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!
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!
You could
certainly tell Shropshire Petals were in town!
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!
After they
have downed the shots the couple throw the glasses behind them and then everyone
cheers and the party begins!
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!
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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