I wish I could tell you that I spent a week there eating authentic food while gazing at beautiful men, but um... It wasn't quite like that. Not even close.
My tender hearted, gorgeous, amazon sister-friend, Allie, got married to a sweet, Jesus loving guy named, Memo. They met during her missionary service in Iztapalapa, Mexico, and the rest is history.
When Allie called to tell me the news I was so thrilled!
But when she told me that the wedding would be in Mexico and that she wanted me to be her maid of honor, my heart sank a little.
How was I going to tell her that I couldn't come because of financial reasons? Before I could even speak, she informed me that her parents were paying my way and were taking care of everything else.
I was so grateful and so excited to get to see where she had been living for the past 2 years and to meet the people she had been talking about in her emails.
When I arrived at the airport I was THRILLED to be greeted by a bunch of tall humans.
Allie is tall, about my height, and her family ranges from average to about 6'2. But then, her neighbors were also attending the wedding and I'm talking guys who were 6'4 and 6'7.
It was so nice to travel and be grouped with other giant individuals who have the same struggles with flying on airplanes with limited leg room.
We arrived Saturday night at around 7:30PM. Allie's wedding was at 5:30PM on Sunday.
Cue the Home Alone music when they're late to the airport.
Dinner ended at 10:30.
Allie's sisters and I stayed at her apartment and put bouquets together and did some last minute things until we all fell asleep at about 3:30AM
We arose around 7 the next morning, we were definitely tired and so incredibly thirsty. (You can't drink the water in Iztapalapa, and Al was out of fresh bottled water)
One thing that is incredibly different about Iztapalapa is that there are food venders on EVERY street corner. So naturally, when we walked out of Al's apt, we took about 200 steps before we reached a fresh orange juice vender.
He squeezed the oranges right in front of us with a steel press and pure the juice into a clear plastic bag, He then placed a straw in the bag and tied a not. The juice was so fresh and sweet. It was a perfect start. We then all bought bottled water and rehydrated.
After that, we were in go mode until Allie walked down the aisle.
A few highlights include:
1. Allie's fiancé locked the keys in the getaway car2. The wedding party was booked to stay at a honeymoon hotel(Because prostitution is so rapid at regular hotels, and this one was nicer). There were see-thru showers, mood-lighting under the bed, gold glitter floors, and porn on almost every channel... I shared a room with Allie's aunt. Very interesting
3. Allie put on her make-up as we were heading to the wedding
4. We did not get to rehearse the wedding... people pointed to tell the wedding party where to walk
5. We couldn't speak to most people at the wedding because of the language barrier, therefore, there was a lot smiling
6. The getaway car was decorated in a sombrero and mustache
7. Mexican Coke...so much Mexican coke
8. They had a pan flute band and played the lion king and titanic
9. Every. single. Mexican knew how to dance
10. The mountains in the background
11.When I cut a fresh hydrangea out of the garden for Allie's bouquet
12. When Allie's fiancé forgot his vows
13. When we got the 15 passenger stick shift van stuck on a hill on a major road way
14. When we realized that Allie's elderly neighbors had probably stumbled onto the porn channels
15. When Allie's dad clogged the toilet because you can't flush TP in Mexico
Overall, it was the craziest wedding I have ever been apart of and also my favorite. I wouldn't have changed that experience for anything.
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