On the funeral, there follows a wedding …
29th June, 2011 - Posted by Wolf Paul -
One of the interesting things about life on this world is how close (physical) death and new life are. A few weeks ago our family got together to bury my mother and remember her life, and this past weekend we all got together again for the wedding of my daughter. The run-up to this was rather stressful, so blogging was on the back burner.
Here are some photos from the wedding:
Jessica and Philipp listen to the opening solo at their wedding
The wedding took place in the Lutheran Church in Wien-Währing, and was conducted jointly by Philipp’s pastor, Pfarrer Uwe Kühneweg, and my pastor, Jonathan Wright of the International Baptist Church of Vienna,.
Witnesses were Jessica’s best friend Natasha Thompson and Philipp’s brother Stefan.
In the background (under the pulpit) you can see the honor guard provided by Philipp’s “color-bearing” fraternity, Wingolf.
Pastor Kühneweg blessing the couple
Pastor Wright blessing the couple
The first “married” kiss
The newlyweds exit through
the honor cordon formed by uniformed Wingolf fraternity brothers
The couple had hired a special tram for the journey from the church to the restaurant
Walking to the tram stop
The couple and the mother of the bride in their special tram
Changing to the Underground
Proud mothers in the Underground on the way to the reception
They still had to walk about a mile from the Underground to the restaurant …
… but the newlyweds obviously were not lacking in energy!
Finally at the restaurant on the banks of the “Alte Donau”
There’s still time for some playing around before the reception …
… and for another kiss, of course!
The newlyweds with both sets of parents
The day concluded with dancing
(Photos courtesy of my son Stephen Paul and my brother-in-law Christopher Riggs)
Posted on: 29th June, 2011
Filed under: Blog English, Personal Stuff
Maureen Gerken
June 29th, 2011 at 17:39
Congratulations to Jessica. She made a beautiful bride indeed, and I wish her and her new husband every blessing, joy and love in their new life together. Love all those wonderful pictures!
Rebecca
July 10th, 2011 at 18:38
Best photos I’ve seen so far, thankyou!
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