Back to Reality.... Feet on the Ground with Head in the Clouds

Wow.

After an amazing couple of weeks I now have my feet firmly replanted on the ground (as of yesterday, so maybe still a little shaky!) My head however hasn't quite returned yet, it's full of happy memories and daydreams.

On 24th May C and I tied the knot.... It all seems such a dream now but it truly was wonderful. So relaxed and happy, and our guests seemed to enjoy it too (always a good thing!). Everyone commented on how personal it was (I'd done quite a lot of crafting, and we made elderflower champagne and homebrewed beer for the reception drinks). It was just magical, I'm still processing it all to be honest, but hope to write more about it in another post in the future. We are waiting for the photos to come back but have seen previews, our photographer is amazing and has captured some lovely natural pictures, we didn't have a lot of group photos as we wanted people to eat, drink and be merry. And enjoy the garden games we'd hired :)

2 days later we flew off to the Austrian Alps for our honeymoon. Sadly the weather wasn't great, but we walked a lot (my legs still hurt) and climbed a few mountains... I pretended I was in the Sound of Music most of the time, but I think C wasn't entirely surprised at that! It truly was beautiful, we were by a lake in the midst of lots of mountains, in a town called Maurach. Lots of beer, bratkartoffeln (fried potatoes, my favourite food in the entire world) and just getting used to being hitched. Bliss.

The sheer vastness of the mountains is really rather humbling. Nature truly is magnificent.

We went to Innsbruck, the nearest city, one day. It was lovely, surrounded by mountains (which we didn't realise until the clouds had lifted!)

Ahem. yes, as the last two pictures suggest I managed to find a wool shop in Innsbruck, much to C's annoyance! He was very reasonable and accepted that I needed to buy some wool to make a honeymoon memento or two (after some persuasion). The shop was full of woolly goodness but I finally opted for what I think is an Italian brand. A mixture of wool, acrylic, alpaca and something else it's really light and soft, with a light silvery tinge running through it. I'm thinking a shawl, or cowl perhaps. I bought three of each colour, it's 50g a ball but 150m in length. Hmmm decisions decisions...

But a truly beautiful thing is that now the wedding is over I can crochet whatever I want! As much as I enjoyed making our lovely decorations, my fingers were starting to itch for other projects. I should probably return to my PhD first though.... reality is calling....

But before I do I am off to delve into Blogland to catch up on what everyone has been up to in my absence :) sorry supervisors....