A Wonderful Weekend
Above, two pictures from a wedding party we attended Saturday night. Our friends Sonja and Pete were married Friday. In the first picture, Sonja joins her Chorschwestern (chorus sisters) for a performance of "San Francisco Bay Blues" before family and friends. In the second, Marty and I pose for a funny picture to go in an album of all the party guests (we also signed a page in the album where our picture will go, making a kind of guestbook). There were lots of dress-up clothes to choose from, but I couldn't get Marty into the hot pink fake fur jacket. Everyone had fun putting on crazy hats and wigs and taking a picture. What a fun idea! We left at 1am and the party was still going strong. Congratulations, Sonja and Pete!
Sunday we drove to visit friends in Oberwössen, where the Chiemgau Trachtenfest was taking place this weekend. Groups came from all over the Chiemgau region to show off their traditional costumes (Tracht). We enjoyed a parade, a beer tent, and a Bavarian sky. And, best of all, spending time with our friends. It was a great day, and we both got sunburned. (A rare enough event this summer in Bavaria.)
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Above, two pictures from a wedding party we attended Saturday night. Our friends Sonja and Pete were married Friday. In the first picture, Sonja joins her Chorschwestern (chorus sisters) for a performance of "San Francisco Bay Blues" before family and friends. In the second, Marty and I pose for a funny picture to go in an album of all the party guests (we also signed a page in the album where our picture will go, making a kind of guestbook). There were lots of dress-up clothes to choose from, but I couldn't get Marty into the hot pink fake fur jacket. Everyone had fun putting on crazy hats and wigs and taking a picture. What a fun idea! We left at 1am and the party was still going strong. Congratulations, Sonja and Pete!
Sunday we drove to visit friends in Oberwössen, where the Chiemgau Trachtenfest was taking place this weekend. Groups came from all over the Chiemgau region to show off their traditional costumes (Tracht). We enjoyed a parade, a beer tent, and a Bavarian sky. And, best of all, spending time with our friends. It was a great day, and we both got sunburned. (A rare enough event this summer in Bavaria.)
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1. The parade participants gathering under a blue and white Bavarian sky. Two weeks ago, Marty climbed to the Hütte on the mountainside in the distance.
2. Excited before the parade. I love the leg warmers.
3. Every village brought a large contingent of Tracht-wearers of all ages.
4. Too young to march alone.
5. Just one of hundreds of beautiful, well-kept homes in Oberwössen, proudly flying the Bavarian flag.
6. The banners of each village group, parked outside the beer tent.
7. In the tent. I've never seen so many people in Tracht all in one place. They were definitely in the majority.
8. Enjoying the Gemütlichkeit.
9. The best thing about those dresses is that you can twirl in them. The painting on the backdrop is of Oberwössen.
A week from today, we're headed to the US. I still have so much to get done! I'd better scoot.
A week from today, we're headed to the US. I still have so much to get done! I'd better scoot.
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