My First Israeli Wedding

I don't really know why I titled it that.  It sounds like I'm implying that I'm going to more weddings in Israel which I don't think I am this year.  It kinda sounds like the title of that movie, My Big Fat Greek Wedding... Anyway, I just got back from Gili and Ori's wedding that I went to tonight.  Gili is my second cousin by marriage, I think, or something along those lines.  She's the one I told you about in my Efrat post, so if you forgot, go check it out.
I left my dorm at about 4:00 (16:00) and I went to their grandma, Savta's apartment where we would be picked up and driven to the wedding.  I was there once before and I kinda remembered it.  Her apartment has the first elevator that was ever in a building in Jerusalem.  We had to wait a little bit for our ride to come, so we just sat and talked a little bit about her kids and her grandchildren and how excited she was for the wedding.  Millie, Gili's mother and two of her siblings came to pick us up. It was about a half hour drive and the whole time, Millie seemed really calm even though her daughter was about to get married.
When we got there, I said hi and talked to for a little bit all of the cousins that I knew.  I also met Avner, the Avital's brother that I hadn't met yet, see post "Shabbat at the Goldschmidts," and I met his wife, his two little daughters and his son who was still a baby.  I then started to go around to check out the buffet.  All the food was really good, especially after eating only food from the school for the past two weeks.  Now I'm not saying that the food there is bad, I'm just saying that food at a wedding is much better. I ate sushi, breaded meat balls, little pita sandwiches, and a bunch of other yummy stuff.
We then went outside for the chuppah where they would actually get married.  It was cold outside but we were out there for a very short amount of time, unlike the very long time it takes in America for people to get married. Then everybody went inside to eat more.  I had this really good chicken dish that I would recommend to everybody if I had any idea of what it was called. Then there was dancing.  They only made me dance for a few minutes but then I was able to escape.  I don't know what I'm going to do when it comes to my wedding because I really don't like dancing. Everyone was so happy and having so much fun and surprisingly even the boys were pretty good dancers.
Then we ate some more and danced some more and then there was desert.  I had some chocolate stuff and a piece of cake that I only took because the icing part looked really yummy.  I also had a clementine, and someone thought it was strange that I was eating a clementine at a wedding so they asked me if we have clementines in America, and I said yes, we do. After desert there was a very cute Shrek themed slideshow and a dance put on by Gili's siblings. At about 11:00 it was time to go home, but I didn't have a ride because Savta was staying in Efrat, so I hitchhiked.  No, I didn't really, but I eventually ended up getting a ride home with one of Yehuda and Millie's friends.  I had a really fun time at the wedding and all of the family back in America was missed.  Shalom V'lehitraot!