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this is a friend of my dad's from work, who flew to romania to marry his online love. he kept a blog of all the ridiculously complex procedures it took in order to get the marriage license and her visa for the u.s. i think she looks very glamorous in her fur-trimmed coat. they had a ten-hour five-course feast for 30 which cost the equivalent of $312, and they rented a dj for eight hours for the equivalent of $28.

i think it is all very romantic. it took an entire month to complete the marriage + visa process, even with a small civil marriage. there was lots of bribing of corrupt officials and dramatic faxing back-and-forth between embassies. unfortunately, his little blog has no details about how they met, which is mostly what i wanted to hear about.