Italy Magazine, June 2004
Honeymoon in the Bel Paese
Charles FitzRoy describes some of the enticements Italy offers
newly-weds
 What do you do after celebrating a
glorious English summer wedding? The world
is full of possibilities. The only trouble is that
the climate is rotten in all those exotic places
you have always dreamt of. Who wants to
endure a tropical monsoon interspersed with
stultifying heat? And all that organization has
drained you of energy. The last thing you
want is to suffer the vagaries of long distance
travel, where you arrive at some exotic hotel
half-dead with fatigue, and without your
luggage to boot.
Far better to choose somewhere nearer to
home, somewhere that will cater for all kinds
of taste. Newly-married couples will die
rather than admit it, but their tastes may differ
more than they would let on. Hours spent
diving underwater are not the best way to
discover the inner thoughts of your partner
for life. And who wants to spend hours filming
drowsy lions when most of your carefullycrafted
shots are ruined by all those other
Land Rovers filled with newly-weds?
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