07 April,2011 07:07 AM IST | | Agencies
A Swedish couple are glad to be safely home after completing their four-month honeymoon trip which took in the sights of a blizzard in Munich, a cyclone in Cairns, bushfires in Perth, floods in Queensland, an earthquake in New Zealand and then a nuclear disaster in Japan.
Stefan and Erika Svanstrom set out on December 6, following their November wedding, and were immediately stranded in Munich, Germany, due to snow from a so-called "storm of the century".
The 32-year-old bride said that despite the rocky start, the couple thought "things will get better. We're in love. And just think of the beaches we're heading for in southeast Asia."
However, arriving in Bali they found a monsoon instead of sunshine.
Then in January they flew around Australia, where their 'disaster tour' started in earnest with bushfires in Perth, followed by flooding in Brisbane, and a cyclone in Cairns which forced them to spend 24 hours sheltering in a shopping center with 2500 strangers.
After their Aussie "adventure" the couple moved on to New Zealand's second largest city, Christchurch, arriving just after it was hit by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake on February 22.
"We were there, the whole town was a war zone. We could not visit the city since it was completely blocked off," said Erika Svanstrom.
Next on their holiday of a lifetime was Tokyo, where they felt the March 11 9.0-quake. The couple returned home to Stockholm on March 29. "At least we are fortunate when it comes to love," said Erika Svanstrom.
Unlucky
Stefan Svanstrom, also survived the devastating Boxing Day tsunami that hit Southeast Asia in 2004.
