It was a really happy part of my work week when I wrote emails to the finalists for our Love Poetry Competition. We launched the competition world wide, asking writers to send us their poems about love, with it's ups and downs, it's romance, it's hurts, it's passion, it's tenderness... in fact we gave them free reign to write about any topic with love as a central theme.
The entried were submitted to our judging panel, and the top three scoring poems are now on our website, for our visitors to vote on. The winner will recieve our top prize of $200, as well as having their poem published in the next issue of our Wedding and Guest Guide of Spain.
Which is your favourite? Scroll down our homepage to read the poems, and vote for your favourite in our poll.
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Las Vegas is almost as well known for it's spontaneous, wacky weddings as it is for it's casinos. So it is no surprise that the new European entertainment complex to be built in Spain, and based on the famous American 'sin city' may include weddings chapels to cater to a similar trend.
The new city is to be build in a stretch of desert in Aragon, East Spain, and plans include 32 hotels, 5 theme parks, a stadium and conference centre. Plenty of places to choose from to hold a wedding and reception, even without wedding chapels!
The city's location is close to the Zaragoza airport, which offers low cost flights from several airlines. No doubt we will see wedding planners across Spain offering packages to this location as soon as it is completed. Official plans will be released in the next few weeks, and we will keep you posted with any tentative completion dates.
After literally months and over 100 meetings Gran Canaria Weddings and Celebrations SL has managed to persuade the authorities in Gran Canaria to make it easier for couples either wishing to get legally married or have civil partnerships anywhere on the Island
Before the changes were made, if a couple wished to be married here they would have to visit 3 separate occasions in one year to complete paperwork and fulfil residency requirements which was ridiculous, expensive and off putting
Couples of the same sex were also told they couldnt have their love for each other legally done as tourists here as they were told that gay marriage wasnt valid outside Spain!
So Gran Canaria Weddings then tackled that issue and established that people were being told the wrong information by the local authorities, and we have confirmation now that a Gay Marriage in Spain is legally recognised as a Civil Partnership in the UK and other european countries where the union of a gay couple is legally recognised as well, which is a welcome boost for an Island which is a mecca for Gay Couples as well due to its liberal views and openeess for all people
Under the new arrangements, Gran Canaria Weddings and Celebrants is able to present all of the legal documents on behalf of the couples using a power of attorney type system and thus saving the couples considerable amounts of money as well.
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If you subscribe to our e-zine (and you should!) then you will already have heard the news that our Photo Gallery is now live.
You can see folders of images from suppliers, as well as some albums of weddings in Spain. We will be constantly adding folders to this feature, to show scenery of Spain, wedding images, and more images from our suppliers.
The Photo Gallery feature is quite easy to use... simply select a folder from the drop down menu on the right. Once the images are loaded, you can drag and drop the thumbnail polaroid images into the big screen to see the full size image.
Thumbnails of all images that you have viewed are stored on the right hand side of the menu, letting you put together images of wedding dresses, bridal jewellery, and locations to get an overall feel for how your wedding might look.
Want to show off your own photographs from your wedding in Spain? Drop us a line, and we'll be happy to add a folder for your real life wedding. Share your wedding photos with other brides on our site, and family and freinds.
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"brides are showing alot of interest in bridal gowns with coloured trim. This Alfred Angelo bridal gown (see image to the left) is our best seller this year and with 46 different colour varieties we have sold, ivory/burgundy and ivory/champagne as our best sellers but also the more unusual white with black trim and ivory / brown.
