Wedding - Campinas (Brazil)

Yes, I have been a little slack with my Blog updates. So all you people out there who are complaining that you haven’t received your latest fix of El Mundo de Leigh, well here it is…

The Wedding… What a wonderful day/night. We had gone through rehearsals about 2 hrs before and things were starting to shape up. I was partnered with a friend of Karen’s from University, whos name is Gabi. The photo here is of her and I at the end of the ceremony. We didn’t say much to each other, as I think that both of us were freighted by the language barrier, plus being introduced as the Gringo who doesn’t speak any Portuguese doesn’t help. I found out later on that she understands a little English and can say a few words her and there.

OK, less about me and more about the wedding, what it looked like and how things went.

Firstly I must state that Karen did a fantastic job at arranging everything, with a little help from those around her. Various people running garden lighting cables, wiring up BBQ houses, building platforms over pools, Wait, that was me….Sorry Focus…
The girls helped out with the tables, chairs, flower arrangements, fire poles, screens, etc… Although this picture is a little fuzzy (night shot) it gives an indication of what the scene was like.

The wedding party was large. I think that there were 10 couples, 5 on either side. On Alex’s side were his parents (Luis & Anita), Paulo and Lorena, Paul and Danni, Gabi and I and Coki and a cousin of Karen’s from Chile. On Karen’s side were her Parents, Her eldest sister Natasha and her husband and 3 friends from University and partners. Her other sister, Andrea and her brother Alex performed musical items. They are all very talented. It was a lovely ceremony, even if I understood 1 word in 10 (my Portuguese is bad, but getting better and it is a lot different to Spanish. I now understand 2 words in 10). Karen’s little nephew, Andre was the page boy and her niece, Sophie, did a little dance to Guy Sebastian’s “Angels Brought Me Here”. Being part of the Party, means that I don’t have to many photos, but I hope the ones here do justice. Hopefully if I get a few more from other sources, then I will add them to my blog.

I think that the photos of Karen and Her Father tell the story of what the night was like. By describing her dress, I would only do an injustice, so I hope the photograph tells the story. Even Alex scrubbed up for the event and looked the part. Everyone looked great and I think that everyone enjoyed themselves. I know that I did. Check out Anita (mami) and I. Typical me, am I ever serious???

It was a lovely evening and I even had to give a speech, with 5 minutes notice. I gave it in English and Karen translated for me into Portuguese. Thinking back, there were so many other things that I wanted to state, but just did not think of them at the time. Karen said that she thought what I had to say was perfect, but I know I missed a few topics that I thought were important. I met a lot of wonderful people at Karen and Alex’s wedding.
Please click on the following link for more photos of the wedding, www.akneumann.blogspot.com