Official Wedding Photos

We’ve got our official wedding photos from Stillmotion and they are well worth the wait. Check them out in our photo gallery.

Support our wedding venues

Did you enjoy your time at the Hotel Palota? What about the wine dinner at Thummerer? Of course you did. We all had a great time at both locations.

So how about showing our appreciation and support for these 2 great venues and write a few short sentences on their Tripadvisor pages telling the world what great hosts they were.

They didn’t ask us to do this, but these feedback and reviews are very important in the hospitality industry, especially for smaller venues such as these and they would be very happy that we made the effort.

Here are the links:
Hotel Palota Tripadvisor
Thummerer Winery Tripadvisor
Lazar Equestrian Park Tripadvisor

It will only take a few minutes. Thanks guys 🙂

Peter’s Speech

Due to popular demand, we have posted the transcript of Peter’s moving father of the bride speech for you to re-live the moment:

Music on the vinyl invitation

A lot of you have been asking about the music featured on the vinyl invitations mainly because you don’t have a record player. Guess what? We don’t have one either and haven’t actually listened to the vinyl ourselves yet. Luckily, though, we have the music not only in digital form but also in video form. Check out the music videos for NoRey‘s On Our Way and Low Wires‘ Beneath Your Skin, both produced by Infinitum.

Sophie & Jason: The Story

English Version

Itt található magyar feliratos változat.
Click below to view the Hungarian subtitled version.

One week away!!! Here’s a teaser.

Hungarian words you should know

Need a little help with the Hungarian language? It’s only one of the hardest languages to learn. No need to worry, though, here are some basic words that you should be aware of even if you can’t figure out how to say it.

Hungarian alcohol at the wedding

Hungarians love their alcohol. So it is only fitting that we sourced the top quality pálinka, wine, champagne and beer for our guests at the wedding.

Pálinka is the drink of choice in Hungary. This is a type of brandy that is made exclusively from fresh fruits within the country and free of additional ingredients or additives. You’ll often be offered a shot of pálinka as a welcoming. In fact, a traditional Hungarian greeting is “Pálinkás jó reggelt!” which means “Good morning with pálinka!”

So what will we have for our guests?

Hungarian Wedding Traditions

Since most of our guests are coming from abroad and may not be aware of what happens at a Hungarian wedding, we figured it would be a good idea to talk about the traditions that we will be incorporating during the wedding night. This will hopefully prepare you for what you can expect and look forward to.

The main events of the night after the dinner reception are the following:

• Bridal dance
• Folk dance show
• The red dress
• Groom’s surprise
• Midnight breakfast

So who’s filming our wedding?

This is the #1 question everyone asked immediately after congratulating us when we announced our big day. “So who’s going to film your wedding?” they wondered.

Well, we’re ecstatic to tell you that we’ve got the very best in the business, stillmotion.

Not only are they the ones who revolutionized the way wedding films are made, they are the inspiration for us venturing into the industry with Infinitum Weddings.

What will Jason be wearing?

Jason had never done so much shopping in his life before. 3 to 4 times a week for nearly a month. And all for only one item: his wedding suit.

He went through all the department stores in London, which is no easy task even for the seasoned shopper. He bravely took on the constantly hounding sales staff at all the high-end designer stores, but escaped only to be more confused than ever. He scoured through the listings on ebay for Lanvin, Corneliani, Versace, Juun.J and found nothing worth his while. What was supposed to be a simple chore turned into more trouble than Sophie’s wedding dress.

Everything was too plain and boring and anything that Jason was remotely interested in was too sporty or not formal enough.

That was until he walked into William Hunt on Saville Row and liked what he saw.

How many countries are coming?

Most weddings have 1 or 2 tables reserved for their international guests who have made the effort of travelling to attend. Then there are destination weddings, which have guests coming mostly from the same place in an effort to get away for the week.

Our wedding is unique in that almost all of our guests are coming from different places – many travelling half way around the world. We really appreciate the enthusiasm that everyone has shown in dropping everything they are doing and coming to our secluded location to celebrate with us. For our lifestyle, it’s only fitting that our wedding would be this way.

Thank you so much for the effort that you are putting in for us and we promise that this will be something special and will exceed all of your expectations.

So how many countries are we talking about here? It’s a lot. 24 to be exact. And almost as many languages will be represented as well.

Here is the list of countries that will be there and how many from each are attending:

Welcome to sophiejason.com

Welcome to the celebration of Sophie and Jason’s wedding in Lillafüred, Hungary on Thursday, May 31 to Saturday, June 2, 2012.

This special four-day event will take place at the Hotel Palota, a magical castle nested in the beautiful mountains two hours northeast of Budapest.

More information about the event and nearby locations are featured on this site to help you plan your trip to Eastern Europe. We will be regularly posting recommendations, travel tips and notable news about Sophie and Jason, so please check back here often.

This will serve as your complete guide for the wedding.