The close family and guests gathered at a hotel before the wedding couple arrived. It was fun to meet some of the cousins and uncles & aunts that Maaike had talked about. Here she is pictured with her cousin Sietske.
Interestingly – the Dutch don’t have a word to distinguish between cousin and niece/nephew. Strange, but true.
After a little while (and a few pictures) Femke and Gerrit – the Bride and Groom arrived. Looking beautiful and dashing in equal measure. Actually, on the whole Dashing and Beautiful thing – it would be fair to say that, on the whole, The Dutch are a pretty attractive race of people.
Anyways – yes, the couple arrived and off we went to an ancient church for the ceremony.
The church was properly old, with that delicious old smell that comes with buildings that have been around for a really long time. The entire service was in Dutch – so I didn’t really understand too much of it – though I did join in the hymns with great gusto!
After the service it was off to the reception.
More pictures were taken :)
Then time for a yum buffet (sit where you like – quite a difference from Irish Weddings there), before dancing the night away.
The DJ was excellent – even throwing in The Netherlands’ main musical claim to fame – yes – 2 Unlimited ;)
Sjoerd
May 12, 2010 at 3:26 am
Prrrrr. Actractive people…