We Walked Around Switzerland Dressed As Bride and Groom
We had our first fight pictured in the best photoshoot ever
When we packed our bags to travel to our honeymoon destination, we had to make room for really important pieces of clothing, our wedding outfits.
Yes, we had to squeeze a wedding dress and my suit, plus big shoes and that wasn't easy, especially because we were not interested in paying an additional fee for the extra weight.
Well, we did it and it worked.
Why the heck did we do that?
We were going to one of the most beautiful places on earth on our honeymoon. We had to have a photoshoot, right? When would we ever have this opportunity again? I plan to marry only once, and so does my wife.
We just loved walking around the city of Zermatt so much that we took it to another level. We left for our photoshoot fully dressed. Wedding dress, bow tie, the full clothing experience we had a few days before when we had sworn to love each other 'till death do us part in front of our friends and family.
The minute we stepped out of the hotel and people started congratulating us, at least I thought that is what they were doing. Many of them were speaking Schweizerdeutsch, which is a Swiss-German language — I don't even speak regular German.
It was a fun experience. We started to go up the street of our hotel and it was just a beautiful spot after the other.
The international incident
After walking for a while, we reached a very interesting spot that looked like the backyard of a house. My wife had the idea of going there because it was higher ground and it would be possible to get some photos with the Matterhorn mountain in the back.
To understand this story you have to understand that I am from Brazil. Unfortunately, if there's one thing that my country is famous for is not obeying rules. For something to be forbidden in Brazil you have to specifically put a fence or a sign and even though, there's a big chance of that being ignored.
Of course, I am exaggerating and it's not every citizen in Brazil that will break laws as a sport but there's a big part of people that do that, it's cultural. Common sense is rare on these lands.
So, with that thought in mind, I imagined that having a fence would not be necessary to explain that the grass behind a person's house should be considered personal property, therefore, we must not enter. So that's when we had our first fight.
My wife wanted to go to the backyard of this house but I didn't want to have an international incident. After a few discussions, I gave in. These were the pictures we got.
I was pissed off, worried and it wasn't fun to be feeling that way. To be honest I am not sure if that was a backyard or not. I just didn't want to deal with the possibility of breaking any laws. I don't know how things are in Switzerland and I didn't want to understand how the criminal system works there.
We stayed there for a few minutes, it was not long but it felt like hours. First, because I am not a big fan of photoshoots but I was doing it for the opportunity and my wife's happiness, and second because I was worried.
I know you're waiting for something bad to happen, right? Shame on you. Nothing bad happened. Nobody showed up and people on the street didn't seem to care about us.
After we were done, I wanted to get out of there as soon as possible and when we were back on the street, we started to look at the pictures, and wow.
It was the best photoshoot ever. The place was astonishing and apparently, my angry face made me look like those mild faces that models do, according to my wife.
It was a fun but crazy experience that ended up being of the most memorable ones of our trip.
Thank you for reading.
If you want to read more of my Switzerland series, check out the following articles:
- Switzerland — The Most Wonderful Place on Earth
- Switzerland and the Toblerone City of Zermatt
- Switzerland and the Best Pasta I Have Ever Had
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