When I proposed to Yris on my 4th Trip to see her, I think she already had the wedding planned. Being that I'm not Catholic(or any other religion) we couldn't get married in the church,like she wanted. She is still trying to convert me. We were going to get married in her house by Nancy, her childhood friend. We were only going to have immediate family and a small guestlist for the reception. I went back to Canada for work as the wedding was going to be in April. When I returned, the weather was perfect. 25 Celcius in Jarabacoa and sunny. Just before the food was to show up, several cars arrived and we were swept into them and taken over to Pedro and Maria's house, where unknown to Yris or me, they had moved the wedding. Now everything was out of Yris's hands and being organised by her cousin Alina and her friend Maria. Pedro and Maria are quite well to do and their house is a beautiful place with marble floors and room for lots of people, which there were. The wedding was about 2 hours late, because they had to get everything just right. Finally the cerimony took place. I didn't understand hardly any spanish at that time(still don't), but knew what I had to say and when. As we had not got rings yet we had to borrow some for the wedding.
After the wedding, we had a great feast(catered) and lots of dancing. We were lucky enough to have one of Yris's former student sing for us(now singing in nightclubs in Spain) He did several love songs before switching to the normal Dominican Merengue. There wasn't alot of boose, as most of Yris's family are non-drinkers, but there was some wine and scotch,rum...etc. AS A WEDDING PRESENT, Pedro paid for everything but the judge.
The next day we went to Playa Dorado for our Honeymoon. 6th Wedding aniversary next Saturday.
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just thought i would add a photo...
