I stumbled across this celebration outside of City Hall. M and I attended a conference reception in the building the evening before, and here I was witnessing a quite different government function.
The marriage caught my attention because of the woman tossing rice rather than the bride with her understated dress and unfussy bouquet.
French: Entre deux coeurs qui s’aiment, nul besoin de paroles.
English: Two hearts in love need no words.
–Marceline Desbordes-Valmore