A Cotswolds Wedding

You may be surprised to hear it but I've never been to a British wedding before. Israeli, yes, American, tons, but British, never. So it was with great pleasure and excitement that I trekked out to the Cotswolds for Katie and Dan's wedding. The best part? There was actual croquet playing. Amazing.

I took the train out in the morning to the small town of Stroud. There was a little market, some street singers and for some reason, a table to save the badgers. I didn't even know the badgers needed saving but apparently they do.

I found my was out to France Lynch on a public bus out of Stroud which saved me almost $35 so yay for that. The wedding was in this sweet little parish church where Dan was actually baptised and grew up. It was a little hard to see what was going on up in the front since I was sitting towards the back but what I could catch was very beautiful and sweet. Katie looked incredible and I loved the morning suits that the men were all wearing.

The reception was at the Bear Inn at Rodborough. I rode over with Jay and Tegan and we got a little bit lost (apparently there were several Old Neighbourhood roads and we went down a few wrong ones before finding the right one). There were several large bear statues around the lobby which was a little disconcerting but one of them held a tray with apple so that was kind. I was at a table with the other museum folk and some new people and we had our wedding breakfast (it's called the wedding breakfast because the groom is still supposed to be hung over from his stag night and the bride is supposed to be too nervous to eat before the wedding) and chatted and made new friends. There was some down time afterwards and a bunch of us just wandered around the inn, spending some time outside when it wasn't raining and other times inside in the little pub area. And of course, my favorite part of all weddings is the dancing- the DJ rocked out to some great 80's pop, Pulp, Spice Girls, Five, Lady Gaga, Foreigner and the great dance hits of the 80s, 90s and today. It was so hot inside though I had to make several trips back outside to cool off before heading back in. My other favorite part of the night was reuniting with old friends (like Marsaili and Tegan from the museum) and meeting new friends, like Clare, Ruth, Maebe and Christina.

Congratulations Katie and Dan! Enjoy your East Coast Honeymoon!