1. Why did Annie, the love of Franz's life, wait until a week before their scheduled wedding to end their relationship? Was her decision a kind act or a malicious one?

2. Franz's 98-year-old grandmother, LaRue, and her friends at the Eskaton retirement home embraced the idea of a worldwide trip immediately. How do different generations view extended travel differently, and why do you think this is?

3. What was Franz's state of mind at the beginning of the trip, in the middle, and at the end? Which questions about life did the two-year honeymoon help answer, and how?

4. What did Franz learn from Kurt during the honeymoon? And what did Kurt learn from Franz?

6. Did the book inspire you to visit a foreign country? If so, which one(s) and why? Which foreign cultures do you most admire?

6. Honeymoon with My Brother has been purchased by Sony Pictures to be turned into a movie. What kind of a movie should it be?

7. Why does travel help people who have suffered setbacks?

8. And finally: If you were going to travel with a relative for two years, who would it be? Why?