I have now been married for (almost) one week, and only now do I find the time and effort to write something about it. The fact is that I simply don't know where to start. I guess I'll start by saying a big Thank You to everybody who made a contribution to this great day. Seriously people, it wouldn't have been such a magnificent happening without your input.
Tatjana and I did a lot of planning: we started a year before the wedding, and since both Tatjana and I are perfectionists, we wanted everything to be just right. All aspects of the mass and the party and the invitations and whatnot needed to be tuned to each other, right down to such details as using the exact same fonts and colors on the invitations and on the mass booklets. We received a lot of positive feedback, so I feel that we managed in creating a holistic, all-encompassing experience.
A couple of things stand out for me personally, in the sense that they turned out even better than what I had imagined. Anschi, Moni and a few other people spontaneously put together photos for the guest book. I had thought that this wedding would be a typical "Dirk" event in the sense that whereever I go, I am accompanied by a lot of technology. Two digital video cameras, two digital mirror-reflex photo camera's and a notebook seemed to confirm that. I hadn't counted on Moni and Anschi bringing a third mirror-reflex photo camera, a printer and two more notebooks, though. we have a couple of cute photo's of the "computer corner" at the wedding. The only thing missing was the domain controller with exchange server ;-)
But the single most mind-blowing highlight for me was the song for the bride: we had asked the choir so sing Enya's May it Be and had given them free reign as how to do it. It was a very simple arrangment, with a synthesizer, one backing vocal (Susi) and Vera singing. It was wonderful, and I had tears in my eyes. Thank you!
I will soon start to upload photo's once I have permission from the photographers to do so.