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I thought that while we’re waiting for my pro pics from Dante Williams that I would share our minimoon to Newport, Rhode Island.
As I mentioned before, I was not completely sold on the idea of Newport, but as I researched all that the area had to offer, I was pretty excited to get there. We packed a lot into about five days, and yet it didn’t seem rushed at all. I highly recommend a getaway after the wedding, however small or modest it may be.
During our first two full days in Newport, we spent quite a bit of time on the water. Mr. Swan grew up sailing a lot with his family as well as coming to Newport, so it was like reminiscing for him. Our first few days included a trip to the Newport area’s second beach, which is technically in Middletown, Rhode Island (but, hey, who’s counting?).
A few hours later we took in a sunset cruise on the Amazing Grace tour boat and admired Newport’s world famous harbor and learned a little bit about its history.
Well, what did we see?
Fabulous boats…
Anybody wanna buy a boat? This is the Athena, apparently one of the largest sailboats in the world, and it will only cost you well over $100 million dollars. That’s all! 
Interesting Sites
A private family home out there all by itself
Hammersmith Farm, Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis’ childhood summer home
This is a historic house that’s now condos. I’ll live there!
Fort Adams, which is now used as a state park, and some Navy housing.
Mr. Swan and I also got a chance to tackle sailing on a former America’s Cup 12 meter racing ship called the Heritage, courtesy of SIL and BIL Swan.
The great thing about the ship was that we even got help out sailing the boat.
Here I am having just finished helping to hoist the sail.
The Mr. and I had a great time.
Here we are with the Newport Bridge behind us.
Will you or did you spend a lot of time near the water for your honeymoon? Are you considering a minimoon? If so, where are you going?
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That doesn’t exactly seem like a ‘mini’ moon. Way to make the most of it. We’ll do a minimoon sometime in the winter so that we can save up for a friend’s wedding in France next summer.
Wow, that house on it’s own little island is the coolest thing ever! Love those condos, too. Looks like you had a fun, relaxing time!
Newport is great!! Some of those houses (and boats) are unbelievable!
Mr Frenchie is going to be so jealous when I tell him about all the boating you did! He wants to go boating SO BADLY!
a $100 million? only? lol. and hammersmith looks like a castle! sheesh!
We’re considering a mini-moon on either the Isles of Shoals off the coast of NH & ME or Isle la Haut, ME. Being on the water’s important to us, too. Your time in Newport looks like it was lovely!
Looks like such a nice time! PS, you two are the cutest
looks like a great minimoon! I love mixing in a little history with some fun like sailing. how cool!
We’re taking a cruise, and can’t wait to spend all our time in the water trying out our new snorkel sets we’re buying especially for the trip!
It’s so exciting to see trips to Newport, glad you enjoyed your time in the Ocean State. We’re getting married in RI, across the bridge and hoping to spend ourhoneymoon beachside a bit further south.
We’re considering a mini-moon - Richmond, Asheville, and Charleston have all been raised as possibilities
awww you two are so cute! It looks like you had an amazing mini-moon! Thanks for the recaps! It looks fabulous!
That looks like a beautiful place for a honeymoon. Those sailboats are amazing!
It looks and sounds like you guys had a great time - thanks for sharing!
sounds like so much fun! I agree with cupcake! you two look so cute together
[...] As you can see from my last post, we spent a lot of time on boats our first couple of days in Newport; however, Newport has other places to experience that don’t require a life vest or cause seasickness. I’ll show you a few that the Mr. and I had a chance to see. [...]
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We just got back from an even shorter minimoon to Newport and loved it. We intend to go back on our first anniversary since we barely touched what we wanted to do. We did a lighthouse tour on the Martha’s Vineyard Ferry and loved it. We saw that house on the rock and decided we want to buy it someday (when we become gazillionares). It even has picnic tables on the roof.
How cool that you got to sail! Sounds like a lot of fun!
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Mrs. Swan, New York City
Age and Occupation: 31, Legislative Representative
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 33, Finance Guy
Engagement Date: August 9, 2008
Wedding Date: August 2009
Venue: Battery Gardens
About Me: I am an un-crafty but resourceful, Caribbean-born but New York-raised woman who's been known to analyze "Dancing with the Stars" and “So You Think You Can Dance”, buy stinky cheese, and use way too many parentheses. I keep lists for fun, am constantly daydreaming of my next international travel adventure (four continents down, three to go), debating sports (let’s Got Mets/Giants!) and dancing around my apartment to stay sane. I am excited to share our wedding planning journey as I hope to plan a streamlined, personal, and fun wedding with the greatest life partner I could ever imagine, Mr. Swan.
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