💍 We're getting married

Gloria & Steven

December 19, 2026

Eventos Campestres VIP · Medellín, Colombia

Three countries, one story

A family from Vietnam. A family from the mountains of Colombia. And one Gringo Tuesday in Medellín.

✈️ Steven's road

Việt Nam → California → Medellín

His family flew from Vietnam and built a new life in America — Steven was born in the USA and grew up in California. Years later, a work-from-anywhere chapter kept finding reasons to stay in Colombia, until the road ended where it was always heading: Medellín.

Illustration of Steven's journey — a road from the California coast winding into the green mountains of Colombia

🚗 Gloria's road

Fusagasugá → Bogotá → Medellín

Gloria grew up in Fusagasugá, drove up the mountain to Bogotá for university and work, then took the road northwest to Medellín for the next chapter of her career.

Illustration of Gloria's journey — a mountain road from a small Andean town up to the big city and on to Medellín

✨ Medellín, 2023 — Gringo Tuesday

A café table for two in Medellín — two coffees, two open notebooks, where a language exchange became a love story

🗣️ In 2023, those two roads crossed at Gringo Tuesday, a Medellín language exchange — one of us practicing English, one practicing Spanish, both pretending it was about grammar. Three years later, the city that introduced us will marry us. December 19, 2026: be in the garden with us. 💛

The weekend

🗓️ Signed and real: Saturday, December 19, 2026. Come for the whole weekend — here's how it flows.

December 2026

💛 Save the date

The wedding garden at Eventos Campestres VIP — a finca pavilion with a floral arch in the hills of Medellín

✈️ Thursday · December 17

Arrivals

Both families land — Steven's parents and brother from the US, and all of Gloria's crew. Rest, hug, repeat. The wedding-party rehearsal will likely be this evening.

🕐 rehearsal time — confirming with the venue

🥂 Friday · December 18

The welcome

A small welcome party so three countries can meet before the big day — easy food, good music, first toasts.

📍 place & time — coming soon

💍 Saturday · December 19

The wedding

At Eventos Campestres VIP, in the green hills on the north side of the valley.

⏳ working schedule — final times with the invitation

3:00 pm🍹 Doors open — light bites & drinks
4:00 pm💒 The ceremony
5:00 pm📸 Photos in the golden hour — cocktails for everyone else
6:00 pm🍽️ Dinner
8:00 pm💃 Dancing & drinks till late
11:00 pm🎭 La Hora Loca — the party goes supernova

📍 Open the venue in Google Maps

Medellín in December

They call it the city of eternal spring — in December, it's also the city of a million lights.

🌸 Days around 24°C, evenings cool enough for a light jacket, flowers that never got the memo about winter. And every December, Medellín strings itself in lights for the Alumbrados — whole riverbanks and streets glowing for weeks. You'll be here for it.

The Alumbrados — Medellín's December river of lights, glowing lantern sculptures reflected in the water

✨ El Alumbrado — the December lights of Medellín. Consider this the city decorating for you.

Getting here

🛫 Everyone lands at José María Córdova (MDE), about an hour through the mountains. December fares climb fast — book by September. Tap where you're flying from:

A plane crossing the Andes toward the glowing valley of Medellín

Where to stay

🏡 Two neighborhoods, both close to our world — hotel picks and group rates come with the invitation.

El Poblado 🌆

The classic choice — most hotels, restaurants and nightlife, easy for first-timers. Lively, leafy, walkable in its center.

Laureles 🌳

Flat, green, and local — sidewalk cafés, quiet streets, and the city as paisas actually live it. Our soft spot.

Say you'll be there

💌 Formal RSVPs open with the invitations — but you can already tell us you're in, and we'll count you first.

🔎 Find your invitation

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Good questions

👗 What should I wear?

Think "finca elegante" — garden-party elegance for warm days and cool mountain evenings. Warm neutrals, sage, olive, terracotta, burgundy, champagne all photograph beautifully here. Please leave white and ivory to the couple. A full dress-code note comes with the invitation.

👶 Are kids invited?

Children are absolutely welcome! Just tell us in advance — the notes box in the RSVP is perfect — so we can have a kids' menu ready for them.

🎁 What about gifts?

A happy coincidence: both of our cultures give wedding gifts the same way. 🧧 In Vietnamese tradition it's the red envelope — cash tucked into a lucky red envelope (tiền mừng) to bless the couple's new chapter. ✉️ In Colombia it's the lluvia de sobres — the "rain of envelopes" — where guests bring their gift in an envelope for the couple. If you'd like to give something, an envelope in either tradition (or any form at all) makes us equally happy. And truly: crossing mountains and oceans to be with us is already the gift.

🗣️ I don't speak Spanish / English / Vietnamese…

Perfect — neither does everyone else. The weekend will flow between all three, the ceremony will be bilingual, and the dance floor is famously fluent in everything.

🎭 What is the Hora Loca?

A beloved Latin wedding tradition — the "crazy hour." At 11pm, just when you think the party is winding down, it explodes instead: masks, glow sticks, confetti, drums, maybe costumed dancers. Everyone back on the dance floor. Vietnamese and US friends: nobody is exempt, and you'll understand once you're in it. Pace yourselves accordingly. 💃🕺

🌦️ What's the weather like?

Eternal spring: around 24°C by day, 15°C at night. Bring a light layer for the evening and don't fully trust the sky — it's the mountains, a brief shower is always possible.

🗓️ When should I arrive and leave?

Arrive by December 18 so you don't miss the welcome party — or the 17th for a jet-lag buffer. The wedding is Saturday the 19th. If you can, stay a few extra days: December in Medellín, with the Alumbrados lit, is worth it.