I've caught up on some sleep - not all though!
We left very early Saturday morning and got our flight to Pisa. Arriving at Pisa at about 11:30, we had to wait an hour before we could get our luggage from the plane in a hot and stuffy no-air-conditioned baggage area. Finally after getting luggage and meeting fellow friends also attending the wedding we jumped on a train to
Firenze (Florence). It's amazing that for a 90 minute journey it only cost us about £3! Though hot and we must have stopped at every small village along the way we got to see some of the countryside.
Jumping into a taxi we stopped off at another hotel and had some beer and snacks before Drew and I jumped into another taxi and headed to the
Villa Poggio. (our bedroom is room 4). Had a quick shower in the large bathroom, and then headed for some dinner with the other wedding party guests. Feasting on fresh local food we drank champagne and laughed, drank some more and then the Groom went off to bed. Most people slunk off to bed to leave us (Amber,
Olli, Drew, Dani and I) to slope off to the pool for some skinny dipping! I'm glad to say we were well behaved and managed to get to bed for 11pm.
In the morning we had some lovely and much needed
cappuccinos, freshly made bread and scrambled eggs. We then had another dip in the pool and then headed down to a local restaurant with the other male guests (ladies were off to get hair and nails done). We then headed back to the villa and we all started to get ready for the big event itself.
After getting ready and meeting up with the other guests, we sat in the heat and humidity and watched as Danni and Matt made their vows, exchanged rings and walked down the aisle as husband and wife.
The wedding meal was lovely too, 4 courses followed by the wedding cake that was made there and then in front of the guests! Amazing to see this cake being slowly made - first a large biscuit wafer was placed on a table and then cream was piped around the edge and then the chef filled in the middle with more cream, topped with strawberries and another layer of biscuit. The chef then placed some white rose flowers on top of the cake, covered it with icing sugar and sprinkled more flower petals around the cake. Looked good and tasted heavenly!
Dancing and more drinking we partied the night away till about 2 am.
This had been one of the most
beautiful outdoor weddings in one of the most beautiful locations I've seen.
A very serious Lois, maybe this wasn't the car for her
Naomi smacking the beaver
We all had a thoroughly good time, and Martha oops sorry Lisa made some seriously good cakes! must get those recipes from you some time? 
