A couple of weeks ago, my friend, Marin, from the church I go to here asked me if I would go to a Romanian wedding with him (he’s Romanian, by the way). I was like, “yeah, that would be awesome!” You know me…I love new cultural experiences. It was this past Saturday, and the bride and groom must have been praying for some great weather…because it was an absolutely gorgeous day! It was probably around 65 degrees, maybe even in the 70’s—and this is on Nov. 8!! Needless to say, I didn’t need my new winter jacket that I wore, but it was useful when the sun went down. Oh yea, the ceremony was outside too! So, I actually got to enjoy basking in the sun! The ceremony lasted maybe 7 minutes. The dad walked the bride up the aisle, then gave her over to the groom. We all clapped. The pastor then welcomed us to the ceremony and proceeded with asking the bride and groom how long they planned on being married, they both said “my whole life” and that was it! Then we clapped again. Well, that’s all the Marin translated for me. But I don’t think much else happened. It was so short! No candles, no special music, nada. Not even a “you may now kiss the bride.” I don’t even remember if they kissed up there. After the ceremony they served appetizers while everyone got their picture taken with the couple. We also took lots of pictures because this wedding was at a beautiful site! It was a restaurant that was also a golf course, so I guess sort of like a country club in the states. Marin’s friends were so nice! And the girls always included me in on their pictures together and they are just so darn cute! Then we went inside to have the meal. This was a 4 course meal: cheese with jamon serrano (some nasty cured ham that Spaniards think is good for them, but it’s super fatty and just not good), sarmale (which is really good Romanian food! It’s meat with rice wrapped in cabbage leaves), chicken with potatoes and mushrooms, then really yummy cake with ice cream in a chocolate cup and coffee! In between meals, we wandered outside for some more pictures in the gorgeous landscaping! Once the wedding reception was over, we went to some of the girls apartment to hang out for a bit, then they all decided they wanted to see a movie. So about 10 or so of us went to see “Mama Mia.” I was happy that they kept the songs in English with Spanish subtitles. But the rest of the movie was in Spanish. And I guess since we are young and were having so much fun already, we went to play some pool at the nearby game place! One of the most memorable things about that day was that I taught one of the girls how to say “How are you?” and “Do you speak English?” in English. The entire day…she kept saying “How are you” with her cute Romanian accent! She is just hilarious! I laughed so much! She did a lot of other funny things, but I guess you had to be there. Basically, she’s crazy fun! Although I couldn’t communicate with anyone, really, except Marin, I still had a great time. (well, they could’ve spoken Spanish and I would’ve understood, but I don’t expect a bunch of Romanians to speak their non native language with each other). I will always remember this day, because I got to experience a new culture, meet new people, eat good food, dress up and be treated nicely!
*Some of the pictures from the day are in the next blog. Soon, I'll make a Picassa Web album then you can check out more!
3 comments:
are they a touchy society?? :)
Yeah Crystal! You are so brave and getting so much cultural experience! You look like a good couple, but I won't go there, cause I know mom will for us all!
Miss you and love you!
lol @ your sister's comment (hee hee)
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