Dear Ivy,

thank you very much for this wonderful, extensive, detail-loving description of your experience of a Bavarian wedding! It gave me a lot of pleasure to read it and I could vividly imagine how you enjoyed the feast at your husband's side!

As a North German I have never actually been to the German Alps. I had to be 30 years old to even see the Alps or at least a high mountain - when my brother moved near Zurich. Neither have I ever seen original costumes or visited the Oktoberfest.

Germany can also be very, very different - and still beautiful ;-)
To be honest, in Northern Germany (the rather cool and distanced people...) we have rather prejudices against the traditions of the South-South Germans. But I think this is based on reciprocity :-D

It would be nice if you would write more often in such an enchanting way again!

Have a nice weekend,
warm greetings

Chriddi