Wow, what a wedding the whole week had been such a rush with things going on that by Thursday both D and I were exhausted, we arrived at the hotel about 15 minutes before the bus was leaving for the Castle, so we had to hurry - we had dropped Cormac off at his B& B and said we would see him at 2, however when we got to the hotel they told us that the bus was leaving at 1:45, so D phoned Cormac and told him to Gigga, he wasn't sure what that meant but go the just of it.
We arrived at the Castle and were ushered into a little Chapel down from the castle, there were 3 guys serenading everyone. The ceremony was supposed to start at 2:30 but as brides are fashionably late, I think it only started at about 3. There were no hymns, no readings from the bible and the only religious aspect of the wedding was the fact that there was a bishop and he said a prayer.
Tam's sister did a reading from Captain Corelli's Mandolin:
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Louis de Bernieres
Love is a temporary madness,
It erupts like volcanoes and then subsides.
And when it subsides you have to make a decision.
You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together
that it is inconceivable that you should ever part.
Because this is what love is.
Love is not breathlessness,
it is not excitement,
it is not the promulgation of eternal passion.
That is just being "in love" which any fool can do.
Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away,
and this is both an art and a fortunate accident.
Those that truly love, have roots that grow towards each other underground,
and when all the pretty blossom have fallen from their branches,
they find that they are one tree and not two.
The ceremony was soon over and we all left to go up to the castle, for a champagne reception while the Bride, Groom and family had their photos taken. The three guys that had serenaded everyone going into the church, were now doing renditions of Metallica, Queen and Britney spears - there songs ranged from classical to heavy metal they were absolutely brilliant.
Everything was perfect, we eventually went through to the reception area at about 5:30, the meal was awesome and once the meal was finished the speeches started which were far from boring. They then cut the cake and the first dance was a ballad from Metallica. Well very un-traditional and wonderful.
We eventually got back to the hotel at about 3:00 am and then of course it was an ABF with friends before we went up to bed, so needless to say I think we crawled into bed at about 4 a.m. after the best time I have had in a very very long time!!! No doubt the bride and groom will just be happy forever!
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