Mariage de M. et de Mme Chatards
My cousin Chiara and Xavier were getting married. So we headed over to Limoges (France). The weather when we left the UK was nice, when we arrived in France it was pouring down with rain, and they think it always rains in the UK... The evening the women attended the Hen night and the guys attended the Stag do. At around 23:30 we called it a day and headed back to the hotel. Expecting the guy’s to be finished too… but they were still partying over the road from the hotel, so off we went to join them. They looked like they were having fun, when we turned up the groom was dressed in a frog suit. So the night final came to an end at 02:30.
The day of the wedding. In true French fashion the wedding started but about an hour and a half late. The French wedding is performed by the Mayor and as he didn’t speak English therefore they had a translator. The whole thing was very well done and was very funny.
We then walked to the evening venue and again things are done slightly different than the uk. Everyone is invited to the Mayor part and then all invited back to the evening venue. Where they provide light snacks canapés and champagne for everyone then at 21:00 the remaining guests stay for the evening event. This was a great six course meal, I have to say I haven’t eaten such great food at a wedding even it was fantastic. The band started at 01:00 and I think desert was severed at 02:00. as you can image this was by this time very hazy to me as we had now been drinking since the afternoon.
The day after the wedding
After a very late night we headed back to the venue to help tidy, but we were too late. So we just arrived in time for the champange, wine and more nice food. We had a very pleasant afternoon then we said ours goodbyes. Next we headed of to see other family who were staying in a villa in the countryside, after a very cold swim some more nice food oh and lots more wine we headed back to the hotel.