Jimmy's Wedding

It was a beautiful sun-ripened day -- perfect for a wedding. We saw Jimmy before the wedding and he seemed very calm and happy about his upcoming nuptuals. There was no last minute running around or nervousness about the preparations. He had the carefree Ikarian demeanor. It was around 4:00. The wedding was at 7:00 in Xilosirti. The courtyard outside Ag. Marina was dressed and ready to go. All the tables were covered with white tablecloths. The glasses and silverware were on the tables. The trees had white gauze wrapped around their trunks and there were white paper lanterns hanging on a wire from the church across to the kitchen. The head table was decorated with white toile and delicate gauzy butterflies floated on each corner. The beautiful flowers from the altar would be the last to arrive with the wedding party to complete the wedding atmosphere.


We arrived back at the courtyard in Ag. Marina at around 9:00. There were already several tables of guests seated and waiting for the wedding party to return from Xilosirti. The food was prepared and the wait staff was going around placing red and white wine on the tables. The bread came next. The wedding party arrived around 10:00 and the wedding reception was in full party mode by 10:01! The band started playing. The wait staff started serving the food. There were healthy portions of rice and goat, mezedes of tomato and cucumber salad and spanakopita. The wait staff had what initially looked like a door with handles on either end and they would load the platters on this 'door' and serve tables at a time.



Jimmy and his bride looked very happy and the kefi was on fire. The violin player came down from the band area and set the dance floor on fire. Guns were popping at various intervals (loud bangs), confetti poppers were being set off and confetti rained on the dancers.

My children had fallen asleep early. At around 1:30 am, I packed the kids and the various guests (7 total) in the Merc and headed back down to Aghio Kyriko. I really did want to stay and I heard reports the next morning that the party started to wind down at around 6 am. I also heard that they put Jimmy in the kazani and flavored him with pepper. I wish I was around to see that! However, I was happy I got to be there with the newlyweds and share in there joy. Na zhsete eutuxismenoi!