{"id":193311,"date":"2016-06-26T23:51:11","date_gmt":"2016-06-26T13:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/real-weddings\/back-began-anina-rudis-south-african-wedding\/"},"modified":"2024-03-08T12:12:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T01:12:37","slug":"back-began-anina-rudis-south-african-wedding","status":"publish","type":"au-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/real-weddings\/back-began-anina-rudis-south-african-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to where it all began: Anina and Rudi’s South African wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"
The wide open spaces of the Western Cape provided the breathtaking backdrop for Anina Janse van Rensburg and Rudi Pope’s South African wedding.<\/p>\n
The South African pair, who now call Brisbane home, first met in Cape Town after Anina, 31, spent “the best four dollars” of her life on a Tinder passport.<\/p>\n
“We both knew before we met that we had\u00a0found the one,” she says.<\/p>\n
Two months later Rudi, 34, proposed.<\/p>\n
“The cliche – ‘You know when you know’ is true. I met many frogs without\u00a0prince-potential in my life but\u00a0Rudi is my prince,” Anina says.<\/p>\n
Friends came from Australia, Italy, the UK and Germany to celebrate the pair’s South African wedding in the unique surroundings.<\/p>\n
Anina and Rudi wed at the\u00a0The Oaks Estate, Greyton, on April 2, 2016 in front of 128 guests.<\/p>\n
Decorations were themed around the South African blooms proteas and fynbos, and the patriotic flowers<\/a> featured in the bouquets and adorned the reception room<\/a>.<\/p>\n “It was not only the best day of our lives but was a complete sensory overload for our loved ones,” Anina says.<\/p>\n “The planning<\/a>\u00a0involved very much entertaining our loved ones as appreciation from us to them for sharing our special day.\u00a0We had sushi and drinks before the ceremony, wine tasting after, cake<\/a> and baristas, an amazing South African\u00a0band<\/a> and it was a foodie’s delight.”<\/p>\n Photos courtesy of Moira West<\/a>.<\/p>\n Bunches of beautiful blooms were the dominant styling theme at the couple’s rustic celebrations<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Anina looked gorgeous in her classic strapless wedding gown<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n
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