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.
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.