Maastricht: Stumbling Across a Wedding
After yet another lunch of frites in a little cafeteria on the square in Maastricht, I came across this wedding party outside of City Hall.
Wedding Photo #1. The bride chats with guests outside City Hall while her photographer shoots cans tied to the “get-away vehicle,” a bicycle of course!
Wedding Photo #2. After the ceremony, the bride and groom led all of their guests through the lovely streets of Maastricht behind a Carnaval-like drum line. The whole city stopped and watched, took photos, cheered them on, and had a wonderful time celebrating with them.
Wedding Photo #3. Another view of the Carnaval-like drum line marching through the city.
Wedding Photo #4. I love this shot of the bride and some of her party guests as the drum line performed a few, final numbers at a restaurant where the wedding would continue for wedding guests only.
UPDATE November 20, 2011: I stumbled across this blog post of someone who must have been standing right next to me as I shot my photos that Saturday in Maastricht! (Be sure to scroll down to the photos near the end, and check out the videos!)
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Wonderful!
Thanks so much, Carissa!
And there’s bikes in a couple of the pictures 😉
Um, yeah. It’s hard to take a pic in Holland without including a bicycle. 😉
So true 🙂
I really love the first photo – it’s a great shot. I particularly like that you caught another photographer taking photos.
Thanks! I loved the “get away” vehicle. 😉
What a wonderful way to celebrate. 😀
It was pretty neat to experience it, especially the Carnaval drum line, even as a bystander.
So beautiful 😀