All of a sudden, our trip to Carcassonne feels like a million years ago. It must be that week in Spain that’s making it seem so distant. But I have to put one sunny European vacation to bed before I can show you another one, so here goes! One last post about our amazing time in Carcassonne! This time about the wedding that was the reason for our visit!
The wedding was in the little town of Pennautier, just outside Carcassonne. The wedding was held in the little old church, with a priest who flew in from Ireland who performed one of the nicest Catholic weddings I’ve ever been to. He told a story about a Roman village that was under siege, and the people who were attacking it kept trying to make deals with the people they were attacking. First they said if you surrender, we’ll let the women and children live. And they said no, so the attackers said okay, if you surrender the women and children live and they can each keep their one cherished possession. So they surrendered and opened the doors and all the women came out carrying their husbands. I’m practically crying thinking about it, but he did a much better version.
After the ceremony, we walked down the hill to an enormous chateau for the reception. I love this shot above where you can see straight through the chateau to the Gatsby-esque backyard.
I asked Michael to take a few photos of my hair. Hair and makeup are just not my best tricks, but I was so proud of the sunflower I picked from a flower bed in our town and managed to work into my hair!
Congratulations to our wonderful friends, Rachael and Anthony!
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