Just Married!

We got married on Saturday. Everything went well and my bride looked absolutely stunning! I can’t wait to see the pictures taken by Zani.

The two days before the wedding were hectic. There was still a lot of things that had to be finalised as well as some last minute things that had to be done at Meridiana. On Saturday I had to get up at 5am after only getting to bed at 2am (I had a speech to finish). The original plan was that we would leave Rob’s place at 6:30 with the flowergirl to be at Meridiana by 7am. These plans got changed at 4am (unbeknownst to me) because the hair and make-up lady had received notice at 1am for a photo shoot later in the day. So she would now come to Rob’s house for the flower girl after finishing with the Bride and Bridesmaid at Meridiana (she started at 3:45). Unfortunately she only arrived at 7am, by which time I was rather stressed out! Once the flower girl was done and we were on the road to Meridiana the nerves turned into excitement. We arrived just before people started arriving, got dressed quickly and found ourselves with some time to spare to do some mingling before the ceremony (phew).

The ceremony was over pretty quickly (they did warn us) and then it was photo shoot time. After that we sat down for some tea and treats which were divine. The wedding cake was to die for (chocolate!!). My speech was well received and my best man Rob did a great job. Things were about over by 1pm. So we left for Franschhoek were we spent the night in the Franschhoek Inn, which was a stones throw away from our favourite pizza restaurant where we had dinner. After a quick bit of shopping on Sunday morning (we had to stop at the Belgium Chocolate store) we left to go to the Sante Wellness Centre for a day of pampering. Men take your lady and ladies convince your man to take you. It is worth the money. We enjoyed the “spa for two”, which is a really great couple treat and afterwards spent time using the other facilities.

Today is my second last day in South Africa before flying to Europe for almost a month. Today we need to finish the last of the packing and buy some final items. I am so excited!

If all goes well I will be blogging while in Europe, so watch this space.