Friday Night Cocktails on the Beach

The night before the wedding Matteo made a reservation at a restaurant on the beach near Rome for appetizers & cocktails at sunset. This is us with Matteo's family....

This is us with my family.....

and all the brothers and sisters.

then all the girls (but where is Vittoria?)

The Perry's In Rome

I was so happy that my Grandmother, Aunt Susan & Uncle Greg were able to come over for the wedding. They arrived on Thursday morning and we had a big family dinner all together in the garden of our house.

I love this picture of all the Grandmothers: Nonna Mima, Memom, & Nonna Agnese.

These are of course the beautiful mothers.....

And Me with Jennifer and Vittoria, serving dessert

Rosalyn, Camille, Memom and Susan

Last Dress Fitting

The Wednesday before the wedding, Momma, Vittoria (Matteo's mother),
Rosalyn, Camille & Jennifer all piled in the car to make the long and dangerous drive accross Rome to try on my dress for the last time. Not only did we get lost, but it took us 1 hour to find a parking space outside the botique. Welcome to Rome where you will NEVER find a big empty parcking lot or a street that isn't jam packed with 6 million hatch-back cars that are waiting to steal you parking place. We were all soooo HOT (did I mention Europeans are afraid of AC?) and hungry after our, what should have been 2 hour outing, turned half a day experience. The short dress-maker-lady is Gabriella.... she's a fun story for another day. This is a video, but I'm not good at uploading them yet, so if it's just a picture, sorry:)