Saturday, June 19, 2010

Tip for the future

Today was Ionna and Jeroen's wedding. At least the administrative part as the religious one will be in Romania in a couple of weeks.
Dressed up we arrived at the town hall at 11:45, 15min before it was supposed to start. And we were alone. No one around. We even called Jeroen to confirm it was the right location. They were still at home. A few other guest arrived in the next 15min, but not the heroes of the day nor their families.
At noon the lady in charge at the town hall commented "they are late. I've never seen this. Normally couples arrive 15-10min before to make sure they don't miss their ceremony". We tried to say they must be on their way as an apology but clearly she was not happy. Rightly so, at 12:30, the next ceremony was to start.
The whole group arrived at 12:10 and we were all rushed into the room. Ceremony started and was completed in 15min after which we received a glass of champagne or orange juice and were asked to go drink it in the meeting room next door. The next couple was already behind the door.
Before the party at 6pm we went back home for lunch and nap. I really needed some sleep being still in recovery.
After 3 good hours of sleep we arrived at their place. We discovered the newly renovated kitchen / dinning / sitting room which looks now amazing and joined the other guest in the tent in the garden. They had set up a huge tent with a catering team at our service to treat us. Food was ok, especially the starters. Main course was a standard BBQ. I never tried the desert as I asked Wolfram to take me back home before that.
Unfortunately despite it was June 19th, 2 days before the official start of summer, weather was not good. The whole day rain and sun alternated and at night it was barely 11-12 degrees. Really cold for June. Despite the different heaters the temperature inside the tent kept dropping and I felt getting sick again. So once I ran out of tissues I left, back to bed :(
Tip of the day: if you ever plan a wedding in Belgium. go for indoor, because you never know whether it will be summer or winter, even in June.

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