hochzeit in der schweiz

When we knew we were headed to Europe for the wedding of one of Stefan's closest friends (coming up next weekend), we decided to spend a whole week, also taking time to celebrate our nuptials with all of the friends and family who can't make the trip over to the States in just a few weeks.

This past Saturday was that celebration.

While Stefan and I were desperately jet-lagged from our trip over dying to sleep until noon, we were both up early to help in prepping Stefan's mom's house for the festivities.  I showed my skills at pool cleaning as Stefan helped blow up balloons.

Stefan's family went to quite some trouble to bring us all sorts of important Swiss wedding traditions:

Copious amounts of food,

almost all of which included some form of cheese

A wedding "newspaper" for everyone in attendance

which included a page of warm wishes from each guest,

traditional swiss recipes for us to cook for each other,

and a "truth about stefan" and "truth about kk" page

where we both answered questions to see how well

we knew each other (short answer: very well)

 

Some lovely toasts, complete with a clock that ticks backwards

(oh how I wish!)

Some exceptional presents from some exceptional guests

 

This one:

FIVE jars of Aromat

(my FAVORITE only-found-in-Switzerland spice

that you can put on anything to make it beyond delicious)

wrapped with Swiss Francs

 

Hugos (the most delicious Swiss summery cocktail you ever did taste)

pool-side

Not to mention juicy sausages off the grill, a homemade wedding cake, some luscious Austrian wine, and lots of fun conversations (with my broken, nicht-so-gut Deutsche). 

I'd love to tell you more but I've got German homework to do.  (Oh yes, that's right: After our weekend of fun, Stefan jetted off to London for some work meetings while I stay here with his mom taking intensive German classes in downtown Zurich - more on that tomorrow.)

xoxo

KK