XP: Italy Honeymoon Bio/Reviews

killian09 · September 2009

I posted this on the honeymoon board, but since I mainly post on this board, I thought I'd cross-post this. In case anyone is thinking of an Italy honeymoon, here are my reviews and pics: [url]http://tinyurl.com/ycl2nlg[/url] We visited Rome, Amalfi Coast, Florence, Siena, Venice, and Milan, and had a blast.

MeaghanandMichael · September 2009

wow this is awesome! do you mind me asking you what this cost to do? ballpark?

JBs_Bride · September 2009

I love Italy!! FI and I went two years ago and loved it!! Siena was FI's favorite and Venice was mine. (ITA that it's kind of unreal!)

MeaghanandMichael · September 2009

omg def delete right now, I should have given you my email! so sorry!! where is my head

I copied and pasted the info to a word doc.... thanks SO much! It sounds like you had a really amazing time.

killian09 · September 2009

No worries Meaghan! I'm happy to try to be helpful.

We truly had an amazing time. JB--yeah Tuscany is so beautiful! Definitely dreaming of renting a villa there one day. haha!

october010bride · September 2009

Wow amazing pics... so jealous! I'm having a Jewish wedding as well and having International String Trio (pretty sure you recommended them to me). If you don't mind me asking, what did they play during the ceremony? Was it all traditional Jewish music or did they play secular songs too? TIA!

killian09 · September 2009

Hey October bride- We had classical processionals, Jewish traditional recessionals, and a mix of upbeat jazz and klezmer for the cocktail hour. Processionals were Air on a G String and Pachalbel's Canon (cliche? yes, but so beautiful!). Recessionals were Siman Tov u'Mazel Tov followed by Hava Nagilah. Hope that helps! They play so many styles of music beautifully. It is tough to choose! This mix worked for us though; I liked that we were able to take advantage of the full variety they offer.

killian09 · September 2009

to add: we had them play classical (not nec. Jewish) music before the ceremony started.

october010bride · September 2009

Thanks for the info! It's so hard to pick because I love alll of their stuff. Our ceremony is taking place in a shul so I feel like I need to stay more towards the traditional Jewish music. But I would love to blend in more classical pieces. I find myself playing on their website listening to their clips for hours trying to imagine myself walking down to all of their songs... I'm driving my fi insane, ha.

killian09 · September 2009

I can see sticking to more traditional Jewish fare for a wedding in a shul, and I could totally see Erev Shel Shoshanim as a beautiful processional. Actually, I just googled it, and apparently it's a popular Jewish processional. I didn't know, but there you have it.

killian09 · September 2009

I'm going to keep hijacking my own thread here..

Octoberbride: go read the translation of the song's words on Wikipedia (unless you speak Hebrew...) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erev_Shel_Shoshanim the words are perfect! the symbolism of using that song (even though it wouldn't be sung) would be beautiful.

october010bride · September 2009

Thanks for the tip! I speak minimal hebrew and def can't really understand a whole lot. Now there's one more song for me to listen to and to drive fi crazy with

killian09 · September 2009

haha! good luck. My husband and I were terrible at making that type of decision too! the song is on trio's webpage so you can hear it easily. It took us months to choose first dance song, processionals, songs for our video, etc.

LucyD1029 · September 2009

What a great trip! We started our honeymoon in Venice, but then headed over to Croatia & Slovenia. I can't wait to go back and explore the rest of Italy!

erinr123 · September 2009

Hey I was wondering if you could email me some more details on your trip me and my fiance are looking into booking a italy trip for next septmeber. My email is erinr123@yahoo.com I was also wondering ballpark on what your trip cost..hotels ect. THANK YOUUU

killian09 · September 2009

Erin--YGM Also, I misremembered the name of the Venice hotel we stayed at, so I fixed that now in the bio website.

killian09 · September 2009

Lucy--how were Croatia and Slovenia? I've never been, so I'm curious! I've heard there are some lovely beaches...

LucyD1029 · September 2009

Killian, we had an amazing time! The beaches are great, but mostly rocky, not sandy. We stayed in the mountains in Slovenia right on Lake Bled.

mlou09 · September 2009

I was wondering if you could email ballpark on what your trip cost..hotels ect. we are trying to make plans for December. my email is mloumcphee at hotmail dot comthanks

killian09 · September 2009

MLou--you've got mail!

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