Polish Wedding Reception

First, read my post from yesterday that explained some about the reception. That will offer some perspective for this post.

Post wedding in our church approved outfits.

The building in the back was clearly built during the communist times.

Another family photo

Ready to toast the bride and groom (it's juice)

While we were eating the band would come in and play. We were often literally dancing in our chairs.

You can see part of the dessert table in the back. The band would often come in wearing crazy hats or something else interesting to keep the day(s) festive.

In America it's not uncommon to have someone walk around with a bread basket at a fancy dinner. Look closely, that is a vodka basket. There were people who spent the entire time walking around making sure no one ran out of vodka. I can't even imagine how many bottles they went through.

This is on day two. The wheelbarrow had working lights and horn. It was used in some of the activities the night before after we had gone to bed. The second day is more casual, but still dressy.

Wheelbarrow rides are awesome.

We can't let the kids have all the fun.

There were more kids on the second day and of course Sweet Daughter made new friends. 

The second day was actually just like the first. A full meal every other hour with dancing on the off hours. Sometimes we would sneak away from the meals to dance when it was much more calm in the ballroom.

Can you tell how much fun she is having?

Second day entire family photo. 

Interesting fact - the bride and groom wear a tux/wedding dress both days, but they are different. That's right, the bride has to buy two different wedding dresses.

This was the room above the reception hall where we stayed. Our introverted child asked to spend some extra time up here reading quietly. That sounded wonderful to me (I'm also an introvert). The other child just didn't want to miss out on reading time.