Sweden was never on my list to visit. I had never thought of going that north, but then things changed. Cissy and Andy booked me for their wedding in Uppsala, a small town close to Stockholm, Sweden. On the one side I was a bit nervous, because I had no idea what to expect. I wasn’t sure what a traditional Swedish wedding was like and my other concern was the language. What if I didn’t understand the guests? But on the other hand, I was super excited to see a place I knew nothing about.

I waited on the train station, thousands of miles from home, having no idea what to expect. Then Cissy came around the corner. I immediately knew it was her, because she was smiling from ear to ear and waving her hands in the air. And those friendly blue eyes and big smile made me feel at ease right away!

We headed over to Krusenberg Herrgard (out in the countryside), the estate where the wedding was going to take place. We drove past green fields and beautiful red barns. It looked like something out of a movie.

Along the way, Cissy told me about her and Andy. She is a Swedish girl, but her family moved to the UK when she was young. She went off to study Mandarin and ended up working in China where she still lives. Andy on the other hand, is a UK boy, but also ended up working in China. And the question: How did these two meet each other in China? Well, as I heard in the speeches, Andy was recruiting people for a position at the company he was working for. Then someone told him about Cissy, a beautiful blond Swedish girl, and even though he was only allowed to employ Chinese girls, he still met up with her :) And that’s how their story began.

Cissy and Andy chose this beautiful estate, because Cissy’s parents got married there way back. The estate is next to a lake with lots of apple trees around. They chose to spend the day in a relaxed way, with friends and family from all around the world. And when I say “all around the world”, I literally mean it! They had friends from China, Sweden, UK, Dubai, Australia and many other countries. Lucky for me, it ended up being an international wedding and all the guests spoke English.

The cherry on top was when the sun peeped out during the ceremony and created a beautiful summer wedding in the Swedish countryside. It made me think of when Cissy’s friends said: “When you spend a day with Cissy, it’s like a day with a little bit of sunshine.”