The best day of our life - yes, it was truly the happiest
and most fantastic experience. It also was more than just a day, it was an
entire weekend and it doesn't stop there. Every time we pick up our photos
or talk about the party it comes back to life. It is really cool!
It was so special not just because of us taking this step, but because of
all the people that have joined us when we exchanged our woes and partied
with us before and after. We recognize that getting to Garmisch was a trip
for everyone and for some a very long journey. We also know that there are
some people who could not make it to Garmisch in person, but whose thoughts
and wishes have reached us. We very much appreciate it. Not only were we
already excited about taking this step, but every time we saw someone arrive
either on that Friday or Saturday in Garmisch it added to it. Seeing friends
that we fortunately spend a lot of time with as well as friends that we
don't get to see as much as we wish all at one place was unique and
wonderful.
While we had almost three days to party we didn't get to talk to everyone as
much as we had hoped. Somebody on Friday night hit the "Fast Forward" button
and everything went very fast thereafter. But we look forward to catch up
with you soon.
There are a lot of people who have contributed to the festivities and have
helped us a great deal before and throughout the days in Garmisch. We are
thinking about our local friends Angela and Hans who had all the connections
and among other things helped to arrange the Bavarian entertainment. Herbert
was the one who made the web site happening initially and this time around
again. Christine (Wagner) was the special advisor for the wedding dress and
helped to get the purchase done in record time. There are Diane and Martina
who did an excellent job as Masters of Ceremony and with the help of Steffi,
Claudia and Hubert crafted the name cards and menus. I guess no one could
miss the slide show and "wisdom" of Josef, the comedian. This session was
orchestrated by Thomas and sponsored by a team of dear friends. There was
the customized poetry by Katrin and Marianne. The song "New York, New
York..." developed a new meaning for us after hearing the latest version
from Diane,
Claudia, Steffi and Martina. The "Mayerhofer & Delius Creative Corporation"
welcomed us with a very big heart outside the church and later on brought
out the photographer in many people. It was reported that the crew from
Simbach ventured out on one early morning to cut a big tree in order to
create a very special packaging for their gift. We are still sweating from
sawing. What car could have fit better for this day than a 20-year old
beetle convertible that had lived the first part of its life in the US
before it found a new owner in Bavaria. Juergen had it prepped perfectly.
Birgit and Hubert (senior) had already been our witnesses at the civil
ceremony in October last year and did it again. We would also like to
mention Decan Ludwig Streicher who guided us through the ceremony and gave
us lots of good advice. Also part of the ceremony were the altar boys
(Philipp, Herbert, Beppo and Thomas) who looked very familiar in this outfit
(just a little older than it used to be)
and Hans-Juergen, Kevin and Hubert (junior) presenting the readings.
We would like to say a big thank you to all of you for doing this, for being
there and for all your generous gifts.
Finally we want to do some advertising. We highly recommend our
photographers Petra and Christoph Vohler, our videographer Armin Schmidt and
our musicians the "Downtown Band" if you ever have a need. Their services
and performance was outstanding. Let us know if you need contact information.
We also think that the various venues, the Panorama on Friday, the
Berggasthof am Pflegersee on Saturday and the restaurant at Kreuzalm on
Sunday had very good food and service.
Christine & Andreas
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