Summer is a time for weddings and when you live on a small town's main street you are witness to many. Our apartment is located on Marghita's main street directly in front of one church and two doors down from another so we have had our share of weddings in the last two weeks. Yet the first one was definitely the most memorable. A few days ago Todd and I were in our apartment just relaxing after work in Casa Alba when all of a sudden we heard a drum beating. Well, we didn't quite know what it was at first, but we soon found out the sound we heard was a drum. We followed the sound to our balcony, which overlooks a church, and saw a drummer, accordion, and saxophone players for a wedding. We watched as the happy couple left and the wedding party followed. We thought it was a pretty neat and that it was all over. Boy, were we wrong! About five minutes later it seemed as if the whole town was ringing with the sound of car horns honking. Turns out that it is a Romanian custom to have all the cars in the wedding party go through town horns blazing to announce the new marriage to all who can hear. Now I'm all about love and sharing a special moment, but when you live on the main street and there is about five weddings on any given Saturday you just don't care past wedding number two. Enjoy the pictures below of our first Romanian wedding experience.
4 comments:
Just think of all the money you and Todd could have saved your parents had you gotten married (instead of engaged) in Romania: a street party with no DJ for the music!
I THINK YOUR WEDDING WAS WORTH ALL THE MONEY YOUR PARENTS SPENT!
READING YOUR "STEPPING ON WATER COMENTS, SEEMS YOU ARE GETTING INTO YOUR NEW LIFE VERY WELL. WHEN WILL YOU GET YOUR OWN CAR?
BORIE & "T"
As soon as the Lord provides one :)
THE LORD HELPS THOSE THAT HELP THEMSELVES!
BORIE
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