Harmelen/NL: June 2003 Archives
The reason we went to Harmelen last weekend was of course the wedding of Berry and Manon. Besides that, we took the opportunity to rest a little bit after the last busy weeks. As a result, we have spent most of our time (except for Friday) on the terras in the garden of the house of my parents.
But Friday was different, since that was the *big* day; the day we came for. After getting up late, taking a north european breakfast, and waking up under the shower we realised that most of the morning already has passed, so we started to run to get ready in time. Thursday we had a lot of time to wrap our presents in paper and prepare our contribution to the book with personal notes from the guests, but as usual I waited with these things untill the very last moment. With a little bit of running we arrived exactly on time at the house of Manon's parents. Together with the family of Berry and Manon and some of their best friends we drunk a cup of coffee with some cake. We talked a little bit with Ton and Mirjam, who had brought their two children, of which I haven't seen the youngest (Daphne) yet. As you can imagine there were lots of things to talk about. After a while Berry and Manon arrived from their photo tour, and they looked gorgeous! Of course they were really happy to see us, and we had a small opportunity to talk a little bit.
Two more days working and we will go for a short trip to Holland!!! The reason is of course the wedding of Berry and Manon on Friday. We will leave Thursday early in the morning, giving us one day to travel, shop, talk with my parents and of course to prepare us (physically and mentally) for the big day.
Berry and Manon will get married 'for the law' in Restaurant de Kloosterhoeve, which I consider a good choice, since it has a lot more atmosphere than the townhall in Woerden and is situated in the centre of Harmelen. The religious part of the day will take place in the St. Bavo church, and the party will be in Restaurant De Putkop. I am really looking forward to this day, firstly because it is an important day for some of my best friends and secondly because I will meet a lot of people to whom I haven't spoken for some time. And finally, I always like to go back to Harmelen.
