My good friend (and former boss on two occasions) since Marquette, Lee, tied the knot with Masami back in Japan. During those days, Lee was on his final year as a teaching assistant for English classes through the JET program. Since the school year was still ongoing, they put off their honeymoon/vacation until Summer which was pretty cool. The Rheas traveled from Japan to these countries (I can’t remember the exact order): Thailand, Kenya, Egypt, Italy, France and the UK. Then they came to America via Houston where our friend Eiko welcomed them back (Masami had been to the States before). She and her family were nice enough to bring them to Austin when I took over as host. After a couple days, I gave them a ride to the airport so they could finish they final leg home to Knoxville with a rental car. My only regret was my health being pretty lame (precursor to my immune system needing a kick).
According to the Web, the gift is tin, aluminum or diamond jewelry. Two types of cans or something that helps finance all the fighting in Africa, nice choices! Well, maybe I can come up with something diamond shaped.
If you know them, drop a line to congratulate them.