Wedding and Birthday party with photos!

The wedding and birthday party was at a restaurant in Koenigstein.  It started at 6 pm and ended at 2:30 am when the police came and shut the party down.  I told Hubi that in American you knew it was a great party when the police arrived.  There was plenty of food and drink - all excellent.  Doris and Moni both gave very funny speeches and Elfriede (Doris' mother) and Laura (Moni's daughter) both wrote hilarious poems which had the party rocking and rolling with laughter.  It seems the whole family  is a bunch of stand up comics.  Since my German  "ist niche so gut", I missed most of the subtlety of word play, rhyme and verse but I could appreciate the laughter and love that filled the room.  Moni's old boyfriend also pooled their photos of Moni throughout the years - most of them have been friends since they were kids, and did a slide show of "do you remember when" which was both funny and touching.  It was interesting being at a party where almost everyone had known each other for decades and decades and share so may experiences and memories.  It was fun being part of such an important event for Doris' family - best party ever.