Gifts of love and engagement are exchanged within the young couple, and the parents discuss financial and organizational details about the wedding. It is done with music and food on any previously appointed day. After that, all the details of the wedding preparation were faxed and finalized with our parents, air tickets to Bulgaria and hotel in Plovdiv for Jaap's family were booked, and we were ready to fly from California to Bulgaria for our wedding. In Bulgaria it is considered that the wedding starts way before the nuptial. According to the old tradition, the preparation of the wedding accessories are festive events.
People gather in order to work and have a good time with music and dances.
Nowadays, most of the preparation activities are business-like chores people try to squeeze into their busy schedules. Jaap and I wanted to observe the old tradition and tum into celebration as many of the wedding events as possible. We picked them up on the day before the wedding so they were fresh and crispy. Thee two wedding breads were the central pieces of display and amazement during bachelor's evening on Friday. Our wedding clothes were one of the few non-ethnic elements of the happiest day of ours.