Wedding of Pascale and Gretel!

Hello everyone!

Here is a little review about the wedding of Aunt Gretel and Pascale in Oud Heverlee on the 13th of September..

We (Mama, Samir, me and Mic) left a sunny Deinze at 12 o'clock.. and had a very looong drive to Oud - Heverlee, somewhere near Leuven. It was quite a drive, but we made it just nearly!! We even drove acrosse Brussels and saw some things I hadn't seen before :P. At 2ish.. we finally found Oud - Heverlee.. It was not that easy to find it.. but we find it eventually! We were allready one of the last ones.. (so all of the heads WERE turned, when we walked in.) The weather was awfull as well in Oud - Heverlee.. that was a real pity..

The ceremony at the City Hall was very nice and short. The Mayor waited for another 10 minutes for everyone to arrive.. but then started. After the Mayor and his secretary read the vows and rules from the law (quite a mouthful) there was the exchange of rings, the kiss and the signing of the deeds of Marriage (or how dya called it?) Then afterwards the Mayor read an symbolic lyric and presented a little 'symbolic' gift to both of them.. It were tiny puppets from some ancient Mayan tradition, where you have to put them under your pillow if you have anything you want? Desire? Iep, forgot about that part.. (SEE? I'm not into symbolics.. :P) But still it was cute :)

Afterwards we were presented with a drink and socialized with everyone.. Not everyone was there, and Uncle Guido unfortunatly was a wee bit late.. We admired the nice rings and gave hugs. Then it was time to transport ourselves to the exclusive partyplace! :)
We drove and drove and finally found a place in the woods and had to walk just a little more.. Unfortuntly the weatherGods weren't too kind on us.. It kept on pouring and pouring. Thankfully there was a huge tent set and there was access to a little cabin as well. We poured ourselves again some drinks and got to the snacks :)
It was quite cosy indoors so I also stayed inside.. (with a little bit sick Mic).. It stopped raining after a while but it stayed cold unfortunatly. Thank God, for my good shoes and other pants I wore.

After a couple of hours everybody was settled, either at the big 'bon'fires, the big tables or inside the house. We mostly sat next to the ships and talking to everyone :P.. Everybody was there!! Except for the VIP,.. but he wasn't there.. I had to think about him during the ceremony in the City Hall, and how he would had loved to see everyone together for this feast! The lights were lit and the snacks kept on coming :)
The atmosphere was very nice! Although the cabin really rieked like 'scouts' members.. It was quite warm (hmm.. with the fire lit aswell) and pretty cosy... There seemed to be more nationalities on this party, having peoples from Finland, France, Canadians and so on.. Quite colorfull hé! :)In the meanwhile a nice sort of 'Guest book' was passed along by them to write some things to them. Cool idea :).. (getting inspiration :D hehe)

After 5 PM, the people from the food where there and prepared ourselves very nice Pasta dishes!! I loved it! It was very good and just very good! :D... There were dishes with meat, with fish, with lots of vegetables! Very nice... Couldn't get enough :P.. After that the party started completely!! The music was put on a volume higher and there was suddenly a man with a big guitar on the loose! We followed the man outside and listend to some very nice ballads in Spanish and English.. *Sooooo Verrrryyy Rommaaaantic*.. it is! After that, the music turned up in volume and everybody started dancing and prancing and singing and so on.. Very nice! I did some wee dancing as well. But the music was a bit 80's tuned, (I'm more for the 90's :P) so I dropped off.. At 10 ish.. the newlyweds cut their weddingcake (it had a shape of a motorcycle!) and then everyone could enjoy the very nice cake.. (jummie) It was very delicious.. Then it was time for us to get back home. Mic wasn't feeling that well, so the best idea was to get going, it was almost a 2hour drive so..

After our goodbyes and see you soons and have a nice trip we found our way back to the car. Pascale and Gretel left the next wednesday for ther 6 month during Weddingvacation! There going to visit the whole of South America.. (the lucky peeps) and that with motorcycles! Unbelieveble! But.. we wish them a very nice holiday with lots of love, piece and amusement :D!

This was the end of a very very nice day! :)
Thanks to Pascale, Gretel all of their families and friends :)

And again..

*Congratulations!!*

Now.. Who is gonna follow next? :P (hihih.. I allready know .. LOL)

Enjoy the pictures on this little movie!