach

Funny, yet maddening story:  We arrived in Hawaii around 4pm local time and checked in to our hotel.  We unpacked, walked around Waikiki Beach, and then tried to find a place to eat.  We were starving so we just decided to eat at our hotel.  We got seated and were handed a menu, which we realized was just a drinks menu.  We asked our waiter and he told us it was a buffet.  We didn't even think to ask the price.  So we ate and enjoyed ourselves and when we got the bill we couldn't believe it.  $122!!!  (including tip)  John didn't believe me at first when I told him how much it was.  We were shocked.  At first we were mad, but then we couldn't help but to just laugh about it.  That may be our most expensive dinner we'll EVER have!!  And the bad part was that we didn't even eat that much. 

Monday, March 22nd:

John thought it would be fun to have a "beach day" where we went to different beaches around the island.  John's aunt and uncle used to live in Hawaii, so they gave us ideas of what were the best beaches to go to.

This was the first beach we went to - Lanikai.  It was awesome.  There were literally 10 of us on the entire beach and it was so beautiful.  

We stopped at L&L for lunch on our way to the second beach.  It was good while we ate it, but half an hour later I was suffering!  I kept running back and forth from the beach to the bathroom!!

Bellows Beach - we were also there by ourselves

Sunset Beach

snackin' on some chips in bed :)