My flowers were stunning. Even prettier than the photo I sent. I couldn't have been happier.
We had our wedding dinner here and we very pleased. We had five courses and Italian wedding cake (which was probably one course too many). The cost for eight people with five bottles of wine was 721E which I felt was a very good value.
He was a likable person and comfortable to be around. His English was just OK and he relied on the videographer for most of the communication. He gave us very little direction about posture, hand placement, etc. At some point after Mark told him I snowboarded he started showing us his portfolio which included shots of snowboarders. While I would have normally liked to see him, I would have preferred to be taking photos of visiting with my guests at this particular time. The three photos he sent us the next day for our wedding announcement were not good and we used a photo a friend took with her iPhone for the electronic wedding announcement. The CD of wedding photos arrived early which was great. There were several photos that were very good. There were also several photos that I felt would have been spectacular if he’d just given us a little direction. He took several photos that would have been wonderful if one of us hadn’t been talking, for example. We paid a deposit of $269USD when we booked and we paid the balance of 643 euros the day of the wedding.
We booked this single violinist 1.5 – 2 hours. 230 euros. I told him I did not want to hear “here comes the bride” or the “wedding march” but would otherwise would like him to choose and arrange the music for the processional, signing of the register, and recessional. Something classic, beautiful and preferably Italian. I also asked him to select the music for the aperitifs at Bar Boccaccio. He was wonderful.
I pretty much gave him free reign to play want he wanted to.
We had a champagne toast on their patio bar across the street immediately following the ceremony. 6 euros per person. They did a very nice job.
Jo Bertolino was our wedding planner and overall she did a very good job and I would recommend her.