Deutschland Day 3: The Wedding

After our lovely evening with the wedding party, we crashed at Nora's place and wound up sleeping until around 11:30. I guess jetlag was still an issue.

After a quick shower and dress for the wedding (we had to leave at 1:00 for the ceremony) Nora fed us a beautiful breakfast out on her back deck, which overlooked the forest nearby.

Took some quick photos...

Awww (but not the shoes I actually wore)

Nora and Michael

The church

Reunion with Jessica (one of my travel-buddie around Australia)

Inside the church

The bride and groom at the entrance

Unlike American weddings, it seems the bride and groom enter together at German ceremonies

Champagne toast after the ceremony

Cake!

A rickshaw the Philipp drove Britta around in

A Bonn building on the walk over to the reception

Bonn Mercedes

The garten of the Rheingarten

Uta, myself, and Caroline near the Rheingarten

Inside the biergarten of the Rheingarten, waiting for the reception to begin

Guests were asked to draw on bits of paper that, when put together, would make a poster-sized version of a photo of the happy couple. I was tasked with drawing Britta's face...very carefully.

Schunkeling!

Marietta getting down

Fellow Victoria University at Wellington students (l-r Me, Caroline, Jessica, Christian, and Uta)

Cutting the cake

Cutting the rug

And just in case you can't quite picture it in action, here you go.