The Standesamtliche Hochzeit aka Wedding Nr 1

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In Germany many couples will have two weddings – the first is a civil ceremony generally for family. Later on they will have a separate church ceremony. While the events are often held on the same day, they do not need to be. Our civil ceremony was organised in a most unorthodox fashion, with the [...]

How to Organise a Wedding in Just 2.5 Days

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Well, it wasn’t really 2.5 days – truth be told we first popped into the city offices to start the process way back in December. We were given a list of all the items that I would need to provide in order to get married in Germany. The plan at that stage was to be [...]

WIP Wednesday Roundup

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I’ve not been posting too much of late and it’s not because I’ve nothing to talk about, it’s mainly cos I’ve been so busy. I seem to have an awful lot of irons in the fire. On the knitting front, there’s Christian’s scarf which has lain dormant since Christmas and which I really should get [...]

Memory Monday – Christmas Magic

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Christmases at my Aunty Kath and Uncle Don’s place were always magical. Kath and Don are my godparents, no actual relation. They generally included a birthday celebration for me, heaps of presents (which Marcus and I got to hand out) and a magical gingerbread house. I don’t remember ever eating the gingerbread house, but I [...]

Weddings and Cyclones

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Those of you who know me well will know that I recently took my first trip back home in over 5 years. Quite an emotional event, and one that if truth be told I’ve kind of avoided on account of the fact that the last time I went home my world fell apart in a [...]

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