Wedding Photos Sneak Peek

So, wedding preparations, we are getting there !

In vietnamese tradition, a wedding album is made prior to the wedding day, so that guests can actually go through the album. So last weekend, we went for a photo shooting session in various locations in Hanoi. We started the day very early, by heading to the dress designer studios so that we could get changed, and get N ready (hair, makeup, …), then we set off for the Temple of Literature. I had already visited the place last year, so I knew it was really nice, and we spent most of the morning there. Although there were a few tourist bus pouring people in, we did manage to get a few scenes which were mostly empty.

I will restrain myself of publishing too many photos for now, as the album is not ready yet, but whenever we get the album, I’ll try to post it online also. (There are a couple more on Facebook, posted by N)

Anyway, we went to several places, and some cozy cafes. N and I really had fun, but it was exhausting! Oh, and did I mention it was a beautiful day, a bit too hot for my taste (30°C), especially when having to wear a suit, luckily my suit was tailored using a very light material!). We treated ourselves in the evening with a very nice Japanese dinner! (sushi, okonomiyaki, … no umeshu unfortunately).

Monday (Oct 24th), I was also able to pick up my Certificate of No Impediment from the British Embassy. This certificate is a ‘must have’ to be able to get married in vietnam. It basically says that there’s nothing preventing me from getting married. And then we got it certified by the vietnamese administration, which took a couple of days.

We only have 1 thing left to do (as far as we know at least), before we can apply for our wedding, we need to get a mental checkup! We are planning to go there tomorrow morning, so if you don’t see me coming back, I guess they’ll have had me locked up somewhere ^^

To be continued …