Ann & Freddie

ARE MARRIED

Dear Guests,

This website presents information useful for guests attending our wedding.

The wedding will take place at 11:30am on 4th July 2015 in the City Hall in Mechelen, Belgium and will be followed by a reception and a dinner and dance party which will take place at De Witte Meren in Keerbergen, Belgium.

We advise out-of-town guests to arrive Friday, 3rd July 2015 and plan to stay until Sunday, 5th July. This will give you the opportunity to take part in all events.

Use the links on your left to find detailed information about the different activities, addresses, hotels, transportation, general advice, etc. including the online RSVP form. Please visit each page of our wedding website before completing the RSVP form.

We also advise guests to spend extra time in Belgium and learn to love this small country. Do some sightseeing. Explore medieval cities such as Bruges. Visit Anwerp's diamond district, which is dominated by Jewish dealers and appreciate the art nouveau architecture in Antwerp. Spend time in Brussels, the capital city of Europe and home to NATO and the UN. Go hiking in Wallonia, the French region of Belgium, which is more rural and hilly. Visit the sandy beaches at the Belgian coast. Or just enjoy the culinary side of Belgium with its wide range of Belgian beers, each served in their own special glass, and delicious local dishes, or the more famous (but less healthy) dishes such as chips with mayonnaise from a “frietkot”, mussels with fries, Belgian chocolates (pralines), Belgian waffles with strawberries and whipped cream or a "Waffle de Liege", which is a waffle with big chunks of sugar and Freddie’s all time favourite. Mechelen has a nice location and is well-connected to the major cities by train.

Information for tourists: http://www.visitbelgium.com/

If you would like to learn about Mechelen, the city where we will get married, please visit this wikipedia webpage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechelen

Please know that we will be leaving on our mini-honeymoon to France on Monday, 6th July.

We truly hope you can join us on our wedding day and we will do our upmost to make your trip to Belgium worthwhile!

With love,

Ann and Freddie

Wedding Ceremony

The wedding ceremony, which lasted about 15 minutes, was held on Saturday 4th July 2015 from 11:30 to 11:45 in the City Hall in Mechelen.

We were overwhelmed by the amount of people that showed up for the ceremony! Thank you all for being there! We felt like celebrities - never before had so many people taken so many pictures of us. What an experience!

To make it convenient for our guests, we had organized a shuttle from the City Hall in Mechelen to De Witte Meren in Keerbergen, where the wedding reception took place. We noticed from the pictures that some of you quickly bought some ice cream before boarding the bus - we can't blame you, it was one of the hottest days in Belgium's history.

We would like to give special thanks to our witnesses, Geert Ooms, Peter Ooms, John Batten and Craig Sim. 

Geert also acted as a tour guide on the bus and we have been told by many that he did a fabulous job! Thank you Geert. 

Peter made excellent video's and we are forever grateful for that because these video's will be viewed over and over and over again! Thank you Peter.

We also would like to thank Ann's niece, Lara Ooms, for being the flower girl and Michiel Ooms, Ann's nephew and godchild, for being the ring bearer and their mom, Sarah Ooms, for her kind support!

We would also like to thank Rebecca White, maid of honor,  for all her assistance and support throughout the day! We could not have done it without you, Beckske, and we will always remember what you did for us! 

And last but not least, we would like to thank Francine and Roger, Ann's parents and Freddie's parents-in-law, for their love and support, for making us feel welcome in Keerbergen at any time and for always being there when we need them.