At the end of last month, I had my wedding ceremony in France. My husband is French, so we decided to have the wedding in France and we invited families and relatives of both sides to the ceremony. As for my family, my parents, my uncle and my aunt came to France to celebrate our union, and we also did some sightseeing with them in Paris before the wedding.
What surprised me the most is how many photos they took. Especially my aunt who is over 60 but is very good at using her smart-phone, took more than 1,000 photos with it. Every time we visited new places, the first thing they did was taking pictures. They took various kinds of photos such as scenery, buildings, people, food, etc… Of course even during the wedding ceremony she continued to take lots of pictures, so thanks to her we could get a lot of photos of our ceremony.
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After the sightseeing in Paris and our wedding ceremony, just when I was thinking we could relax a little before going back to Japan, they got a new goal in mind: purchasing souvenirs. They bought many kinds of souvenirs like chocolate, wine, scarfs, stationary, watches, bags, toys for their grand-children, etc… As a result, the weight of their suitcase was over 23 kg, and we had to buy one new extra suitcase.
In Japan, when people go somewhere during their holidays, the custom is to buy some souvenirs (omiyage) for their family, friends, coworkers and neighbors. But it is quite a hassle to bring back lots of souvenirs because they are very heavy and buying them eats up the time we could use for sightseeing. I end up wondering: wouldn’t it be ok not to buy anything at all? But if I meet somebody to whom I already talked about my trip, and I show-up empty-handed, I feel uncomfortable as a Japanese.
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Anyway, lots of photos and souvenirs. I am very happy they had a good time during this trip.