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A very Polish wedding

We have a special treat for you today; a real polish wedding attended by the Bubb family:

Well we all replaced our overalls and boots, dusted off our dancing shoes and the Bubb family was ready to go off to Brzeg, Poland to attend the wedding of Simon and Angelika (Jim’s cousin)!

After ridiculously (6am) early planes, bus and train rides we arrived in Brzeg a town in the Southwest of Poland.

The service took place at St Nicholas’s church in Brzeg at 3 o’clock, each guest was presented with a Ribbon pin on entering the church, although the service was in Polish, it was lovely, with lots of the service being sung! Archie had the honour of carrying the rings!

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Upon leaving the church the guests were handed confetti (Kaleidoscope & mix it up) in handmade paper cones from our confetti basket. The guests really enjoyed covering the newlyweds in confetti!

What a great confetti shot!

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You could certainly tell Shropshire Petals were in town!

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Before the reception can begin the newlyweds are welcomed by their parents and given bread and too shot glasses, one glass contains vodka and the other water.  Depending on who gets the vodka and who gets the water, it is supposed to say something about the couple’s future, but I’m afraid I did not quite catch what that is!

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After they have downed the shots the couple throw the glasses behind them and then everyone cheers and the party begins!

Glasses

Polish weddings are not just a 1 day event but can be 3 days. They are all about eating, drinking and dancing!  Oh boy did we all embrace these traditions!  There were no speeches but lots of toasts (normally proceeded by Shots of Vodka) and throughout the reception guests shout 'Gorzko, gorzko' ( bitter, bitter) which means the bride and groom need to kiss.

We lost count of the courses of food, the amount of Vodka consumed and there were definitely some very tired feet the next day!

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A Great time was had by all!

Have you ever been to a wedding with different traditions?  We'd love to hear about them.

Love as always SP x x 

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