As this was the Wedding of Mike's youngest daughter, Jess we travelled to Sydney on Friday & arrived at our Hotel (The Marriot at Circular Quay) around 3pm. After unpacking we went for a walk around the Quay & Rocks area before getting drenched by another downpour in the rainy Sydney weather. We then headed back to the Hotel to shower & change for dinner with the future bride & most of the female wedding party, in the Hotel restaurant. Dinner was wonderful & most of us decided on the seafood buffet which was an excellent choice. Very fresh lobster, oysters, crab, bugs & prawns were the order of the day.
The weather forecast for Saturday was for showers so we were very excited to see some sunshine upon awakening Saturday morning. Mike & I walked down to Circular Quay & had a llight breakfast at a cafe near the water. As we were not required until lunch time we decided to jump on a Ferry & went to Manly where we hopped off, wandered around for 30 minutes & then came back, arriving at the Quay around 12MD. By this time the clouds were increasing & it began to look like more rain was inevitable.
By the time we left for the Gardens the sun was shining & it was quite warm. It was my first visit in many years to The Royal Botanical Gardens, in this instance The Rose Pavillion, & it was beautiful. Just perfect for an outdoor Wedding! Mike managed the long walk through the gardens with a beautiful bride on his arm without any hiccoughs & ceremony was just beautiful. Drinks and nibbles were served in the shaded Pavillion following the ceremony & many photos (both professional & otherwise) were taken. I will add a few of mine at the end of this post as I am trying out a new App (iResize) which reduces the size of photos, making the uploading process much faster. Am hoping this will work well with limited internet access in Europe.
The sun continued to shine as we walked back to The Marriot Hotel where the reception was being held. We sat & had a drink and chatted with family whilst waiting for the reception to start at 6.30pm. The reception room was beautifully decorated, especially the table centrepieces which were lovely vases filled with cream orchids & tealight candleholders hanging from the arrangements. Not a great description, but they did look very effective. The food was just delicious & everyone seemed to have a great time!
The first thing we noticed the next morning when opening the curtains, was the pouring rain! After a very wet Friday, not a drop fell in the city on Saturday, then rained most of Sunday. Very fortunate for all concerned. We met up with most of the bridal party for coffee the next morning before everyone headed off in different directions. The bride & groom were off home for a few days before embarking on their honeymoon later this week.
So we are now home & getting back into holiday planning mode. As the weather continues to get cooler I am moving some of my Summer clothes into the spare room ready to pack. We are also starting to set aside lot's of makeup, toiletries etc so we have an idea of what we still need to purchase. Suitcases have been decided upon, well for this week anyhow!
Time to sign off and try to post the photos. I will attempt to write a post every week from now until we leave. Not sure if there will be much in the way of interesting content though.
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