Story highlights An Indian external affairs minister helped secure a new passport

A Pakistani woman took to social media with pics from her husband-less honeymoon

(CNN) An Indian photographer is enjoying a fabulous Italian honeymoon -- without his honey.

That's because just two days before Faizan Patel and his wife Sana were supposed to leave for their two-week trip, she realized she had lost her passport.

Patel went on the trip anyway, and kept his wife with him, kind of.

On Monday Patel tweeted out a photo of himself, traveling with Sana's picture placed over an empty seat.

"This is how I am traveling with my wife as of now," Patel's tweet read. It was seen by Sushma Swaraj, India's minister of external affairs.

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