Today we attended Cecile and Yvain's wedding, which took place at the city hall in Saint Nazaire. Technically, it was the "civil" wedding; the religious wedding is next May and will be in the Jura region of France where Emilie and Cecile grew up.
It turns out that there are many weddings performed at the City Hall each Saturday. As such, once the wedding's scheduled time arrived we were quickly ushered into the main room used for ceremonies. Here's a shot of Cecile and Emilie waiting for everything to begin.
The ceremony was very quick, highlighting the efficiency required to hold multiple weddings on the same day. It consisted primarily of a speech by the Deputy Mayor, the formal "I do" exchange, and signatures by the bride, groom and two witnesses on the marriage documentation. I believe I took this picture once everything was official.
After the wedding we went to Yvain's parents' house for the reception. And for the next six hours or so we ate... and ate... and ate. The dining area was nicely decorated and the food was excellent, consisting of Brittany region staples such as oysters, shrimp and lobster.
After the marathon lunch we headed down to the coast to walk around for a bit and prevent the full onset of food comas. It was very scenic and reminded me of the rocky coastline in parts of California.
We got back to the hotel around sunset and had a nice view as the sun went down. There were some people riding horses along the beach, which was interesting to see as that's prohibited at the beaches where I grew up.
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