Have you ever noticed how difficult it can be to find the right words? I always presumed that if i couldn't think of what to say, someone else would be able to. I thought that every thought or feeling must have been expressed by someone at some time throughout history. Just think of all those lengthy tomes written throughout the years. But it turns out this is not a fact!
Finding the right words to use as our wedding vows and readings is turning out to be absolutley impossible! Everything i have read is either very cold and lacking the feelings i hope to express, or too mushy and sloppy and not exactly the tone i want for the Big day!
I have found one reading that i love and do intend to use but it's quite childish and funny and all of the other readings i'm drawn to are equally as childish (i'm sensing a theme about my personality here) and i worry that having two childish readings is a bit silly! Perhaps though, that in itself would create a 'theme' for the day which as we have already discovered might be fitting for me at least! The groom is not so impressed however!
As for actual vows! Wow, how hard is that? I want words which mean something, but i don't want all of our family and friends to burst out laughing if they're too 'flowery' or 'wet'. Ugh, this is possibly the hardest part (so far).
I thought choosing the reception venue was difficult. I spent months doing research on the hundreds of 'weddings in Italy' websites but mainly on Trip Advisor which was really brilliant for getting ideas and advice from people who live in the area or have already married there!
Eventually, after looking at loads of really 'nice' but somehow not quite perfect places we came across a place called Mamma Agata's (i know, i just love the name) in Ravello. It's a small cookery school which now also lends itself as a wedding venue. It's run by a family. The mother (Agata) is a cook who has spent years cooking for the likes of Robert De Niro and the daughter has been a wedding organiser in some of the worlds top hotels. They grow most of their own produce so what you are eating is growing around you and they even make the wine to go with the food. That just sounds like heaven to me and as soon as we saw pictures of the views we'll have from our dinner table on the terrace we knew it was THE place!
It's only drawback is that it holds only 20 people so we knew we had to keep the numbers small. That was always our plan but i'm finding that when you actually come down to inviting people it's really hard to keep numbers that small! Anyhow, we managed to choose our 'exclusive' guest list and immediately posted out 'save the date' cards, to make sure people saved up their holidays to come over to Italy. And we had to tell people they couldn't bring their kids! I was so worried about this cos i thought all of our mammy and daddy friends would go mental. But it turns most mammies and daddies are delighted with any excuse to go away without their kids so all is well on that front!
I can't wait to see Mamma Agata's! I've a feeling i'll never want to leave. And to see those views in 'real-life'...well, that really will be something special!
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