Posts

Showing posts from 2011

Honeymoon in the land of Gauchos, Maté and Dulce de Leche

Image
Having saved for so long to go to Uruguay well  before our engagement it was only fitting to choose this destination for our honeymoon. I am so glad we did! We packed so much in the 16 nights; Montevideo, Puna del Este, Colonia del Sacramento, Buenos Aires, Punta del Diablo, Thermas Arapey in Salto... Montevideo, UR Punta del Este, UR The highlight for me has to be the beautiful Posado (guesthouse) that we stayed in in Colonia called la Casa de los Limoneros. It  was our wedding gift from Josi and Lou and it was the prettiest place in the world. We had the entire house to ourselves and were treated like royalty. Our bedroom had the best view overlooking the grounds with the swimming pool and the ponds and the lemon grove with a view of the sea on the horizon. There was a bottle of champagne in a cooler surrounded by rose petals in the shape of a heart and all we could hear was a light breeze from the open window and at night there was a cacaphony of frogs and stran...

We Are Married!

Image
The most fantstsic weekend ever, concluded over a year's organisation and planning at it sure paid off! We had 98 Visitors from all over the world crammmed into a weekend of celebrating eating and drinking in a beautiful Masia perched on a hill overlooking vinyards and olive groves in the beautiful state of Tarragona south of Barcelona. The ceremony took place on Friday evening at 6pm after an afternoon of running around with lastminute planning and preparations, and getting ready. It was out doors in a small area with palm trees, a red carpet and some chairs on either side. I made my entrance down the steps from the small bridal hut, to the sound of "Stir It Up" by Bob Marley and we had readings and poems and a song from Stephanie in Irish to Dad playing the Uilleann Pipes, and finally when we were declared husband and wife after me accepting with a "Claro Que Si" we walked down the aisle together to the sound of Barry Louis Polar's "All I Want Is ...