The wedding is over, and the couple has already taken a quick trip away, a long weekend somewhere warm and close. The honeymoon itself is still to come. More American couples are splitting the tradition into two: a short getaway right after the wedding and a much bigger trip planned months or a year later, and the latter increasingly points toward Africa.
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