Our around the world itinerary!
We made some slight changes to our itinerary as it played out over the course of the last eight months and I wanted to make sure to capture it here. See below for the final itinerary of our around-the-world honeymoon trip. And, when can we do it all over again please??
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In some ways it took us forever to decide on where to go on our 8-month around-the-world adventure, but in other ways it took us less than a day to figure it all out. We literally sat down with a map of the world and just pointed at places that would be cool to go to and narrowed it down a bit and, bada-bing bada-boom we had a draft of a plan.
The main thing we wanted to accomplish was to not be on the road, traveling every single week to a new city, state or country. We wanted to make sure to create chances for us to really live in some of the places we were visiting – rent an apartment, buy groceries, establish a routine that included work and play, and, as much as we could, live like the locals. I’m happy to say that we’ve got that planned that for about 75% of our trip!
So here’s the plan for our April 1, 2018 – December 1, 2018 honeymoon! (Note: if we have written a blog post about the area mentioned below is it linked as well)
1. BRASIL (6 weeks)
South Nature (~2 weeks): Iguazu Falls, Bonito, Ubatuba
Cities (~2 weeks): Sao Paulo, Rio de Janerio, Olinda
Brasil – North Beaches (~2 weeks): Lençóis Maranhenses, Jericoacoara, Natal, Praia da Pipa
Overall Brasil post-trip recap can be found here
2. GREECE (1 week)
Beaches (~1 week): Lefkada
3. ITALY (6 weeks)
Agriturismos (~3 weeks): Montecarlo (Tuscany), Chianti (Tuscany), Emilia Romagna
Cities (~2 weeks): Pisa, Lucca, Bologna, Siena, Florence, Rome
Food and Wine and Other (~1 week): Chianti wine tastings, Brunello wine tastings, Parma and Balsamic Vinegar factory tours, Cinque Terre, Thermal Baths
Overall Italy plan can be found here and overall Italy post-trip recap can be found here
4. CROATIA (3 weeks)
Cities (~1 week): Dubrovnik, Zadar, Zagreb
Nature (~2 weeks): Hvar, Krka National Park, Plitvice National Park
Overall Croatia plan can be found here and overall Croatia post-trip recap can be found here
5. NORWAY (10 days)
Cities (~1/2 week): Bergen, Oslo
Hiking (~1 week): Glacier hiking, Trolltunga/Odda, Kinsarvik/Steindalsfossen
6. PORTUGAL (3 weeks)
Portugal – Cities (~1/2 week): Lisbon
Portugal – Beaches (~1 week): Algarve, Sesimbra and other beaches
Portugal – Agriturismos (~1 week): Santarem, Arco de Valdevez
7. FRANCE (~1 week)
We had to sadly cut this out as it would have made other parts of the trip more hectic, but I will make sure we are back sometime in the near future!
8. MADAGASCAR (10 days)
Madagascar – Cities (~1/2 week): Antananarivo, Tulear (aka Toliara)
Madagascar – Countryside (~1 week): Isalo National Park, Zombitse National Park, Ranomafana National Park, Anja Reserve, Antsirabe
Overall Madagascar plan can be found here
9. SOUTH AFRICA (2 weeks) – posts coming soon-ish
City (~2 weeks): Cape Town
10. NEW ZEALAND (5 weeks) – posts coming soon-ish
Cities (~1 week): Auckland, Wellington, Queenstown
North Island Nature (~1 week): Waitomo, Tongariro Alpine Crossing, Rotorua
South Island Nature (~3 weeks): Abel Tasman, Punakaiki, Lake Tekapo, Lake Pukaki, Mt Cook, Lake Wanaka, Roy’s Peak
11. SAN FRANCISCO (1 week)
Family time for Thanksgiving in Tahoe!
12. NEW YORK CITY
Back to home sweet home!
I can’t believe the adventure is almost coming to an end but it puts such a big smile on my face to look back at all of the awesome places we’ve been to and all the amazing things we have experienced over the last 8 months. And to think, we just have a lifetime of adventures to go … we are so lucky J
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