Honeymoon with My Brother: A Memoir
by By Wisner, Franz
Category: Travel , Special Interest , General

A funny thing happened to Franz Wisner on his way to the altar.For starters, his fiancee dumped him days before their large wedding at a remote resort on the northern California coast. But Franz is an optimist. He didn't panic (well, maybe just a little). With guests en route from as far away as Prague and Moscow and everything paid for, he decided to have his wedding anyway...just without a bride. Instead, seventy-five friends and family members gathered for a weekend tear-fest/confidence boost/red-wine bender.Franz returned to his home in Newport Beach, California, only to find that he'd been demoted at his job as a government-relations executive for one of the state's largest real-estate developers. The two loves of his life - his longtime girlfriend and his career - had suddenly evaporated.So Franz chose to continue the festivities. He grabbed his recently divorced brother, Kurt, and took off on his deluxe Costa Rican honeymoon. They canceled the honeymoon suite and flower arrangements, swapped champagne for beer, and promised not to carry each other over any thresholds.During the trip, Franz realized that having his life turned upside down might not be such a bad thing after all.He and Kurt decided to extend their honeymoon. Big time. They quit their jobs, sold their homes, gave away their clothes and furniture, discarded cell phones and pagers (Kurt used a nine iron on his), and continued the honeymoon for a couple of years through fifty-three countries in Eastern Europe, South America, Asia, and Africa.Honeymoon with My Brother is a book about the discoveries Franz and Kurt made during their two years on the road and how Franz exchanged heartbreak for a new view of himself and the world.