Warum ist der Blog auf Englisch?

Für alle, die das Englisch nervt, und alle, die Langeweile haben, geht doch mal hierhin:

http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?doit=done&tt=url&intl=1&fr=bf-home&trurl=http://katiandmatteswedding.blogspot.com&lp=en_de&btnTrUrl=Translate

und dann drückt F5!!

Viel Spass

k&m*

What do I have to do before the wedding?

• Get some cloth 20x20cm in somewhat blue for the wedding quilt (see below)
• bring rain gear
• bring an umbrella
• bring sunglasses
• bring your vintage swimsuit
• bring flat shoes
• bring sport shoes
• print a map of how to get to 17258 Feldberg
• pay for accommodation (only 5 left)
• Gude Laune (ask Philipp)
• Digital Cameras would be nice (we will try to collect pictures on sunday directly!!)
• more to come here

What's the latest? 1 month to go!

August update!

Hi all, dear family friends and strangers visiting this blog accidentally...

Today we entered the "last month zone" and things are moving fast. While we are working hard to pull the last details together for the wedding, 2 bachelor's nights are being prepared in the background by expert teams...

Good news is, that all but 7 people have paid for their accommodation (so if you haven't, feel free to do so now, you are late!)

Apart from that, we have defined some ideas for wedding presents, please see below!!

Last thing to remember: Keep your fingers crossed and let's all hope for good weather, it would be so much more beautiful in the sun ;)

Make sure to come back one more time... shortly before the wedding weekend we will give you another update with the latest... including things to bring and maybe some pictures from the bachelor's nights ;))

Have a fantastic month

k&m*

What kind of wedding presents shall I bring? Part II

In the early days of this blog we announced that the best way to support us would be a monetary gift to help us decorate our new flat.

Well, there is still no contract signed but our first own flat is coming a lot closer these days. Either way, we will need some items for sure, independent from where we finally will end up. So, to bring some color to the picture as promised, please find below 4 of the dreams we have for our new home and which we will be able to realize with your help.

We hope you can identify at least one of these as something you want to contribute to. Please feel free to let us know with your present which one you like most - and we hereby invite you to come visit us as soon as we have these 4 little dreams in place. We would like you all to sign the item you chose... so we will have to collect your signatures during your future visits at our new home ;)))

1. A couch / chair combination from Innovation called "Split back". A very nice couch for any living room, super comfortable, elegant and surprisingly flexible.
2. A new TV. Most people will know what I mean. There is no concrete model or brand chosen yet, since the new LED technology is developing fast and prices are dropping daily. But it will be a nice one ;)

3. A lamp. Again, straight forward, yet difficult. We will get a nice big lamp for the space above the dinner table. Similar to the one above.

4. Last but not least - for the men (no offense). An Australian style grill master x burner gas BBQ. Eventually we hope to have a nice terrace or little garden, which we will need for our new BBQ ;)

Y algo azul - Wedding quilt in blue

July update... with some exciting news!!!!

While we are trying to use the emotional time during the world cup to collect money for accommodation from you (till August 1st) - we thought it would be nice to make you do something fun as well.

We will create a "wedding quilt" after the wedding. A wedding quilt is a piece of patch work, that basically consists of several pieces of cloth stitched together (see above). To make this a long lasting memory we would like all of you to bring a piece of cloth that:

1) is easy to work with (e.g. tea towel, pillow case, t-shirt...)

2) has a special meaning (i.e. some connection we can remember. E.g. a checked blue and white tea towel has no special meaning to most of us. But if Martin brings one and says, its meant in a symbolic way for the Bavarian flag, we will always remember it as Martin´s - et voila!)

3) is not too big (20x20cm is plenty)

4) is somewhat BLUE (a total random mix of things usually doesn't look well together, so as a common theme, we chose blue...)

5) can or most likely will be used - but should be washed/clean ;)

Well, the final design will be made afterwards, but we are sure it's gonna be great!!

What's the latest news?

1) Read all the posts please! Some might not be on the first page...

2) Let's see if actually some people read this and make this website a little more interactive... in order to give our DJ's a little idea of what you'd like to listen to, please submit your personal top 5 favorite songs of all time as a comment to this post (you can now choses anonymous setting, if you dont have a google account...)

!! special thanks from DJ W, who otherwise would have played MC Hammer all night long...

Why are we getting married?

Because we love each other, support each other, need each other, complement each other, find each other funny, understand each other, want each other... and sooo much more each other... but there will be plenty of time to talk about that in September.

The important thing here is, that we want to share this moment of love and happiness with you... so please find below everything you need to know to make our wedding an unforgettable weekend for all of us -> THIS INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE, so please help us and provide feedback and come back once a month or so to check for updates!!

Kati and I got engaged on December 20th, 2009 on the summit of Mount Ossa, 1617m, the highest mountain of Tasmania in Australia. The picture was taken a couple of minutes after Kati stopped crying tears of joy (I assume) - so about half an hour after I proposed ;)

What is gonna happen?

