Awake 7:30 am Some clouds & cooler air
Today is the day for the civil wedding of Rene & Myrta. Myrta leaves early
to have her hair fixed & nails done in Andelfingen.
Kathy & I pack our suitcases this morning...we are moving to the Oskar
farm house @ 11:30 am for a few days & we are also invited for lunch with
Oskar.
After Oskar's lunch, we start constructing the BIG binoculars out of
poster board for our skit at the wedding day dinner.
Then we dress nice as to attend the civil ceremony on the Castle grounds
in Andelfingen @ 4:00 pm. Kathy & I ride with Oskar to the apartment where
Rene & Myrta are waiting...then Mrs Zuercher (Rene's Mother) Rolf(Rene's
brother) Heidi(Myrta's girlfriend), Gigi(Myrta's sister) Oskar, Myrta,
Rene, Kathy & I all walk through the town of Andelfingen to the castle
grounds & the small building where we gather for the civil ceremony to
take place. Meanwhile, Thomas drives his car with a table, some snacks &
white wine for after the wedding ceremony & sets this up outside the small
building. Thomas is also the main photographer.
We meet the official lady that has the power to marry in 28 counties. It's
an elected position. She's a young person with a nice smile, sense of
humor & a nice laugh. Kathy & I understand little as every word spoken is
Swiss German. The civil wedding lasts approximately 30 min. Afterward, we
congratulate the bride & groom & Rene's Mother, Myrta's Father, etc. We
toast with white wine, take pictures, snack & mingle for over an hour.
Only a few selected people attend this ceremony so Kathy & I are honored
to be here. Ruth Maugweiler, her husband Urs & their 3 sons: Seuvern,
Paschal & Claudio also attend plus Myrta's Godmother Alice & her husband
Sammy.
Then @ 6:00 pm., only the wedding party members go to a special dinner @
an exclusive & very expensive restaurant. Kathy, Thomas, Ruth with her
boys, little David & I bring back the table, leftover wine & snacks to the
Oskar farm house. Ruth & her boys then head back to their home in Teuscher
while Thomas, Kathy & I babysit 3 yr old David(son of Gigi & Gabriel). At
the Oskar home, we play games with David, make paper airplanes, watch a
DVD on TV about the A 340 Airbus of Swiss Air to hopefully tire David out
but the only one to fall asleep during this exciting real live action film
was Kathy.
Gigi arrives home @ 10:45 pm with 3 month old Nicole. Gigi had to leave
the wedding party dinner early with no desert because Nicole was crying &
not feeling well. She said it was OK because it was not her special
night...she
had her special night 5 yrs ago when she married Gabriel.
It was Thomas's first babysitting job with David and he did good. Our
dinner was late & small: Swiss bread with warm milk. That was good enough
for us.
Lights out: 10:45 pm
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