We love excuses to travel (although we rarely need them), and a wedding is by far one of the best (we have also traveled to Belgium, Italy and Korea for weddings ... along with countless Small Towns USA). When we heard our good friend Jim was getting married to his lovely girl Saun in our favorite country, we were there. Even more so when Jason was invited to be a groomsman, then upgraded to best man when Jim's brother was unable to make the festivities.
Jim and Saun did a wonderful job putting together 4 days of activities for their 33 guests, and they were treated so a phenomenally good bout of weather for their outdoor activities. They took us on a welcome drinks cruise of Lake Wakatipu, followed by a night of fesivities that some (ok, one) of us is
still recovering from...
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| Lake Wakatipu from Queenstown |
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| Jason & Jim on the boat |
They treated us to a wine tasting, a delicious winery dinner at Amisfield AND a hot pools soak as part of the rehearsal festivities...
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| Big Daddy makes Saun laugh while Jim looks concerned |
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| Petanque at the winery |
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| Hot Poolin' |
And of course there was "the big day"... it started off in a typically cloudy, cool, New Zealand almost-drizzle, but Jim & Saun were rewarded when they made the bold decision to stick with Plan A and have their ceremony at Moke Lake, a gorgeous setting with absolutely no shelter in case of emergency (i.e., downpour).
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| The guests head to the ceremony site |
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| All dolled up |
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| Awaiting the bride |
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| A Maori blessing to start the reception |
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| Jason's toast |
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| The happy couple |
The week was nothing short of high class all the way, with all the details thought out and all of us traveling guests (which was to say all of the guests) pampered, well fed, and thoroughly entertained throughout.
I highly recommend scrolling through
this page - it has the professional photographer's pictures. Some good ones featuring the Best Man himself!
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