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Luchonda    
"You may say i'm a dreamer - but please join me"


Real Name: Luc Van Elst
Lives In: Gent, BE
Member Since: May 24, 2001
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Luchonda's Albums
Title [Click to view]Travel YearPictures
Taking pictures of people all over this world- 8
Picturing people all over the world- 8
My pearls - seen by Fred - her friend !- 8
A "Royal Wedding" in Merelbeke/Ghent/Belgium- 8
A few weeks later - my granddaughter Sam- 8

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A "Royal Wedding" in Merelbeke/Ghent/Belgium

by Luchonda - last update: Aug 8, 2006

July 2006

Kim & Fred in "The Van Acker Park"
A special day in my and their life, Sam - Kim - Fred and the close family walked through the Park - a glorious moment.
The rings of love and faith

Merelbeke- a day to remember

A renovated city of halls, erected on 20/11/1999
Did you know that wedding rings are traditionally worn on the left ring finger because it was believed that the vein in that finger went straight to the heart? Nowadays, the tradition still exists even though modern medical technology has proven the belief wrong. Another tradition is, after the ceremony, women transfer their engagement ring from the left hand to their right so they can wear the wedding ring on the left finger.

A traditional storm of rice in Merelbeke

Info from the net :
Since early Roman times some grain - usually wheat - has been associated with the wedding ceremony.

The basis for the predominant theory as to why rice and other grains, such as wheat, have played a prominent role in marriage ceremonies for centuries, is that they are fraught with symbolism of fertility and of prosperity. By throwing rice at the bride and groom at a wedding, guests symbolically wish them a lifetime full of these blessings.

Historically, in certain primitive tribal cultures, the mere act of supping on rice together bound a couple in matrimony, as eating this local food together implied their living together. In other cultures, the symbolic eating of rice together preceded a shower of rice over the married couple.

Perhaps the most curious use of rice in the wedding ceremony, was its use in some cultures not to unite the happy couple, but to feed the uninvited evil spirits who always attended the ceremony. The rationale behind this practice was to ward off evil, as well-fed evil spirits would bring no harm to the blissful couple.
To ward off evil and a symbol of fertility
Special Transport

Kim, Fred in a Citroen dated 1927

The Citroen 1927 is not exactly " A traction Avant" But nevertheless a dream car for special occassions. The Traction Avant itself was a vehicle of revolutionary design and hailed by the press when it makes its debut in 1934.
It is "so new, so bold, so full of original ideas, so different from what has gone before"
Freaks, we are talking about a car - builded 80 years ago - no ABS, GPS and safety bags, pure mechanical, no electronics.
Time goes fast.

Congrats on your wedding

A walk in the park in Destelbergen. The "Van Acker Park" - a surprice for the invitees from Germany (my close family) - I never noticed that Destelbergen has to offer that much greens. Absolutly a highlight.
The bridge in the park
Private wedding

Priest

This priest is so unique and always welcome in the family, at any occasion
BTW The family De Mey still have a son and daughter to be ....
I'm looking forward ....

Kim and Fred

No milk today ? But Champ ! And as a present a wedding night in the Sofitel Hotel in the old center of Ghent. They will never tell us the true story what happened that night - but they are right. We just knew that breakfast was included and a bottle of champ was on the right temperature - cool and refreshing.
Fred & Kim
Coming home being just married - surprise !

Congrats

All the best to the couple
Girl, I just love you and Fred, so both, and you are a woman now ( Neil Diamond ) all the luck.

Luchonda's Albums
Title [Click to view]Travel YearPictures
Taking pictures of people all over this world- 8
Picturing people all over the world- 8
My pearls - seen by Fred - her friend !- 8
A "Royal Wedding" in Merelbeke/Ghent/Belgium- 8
A few weeks later - my granddaughter Sam- 8

Comments for Luchonda about World
B_Caro Wed Jul 23, 2008 19:19 UTC
 Bedankt Luc ! hoe gaat het met de kleinkinderen ?
WorldMeet2008 Mon Jul 21, 2008 16:07 UTC
 Your next trip? Make it really unique! It's not too late to attend WM08 - Jerusalem, Tel Aviv & Dead- Sea on 25- 28th Sept (+Petra 29-30th). We want to double the num of attendees to 100! Click to learn where, when, what, how, how much! Avi [FruitLover].
ranger49 Sun Jul 20, 2008 09:36 UTC
 Hello Luc, Thanks for visiting my Camaret pages - glad you liked them.We thought it mght be just a "Bucket & Spade " holiday with 3 small grandchildren along but the Crozon peninsula has so much more to offer! Cheers from Wales.
Kuznetsov_Sergey Wed Jul 16, 2008 17:47 UTC
 Thank you Luc for visiting and kind comment on my Athens page! Really my long-long Greek VT-pages making comes to its end and I left a page about Athens to complete this job, ufff ha-ha!
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