Nigerian couple, Adesola & Adeola said ‘I Do’ in Maissemy, France and we love their ‘Country classic meets Minimalism’ themed wedding. The colors of the day – white and forest green gave #EnrouteAdesh22 the perfect Nigerian wedding in France vibe. On her experience getting married in France, the bride shared “It was a challenge trying to find all the cultural vendors for the traditional wedding (Alaga, traditional drummers, etc) but it was a great challenge. Enjoyed every bit of the journey.” She also shared 10 tips to help you save when planning an intimate wedding.
Read their love story and see pictures from #EnrouteAdesh22’s Nigerian wedding in France.
How we met
We met all the way back in 2013, at the Nottingham Trent University. I had just begun my undergraduate degree while he was midway through his Master’s degree.
I think we met on BlackBerry Chat, but he says we started talking on ‘Insta-Chat’. Anyhoo, we met online. I remember moving from France to Nottingham earlier than most students, in order to have enough time to settle in and maybe get a part-time job before lecture starts.
This was the first time I was moving far away from home, so loneliness kicked in very quickly. I remember keeping myself busy with series of shopping sprees but I soon realised my bank account was not going to cope for long. Then I decided to make friends, but not a whole of people were in town yet, it was difficult to randomly / physically meet people, that’s when I thought why not try to make some new friends online?
I registered to this online app, changed my search settings to find people close to my address, and BOOM, I landed on this interesting profile of a young charming guy living about 1.6KM away from me.
I can’t remember how I started the chat but here we are today!
Over the years, it’s been a lot of travels back and forth between Europe and Africa to eventually both of us moved to a new continent entirely, and the story continues.
White Wedding
Traditional Wedding
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Vendors & Credits
- Planner: @montperious
- Gele: @glitz_by_lolu
- Bride’s makeup artist: @zainabhassanxo
- Bride’s Ondo traditional outfit: @kuluabuja
- Bride’s Kogi traditional outfit: @amnasofficial_
- Extra Makeup artists: @glambysherazade | @prissmakeup
- Photographer: @kononenko_foto
- Videographer: @mikevdkerkhof_