Something old, Something new, Something English??

Well Justin and I went to my team leaders (from work) wedding reception yesterday. We actually went to the "after the reception reception-party". We arrived at the beautiful venue, Dunston Hall a bit earlier than the rest of my team, we felt like we were crashing an event actually. There were table settings so we all thought well maybe we should find a table. But we realised that the tables were all used by the reception attendees so we skittled outside onto the terrace. It was cold and spitting rain drops, but it was so beautiful, which made up for the weather.

We were expecting that there might be maybe a speech or an announcement to introduce the new bride and groom - but nothing happened, except more and more work people arriving! So the pace of the evening was set - drinking, talking, drinking, dancing and the continual flow of the booze. So we were at a loss really. It was quite a culture shock.

Something Old, Something New

What we are used to is being invited to a wedding ceremony - the most important part of the beginning of marriage (at least in my perspective) - and then if you are close family and friends you are invited to the dinner and after party. It was just so odd to be invited to celebrate the marriage of 2 people that you didn't even see get married!!

After getting over the differences in culture, we had a really good evening. Got to dance to a live wedding band and got to dress up to do it all!!

So here's to the new - cause you can't always live in the past, and nothing is the same everywhere...

*tam**