　おいしい！

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

As MY said, I've really been attending lots of weddings. Was invited to the Mayor's vin d'honneur which is a cocktail reception kind of thing in the French context. Was looking forward to some champagne but sadly, there were only a few wines like rosé, poirée and cidre, namely pink wine, alcohol with the pear base and cider. You'd think as a mayor, he could do better. There were tonnes of people and well, it was the Mayor, everyone had to give face and turned up yah...

It was a real village wedding - mariage à la Normand and since we belong to the majority of the villagers who went just to "show our faces" so to speak,(Oh he has family too.. that explains the number of people) we totally dressed down and it must have been the only time that all of us were this casual ever...

Just look at what we were wearing!

Relaxed...Hee

Yeah..casual..the way to go! Never mind the lame gesture..

A real chariot lies in waiting!

There's actually a theme with regards to the chariot. It alludes to the hugely popular Belgian comic strip Asterix and Obelisk and the men which you will see later are the followers. Written on the front of the chariot is "Grand Chef du Village" meaning the big chief of the village.

Getting out of the church among the crowd. Can you spot the bride and groom?

Apparently the church has been disused for a while as the village commitee has announced it to be too dangerous due to reparation work not being done. However, IF you are the mayor... I guess you can just open it for use during YOUR wedding...

Managed to elbow their way out to the forefront and posed for pictures

Seated and waiting for the action to begin

I'd smile like that too if I were on top.... erh.. but not with the same groom pls.... ö

Do not be deceived by the big smile cuz this woman did not even turn her head around to address us even once while we were congratulating the mayor...

The chariot rest abandoned by the sidelines as everyone ate and drank..

Disclaimer: This is mainly to illustrate a wedding in Normandy. The enthusiasm or the lack of portrays the relationship between me and the Mayor. All those tedious administrative stuff I had to face... erm.. no kudos to him. Neither help nor support nor facilitation to make things easier came from him. Nevertheless I wish him bliss.

Peace. (I hate people signing off with peace. So lame. But I used to be lame once too.)

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