Honeymoon

This is something journalists asked me, if I’ve had a honeymoon.

This is common practice after a wedding, so the question was legitimate even for my Solo Wedding in Santorini.

To tell the truth I hadn't thought about it and so hadn't planned anything, however, I stayed in Santorini for several months after the wedding, so I admitted it was my honeymoon. And frankly I couldn't have asked for better.

Especially since the strict definition is:
the 29 days following the wedding, the lunar month, hence the "moon"; “honey” because apparently this is the sweetest moment for a couple ...

The term was used already in the 16th century, however the practice spreads in the 19th century in Europe.
Honeymoon refers also to the vacation taken by newlyweds.

So, Santorini was my honeymoon for sure.

New extract from my book My Solo Wedding in Santorini:

“Go where you feel the most alive.” Unknown author
 
I could not leave this paradise, my paradise. I had not planned anything, honestly after a breakup so painful, I needed to rebuild myself and to reconnect with myself. I had enough savings not to work for a while, so I made the decision to do nothing for a year and just go with the flow. Going where I wanted at the time or staying where I felt good.
 
I needed new memories, the kind that we do not need to forget because a certain person cowardly abandoned us. During weeks, I spent time discovering, taking pictures, eating and sleeping. Sleeping, it had happened so little during the past three months, tormented, tortured, quartered, bruised in my flesh and in my heart. Finally, a moment of tranquillity, a haven of peace, no longer thinking, no longer questioning, just breathing, living. This was in June that I have started writing. A long period of introspection then began, to learn to know myself better in order to heal and make a fresh start. To see life in colour again with this fascinating and hypnotising blue. I planned to stay a week, I stayed for five months and I have never stopped going back. So yes, I could say that it was my honeymoon.  L.
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"I spent time discovering, taking pictures, eating and sleeping"

Discovering enchanting places, hidden locations, beaches, sunsets ...

Pictures that you discover on the blog and on my social media, photos that have been finalists in art competitions on several occasions ...

Eating, I never forget to photograph all the good things I taste.

Sleeping including naps at the beach, nothing more relaxing than the sound of the waves as background music.

Drinking too lol but responsibly as much as possible (well I try hahaha).
 
Previous Articles:

• Wedding menu
• The wines of Santorini
• Santorini
• Pyrgos
• 3rd Anniversary
• Time travel

Another question asked during my TV interview with Eleonora Meleti (reread article), if it hadn't been too hard to be alone.

I'm used to doing things and travelling on my own for a long time, so it wasn't new or difficult for me.

I've already talked about it in my article Single.

In addition, I befriended several people upon my arrival, and they introduced me to other friends, I was never alone. The Greeks are incredibly generous and welcoming. I feel so connected to them that I feel at home everywhere in Greece…

That’s the reason why I couldn’t write my book anywhere else but in this adopted country.
Also read:

• Series Crete
• Thank you
• Rainy day in Athens

And as that wasn’t enough, I treated myself to a second honeymoon this year, to celebrate my 3 years of marriage but also my 40!
Article coming soon ...
 
The song that ended my wedding ceremony at the end of this article.
 
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
 
Love & Joy,
L.