I'm officially calling it - Summer '24 is the summer of weddings.
We just made it through our month of back-to-back weddings in Puglia - four Saturdays in a row! Now I can safely say that I feel fully prepped for ours.
Prior to this month, I had yet to experience a south Italian wedding and let me just say that having so many of this type of wedding in a short span of time was intense. In the most beautiful way. And actually, I was 3 / 4. But I feel like I made up for that first one with everything I ate and drank in the latter three.
It was an absolute joy to be with all of my husband's family and friends celebrating love. Summers in Puglia are already unmatched, but throw in these special occasions and it's on another level. I feel so incredibly blessed to be able to experience this world, and have it now be my reality. Younger me would be stoked - still pinching myself that I ended up marrying into an Italian family.
I'm mainly writing this blogpost to document the craziest month of the year yet...after all, we still have our own highly anticipated wedding to come.
Fresh from my trip to California, I had one full day back home before we took off for Puglia. With a 6am flight the day of the first wedding, we were completely destroyed by the end of the ceremony. But we pushed through as we always do, and we ended up having so much fun with the cousins.
The next couple of weeks were a blur with remote work, wedding errands, and any opportunity to jump into the sea + get some sun. Like I said, it was an intense period but we relaxed the few moments we could and still managed to have a lovely time. Definitely looking forward to summers in Puglia where we can get some proper R&R.
My highlights of this trip included:
Getting all dressed up with my husband for evenings filled with food, wine and dancing
Running wedding errands with my in-laws (getting so excited for our turn!!!)
Quick dips into the sea first thing in the morning
Chocoloso and crema di caffé runs on Mario's lunch breaks
We will be ending out the summer with our wedding and I can't believe how close we are to the day! The fact that the next time we'll be in Puglia will be for that is wild - not to mention all my family + relatives and our friends as well. Summer 2024 is already the summer to remember.
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