{"id":225470,"date":"2018-11-13T06:00:24","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T19:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/uk\/real-weddings\/english-expats-sara-and-rob-marry-closer-to-home-at-elegant-croatia-wedding\/"},"modified":"2024-03-14T10:57:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T23:57:24","slug":"english-expats-sara-and-rob-marry-closer-to-home-at-elegant-croatia-wedding","status":"publish","type":"uk-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/real-weddings\/english-expats-sara-and-rob-marry-closer-to-home-at-elegant-croatia-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Sara and Rob marry closer to home at elegant Croatia wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">English-born Sara and Robert\u2019s love story began in Sydney, where they were both working on holiday visas at a call centre.<\/p>\n<p>But as quickly as they became friends, Sara had to return to the UK. Seven years went by. They checked in on Facebook here and there, but went on to have other relationships. Then Sara decided to return.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hadn&#8217;t seen each other for years, but we both knew this would be the start of a new life together, and it was,\u201d explains Sara, 34. \u201cAfter my holiday I went home, handed in my notice, and got back on a plane to Sydney. A year later Rob [39] took me to Fiji for my birthday and proposed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As most of their family is based in the UK, marrying in Europe made sense while still meeting their desire to have a destination wedding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe sent out our save the dates, and had expected that with it being abroad, along with saying no children at the wedding, we&#8217;d have to accept that not everyone would be able to make it,\u201d says the bride of their elegant Croatia wedding on September 15, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt seemed however that everyone liked the idea of a child free weekend to Croatia, and we ended up having 107 guests come to celebrate with us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Photos courtesy of <a title=\"Nick Rose Photography\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nickrosephotography.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Nick Rose Photography.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-113671 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Sara_Rob_Elegant-Croatia-Wedding_Nick-Rose-Photography_SBS_007-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-113669 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sara_Rob_Elegant-Croatia-Wedding_Nick-Rose-Photography_SBS_005-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-113627\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Sara_Rob_Elegant-Croatia-Wedding_Nick-Rose-Photography_011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-113700\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sara_Rob_Elegant-Croatia-Wedding_Nick-Rose-Photography_004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-113701\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sara_Rob_Elegant-Croatia-Wedding_Nick-Rose-Photography_005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-113702\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sara_Rob_Elegant-Croatia-Wedding_Nick-Rose-Photography_006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-113672 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sara_Rob_Elegant-Croatia-Wedding_Nick-Rose-Photography_SBS_008-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-113673 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sara_Rob_Elegant-Croatia-Wedding_Nick-Rose-Photography_SBS_009-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nickrosephotography.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Rose<\/a> was the photographer for my friend\u2019s wedding for who I was bridesmaid. After seeing the photos, we cancelled our own photographer and booked Nick who jumped at the chance of coming to Dubrovnik to shoot our wedding,\u201d explains Sara.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-113632\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sara_Rob_Elegant-Croatia-Wedding_Nick-Rose-Photography_016.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-113633\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sara_Rob_Elegant-Croatia-Wedding_Nick-Rose-Photography_017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-113635\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Sara_Rob_Elegant-Croatia-Wedding_Nick-Rose-Photography_019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-113636\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sara_Rob_Elegant-Croatia-Wedding_Nick-Rose-Photography_020.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-113637\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sara_Rob_Elegant-Croatia-Wedding_Nick-Rose-Photography_021.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-113679 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sara_Rob_Elegant-Croatia-Wedding_Nick-Rose-Photography_SBS_015-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-113680 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sara_Rob_Elegant-Croatia-Wedding_Nick-Rose-Photography_SBS_016-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-113643\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sara_Rob_Elegant-Croatia-Wedding_Nick-Rose-Photography_027.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-113640\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sara_Rob_Elegant-Croatia-Wedding_Nick-Rose-Photography_024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAs soon as we arrived in Dubrovnik we fell in love,\u201d smiles the bride.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-113638\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sara_Rob_Elegant-Croatia-Wedding_Nick-Rose-Photography_022.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-113644\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Sara_Rob_Elegant-Croatia-Wedding_Nick-Rose-Photography_028.