I was alone in the morning.
It was nice that Melissa’s uncle kept calling to make sure I was
alive. At least one person cared…
We needed to be ready and waiting for one of two shuttles to
take us to Highclere castle, leaving either at 1pm or 1:15. I got downstairs around 12:45 and waited
around with the other ‘smarties’ that showed up early. After boarding the 1pm shuttle, we were informed
we were stopping at a church instead. We
pulled up to see a fleet of period-style cars to give us a truly memorable
experience pulling into Highclere.
Except I had no date. So I just
rode with some random people.
Melissa and Malorie woke up at the Vineyard to find they had
no running water. They had to wait for a
repair man to fix the water, shower, and needed to order breakfast to the room
as they missed the breakfast downstairs.
They got to Highclere with the girls around 9:30 to get ready.
I got to Highclere as they were setting up tea and finger
sandwiches, so I got my first food of the day.
We then played some lawn games and walked around the castle until the
ceremony began, sometime around 3:00.
The first time I saw my bride was when she was walking down the stairs,
immediately before Siraj saw his bride.
They were both beautiful.
After the ceremony was time enough for a tour of some of the
rooms, and then into what I can only describe as a library (maybe a lounge) for
dinner. The food was excellent, as was
everything the entire day. We then went
into the main hall which they had transformed from the ceremony to the dance
floor, and danced the night away. We got
back to the Donnington hotel around 1am, and I collapsed into bed and fell
asleep before Melissa had finished taking her hair pins out.
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