Finally I have more Europe updates to bring you! We are only two weeks out from our trip. We booked some of our hotels and hostels on Tuesday. I still have a ton to do before we go but I am getting there. I will have internet access in most places where we are staying so I can keep in touch and blog while on our trip.

Hostels: 2 hostels – Prague, Czech Republic & Budapest, Hungary

We booked both of the hostels we are staying in at hostelworld.com. We had three major requirements when looking for a hostel. Dave really wanted to stay in a private room for just the two of us. I was fine with roughing it and staying in a dorm style room with several other people but I think when it actually comes to the trip I will be super thankful for spending a few extra bucks each night to have some privacy. Our second requirement is that our hostels are in walking distance from the city center. We want to walk most places. If the hostel was too far out of the city center we nixed it. The last requirement of our hostel stay is internet in our room. I know myself well… I will need my internet. Each of our hostels have wireless internet in the rooms, which will hopefully be working while we are there (you never know).

Hotels: 3 hotels –   Pilsen, Czech Republic   -  Vienna, Austria  –   Rome, Italy

We found some great hotels! We decided to look up hotel prices just for fun to see where it would be cheaper to stay in nicer places. The best value for our money is our hotel in Pilsen, Czech Republic. We found a Courtyard Marriott that equals out to $70 a night! I’ve been racking up the Marriott points so hopefully after all of our business trips and our Europe trip we will get a free night somewhere. In Vienna we booked what looks like a decent 3 star hotel in walking distance of the Opera House and St. Stephen’s Cathedral. We also booked a hotel in Rome on booking.com.

Couchsurfing: 0 places

Our couch surfing experience was a bust. We tried finding people to stay with in Prague, Budapest, and Rome, and so far no one. We sent out 8 requests, got 6 no’s, 2 unanswered. Unfortunatley we just signed up for Couchsurfing.com so we have yet to host anybody on our own couch. We were looking forward to meeting people in each country but it looks like that we won’t be doing that by couchsurfing.

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I found these super cool cufflinks while browsing etsy for wedding inspiration. These cuff links make the perfect gift for groomsmen or even your groom to be.  I especially like the map cufflinks.

clockwise from top left corner:

Map Cufflinks – dlkdesigns

Batman Cufflinks – cuftlynx

Typewriter Keys Cufflinks – zukerj

Star Wars Cufflinks -  crimsonking

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Follow me on twitter:  http://twitter.com/heatherahrens

Hi friends! I joined twitter a few months ago but I wanted to tell you about it. Feel free to follow me on twitter. You can also check my blog at the top to see what I am currently up to! I promise the twitter updates will be more facinating once we actually get going on our trip.

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Yvonne and Rene are published again! Yvonne bought her monogram from Creative Montage. You can take a look at the article here! Thanks so much for featuring us!

Ha! Photography has also been featured here:

The Wedding Cabaret

The Knot Magazine

The Wedding Chicks

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Kim and Nathan are two genuine people. I met them just a few months ago at their In Love Session. Kim and Nathan have a love that is so magnetic. Their ceremony was beautiful as they laughed and cried together.

It was fun showing up to the wedding and recognizing a few faces of people that I went to high school with. Kim and Nathan are friends with some of the same people who went to my high school who then went to UF, the college where they met.

Kim and Nathan were married at the Lake Mary Events Center. The had the best DJ ever! Seriously, they did. MJ from Junction 88 was their fabulous DJ. MJ and I have worked a few weddings together, and I must say, he is my favorite. He knows how to keep the party going!

One of the best moments during their wedding was their first dance. Nathan wrote a song for Kim while they were still dating which played as their first dance song. It’s moments like these which remind me why I have one of the best jobs ever. The amazing moments that I get to witness are so spectacular. I am so glad that they let me be a part of their life. The song that Nathan wrote is included in the slideshow below.

Congratulations Nathan and Kim! It has been wonderful getting to know you two!

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Crazy photobooth photos were taken at the Orlando Wedding Professional’s get together last week. The silliness contains:

Ashlie Hampton

Lee Forrest

Chad Pilster

&

Me!

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