THE WEDDING

The setting was beautiful as was the wedding ceremony. It was held at a country club in the Chicago area. The ceremony was outdoors and the reception was indoors. Both were very tasteful and a lot of fun.

The Bride and Groom: Jamie and Paul

Cousins

These are my cousins who I met for the first time at this wedding. On the top picture are Marily and Howard. On the bottom are Bobby and Merle. Both live in the Chicago area. It was awesome talking to them about grandparents uncles aunts and cousins that we all know and discovering exactly how we were related.

The Rubenstein Clan

Beth Paul and Liessa having a great time at the wedding.

For the second half of our summer vacation we went to Sundara Resort and Spa located in the backwoods of the Wisconsin Dells. Sundara is Sanskrit and means beautiful. It's a great place to relax, unwind, and reconnect. We did all three. I would strongly recommend this experience to anyone.

This is the entrance to Sundara. They used just the right combination on stone, wood and glass to create a natural environment including the elements from the earth.

This area is called the Rotunda. It is where we had some of our meals. This was like a private dining room. Very often we were there by ourselves, which was very nice. We either ate here, at the pool, or in our room. The food was not only very healthy but very good, as well.

This is our room. The bed was so comfortable. Every night, the housekeeping staff performed a "turn down" service. They came into the room when we were out to dinner and made the bed, dimmed the lights, turned on some soothing music, turned on the fireplace, and put a piece of chocolate next to each pillow. What a great way to end an evening!!!

These are pictures of our bathroom. The jacuzzi bath tub is great, but given all the time spent in the water in the spa, there is no way we would be spending more water time in our room. No sense in becoming water logged. The Tower Shower is terrific and I used it twice. It's very large, has two shower heads on the top and several in the middle that hit the waist and hip area. Soap, shampoo,and conditioner dispensers are in the shower. Body lotion is provided, as well.

This is the view out of our window. The Wisconsin woods are so beautiful. They did a great job bringing the natural earthtones of the landscape inside

The two above pictures were taken on our last night in our very comfortable room. Have you ever seen Jerry so relaxed? He would like to find a chair like the one he is sitting in for our bedroom.

I am sitting in front of the fireplace having my evening tea. We had just come back from a nice Italian dinner in town. The temperature outside on this evening was in the upper 50's. It was awesome weather!!!

Good Bye Sundara. Thank you for providing us with the facilities, services, staff, and scenery for a great vacation. We will tell our friends and we will definitely be back