The rest of the evening...
Here we are on the way to the reception. Unofficially sponsored by Cesu alus..... "Blue cans by day, red cans by night...."
And what do you know? After all the worry and heartache about the reception, they had everything ready for us and it was all great! The food was great and we took a lot home with us, and they even had the ice that we had specially requested!
More "dancing", actually rotalas (games) led by the musicians. Better not to ask...... Just have a good laugh... ;)
I, as the bride, was very briefly kidnapped as tends to occur at any good Latvian wedding. ES and GO snatched me up and KB had to sing me a song to get me back.
Lots and lots of singing continued with the wonderful musicians.
The night ended back at Jaunvitagas with more singing around the bonfire. That is where we finally danced our first dance as husband and wife - very fittingly, a song called Varaviksne (rainbow) - and ate our "wedding cake" - s'mores! - real ones with all the right ingredients imported by my mom and Krix! Untraditional, and we totally loved every minute of it, because it was just us. :)
And if all goes well, this will be the view from our kitchen window each morning some years from now.... Total and absolute beauty and peace....
(For the record, this photo was taken around 3am.) :)
And what do you know? After all the worry and heartache about the reception, they had everything ready for us and it was all great! The food was great and we took a lot home with us, and they even had the ice that we had specially requested!
More "dancing", actually rotalas (games) led by the musicians. Better not to ask...... Just have a good laugh... ;)
I, as the bride, was very briefly kidnapped as tends to occur at any good Latvian wedding. ES and GO snatched me up and KB had to sing me a song to get me back.
Lots and lots of singing continued with the wonderful musicians.
The night ended back at Jaunvitagas with more singing around the bonfire. That is where we finally danced our first dance as husband and wife - very fittingly, a song called Varaviksne (rainbow) - and ate our "wedding cake" - s'mores! - real ones with all the right ingredients imported by my mom and Krix! Untraditional, and we totally loved every minute of it, because it was just us. :)
And if all goes well, this will be the view from our kitchen window each morning some years from now.... Total and absolute beauty and peace....
(For the record, this photo was taken around 3am.) :)
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