The. Wedding Day

The reason for our trip is finally here. Details have been a little vague, but last night at dinner, I found out exactly what we were doing. Kristina's cousin Alexander has been assigned to be our driver. He will pick us up at noon. We will go to the church and then to the reception with him. He is wearing a jacket and a tie (it is really hot here - the guys really wanted to know this).

When we woke up this morning, we discovered that the Mosquitos had discovered fresh blood in Serbia. All of us had lots of bites. I have seen one or two in the apartment - but by the bite count, we should be seeing squadrons of them.

We walked down the street to a McD for breakfast and through an open air market for ambiance. Then we dressed in our finery. Calder has the cutesy tie. It is pre tied and zips up. Since fewer and fewer men wear ties regularly, this might be a good idea in full size ones.
Alec and Calder


Me, Jef and Yelena


Dan (Tim's brother), Nick (the best man - had to be Greek Orth. And not a relative. L.A. Is great - he happened to have a friend who fit the bill.)


Kristina, the bride


We stood through the ceremony. Since no one had told us how long it would be, I was a little worried. There was a lot of circling this table. They walked around it three times with the kit candles, then later three more times with crowns on and their hands symbolically tied together.


Tim in his crown.


The kids keeping quiet.


The walls of the church were covered with icon frescos.


After the ceremony, we stood around for awhile in the courtyard and gypsies begged, they also had a band that played for tips.

I have some movies of some of these things which I will post from my real computer when I get home.