Dear Tonya and David,

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: A night in Rome

Thanks to you, were able to stay in the perfect location in Rome. Just across the Tiber river from the city center is a hip, local-centric district called Trastevere. Our bed and breakfast faced the Tiber river right at Ponte Sisto, one of Rome's famous bridges; that same bed and breakfast also backed up against the heart of Trastevere. It couldn't have been more perfect.

We spent many days wandering around the heart of Rome, and many nights exploring the narrow, winding, cobbled streets of Trastevere.