It’s June and brides are everywhere in the city of Eternal Love!
In fact, in recent days, the international press has been exclaiming over photos of Tom Hanks helping a bride get to her wedding. It seems that her path was blocked by the crew filming Angels & Demons here in Rome, so Tom stepped in to escort the bride through the mayhem. Click here if you must. We can’t be bothered.
We’re more interested in those Roman brides who have already made it to the church on time and are now on to bigger and better things—namely the taking of wedding photographs. On a warm summer day in the Eterna, it’s common to see wedding parties posing in front of ancient monuments, a ritual suggesting that the “for better or worse” deal isn’t valid unless Roma herself is a witness.
Last week, Susan Sanders caught just such a wedding party taking a break on the slopes of the Capitoline. The bride bends to sip from a fountain spouting water brought to Rome by the ancient Aqua Marcia, while her eternal love chivalrously holds her bouquet.
For more photos of Rome by Susan, visit her photo blog: Rome With A View.
