I was attending my cousin's wedding this past weekend. There were 300 people invited which is quite a lot, but definitely not unheard of by Croatian standards. Now, if you are going to a Croatian wedding for the first time, there are few things you need to know. First, clear your schedule for that day and most of the following one if you can. Our weddings go on for quite some time. This is what a standard wedding day here usually involves. Friends and family of the groom gather at his family house and after some singing, eating, and drinking they proceed to the bride's house. There the two families meet and there is a bit more singing, eating and drinking to be done. This is point of the proceedings young couples in Croatia fear the most as different parts of the country have different traditional rituals tied to picking up the bride from her house. Some of these are still done in a simplified form, often to the embarrassment of the young couple.Second advice: even though the hosts can be pretty relentless, you don't need to accept food or drink every time it is offered to you at someone's house. Pace yourself, it's a marathon, not a sprint. After the bride's family house, a motorcade is formed and everybody goes to the church where the wedding itself takes place. It is here that the bride and groom are congratulated by the entire wedding party. This means my poor cousin and his wife had to hug and kiss, and then have their photo taken with 300 people this weekend. Good times. Next, the happy caravan goes to the dinner venue where festivities go on until the early morning. There is some more eating and drinking of course (remember the part about clearing your next day's schedule?), as well as plenty of singing and dancing so make sure you have comfortable shoes on and be prepared for much photographic evidence of your dancing skills published online in the following weeks.I'll leave you with one last advice for surviving a Croatian wedding. Go crazy and have fun, everyone else will.