Lana and I got married on October 6, 2007 here in Sacile, Italy. It's great being married to such an awesome woman and we're both enjoying married life! I had family members from both the USA and Canada and Lana had family from Germany, England and Scotland as well. It was definitely an international wedding with Lana's dad wearing a Scottish kilt, her mom and aunt wearing German dirndls and an uncle of hers wearing German lederhosen. My family flew over a week early from the US to enjoy Italy and do some site seeing before the big day as well.We didn't exactly have nice weather on our wedding day...we woke up to thunderstorms and driving rain. But in Italian tradition they say, "Sposa bagnata, sposa fortunata" which translated means "A bride who is rained on is a lucky bride." Thankfully during the wedding service the rain stopped. As Lana and I were walking around town after the wedding for pictures, all the Italians kept saying, "Que bella" with smiles on their faces meaning "How beautiful!" I agreed 100%!
After the wedding and reception, Lana and I spent the night at a nice hotel close by at the base of the mountains before jumping in the car the next morning for our honeymoon on the Island of Sardinia. The island is off the west coast of Italy, so we drove down through Florence and did some sightseeing on the way. The first night we spent in San Gimignano, which is a great city from the Medieval times. The next afternoon made our way through Siena before catching a night ferry from Piombino to Sardinia where we spent a week enjoying the sun and beaches. We started our time in the north at Castelsardo, moved west on to Alghero and then finally over to the east coast at San Lucia and Cala Gonone. I highly recommend Sardinia...especially the northeast coast! The water is so blue and clear...it's really amazing to see. We rented a small boat for a couple of days in order to take advantage of some of the great beaches you can only get to by boat. A lot of the east coast has cliffs, so the beaches are otherwise unreachable. On our way home we stopped in to Pisa to see the leaning tower as well. It was a great week and a great way to start our married life together! Here's to many more years together with Lana!
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