The wedding took place on Saturday, June 5th in Czermna, a village located in a beautiful foothill area between Tarnów and Jasło in south-eastern Poland. Even though it had been constantly raining for a few weeks, the weather forecast was very optimistic. The wedding party was organized by a restaurant and everything else was also settled so we didn't have to worry about anything. The first sign that something might go wrong was on Thursday evening, when after a few hours of thunderstorm with heavy rain the local stream started raising and overflowing into the surrounding fields. Our house was on a hill so we were safe and we still hoped that this was just local and the water level would start falling down soon, as on Friday morning it was not raining any more. However soon the rain started again and the water quickly started raising and at 2 p.m. we got a message from our restaurant that it was completely flooded.

The situation looked really hopeless, but a lot of people helped us and within a few hours we had a new hall in the local school, decorations, cooks, provisions and everything else. We also managed to find another hotel for our guests but we feared that they wouldn't be able to come because many roads and bridges in the area were completely destroyed by the water. We saw houses sunk to the rooftop and people being evacuated by helicopters and it was very sad and discouraging. Just before sunset the clouds disappeared and Saturday was indeed very warm and sunny; most water drained or evaporated and the only traces were broken trees and washed out soil. Eventually everybody managed to come and later they said that both the wedding ceremony and the wedding party were great. So even though it wasn't exactly as we planned, it was an opportunity for the whole family to unite and everybody was quite impressed how we managed to overcome the difficulties.

I will publish some photos in about two weeks, when we get them from out photographer. We're planning to have a honeymoon trip to Madera in September and that's another good thing in having a wedding party in a gym hall rather than in a restaurant, because we have some money left and we can compensate all discomforts of the wedding in an all-inclusive four-stars hotel. This weekend on the other hand we are going for a short trip to Prague because the Sonishpere Festival takes place there and I want to see Metallica one more time. We could go to Warsaw as well but this city hasn't got enough infrastructure for everyday not even mentioning large concerts and after going to AC/DC concert a few weeks ago I told myself that I'd never do that again. Besides my wife has never been to Prague and I promised to take her there so it's a great opportunity. We're also planning to spend time more actively this summer, riding a bicycle and going to the swimming pool regularly. We can only hope that after two big floodings the weather in Poland will finally go back to normal. In the meantime I managed to make the first alpha release of WebIssues 1.0, which I'm very proud of, and I also have a lot of work before the final version is complete. On the other hand I'm feeling a bit tired of this project again and I'm thinking about doing another small, experimental side project for a while. Time will show how I will be able to manage all of this.