Rehearsal

On October 19 we had our Bavarian rehearsal. Everybody who had Lederhosen or a Dirndl wore those! The wedding party went to the Chapel to practice for the next day.







Marina: the best (princess-) flower girl in the world!(thanks, Kristen!)



All Germans...and ONE American together (my sister was 8 months pregnant! Unfortunately we couldn't find a Dirndl for pregnant women).

Later we met everybody that had arrived that day at Cafe Gutenberg in Richmond, one of our favorite places. A dear friend (thanks Deanna... and Reza of course!!!) arranged for us to have the whole upstairs for ourselves. The place and the food were awesome! Eric and I picked our favorite foods and wine about a month before the event.





The Dirndl girls: Niki, I, my Mom and Faith.



After Cafe Gutenberg most of us went to Capital Ale House which is located right next to the hotel everybody was staying at (how convenient, right?) and had a few drinks.