Micke and Cissi's Wedding 080531

The Saturday was sunny and warm. The best imaginable for a wedding. The sun was shining and there was barely a cloud in the sky. We went to Carro and Foppa for lunch and preparations. Then off we went to Täby Kyrka for the wedding. A very pretty little church. The service was beautiful with piano playing by one of the bride's maid's husband. He played För Kärlekens Skull by Ted Gärdestad, and there was not a dry seat in the church. A really beautiful song. Outside the church we waited for the bride and groom armed with soap bubbles. Then there was a lot of hugging and congratulating. The bride and groom got into their limo with best man and bride's maids and we other guests got on the bus to van der Nootska palace in Stockholm.

We had a drink in the little garden. Very nice and cosy, good choice of a reception location. Me and my darling has been there before for a ball a couple of years back. It was very tasty with champagne in the sunshine. After that it was time to be seated at the table. The name tags were attached to a Kinder egg which was wrapped in fabric. The kinder egg has a very long history with Micke and Cissi, Micke tried to put the engagement rings in an egg but couldn't put the wrapping back on. Micke and Cicci also used to bring Kinder egg as dessert when coming over to dinner. On the tables they had put little bells for us to ring whenever we felt the urge of seeing them kiss. As a starter we got a zucchini and mozzarella cake on salad tossed in balsamic vinegar. It was very good apart from the mozzarella which I didn't dare eat because of little Peanut in the belly. As the head course we got breast of duck with orange and chili sauce and potato salad, also very tasty. But the alcohol free wine we got was nasty. Not very tasty at all, too sweet for my taste, but since Peanut has moved in, I do not have that much of a choice. The dessert was a white chocolate cheese cake with lime marinated strawberries, it was heavenly!

During the dinner there was a lot of speeches. Nice anecdotes and a few embarrassing stories. Something that kept on coming up was the fact that Micke told everybody that Cissi was also a fan of the team Djurgården when they first met. That was a very important fact. Of course we all kept on ringing the bells, so a lot of kissing was done. Almost too much thought Micke and Cissi, but hey, they asked for it! ;)

Then it was time for the wedding cake and coffee. It was not easy to fit the cake in after all that food. But it went down and it was very good.

After that it was time for the newly weds to take their first dancing steps together. They had learned a wiener waltz. They looked so sweet together.

The rest of the evening was spent on the dance floor, some had cigars and more dancing. A lot of variations were found on the dance floor. We followed Foppa and Carro home for a night cap. Per, the best man, and his girlfriend Karro accompanied us, but Karro had a head ache so we drove them home after an hour or so. I was the designated driver for the evening and we got home at half past four in the morning. A very nice Saturday spent!