We arrived at Siobhan and Bartek's (the Bride and Groom) 3rd floor apartment (view below) , where the girls went off to get their hair done of course, leaving the guys to wander around the nearby streets, and through a dodgy Polish market.  I managed to find a supermarket of sorts and buy a drink and some bread, but that was about as exciting as it got.

The reception was held in what was normally a stylish Italian restaurant, where the main courses were beef or salmon! (The beef was excellent).  The speeches took quite a while due to the necessary translation, but after all the formalities, the partying began.

Drinking a variety of wine's, vodka and beer we had a great time until winding up around 3am.  The taxi ride back to town seemed to go much quicker, but that might have had something to do with the alcohol. 

The day after (late in the afternoon thankfully), Bartek's parents hosted a BBQ at their house.  It was a reasonably subdued affair, and everyone retired early for some well deserved sleep.  The next day some of us would be flying back to Dublin for wedding part 2!

On Saturday evening there was another lovely ceremony and reception for all the Irish friends and family who were unable to make it to Poland. There was more drinking, dancing and general partying to be done. Unfortunately, by the time Monday came round I had to head back to London on my Ryanair flight.  A great weekend, but unfortunately I was back to work far too quickly!