Ppt marriage 7

The weddings

We will talk about the wedding of Maria's neighbor and the wedding of Alba's parents.

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He was in France during the war. He sent letters to a girl who he met in the town. Afterwards, she became a nun.

He had to come back to France.

And when he was 30 years old, he met Antònia while he and his friends were strolling.

Every Sunday, the girls invited the boys to eat something in Raixa or in the Jardins d'Alfàbia. They also went to a particular house and they danced with a “Gramola” at night.

They went out for many years.

When they wanted to stroll, they always had to go accompanied by other people.

When she was going to work to “Sa Fàbrica” he usually went to meet her.

Often they went to watch the train when it crossed Bunyola.

Some Sundays, they went to eat a chocolate with “Ensaïmada”. And sometimes he went to her house and stayed in front of the fireplace.

They wanted to get married and asked it to their parents. They prepared all and went to “Son Arrea” in “Son Pastor”. They got married there and they went to a cafe to have a chocolate with ensaïmada like every Sunday.

In the wedding he wore a black suit with a tie, and she wore a long white dress.

They were in the entrance hall while people told them congratulations.

It was a simple wedding with the family and some friends.

When they finished the ceremony they went to Palma and they took a photo of their wedding.

People who had money gave them as a present a set of cups, a watch, etc.

People who didn't have much money gave them 5 “duros” or a bit more.

Their honeymoon lasted 8 days and it started in Biniamar with their grandmother who knew all the place.

Then, they went to Lluc to sleep in a monastery.

After that they went to the “Coves del drach” by train.

When they finished the visit they went to Artà.

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They were in different scouts.

All the scouts had a meeting to which he went but she didn't go. Her friends went to it too.

In the summer of 1987, they always went to a Gomila, a disco. Her friends introduced them, because her friends and he met in the encounter.

He was 27 years old and she 28 when they started to go out.

They went out for 2 years and then they got married.

They had a traditional wedding.

He wore a suit and a tie, and she wore a long white dress.

They celebrated the wedding in a restaurant, there were more or less 120 guests.

The guests gave their many things, for example: money, electrical appliance, decorative items, etc.

Their honeymoon was in the Canary Islands. They went to Tenerife. They visited many places, but the most important place was “El Teide” the highest mountain in Spain.

They also visited Lanzarote, it's another island of the Canary Islands. There, there are fewer places to visit, but they visited the “Parque Nacional de Timanfaya”.

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