The tradition of giving the bride away goes back to a time when a woman had few rights and privileges and her family viewed her as property. The father of the bride would literally give his daughter away to the groom and his family for social and monetary gains.
More Weather Forecasts in Bordeaux. January is low season in Bordeaux, and although the temperatures remain relatively mild there is a significant amount of rainfall. As the days become longer, the amount of sunshine increases and the temperatures can get up towards the high teens on some days.
Gordes in Provence is often subject to quite windy weather owing to is proximity to the path of the Mistral, a strong, and cold wind that blows down the Rhone valley in Southern France into the Gulf of Lion in the northern Mediterranean.