The weather today was cold and rainy. Despite that, it was such a wonderful day. Juli and Christian got married. They were wed at the church in Allendorf at 11am. The service was a fairly typical catholic service. In many ways, the wedding was much like those in the US. If I were to detail the whole day, this would be a very long entry, so I'll mostly just detail the differences. When we walked into the church, I was surprised not to see Christain, the groom standing at the alter. I just figured he must just be standing out of my sight. But nope, he wasn't up in front. When the wedding march sounded on the organ, Juli and Christian walked up the aisle together. Typically here, the fatehr does not give the bride away.
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