Honeymoons and honeystars

So Andre and I recently got married again, just to be sure. But more importantly to share it the second time round with our friends and family and to have a great party of course.

Now getting married so often naturally means you need a honeymoon each time too. Wedding and honeymoon just go together. So the first time we got married was 30 August 2008 (surprise surprise for those who still didn't know!! ;-) With it being such a very small ceremony we had a very small honeymoon to go with it. We had a lovely night out at a lodge just outside the town of McGreggor. It didn't start out so lovely though...

It was a rainy day, which was actually good since they say rain on your wedding day means good luck. Anyway, the rain wasn't that bad. On our way there Andre's poor bakkie (he'll call it more than just a bakkie) got properly sandblasted. The wind was so strong and it was like driving through a sand storm. So we get to the lodge, struggle against the wind, to hear the manager explain to us that unfortunately due to the storm the power is out. And also due to the strong wind we can't make a fire in our cosy romantic fireplace in our cosy romantic cottage because these cosy romantic cottages all have thatch roofing! And that's not all, he then continued to tell us that due to the power being out their restaurant with their famous chef who was supposed to make us a delicious romantic dinner will not be open.

So there we sat in the half dark cold cottage. We took a drive to the town. But usually when there is such a storm outside, everyone stays inside their houses so the town was deserted! After walking around a bit in the drizzling rain and buying a beanie for the cold we went back ready to pack up and go back home.

After praying all the way back to the lodge, we got back and the power was back on! We got to have a fantastic multi course meal from the above mentioned chef. And in between courses we got to sit in front of a huge fire, defrosting and sipping our red wine. AND then we even go to make our own fire in our own cottage after dinner!

And that is where this story will end for now... I'll try to add a picture and next time I'll tell you about our second honeymoon (there were three!)

xx