Wedding Venue...Moooore or less selected

I love google images. You can be as specific as you want, and you usually get exactly what you needed, but didn't know it existed yet. For example today, I was making an "American Flag" video and googled "American Flag Crying Eagle".

See Below:

It's absolutely majestic!



So with that in mind, I decided to post a few pictures of the venue towards which the F.H. and I are leaning.

It's a historic Jewish Temple located in the heart of Ghent called: Ohef Sholom. Yes with two "o's".

Our journey to Ohef first began with my googling of conversion classes in the area.

I came upon a couple of Temples, only to be dismayed by the outdated graphics or funky layouts of their pages. Then came the Ohef Sholom site, and I though, "Haven't we Met?"

In fact this very same temple was the site of one notorious "Casino Night" that I played with the Rhythm Kings. It's not really notorious; I just thought that sounded nice and dramatic...

Anywho, I emailed the woman to ask her some intro questions, and she invited us to come to the soonest class we could make. (That will be this coming Sunday).

But I couldn't wait...

The day after New Year's (Also known as January 2) we set off on a journey to Ghent. I got us lost, of course, because I can't navigate Norfolk any better than I could navigate my new school on the first day. But we finally found it thanks to the Mapplication on my phone.

It. Is. Gorgeous.

And that's just from the outside.

We walked around thinking "there's no way we're going to get in here" when low and behold a jolly-looking man comes out of the double glass doors. He definitely had a monosyllabic name that, of course, I can't remember now, but he took us on a tour of the whole building.

And that is when we fell in love.

So I googled some pics to highlight the pros of this awesome building.

1. Adorably historical:



There is no shortage of awesome Judaica hanging from these walls. 

2. The actual worship hall/sanctuary is massive, amazing and charming while awe-striking.

The colours are all white and green, which i think will compliment our Black and White well...



3. Space is not an issue

Even though this is from a Bat Mitzvah, you can tell that the Social hall can become quite an event space. With the stage and 250+ capacity, it is absolutely perfect.

And if that weren't enough:

Need I say more?