Sunday, September 4, 2011

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.

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