Dear Swathi,

We wanted to thank you for helping make our honeymoon the adventure of a lifetime. Because we wanted to share photos of your gifts, we decided against sending more traditional thank-you cards; instead, below is a picture gallery of what your contributions made possible!

<nerdy statement> A decade's worth of psychological research suggests that experiences make us happier than material possessions. </nerdy statement> Because we're fortunate enough to share a home with the appliances and furniture we need (IKEA furniture, but hey), we opted for a less traditional spin on wedding registries. It was our hope that a Honeyfund would offer a month's worth of incredible experiences—from dinners to sightseeing, from train tickets to hotel rooms—that we could directly attribute to the loved ones who made those experiences possible. We even carried a spreadsheet with us everywhere we went that indicated who had sponsored each activity, which helped guide us through each day.

Please enjoy the photos and captions below! If you'd like to see more pictures of our honeymoon travels, you can view the full gallery here.

Thank you again for your generosity and friendship, and for making this first chapter of our marriage possible.

Love from,

What you sponsored: Tin tobogganing in Pfingstegg

Thanks to you, we kicked off our time in Interlaken in the best way imaginable: doing the tin toboggan run at Pfingstegg over...and over...and over again. (I think the guy at the ticket booth was getting annoyed, actually.) It was just as fun as we'd hoped--the weather was perfect, the views were spectacular, and the run (one of the longest in Switzerland) was full of sharp turns and corners. Here are some photos of what you made possible!