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-113683 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Sara_Rob_Elegant-Croatia-Wedding_Nick-Rose-Photography_SBS_019-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-113684 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sara_Rob_Elegant-Croatia-Wedding_Nick-Rose-Photography_SBS_020-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-113648\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sara_Rob_Elegant-Croatia-Wedding_Nick-Rose-Photography_032.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-113649\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sara_Rob_Elegant-Croatia-Wedding_Nick-Rose-Photography_033.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-113650\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Sara_Rob_Elegant-Croatia-Wedding_Nick-Rose-Photography_034-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-113651\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sara_Rob_Elegant-Croatia-Wedding_Nick-Rose-Photography_035.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-113652\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sara_Rob_Elegant-Croatia-Wedding_Nick-Rose-Photography_036.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-113653\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sara_Rob_Elegant-Croatia-Wedding_Nick-Rose-Photography_037-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The couple planned lots of activities around the wedding to create opportunity for their family to get to know one another.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo say the time in Dubrovnik with all our friends and family was the best few days of our lives is an understatement &#8211; there honestly aren&#8217;t the words to describe it,\u201d smiles Sara.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-113655\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sara_Rob_Elegant-Croatia-Wedding_Nick-Rose-Photography_039.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-113689 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sara_Rob_Elegant-Croatia-Wedding_Nick-Rose-Photography_SBS_025-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-113690 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sara_Rob_Elegant-Croatia-Wedding_Nick-Rose-Photography_SBS_026-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-113654\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sara_Rob_Elegant-Croatia-Wedding_Nick-Rose-Photography_038.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-113659\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sara_Rob_Elegant-Croatia-Wedding_Nick-Rose-Photography_043.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-113660\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sara_Rob_Elegant-Croatia-Wedding_Nick-Rose-Photography_044.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-113662\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sara_Rob_Elegant-Croatia-Wedding_Nick-Rose-Photography_046.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-113696 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Sara_Rob_Elegant-Croatia-Wedding_Nick-Rose-Photography_SBS_032-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-113694 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Sara_Rob_Elegant-Croatia-Wedding_Nick-Rose-Photography_SBS_030-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-113663\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sara_Rob_Elegant-Croatia-Wedding_Nick-Rose-Photography_047.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe didn\u2019t have enough holiday or money to go on a proper honeymoon straight after the wedding. So we went on a four-night mini cruise around some islands in Croatia as a mini-moon,\u201d recalls the bride.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":225481,"parent":0,"template":"","uk_real_wedding_category":[9087],"uk_real_wedding_tag":[9100,10238,9209,10239,9352,9374],"uk_real_wedding_style":[10471,10475],"uk_real_wedding_location":[13066],"uk_real_wedding_setting":[10486,10487],"uk_real_wedding_colour":[10622,10646,10638],"uk_real_wedding_competition":[],"class_list":["post-225470","uk-real-wedding","type-uk-real-wedding","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","uk_real_wedding_category-9087","uk_real_wedding_tag-alternative-wedding","uk_real_wedding_tag-elegant-croatia-wedding","uk_real_wedding_tag-elegant-wedding","uk_real_wedding_tag-nick-rose-photography","uk_real_wedding_tag-peach-wedding","uk_real_wedding_tag-real-weddings","uk_real_wedding_style-alternative","uk_real_wedding_style-elegant","uk_real_wedding_location-europe","uk_real_wedding_setting-historic","uk_real_wedding_setting-hotel","uk_real_wedding_colour-black-wedding-2","uk_real_wedding_colour-peach-wedding","uk_real_wedding_colour-white-wedding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk-real-wedding\/225470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk-real-wedding"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/uk-real-wedding"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk-real-wedding\/225470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":290273,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk-real-wedding\/225470\/revisions\/290273"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"uk_real_wedding_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk_real_wedding_category?post=225470"},{"taxonomy":"uk_real_wedding_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk_real_wedding_tag?post=225470"},{"taxonomy":"uk_real_wedding_style","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk_real_wedding_style?post=225470"},{"taxonomy":"uk_real_wedding_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk_real_wedding_location?post=225470"},{"taxonomy":"uk_real_wedding_setting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk_real_wedding_setting?post=225470"},{"taxonomy":"uk_real_wedding_colour","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk_real_wedding_colour?post=225470"},{"taxonomy":"uk_real_wedding_competition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk_real_wedding_competition?post=225470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}