Maria, Mirko and Valentin combined with one ring. The "Haemmerles"

Yesterday it was time to conclude the wedding season 2008 with the wedding of Maria and Mirko which was held at Weingut Hillinger in Jois. Markus, arriving in the morning from Istanbul where he did not manage to get sleep and so only had a nap on the plane, was hoping to at least get a power nap in the afternoon, but as Kerstin was Maria's witness there was so much still to prepare, that there was no chance for a single minute of rest.

The weather was absolutely gorgeous with more than 30 degrees, sunshine and a light breeze. It offered the perfect surroundings coupled with the setting of the wedding on the hill just above the vineyard overlooking the Neusiedler Lake. Maria was absolutely stunning and must have either denied to wear half the wedding-dress or expected such nice tempreatures as her wedding dress was very sexy and just a bit more than a whiff of nothing. The men - wearing suit and tie - were jealous of such a light outfit. The ceremony itself was short and compact, Kerstin recited a nice poem dedicated to the couple and the obligatory rice-shower was coupled with bubbles and a rose cordon.

One ring to rule them all! M&M are married!

Markus was at center stage of the traditional "throwing of the garter" which literally dropped into his hand. Lets see if that means anything ;-). During the following dinner we heard several very nice and funny speeches and songs, whereas we would like to highlight Maria's mom's speech as very special and also Maria's brother Michael's speech due to the fact that his daughter Matilda added her ad-hoc comments.

Over the past few weeks also we, together with our friends, better known as the Bella Familia, have prepared something special for the newly weds: We adapted the lyrics of "We are the world", went to a sound studio and recorded and filmed the chorus. The result was a 9 minute long video which we showed on a big screen. For all of you who dont mind wrong tones and imperfect singing, take a look at the video and/or the "making of" both of which Markus has already put on his YouTube channel. With this video we wanted to say "Thank You" to M&M as they have been contributing big time to every movie we made so far for weddings, birthdays et al and we wish them together with Valentin, their son, all the best for their life as an "official" family!

Following dinner, a fantastic selection of Vorarlberger cheese and all speeches, songs, videos etc. the party really started, most of us switched from wine to cocktails or vodka and we all danced and jumped until the early morning hours. Even the several children/babies stayed quite long at the party. Not really dancing, but sleeping outside on the terrace in their pushchairs as the weather and temperatures allowed for that. Evidence for the waking of the party-tigers will be shown soon in the picture links. At the moment we can only tell you: its worth to come back and have a look!

The singing and dancing took its toll and so we left the party close to 0400 together with Evi (who by the way was dancing at two (2) weddings that night) and Christoph to our hotel, the recommendable and very nice Weingut Agerlhof in Jois.

Again all the best from us for the new family!

Kerstin & Markus