Aus Wedding Pics

Hiya!
It has taken a while to get some wedding pics from Aus on the blog... there was a lot to do organising the 2nd wedding which has just happened... so it is time to start catching up! In Germany there are 2 parts to the marriage - the registry official bit, and then the church bit. We chose to do the Registry bit in Melbourne, at the end of an already planned 2 week holiday, on the 14th of January.

The official bit - at the Melbourne Registry on 14th Jan 2011

Grandad Ervin, who would have loved to make it to Europe for the German Wedding and had the date fixed firmly in his mind, but sadly passed away on the very day of it.

Ringbearer brother Paul

The immediate family

Debbie and Andrew Carman (the best man), Us, and Christina's Witness (they dont have bridesmaids in Germany), with Ralf


Bubbles!

Our best photo, from our profi photographer

Hee hee!


the Bling

"Excellent!"

The dinner gang having a fine dinner at The Italian. The following day we would have an "informal" bbq at home for about 70 people.

The "Wedding Kugelhopf" - havent found anthing anywhere else like it - pastry sheets filled with thick chocolate butter - amazingly good and rich, from Aviv bakery in Glenhuntly. An old family favourite.

Snapshot out the back at the BBQ on the 15th

Keeping the kids entertained with Tom and Jerry, which meant our pre-prepared photo slideshow showing our life in Europe had to be sidelined.

Ralf - earning his trip by working at the spit roast

Detlef also earning his ticket, and desperately trying to tan by deliberately not wearing a hat

A successful introduction to the world of Cheezels!

German Wedding 1st Pics

The German Wedding on 20th August 2011 - the Church bit. It was a great day - the sun was shining; no Volcanoes or air-traffic controller strikes prevented the the international guests from Japan, Sweden, Switzerland, Australia, Singapore, England and France from arriving; the food was great; the beer and wine flowed freely into clay goblets, the band rocked and even the jetlagged parents could keep dancing until 3.30 am.

Ruth, Christina's mum making the wedding cake

Night before the wedding, greeting some of our international guests with the internationally recognized pinnacle of German cuisine: Schnitzel! Guests came from Australia, Singapore, Japan, England, Switzerland, Sweden, & France.

The vows: in St. Katharina church in Wallerfangen

Sekt empfang - drinks after the service in front of the church while the Musikverein Konkordia (Chistina's home-town orchestra) played.

Balloon boys and girls

Our first married act together - conducting the orchestra. And it was defintely an "act"; our conducting might not have been great, but the orchestra didn't even pretend to follow us - none of the players even looked in our direction while we were waving the pointy sticks around.

More champagne at the Roman Villa in Borg (Perl) where we had the reception.

Serving staff pouring the popular Römersud beer into the clay goblets.

The Wedding (very basic) Foxtrot

The married life quiz: to this question we both agreed Christina cooked better than me...

The finished wedding cake - decorated with Christina's favourite Margareta flowers

Cutting the cake

About to throw the bouquet

With the moose theme taking on a life of it's own, we provided a space for everyone to paint their own.