One of the classic statements leading up to the wedding came from our friend David Linn, who was quoted as saying, ‘why do we have to go all the way to Scotland to hang out with people from Dundas?’ For us, hanging out with people from Canada was definitely one of the highlights of the wedding.It was really fun when we started bumping into people from Dundas in strange locations in Scotland. We bumped into Matthew and Leslie in the Glasgow Queen Street train station. It was so unexpected to see them, at first we didn’t recognize who they were. We then rode the train with them to Oban. We had a nice time wandering around Oban with Matthew, Leslie, Margaret and Greg. Although it was funny, if you put your back to the sea, and just looked up and down the main street of Oban you could easily mistake it for Dundas. Had we really travelled all this way to end up in the same spot?
The next morning we woke up and made our way to the ferry terminal. However, while wheeling our suitcases along the streets of Oban we were almost run over by David and Susan Linn. What a small world! What are you doing here? We waved and exchanged brief pleasantries and continued on our way. Shortly after arriving at the ferry terminal we ran into Jim and Susan. And, who’s that over there? It’s Bregje, Pleun’s friend who we met in Amsterdam! The excitement about the wedding was reaching a new level. With each new person we ran into we kept getting more and more excited!
We had a fun ferry ride across from Oban to Craignure on the isle of Mull. And then a very picturesque bus ride from Craignure to Fionnphort. Our gaggle of Jim, Susan, Bregje, Margaret, Greg, Brent and I were just about to embark on the ferry across to Iona when we spotted the bride and groom!
So this was it, the wedding weekend had begun. People were arriving, the festive mode was beginning. Over the next day or so the ferry kept bringing over new groups of wedding guests. We attended a service at the Abbey, we strolled around the island and got acquainted with the sheep. Brent and I also spent Saturday with our gang of fellow decorators at the village hall and helped turn it into a magical spot.
