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Kiran and Alan
Castelsardo - June 6th, 2009
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Hi Marco!
How are you? Well I am back in the UK after a fabulous wedding and
honeymoon and missing Alan so much. As you know the wedding went
beyond our expectations in terms of scenery and enjoyment! Everyone is still talking about it.
The photos arrived today and they are great! Im just going through the CD
now – Im so happy there are lots of photos! I will select some to send to you
and then you can add to your castelsardo side of website to help promote it?
Im going to watch the DVD tonight!!! Very excited about this and all the
beautiful memories of the day are flooding back to me.
The pianist and opera singer made an unforgettable touch to the ceremony –
I would strongly recommend it to other couples. I would also recommend
other couples (if they choose castlesardo) to visit it beforehand so they know
what it is like and that it can be difficult to walk in heels on that ground up
there. I would suggest if they hire a car to make the declaration of intent
they try the journey a day before or they leave extra early as the signage
is not very good. Alternatively a bus would be good but the declaration
of intent time would have to be later in the afternoon to allow for the
bus journey.
Manuela was very good – I found her humorous, a
great character and she was very good at explaining things to us,
she was very useful to have around and very useful to us.
The hairstylist and make up artist – I cannot fault them in any sense and
would highly recommend them to other brides. They were EXCELLENT!!!
Regardless of language barrier they did the most fabulous job on my hair
and makeup, and not only for me but my maid of honor and my bridesmaids.
What a fabulous recommendation you made – these ladies were brilliant.
I would suggest though that as they do not speak English that you let the
bride know so that you can arrange an interpreter to go with the bride for the
trial day – an interpreter is essential for a very important thing like this.
I had Helen who is just excellent so I was very happy. Taking pictures of the
style you have in mind is also strongly recommended as even though you
have an interpreter its easier to show visually what you want rather then
explain it.
The reception venue was excellent – I must admit that Sylvia did a fantastic
job even with the last minute adjustments we had.
I heard from guests that the staff welcomed them to the drinks reception
whilst Alan and I were having our photos taken. I was very happy to hear
this as my guests comfort is very important to me.
To know that they were being fed and given drinks and being looked after
by the staff made me very happy as this is good hospitality.
It is these sort of positive things that people remember from a wedding.
I must admit the pictures of the hotel do not do it justice and the views
from the hotel are breathtaking and not something that can be caught
on camera it is something that you just have to experience yourself to get a
true appreciation of the beauty of it. The terrace was beyond my
expectations and it is even more charming than in the pictures.
The set up for my reception was brilliant, I kept it simple and elegant and
this came across in the elegant layout on the terrace and people loved the
idea of having the reception outdoors (my main reason for choosing a
wedding abroad).
It was a fantastic recommendation Marco and I am very grateful you did
recommend it as I couldn’t have chosen something better myself.
Also I feel that if we had the reception in Alghero it would not have had the
same effect on everyone as Castlesardo did so I would highly recommend
other couples to do this or even you suggest to them that Castelsardo
is an option.
There was not a single guest who didn’t appreciate the beauty castelsardo bought to our
wedding day so its definitely a thumbs up from me!
I would also like to say that the food was exquisite. They were so kind to let
us have food tasting the day before, for not only myself, but for our 3 friends
who helped drive us to castelsardo. The food was so exceptional Marco –
I have to say I know I made a lot of fuss about the menu but I am glad that
I did because when it came down to it – every single person on the guest list
said “wow the food is fantastic!” It really was exceptional food and
very very tasty we were very happy with that.
I think that if anything there was to much of it but I would rather too much
than too little. But honestly it was really fantastic food.
The only little mistake the hotel made was they cut my cake without asking
me, it should have been Alan and I cutting the cake together and we
didn’t get the chance to do it as the hotel did it and started serving the cake
so I was disappointed about that but no big deal.
I think they should allow the couples to cut the cake.
I think this is all for now, if I think of anything else then I will be sure to
email you.
Thank you again for helping to make our big day not only a fantastic memory
for Alan and I but also for all our guests. I would never have been able to
achieve the same effect if I had it in the UK and regardless of all the
obstacles we faced (the paperwork which was a nightmare and I would
never want to go through again) the wedding couldn’t have turned out better
than what I imagined. I will always look back on this day with such
happiness and fond memories of my Italian style wedding –
one of my friends quoted it as “a fairytale wedding” .
I truly felt like just like a princess and this would not have been possible
without Romeo and Juliet and more importantly Marco and of course
my wonderful husband Alan who helped me with many things and put up
with my wedding emails every day and put a smile on my face and made
me laugh every time I got stressed out about the paperwork.
I couldn’t have done this without him.
Take care!
Kiran
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