Celebrating Our Seventh Wedding Anniversary With Memories of
Our Wedding in Santa Maria di Castellabate,
Italy 8 Aprile 2006
Seven
years ago tomorrow I married my best friend and the love of my life in a
gloriously romantic civil ceremony performed by the mayor of the Commune di Castellabate,
Campania, Italy on the veranda of the historic Villa Sirio facing the sunset of
the Tyrrhenian Sea.
After
some online research we found slow-dreams.com, British and American Italian
wedding planners who arrange enchanting, magical and unforgettable weddings for
foreigners in Italy on the Cilento coastline south of Amalfi. This region
affords the beauty of Amalfi without the crowds and the costs. It’s beauty and
culture caused Castellabate to be named a UNESCO world heritage site. In order
to increase tourism to the area, the region makes it easier for foreigners to
get married there.
The
wedding planners with Slow-Dreams made planning our wedding from across the
pond effortless from the moment we sent off our first email inquiring about the
services through the wedding dinner. This was truly a stress free wedding. We
planned every detail by email and fax. All we had to do was show up with our
family and friends.
Everything
was arranged beautifully and professionally from the planning to the
accommodations with all of us having seaside views with balconies to the food
& wine, the assistance with transportation to tourist sites such as the
Ancient Greek site of Paestum and the ruins of Pompeii to the amazing
photographers and the arrangements for the paperwork. For a reasonably fee,
Slow-Dreams arranged for us to meet a charming British expatriate who escorted
us through the legalities in Naples. First we were taken to the American
Consulate to obtain the necessary documents and then to the Italian government
offices where an assistant was waiting, at the head of the line, with the
necessary stamps to provide us with the approval needed to proceed with the
ceremony.
Our
event manager’s husband at the Villa Sirio even drove our son-in-law to the
hospital in the middle of the night after a fall and met us at the hospital the
next morning to assist with communicating with the local medical staff.
Castellabate is a medieval town built into the hillside with
cobblestone walks, historic buildings and an unforgettable ambiance. Our
experience was fabulous and we plan to return to Castellabate and the Villa
Sirio to celebrate our 10th anniversary.
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