A summer wedding

Written by Craig McGinty


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The priest openedrepparttar blessing with a short passage fromrepparttar 134104 bible and then Sabine walked up torepparttar 134105 microphone to deliver a short speech. She thankedrepparttar 134106 many people that had turned up to seerepparttar 134107 bride and groom and that it had been an incredible day. Thenrepparttar 134108 priest delivered a short prayer and a musical interlude with saxophone and accordion was played. The ceremony ofrepparttar 134109 passing ofrepparttar 134110 rings was undertaken withrepparttar 134111 assistance ofrepparttar 134112 son of Sabine and Benji. He carriedrepparttar 134113 rings up torepparttar 134114 alter ofrepparttar 134115 church in a small, padded heart shaped bag and passed them torepparttar 134116 priest. The couple spoke a few words and placedrepparttar 134117 rings on each other’s fingers asrepparttar 134118 cameras again flashed a whirred. Everyone then began to make their way out ofrepparttar 134119 church waiting forrepparttar 134120 bride and groom to stand outsiderepparttar 134121 church for some more photographs. Butrepparttar 134122 players of St Cernin had one more trick up their shirts as we donned our kit and picked up a football each. We made a guard of honour outsiderepparttar 134123 church and held a ball high overrepparttar 134124 guests as they made their way out intorepparttar 134125 village square. But it was Benji and Sabine who everyone was waiting for. People passed around rice and confetti waiting for them to leaverepparttar 134126 church and run underrepparttar 134127 footballs, as they didrepparttar 134128 place exploded. The church bell tolled and rice cascaded down on our heads coveringrepparttar 134129 players andrepparttar 134130 newly married couple from head to toe. Then it was time for more photographs, car horns sounding andrepparttar 134131 children throwing rice and confetti at each other. Asrepparttar 134132 day drifted into late afternoon it was time for a small aperitif and a few nibbles inrepparttar 134133 grounds ofrepparttar 134134 Mairie. Watchingrepparttar 134135 sun slowly slide behindrepparttar 134136 church tower asrepparttar 134137 celebrations moved on intorepparttar 134138 night.

About the Author For more articles by Craig McGinty on living in France including tips on buying a home, the legal process and more, visit his website and live life the French way. http://www.thisfrenchlife.com


Spanish Food - How To Make Spicy Gazpacho Soup.

Written by Linda Plummer


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Do you suffer from insomnia? Could be that drinking gazpacho is repparttar answer, for in Pedro Almodovar´s 1987 film "Mujeres Al Borde De Un Ataque De Nervios", various characters help themselves to repparttar 134103 soup and promptly fall asleep!

However, don´t fall asleep just yet as you haven´t read overrepparttar 134104 recipe!

Ingrediants for 4 servings:

- 4 ripe tomatoes - 1 onion - ½ red pepper - ½ green pepper - ½ cucumber - 3 cloves garlic - 50 g bread - 3 dessertspoons vinegar - 8 dessertspoons olive oil - Water - Salt/pepper - ¼ chilli pepper (optional)

Garnishings:

- 2 hard-boiled eggs - ½ finely chopped onion - ½ finely chopped red pepper - ½ finely chopped green pepper - ½ finely chopped cucumber

Method:

1. Break up bread and soak in water for 30 minutes.

2. Skin tomatoes, remove seeds and stalks from peppers.

3. Peel cucumber, onion and garlic.

4. Chop onion, garlic, tomatoes, peppers and cucumber.

5. Place in electric blender.

6. Squeeze out excess water from bread and add to blender.

7. Add oil and vinegar.

8. Blend well.

9. If necessary, add sufficient water for soup-like consistency.

10. Pour into a bowl with ice cubes.

11. Fridge for a couple of hours.

12. Serve in bowls, with garnishings in separate dishes.

Gazpacho is best enjoyed sitting inrepparttar 134105 shade, looking out onto an azure sea, blue sky and golden sun and sands!

Linda Plummer is webmistress of the site: http://www.top-tour-of-spain.com which provides a wide range of information regarding Spain and the Spanish language.


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