After a week of tumultuous weather, Saturday was stunningly perfect for my good friend Isis’ wedding – especially since it was to be held outdoors!
The ceremony as held at Observatory Hill in Sydney, in a rotunda. The view was stunning, so it was easy to see why it is such a popular wedding location.
Isis is Indian and her now-husband, Matt, is a Kiwi, so together they had a wedding that was a bit Indian, a touch Kiwi and a lot of Aussie.
The set-up for the Indian-fusion ceremony.
The stunning bride walked down the aisle by her adorable parents.
A lot of the ceremony was in Hindi I believe, so we didn’t really know what was going on. It sounded amazing, whatever they were saying!
Some blessing was going on here. And promising to be good to each other of course.
Exchanging flower garlands.
Making it official.
Flowers for tossing. Because of the breeze they went in the opposite direction than desired and landed on the guests – a nice fragant shower of flowers.
The groom’s awesome shoes.
Happy day! All dressed up.
The bride’s hands – covered in intricate henna designs. Her feet were covered too.
The very happy bride!
STUNNING location!
Being tourists and LOL-ing.
Aww – romance was in the air!
A full-length shot of my purty dress.
After the ceremony we had time to kill so we stopped by La Renaissance Patisserie Francaise in Argyle St at the Rocks for coffee and, erm, snacks.
The display alone had me drooling.
My raspberry tart. So divine I could have happily eaten a few more. Then again, I am quite the little piggy.
Alec’s mixed berry tart. Almost as good as the ones we had in Estonia.
Being such tourists.
The bridal couple changed into Western outfits for the reception.
The cake! It was uber tasty – some kind of moist vanilla cake with lemon-ish cream.
The set-up. The boat was called the Vagabond Princess.
Happy!
Unsure what’s going on.
Making their entrance.
Appetisers!
More awwwww.
Lunch! Indian-fusion tastiness.
The bridal couple did a very nontraditional dance – starting with a waltz, then breaking into an Indian routine, followed by hip-hop. It was so unexpected and so very very funny.
Posing with our friends.
After the cruise we went to Opera Bar with the bridal couple and friends for more celebrating. We watched the sun go down and had lots of laughs as the bride and groom were able to unwind and enjoy themselves.
Being complete tourists again.
Sun setting over one of Australia’s most well-known pieces of architecture – the Sydney Opera House.
Alec does his Wolverine impression.
The perfect end to the perfect day! Best of luck Isis and Matt, and thanks for involving us in your special day!
