Vio's Wedding- now with more and different pics from Killearn Kitties

[Barbara]

Today in the early morning, PT's special correspondents Killearn Kitties and Barbara were brought to Chisinau airport to go home and tell the story.
Here it is:

I arrived Friday and was part of a wonderful dinner in a place outside that had the atmosphere of a farm garden- lots of flowers, golden evening sun and great food that I can pronounce now but not spell.
I heard Karen and Alec arrive in the hotel at 3 a.m.- their plane was late.
The next morning Vio's sister's friend picked us up and showed us around Chisinau the capital of Moldova. An international place like all others? No! In Chisinau the roosters will still wake you- at least in the nice living area where Vio and Greg have their house. All houses have gardens full of veggies and flowers. And dogs. And cats. And roosters.

Now to the pictures:
Here we go with the preparations for the big ceremony:
The groom cleans his brother up
Killearn Kitties' dress was fabulous.
(BTW- you should see Moldovan elegance- stunning!!!!)
The bride's sister Carolina in a dress she designed and sewed herself. We saw more of her designs and they were all fantastic.

Stay tuned.....

[Barbara]

The ceremony took place in an elegant restaurant. They had 120 guests. I cannot count the countries people came from- it must have been about 7.
I have never seen a couple that exuded that much happiness
Unfortunately I have no pictures of the Moldovan round dances.
Why? I have danced as I have not often danced in my life


The pictures: the bride just got out of the white limousine.
Nervous but happy before the ceremony.
Happy and no longer nervous after it.
The cake- it was delicious with lots of roast almonds, cream and about 100.000 calories- but we danced it all off

Off to the last days......

[Barbara]

Monday and Tuesday we were so happy to get to see some of Moldova's beauties.
We went to see a winery that has been installed in an old limestone quarry and that has subterranean cellars that are hundreds of km long.
And yesterday we went to see some area where- in fortfications from B.C. medieval monasteries have been installed. The landscape is lovely and very green- reminded me of Eastern France.

The first two pictures are from the winery- ok, we didn't drink the wine from glasses that big
The others show the landscape- one of them shows Vio and her brother near an old stone cross. And there is a horsecart and a cute calf that had broken lose and that we could see from above galloping through a meadow until it found - hm either his mom or an auntie and began happy grazing

We had the best time of our lives- and whoever wants to see the kitties has to go to Vio's kitties

[gini]

What great reporting! The only next best thing would have been to join you for the festivities. You have included all of the details of a beautiful bride and her handsome groom.

We wish them a long and happy life together

[Edwina's Secretary]

Oh how I wish I could have been there!!! It looks like so much fun!

Happiness all around...

[Pawsitive Thinking]

Looks like you all had an unforgettable time

[Karen]

Thanks so much for sharing the pictures, and letting us feel like we were part of it! Looks like a lovely day, and of course a beautiful bride, handsome groom - is he in the military? - and that everyone had fun - lots of smiles in every photo!

[Barbara]

Thanks so much for sharing the pictures, and letting us feel like we were part of it! Looks like a lovely day, and of course a beautiful bride, handsome groom - is he in the military? - and that everyone had fun - lots of smiles in every photo!

Karen he is in the military and I thought that uniform was gorgeous.
Greg even wore spurs on his patent leather shoes

[Medusa]

What wonderful pix! How I wish I could've joined you. Thank you so much for sharing these. Best wishes to the lovely bride and handsome groom.

[Randi]

Wish I could have been there too! Looks like you all had a good time Glad you got some time to see the sights too - and the kitties!

What a lovely picture of Vio in her wedding dress!

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

Awwwwwwwwww, thanks for posting these pics!!! Wow, Vio was such a beautiful bride!!!!

[Killearn Kitties]

I heard Karen and Alec arrive in the hotel at 3 a.m.- their plane was late.

I would just like to make it clear at this point that we did not wake the entire hotel by arriving in a rowdy fashion. Barbara was in the room opposite ours and happened to be awake at that point.

I don't think that there is too much more that I can add to this report, Barbara, other than adding a couple of photos.

Vio had an absolutely adorable flower girl who was terribly pleased with her lovely dress


Greg making sure that ring is good and tight


There is a tradition in Moldova for people to take flowers to a wedding, and I have never seen so many! Someone said that the amount of flowers brought symbolises the number of years the bride and groom will spend together, so I hope Vio and Greg make the most of those 1832 years. After the ceremony the bride and groom went in to dinner under a beautiful arch of roses. It would be a lovely picture if that leaf were not covering the bride's face.

[Killearn Kitties]

I did get a picture of the first Moldovan round dance. It shows a couple of the traditional dancers as well.



I hope Barbara was not laughing at me doing my Moldovan dance here


Finally a Pet Talk photo!


We had an absolutely wonderful day. It was a beautiful wedding, and I am so very glad that I was able to go. It was an unforgettable experience and lots and lots of fun.

[Pawsitive Thinking]

I would just like to make it clear at this point that we did not wake the entire hotel by arriving in a rowdy fashion.

Try harder next time Kazzie!

[Rachel]

Finally a Pet Talk photo!


We had an absolutely wonderful day. It was a beautiful wedding, and I am so very glad that I was able to go. It was an unforgettable experience and lots and lots of fun.

And thank you for sharing it with us. Hopefully Vio might share pictures too. I think her dress and veil were so lovely and she made the most beautiful of brides.