RE Wedding #6

Apparently we're good at putting things off for our upcoming wedding and now we're left with only 4 months and 4 days with still a handful not finalized (or worse, started). I'm pretty sure the next few months are gonna go by in a blink, but before then I thought I'd at least share some details on the venue!

When Raymund and I got engaged in June last year, we decided on the church first, which I guess was the only non-negotiable in our list. It has to be at Caleruega. When I was younger I thought I wanted to get married at St Peter Parish at Commonwealth, especially since I had witnessed it being built and that it was patterned after St Peter's Basilica in Rome. Then eventually I decided I might get married at the Cathedral of Good Shepherd instead, which is our parish church in Fairview, and where I've received my First Communion and Confirmation.

I first went to Caleruega in 2008 and immediately fell in love with the place. The following year I went there again with Raymund and my parents and I guess at the time we already knew where we'd want to get married if we ever do. :) Whenever we go to Tagaytay I'd always try to squeeze in a visit to the church.

With UP friends Daniel and Crazy

The reception venue was a result of the date and time that we chose for our wedding. We initially wanted to have an outdoor reception, which was why Hacienda Isabella was the top choice but then we assumed it would be hard to get there at night, and also as we later found out, it had already been booked by someone else. Splendido was a 10-15min drive from the church, and easy to locate too. We thought an indoor wedding, while it wouldn't give us the chance to have the 'string of light bulbs' kind of lighting we wanted, would give us peace of mind in case the weather doesn't cooperate. We booked the function rooms at Splendido Country Club, which was only recently opened last year (this isn't the usual venue at Splendido - that one's the golf club function hall). Here are some screenshots and links to panoramic views of the place:

http://www.virtualphilippines.net/Panoramas/Splendido/Splendido_Viewdeck_Interior.html

http://www.virtualphilippines.net/Panoramas/Splendido/Splendido_Country_Club_Elevated.html

http://www.virtualphilippines.net/Panoramas/Splendido/Splendido_Country_Club_Fountain.html

The event is quite late and is expected to end at midnight, so it would be nice to have guests stay overnight in Tagaytay. :) Raymund suggested a 'champagne breakfast' (something we had once whilst in Sydney) to convince guests to do so. :D It's nothing fancy really, just egg, bacon, toast and champagne with strawberries instead of coffee. Let's see if that pushes through or if he can get champagne at all. :p

That's it for now folks. Will try to post more about the wedding, and now that we have an event page set up in FB, will just post a link to future wedding blog entries there. Til my next post!