follow
in going where your heart takes you . . .
jan + magda’s party on palace grounds in the renown belvedere restaurant . . .
with elegance and divine taste in every way . . .
regal + formal details (LOVING the repeating circular shapes in images below!)
rich polish traditions
as Magda has explained… from Polish wedding traditions: “The couple is to taste a small piece of the bread...
poland-part 6 features many of our favorite images from our favorite-ever polish wedding day:
jan + magda’s reception would soon be here at Lazienki Park in an orangery . . . actually the “new” orangery [Nowa Oranzeria] at Royal Baths [Lazienki Krolewskie] with new, meaning it was built in 1860 versus the park’s OLD orangery that’s...
and oh – oh – oh!
jan + magda’s magnificent ceremony . . .
first, what a treasure of a church
The Church of Saint Joseph’s Care (Kościół Opieki św. Józefa) designed in 1727, completed in the mid 1700s and one of Warsaw’s few buildings to be unscathed by World War II is where jan’s grandparents were...
any bride will tell you that getting to this point, the arrival at the church point . . .
or THIS point, the nearly dressed and looking out window point . . .
. . . can at times seem a Herculean task (wait: does one ever say “Athenian task“?)
the PREPARATION + ANTICIPATION in the hours...
friday morning in warsaw was a time for friends. magda + girlfriends (and soon, jan + guyfriends, too) gathered outside our hotel for a warsaw walkabout.
there was fashion!
there was laughter!!
there was ice-cream.
even dancing . . .
(with music, of course!)
below: christian, jan and jon getting in on the action.
the old warsaw defensive wall was built in...
the setting: Wilanow Palace, the “Polish Versailles”
the once-upon-a-time part: once in a land far far away . . .
a beautiful maiden mastered many a language, perfect poise, love-of-life, and all things in between . . .
meet magda!
she twirled.
she laughed.
her spirit aglow . . .
perhaps life seemed nearly complete.
yet . . .
half...
