Wedding Celebration at Lake Constance (Bodensee)

Claus and Julia chose Montfort Castle at Lake Constance to celebrate their wedding - a gorgeous location! Claus was Karl's Highschool Exchange Partner many years ago, and has been a family friend ever since.

Finn and Lily inspecting the dining rooms.


We climbed that tower later that night.



Princess Lily :)

Trying to keep cool by drinking bubbly mineral water, it was a hot day. I felt like jumping in the lake more than once.

From the patio we had a gorgeous view of the lake (which is shared by Germany, Austria and Switzerland) and the mountains on the other side.

It took the hair stylist 1.5 hours and almost a whole spray can of hair spray to make my hair look like this. I really liked how it turned out.

Sharing a romantic moment, until reality kicks in: "More juice, MAMA!"

Julia and Claus

The brothers with Finn and Lily

The food was simply amazing. Karl and I liked the desserts best, all six of them. :)

Baby snoozing in the breeze.

Finn and Lily did very well. They ran around with the other kids, colored, ate, enjoyed the view of the lake and did some crafts with the two hired babysitters.

Finn making a new friend.

Daddy and daughter dancing.

When it was dark (some time past 11pm) we asked one of the staff if we could climb the tower, something that Finn really REALLY REAAAALLLYYY wanted to do. So the friendly gentleman unlocked a door for us and we were on our way. It was dark and a narrow wooden staircase, but the kids were very brave. Here they are blinded by the flash, I took this picture in almost total darkness.

View of the patio and the lake (well, it's black) from the tower.

We left the party around midnight (minus Karl, who stayed until early in the morning). We met Claus and Julia and a lot of the other wedding guests for brunch at a lakeside hotel at 11:30am. Of course Lily had been up since 7, and so had I. :)