EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND

For the uninitiated, Alex and I met while studying abroad at The University of Edinburgh all the way back in 2011. At the time, we were bleary eyed literature students who desperately wanted an escape from our everyday lives. I think it’s safe to say that in each other, we found something new and exciting - a partner whose ideal life paralleled with our own. Eight years, five homes, and one courthouse elopement later, we decided we should return to the place where everything began. Our honeymoon started in Edinburgh.

We spent a day wandering around the city, hitting our favorite haunts, and attempting to take our own wedding photos. Long story short, I had accidentally changed a setting in my camera that I didn’t find until it was too late and most (luckily, not all) of the photos from that day are in a tiiiiiiiiny resolution. We live and learn, I guess.

Alex and I took my favorite wedding photo in the same spot where we took one of our very first photos together. Calton Hill Cemetery will forever be one of my favorite spots.

Since we didn’t have a wedding, we decided to send postcards to everyone that would’ve been invited to a hypothetical shindig. Each postcard was thoughtfully chosen for each person, which was a super fun puzzle to solve for me. Writing them out also… — Since we didn’t have a wedding, we decided to send postcards to everyone that would’ve been invited to a hypothetical shindig. Each postcard was thoughtfully chosen for each person, which was a super fun puzzle to solve for me. Writing them out also gave us a great excuse to spend some time sitting in every coffee shop we saw.

Despite my severe jetlag-induced nausea, I found everything I’d hoped to find in Edinburgh - familiar streets, grey skies, and new memories in a favorite place with my favorite person.