wedding of the year

I can honestly say that Sylvia and Ruben's wedding was absolutely the most original wedding I have ever seen.

Once again, I'm just going to try and let the pictures speak to try to capture the lunacy and the beauty of this wedding.

To begin, the night before, for a last second bachelorette party, about thirty girls dressed in wigs to partake in tomfoolery through the streets of the old centro of Sevilla.

Note the cathedral in the background. Normal, right?

The day of the wedding a heat wave straight from the deserts of AFRICA hit us. According to the paper it hit 46 degrees Celsius (114.8 degrees Fahrenheit)... and my house has NO air conditioning, so we suffered every last degree all day long. My friend, Steph, managed to capture this proof when it was only a brisk 45 degrees (113 degrees). But seriously, Sylvia's 11-year-old cousin and 1-year-old niece were at our house and were physically getting ILL because of the heat... poor Rafa was BARFING. I mean, this heat is inhumane, poor little bodies literally can't even handle it.

This is actually the only picture taken with my camera where I actually show up from the whole day. Sad. In an effort to not overwhelm the bride, I didn't even get a picture with her which makes me want to cry. And any other photo of me was taken with someone else's camera.

Bridesmaids don't really exist in Spain, but I had the absolute honor of being the ONE to help Sylvia into her wedding gown...

... and then accompany her in the car to the ceremony. THIS is a completely exclusive foto.

The wedding was at an Andalusian hacienda belonging to an uncle of Ruben.

They played two U2 songs during their ceremony, "One" and "In the Name of Love"... I said it was original.

Sylvia SANG her wedding vows to Ruben... precious.

I captured perfectly Sylvia's reaction to Ruben promising her they would "enjoy" that night together.

Ruben and others definitely ended up in that pool by the end of the night (ie around 4am).

Here is the only foto where you can see my lovely dress... with Stephanie (a DEAR friend and work collegue) and Loyda (future roommate from Colombia).

Here we are again with our friend Johnny from Costa Rica. He likes Petra.

The decorations were ridiculous, and you wouldn't believe the amount of things they were gifted or comped for this wedding... the Lord was blessing them left and right.

Not to mention there was also a concert after the whole tapas part.
AND the fact that instead of throwing the bouquet at the end of the wedding, the bride chooses a special (single) friend to gift it to... she gifted it to me. I might have cried... a lot.

It was an absolutely magical, charming, joyful, and bittersweet wedding, and the novios come back from their honeymoon today, and I can't wait to talk to Sylvia!