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Looking back at July 2023, I’m in disbelief. How did this much stuff happen in a single month? This much travel?!
This was the biggest month I’ve had in some time, beginning with our Boston wedding on July 2, and taking me to seven countries in total (!), most for just a few days.
Let’s take a look — the best of July 2023!
Destinations Visited
- Boston, Beverly, and Gloucester, Massachusetts
- London, Abbots Langley, Watford, and Bushey, England
- Prague, Czech Republic
- Mondsee, Salzburg, and Sankt Johann in Tirol, Austria
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Čilipi, Croatia
- Žabljak, Durmitor National Park, Bitine, Dabojevići, Podgorica, Perast, and Kotor, Montenegro
WHEW.
Highlights
Our Boston wedding! (I know, I know, you’re sick of hearing about wedding stuff — THIS IS THE LAST WEDDING IN A MONTHLY RECAP.) We knew we had to have a Boston wedding for my family that couldn’t make it to Prague, and originally assumed it would be a small affair, maybe something at a restaurant.
Then it quickly snowballed into a wedding of around 60 — and turned into a fabulous event.
It rained pretty hard that day, but Charlie and I got married in Boston Public Garden surrounded by our friends in umbrellas, and our bridesmaids in rain-soaked pastel dresses! (And because of the rain, nobody else was in the park!! What an advantage to a downpour.)
We had our reception at Bostonia Public House in the Financial District, which had SO much good food and put on a great event for us all. We finished with an after-party at the tiki bar next door.
The day before, the wedding, my bridesmaids and I went for afternoon tea at the Boston Public Library, and that evening, everyone was invited to a get-to-know-the-guests gathering at NightShift Brewing. Both super fun events.
Overall — the Boston wedding was mostly for my family and friends who couldn’t make Prague, though Charlie had a handful of “his people” there too, and it was SO nice to celebrate with everyone from my family to my college friends to travel blogger buds. And to have the ceremony in the Public Garden, a place I’ve loved since I was eight, made it all the more special.
And our officiant canceled on us at the last minute — but Charlie and I asked our friend Chris to step in at the last minute, and he did SO…
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