The Wedding of Sven and Eny or SvEny, part 1

The day of the wedding was an excellent day with the weather (the weather had mostly been in the 60's and cloudy, sometimes raining,during our trip, which is unusual for that time of the year) and with all of the festivities and ceremonies. Rebecca and I were very glad to have been a part of SvEny's special day.

In Germany, we learned that when getting married, the couple has to do a wedding ceremony at a government building. They can't just send in the paperwork to get a marriage license. So around 10am we went to the government building in Endenburg with the family, maid of honor, best man, and us. There was a small ceremony and some picture taking.

On the wedding car

Sven with his best man

Something is a little off with Sven's family  =)

Everyone at the government ceremony

Chris and Ina (Eny's sister)

Sven with his BMW wedding ride

Us outside the government building

Thomas, Jan, and Evelyn

Family in the government ceremony building

The room where the government ceremony took place

The maid of honor, Michèle, and her boyfriend Thomas

The Best man Giuseppe

Sven and Eny's families

Us with SvEny

Sven and Eny with the maid of honor, Michèle, and best man, Giuseppe

After the first ceremony we all headed to Gudrun's house (Eny's mother's) to have a few appetizers and drinks. More pictures were also taken while here.

Champagne toasts and appetizers

A view from Gudrun's house

SvEny in Gudrun's yard

The family in Gudrun's yard

Sven's brother, Manuel with his girlfriend Alena

Next we headed to a protestant church in Zell, where the large wedding ceremony with the priest was to take place. On the way over, Ilya got to ride in the expensive BMW with Sven and his best man. Us and a few others stopped at a local bar for a beer, then we headed to the church.

The ceremony in the church was very nice, even though we didn't really understand much (it was all in German) but we were able to get the gist of some of it. Ilya had agreed beforehand to do a speaking part along with some of the family members of SvEny. The speaking part was in German. Prior to the church part, Ilya had some people speak out the different words while writing it down phonetically so that it could be spoken as properly as possible. Ilya was told that he did a good job during the speaking part and that it was mostly understandable.

Eny being walked down the aisle by her Opa (grandfather)

Family doing their speaking roles

Ilya doing his speaking role in German