Angus & Kirsty's wedding

Saturday, June 18, 2005

Wedding bells

Angus, a Scottish guy and incidentally one of my best friends, got married to his lovely girlfriend, Kirsty, on June 18. Marieke and I arrived on Thursday afternoon at Edinburgh airport, where Angus picked us up and brought us to the place where they had my Scottish tartan waist coat. You see, Angus gave me the incredible honor of being his groomsman, and I wanted to be dressed in style.

The ceremony was in a little old church before the castle entrance. Everything was perfect, including a bagpiper 'piping in' the guests as they arrived. After church we went up to Blair Castle for dinner. The walkway up to the castle was incredible! A long straight road flanked by huge lush green trees right in the middle of the highlands. The entrance hall was a high room with all kinds of old fashioned weaponry was fitted against the walls in artistic combinations, like a rosary of shotguns with bajonets, swords, etc. After champagne in the castle's garden with stunning views of the highlands in the background, we went to the banquet hall for dinner and a proper ceilidh (pronounced kay-lee), which is basically Scottish for having a good time, drinking beer and whisky and dancing all together in a traditional way.

Read the full stories at the entry for June 2005 (either in recent or in the archives...)