FACEBOOK IPO HONEY MOON

Pictured: Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan look miserable on their honeymoon in Rome (maybe they are thinking about his lost billions in botched Facebook IPO)

With their long faces and blank expressions, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan do not look like a couple enjoying their honeymoon in the Eternal City of Rome.

Settling down for a meal surrounded by other diners in the heart of the Italian capital, the Facebook CEO seems to be staring straight past his new bride while she looks right past the multi-billionaire and at the floor.

Maybe the couple are preoccupied with the disastrous floatation of Facebook onto the stock market which has seen the social networking giant lose billions of dollars off its initial listing price.

Why the long faces?: Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan look awkward as they eat on their honeymoon in Rome

Honeymooning in the Italian capital, Zuckerberg and Chan have been spotted around Rome by keen eyed locals and their movements have been posted not onto Facebook, but on Twitter.

So far the couple have taken in The Vatican's Sistine Chapel, the Spanish Steps and eaten at Pierluigi restaurant which has been an institution in Rome since 1938.

 

Tying the knot last weekend in the backyard of their $7 million home in Palo Alto, California in front of 100 guests, the wedding came one day after Facebook went public and was valued at $100 billion

During the ceremony, the couple of nine years apparently 'couldn't stop grinning' throughout and even went as far as to write their own vows.

Priscilla Chan seems to look past new husband Mark Zuckerberg as they eat their meal on honeymoon in Rome

The Colosseum in Rome is one of the sights that Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg have visited

The Papal Basilica of Saint Peterislocated within the Vatican City has also been visited by the honeymooning couple

Walking down the aisle wearing a $4,700 gown designed by Los Angeles-based designer Claire Pettibone, Chan was accompanied by the couple's Hungarian sheepdog, Beast.

The ceremony was a surprise to the 100 or so guests who gathered in the backyard of the Palo Alto home of Zuckerberg and the Facebook CEO is rumoured to have told his wife-to-be's grandmother of the intended nuptials by speaking to her in Chinese.

Inspired to learn the language by his new wife, Zuckerberg had been learning Chinese for two years.

Guests at the wedding enjoyed simple food from the newly wed's favourite Palo Alto Mexican and Japanese restaurants, Palo Alto Sol and Fuki Sushi, with the Mexican entrees reportedly costing $7.50 for each person.

True love: Priscilla Chan, the new Mrs Mark Zuckerberg, was walked down the aisle two Saturday's ago by the couple's dog Beast, a Hungarian sheepdog. The couple also wrote their own vows

It is thought that Zuckerberg and Chan had been planning the surprise wedding for over seven months, but had not even revealed that they were engaged.

Guests had arrived believing that they were there to celebrate Chan's graduation from her degree in pedatrics.

However, they were greeted with the sight of the multi-billionaire wearing a suit and tie, instead of his more usual jeans and hoodie.

Entertainment was provided by Green Day lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong and he played 'Last Night on Earth' as the couple performed the first dance.

Married: The couple have been together for nine years, but did not reveal their engagement

However, despite being on honeymoon and incognito for the past week, Zuckerberg has had a massive reversal in fortune since his wedding just over a week ago.

The much vaunted IPO has run into severe difficulties, with the share price down from $38 to $31 amid acrimony and accusations that the company