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Femke Bollen waits for her morning wedding appointment at the Graceland Wedding Chapel.
But why the 11th? Bels explains that in Holland the 11th is a special day, the start of their carnival. Turning to his bride he says, “from the beginning when we got together I've said, 'I want to marry you on the 11th'." After nine years together, today they became husband and wife.
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Femke Bollen and Marcel Bels emerge from their brief wedding ceremony.
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A lot of these guys will still forget their anniversaries.
Yeah, because a lot of the chicks will forget how to . . .
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