Marissa Hussey and Chris Avello — who just so happen to be our rad neighbors in lovely downtown JC — took full advantage of autumn on their London and Paris honeymoon. Chris, a Manager of Business Development at an audiobook publisher/Obscure Record Store Finder, and Marissa, an Online Marketing Project Manager at a publishing house/International Chatterbox, jetted off to Europe after their Swansea, MA wedding for eight days of food and sightseeing.

They affectionately refer to their vacation as a “Culture Vulture Whirlwind” and think it’s the perfect honeymoon “for anyone who loves art, a good bar, and walking a lot.” The weather was cool and “sweatery,” as Chris describes it. But that didn’t dampen any spirits. It may have rained a few days, but “that kind of made it more awesome. Made for great umbrella pictures,” says Marissa. No doubt it lent a great Parisian dreaminess to this shot Chris took of her descending the stairs of the Sacré-Cœur.