Ceremony Part 3

Ceremony Part 2

Ceremony Part 1

Surfing in Dakar

We're staying at Hotel des Almadies, which used to be a Club Med, and still retains an expansive beachy resort feel, though concrete and paint are crumbling and peeling. Nonetheless, the petanque courts and the ping pong tables and volleyball courts remain, enticing the weekend pool-goers away from the massive circular swimming pool for at least a few minutes.

The Hotel is on the westernmost point of Africa (Pointe des Almadies), and each morning there are gigantic waves (15 feet?) crashing onto a rocky beach. I had thought the rocks posed too great a danger for surfers, but when I walked out this morning, four of them were proving me wrong. Diving under waves and paddling out, they caught a few good rides before I left them to take care of my laundry.

Honeymoon

Some Wedding Pics

More photos at lovemedo.smugmug.com/Hannah-and-Josh-662010.

Next few weeks

Boy, the blogging has really fallen off, hasn't it? I suspected when I got engaged I wasn't going to be one of those bride/bloggers, endlessly posting about napkins and ketubahs and DIY place cards, and sure 'nuff, it has been pretty quiet on the old wedding planning front. Not that a lot of planning hasn't gone into this thing - there are google spreadsheets with 20 tabs, a ceremony script (we are doing rewrites on Tuesday), RSVP forms, you get the picture. I have been reading a few blogs (weeding out the ones that just perpetuate the spendspendspend or even DIYDIYDIY mentality that are the current norms). The sane blogs I read have useful advice like "organize the hell out of your wedding", and "focus on the three important things, and spend money on those". Done and done.

Anyway, wanted to let everyone know that things are under control, and that also by the way we are MOVING on Tuesday June 1. To a place on Keswick in Hampden. It should be awesome. We will dump the boxes and then flee to Philly for wedding prep and festivities, and then off to Montreal, for beaucoup foiegras eating adventures.

We'll post pictures and video here of the wedding etc - so stay tuned!