Our trip to Holland

My husband and I went on a Belated Honeymoon Trip to Europe. Our original plan was to just go to Holland and Germany (where each of our known families come from). That plan was scrapped when our planning really got going. We are not of wealthy families, so our thriftiness kicked in... We went in the Off-Season. We found the cheapest flight to "anywhere nearby" (which ended up being Zurich Switzerland- not known to be thrifty, but we didn't stay there long). We traveled by train and ferry. We stayed mostly in Hostels. We ate at markets whenever we had the chance. We ate street food and at small restaurants when markets were closed or unavailable. We also decided that since we'll be over in their part of the world, we should visit a few friends in the UK (this added a couple more countries to the list). Then, my husband told me that since we would be so close to France AND since it is our honeymoon, he is willing to go to Paris for a short stay. My husband has never expressed anything positive about the French - political reasons. I had to take him up on his offer or I would possibly never get to go to France... with him (I would have gone by myself or with a friend, eventually). After going to France, my husband is not as anti-France as he was- we had a great time there. We had a great time on the whole trip but my very favorite place was my family's homeland, Holland.
A close second for me and my husband's favorite place was his family's homeland, Germany. So ultimately we wished we had more time in both the places we originally planned on going. We'll be back... we have dubbed our honeymoon trip as our Preview of Europe Tour.