The wedding day... church and venue.

The wedding is taking place in the evening, which leaves a bit of time to take it easy in the morning and also avoid midday's heat.

Once again, there will be various traditions carried out at the bride's and groom's place (in the groom's case carried out by the best man and friends and the bride -well, I will be mostly spending my time with hair, makeup and swallowing tranquillizers, haha).

It is up to you if you want to come to the hotel/house first and see us off to the church or if you prefer to show up in the church straight away.

Concerning the church, the only thing to avoid is very short skirts or shorts (that goes for the guys as well) and deep cleavages. You can cover the boobs up in the church and present them later ladies:D

The ceremony lasts around 45 min and after it usually the guests come and shake the hands of the couple and the family, who are ligning up at one side of the church. This usually takes place inside the church.

Since the party venue (TAVERNA SYMPOSION in OLD POROI village on the mountain side) is located on the mountain site one has to go there by car. Since we want our guests to be able to drink and party we will organize a BUS picking up the guests from the church and driving them up to the venue. We will announce when the bus is driving down again (probably once around midnight, once around two in the morning and the last time.. when we are finished).

We would prefer if you would take the bus, because the road is not lit during the night time and it could be hazardous. The bus will run as many times as needed to get everyone to the party and back. There are also taxis that can be used.

Also, there is a bit of a temperature difference on the mountain in Old Poroi (Palaoi Poroi), so please bring a jacket with you, because it gets a bit chilly in the night. In fact, we were told that the temperature drops down to 18-20 degrees in the night. 

So far so good.. see you there then:D

Happenings before the wedding...

In terms of a hen's night/stag party, there is nothing definite planned and we will leave it to our friends. It will be a bit difficult to involve everyone, since a lot of people are arriving just the day before the wedding, but whoever wants to join is welcome.

Now when it comes to the day before the wedding (Friday), the Greek custom has it that the families of bride and groom have their separate preparty/gathering at the respective family's house/venue, which only friends and family of each side can attend. However, we decided to change the tradition and gather both sides together for the preparty, since it will be an excellent opportunity to introduce the various guests to each other. The preparty will take place at Symposion in Neoi Poroi (about a 100m from my parents' place) in a relaxed ambience. There will be food and music.Attendance starts from 21:00 o´clock.

Since it is a more relaxed occasion than the wedding, there is no dress code, everything will be quite informal.