It’s offical, we now have a wedding date!
We are getting married on October 22, 2012, in Varadero, Cuba!
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We wanted to post a quick thank you to everyone that was stuffed into our kitchen on Friday and threw a surprise engagement party. We are lucky to have so many wonderful friends
Being completely off guard I forgot to take any photos *gasp*, so if you have any please contact either Alison or myself so we can show how many people can fit into a tiny room (answer: about 40).
Last night Alison and I finalized the contract for the trip. All costs and information has been updated on the Wedding & Trip Info page. Be sure to check it out.
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Tavel Agents, Contracts and Finalizing
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As some of you know, we’ve been having one hell of a time trying to book our wedding group package. We’ve talk to 3 travel agents one tried to get us to book in July, so we talked and rescheduled to September. Then they proceeded to not get back to us, another lost emails and took 3 weeks to get us quotes and the last ended up being the winner as she got us a quote in 2 days. Suffice to say that Marlin Travel just got huge points in my book.
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Finding the Perfect Dress
Since Norm and I got engaged I have been on the hunt for the perfect wedding dress. Then one day, there it was! A picture of this beautiful dress, staring back at me in a blog. I very quickly looked up the company and style number. I also looked up what stores carried it. I was in luck, one store in London carried, a store in Exeter and a store in Chatham. All within driving distance.
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D-day Beaches, Normandy, France
So some of you might know that I’m a pretty big WWII nut. It stems from my days in cadets when I was younger. I can’t help it I like the history behind it. On our recent travels to France Alison and I got a rental car and took two days to tour the history rich country side of Normandy. And I got to admit, from the first rainy morning, I loved it!
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How to get to Vimy Ridge
Our first stop in France was a 2hr drive north to Vimy Ridge. A small piece of land outside the town of Vimy. All the directions I read on the net was “follow the signs”. That didn’t cut it for me so I decided to write this post on how to get there by car.
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Hello Rouen!
We went to France this past June (2011). It was a great city and if we ever go back there I want to spend more time there. It was a great little city. Like most city’s it’s build on a river and the little hotel we stayed at called Coeur de City Hotel Rouen Cathédrale was right near the water. But the old historic city centre was what got me hooked. Medieval buildings, shops and restaurants paint this area to give it that heraldic time feel.
If I had a chance I’d get married here. It’s my favourite place in Rome. The Pantheon is the oldest church in the city. It’s amazing and I just can’t describe the feeling you get when you walk inside it for the first time. You are dwarfed by the feeling openness.