Presents

Some keen people have already been asking about what we would like for our wedding present and it’s a ripe time to answer.

We don’t want stereotypical wedding presents. We don’t want ‘things’ for three reasons. First, we don’t expect people from outside of Poland (not just England but also Belgium, Germany, Hungary and Slovenia) to bring such bulky wedding gifts with them. You will have the chance to bring an antique wardrobe or a 42” TV at a later date. ;) Second, we have the basics of what we need. Third, we don’t want to go beyond the basics as we haven’t yet decided where to live in the medium- or long-term so we don’t want to collect loads of stuff which then we can’t take with us.

Instead we want you to help us with memories.

We want to go on a memorable honeymoon. We are thinking of going on a safari and would like you to give us money to help us in our dream.

Please don’t think this is a cynical request for money. We will use all the money for the safari; if there is any left over, we will put it to one side for some things in the future. It certainly won’t get lost in the monthly accounts.

As this is the twenty-first century, we also ask for this to be transferred direct to our accounts instead of being given in hard cash on the day. Cash has the big risk of being lost (or worse) so we’d like to avoid that. We have accounts in the UK and Poland to pay this into (for those of you outside of the UK and Poland, you can give us a gift however you choose). The details are as follows:

UK: Account number 38 82 91 00, sort code 07-44-56 (account in the name of Martin Gowans)

Poland: 93 1090 1056 0000 0000 0603 0510

Next we will write more about what to expect on the day itself :)