When your friends invite you to their wedding in a literal castle, you say yes!
Ok, so we would have said yes even if it wasn’t in a castle. Not the point.
Our road trip culminated at Château du Val, which is located just outside the tiny town of Saint-Just in the Brittany region of France.
Before I get to the wedding festivities I would like to take a moment and acknowledge the ‘French-people-eat-baquettes-all-the-time’ stereotype. Well, friends. Sometimes stereotypes are there for a reason. Please let me introduce to you the 24-hour baguette vending machine!
We didn’t use the vending machine since there was an open grocery store 200 meters away, but now I’m having regrets and thinking I should have just bought a baguette for shits & giggles…
Anyway, I digress.
The wedding was a three-day extravaganza, with guests of the bride & groom (Sarah & Barend, by the way), coming from all over – the Netherlands (his family), Ireland (her family), England, Germany*, America (& not just us!), South Africa, and Australia. Both Sarah & Barend used to work in the yachting industry, which is how they met and how they ended up with friends spread across the globe!
*sorry Chelly & Christian – I don’t know how I forgot our weekend roommates!
It was a fantastic three days spent with great people, great food, and great scenery!
I basically took zero pictures – no service, phone was always dead. So, generous thanks to those who donated photos to the WhatsApp group. Hope you don’t mind I stole some. 😉
Sarah’s entrance. 
The ring bearer, Luna.
A cheese-cake… get it!? 
Authentic Brittany-style pancakes. 
A full moon on the night of the wedding!
Gefeleciteerd, Sarah & Barend!
Tot ziens,
The Shwits 