The preliminary very simple agenda looks like this

Friday, 10.09.2010

You arrive during the afternoon/early evening

BBQ

Saturday, 11.09.02010

Breakfast

Activities around the beautiful lakes of Feldberg

Picknick/Lunch

Wedding ceremony

Coffee recovery

Dinner

Party

Sunday, 12.09.2010

Late hangover brunch

Most people leave

Some people stay

Monday, 13.09.2010 (optional)

Time to enjoy Feldberg's national reserve individually

Who can I contact?

We are trying to give away most of the work to our maids of honor and best men and our senior expert of operations Sahil. Please contact them directly if you can find your area question. Otherwise call us, send us an email or leave a comment here...

Willi Boehm (Car Pool, Music, ...)

Email: shotgunwilli@gmx.de

Wiebke Puch & Julia Severin (Games, speeches, anything YOU want to contribute)

Email: wiebke.puch@ts.fujitsu.com

Julia Leuchtenberger (leisure activities in and around Fedberg on Saturday morning) --> please only contact after July 1st!

Email: juleu@gmx.net

Sebastian Rudolph (Party, Music, ...)

Email: seborudi@gmail.com

Philipp Schneider ("Gude Laune", ...)

Email: philipppeterschneider@gmail.com

Sahil Tesfu (overall head of all coordination)

Email: s_tesfu@yahoo.de

What kind of wedding gifts should I bring?

This is an easy one...

The best way to support us at this stage is a monetary contribution to our new flat!

At the time we are writing this, we still don't know what kind of flat it's gonna be, but hopefully until September we can update this entry and add some more color to the picture!!

Where shall I sleep?

We want you all to be with us and stay with us! Therefore, we have rented two big wonderful houses at a lake that sleep a total of 80 people - so round about all of you!

There is NO need to book your own accommodation! We will ask you for a contribution to cover the accommodation expenses and take care of the rest in the form of an all-inclusive weekend package (Fr-Sun). And: The first 30 people who are interested to stay until Monday will get the 3rd night for free on top!

Confirmation

Please let us know until 01.07.2010

- if you are coming

- how long you would like to stay (Fr-Sun or Fr-Mon)

- if you are coming alone or bringing your partner

Payment

Please send us the fee to the following account:

Matthias Ernst

netbank

ktnr: 8564957

blz: 20090500

IBAN DE64200905000008564957

BIC GENODEF1S15

Subject: Wedding +"your name/s"

Starting TODAY and up to the 01.08.2010, we can offer you a fee of 80 Euro per person (as it facilitates the planning with our event partners immensely) for the entire weekend.

After that, the contribution may have to increase, so try to avoid that...

How do I get to Feldberg?

Feldberg in the "Feldberger Seenlanschaft" is part of a natural reserve located 130 km north of Berlin in Mecklenburg-Strelitz. The best way (by far!) to get to the wedding will therefore be by car. However, there is a train going to Neustrelitz from where you could get picked up by one of the other guests...

Location

Drostenhaus Feldberg

Amtsplatz 4

17258 Feldberg, Germany

Or click here to see it on google maps

Flights

for people coming from places other than Berlin or Hamburg, it may make sense to fly to Berlin and take a car from there. There are two airports - Tegel and Schönefeld. Both have car rental companies there. If you need to get into the city: From Schönefeld you will need about 45min. to get to town via train (runs regularly and is cheap). Tegel is closer to town, but without realiable public transport, so you will need to take a taxi.
Easyjet flies to Schönefeld (and has the only direct connection from Barcelona), otherwise Lufthansa, Germanwings, British Midlands (from London), Iberia, Air Berlin... are all good candidates.

Rental Cars

If you are coming by train or plane to Berlin and want to rent a car, you can get cheap deals at

http://www.robben-wientjes.de/

They have a 15 Euro/day Smart for 2, for example, but are not located at the airports or the station - so you would have take a taxi into town first.

For rentals from airports/train stations try

http://www.autoeurope.de/

for 3 day rentals and longer. Or try to get a weekend special at one of the well-known rental companies.

Carpool

Since there are many of you who need to go from Berlin to Feldberg, or from Düsseldorf/Cologne to Feldberg, it will make sense to share cars with others. If you are interested in doing so, please send an email to Willi (shotgunwilli[a]gmx.de), saying when you plan to leave Berlin, want to be back in Berlin, whether you offer a car or need a car and whether you are living in Berlin or arriving (Tegel, Schoenefeld, main station). Same goes for cars leaving from Düsseldorf/Cologne.

Train

There is a train from Berlin Hbf to Neustrelitz Hbf that takes 75 minutes. From there you can continue by bus or arrange for a pickup with us...

Other

In case you have another ideas or questions, just let us know and we will make sure to get you to Feldberg!

What shall I wear?

The general idea on dress code is that we want everybody to be comfortable and relaxed. So don't bother bringing a dark suit and tie or coming in high heels, unless you really want to ;)
Remember, this is a 3-4 day event and most of it will hopefully be outside and some of it maybe even in the water.

-> Definitely bring some sports clothes, shorts/bikini and a warm jacket/umbrella, just in case.

For the two formal events we imagine the following:

Friday

boys/girls: jeans and chequered shirt/blouse

Saturday

girls: flowery, summery dress (attention: much of the event is on a lawn, so no stiletto heels!)

boys: light colored summer suit or similar (side note: fashion seems to dictate that men wear scarfs this summer)