I am a really organized and structured person, so I am always open for having a Plan B for everything I do. Yesterday we went to dinner with some lovely friends and talked about our upcoming weddings (these guys will marry in two weeks) and about our futures as married couples and as future parents.

I told them that lately I have been thinking a lot about what Flo and I would do without the Greencard in our pockets. I think that we would move to another city like Hamburg or something in Europe, because we both don’t see Cologne as our future hometown – both for private and for career reasons.

When I told them about that, our friend Elodie got kind of excited, because they also think about moving to Hamburg in the future, because this city offers better career opportunities than their hometown does and is one the cutest citys in Germany. Elodie suggested that if we may come back from the US in the next few years, we all could move to Hamburg together!

I actually like that idea. We see the whole emmigration thing kind of easy. If we won’t make it in the US that will be fine. But I like the idea of not coming back to Cologne, but move to another german country instead! In this case America wouldn’t be a defeat, but the beginning of something new!

One of my all-time-favourite american movies is Father of the Bride. I loved this movie when I was a little girl, because I have always been obsessed with huge weddings and wanted my own to be like a princess-dream coming true. I actually watched the movie with Flo sometime last year, but I didn’t think about it for one single second since we began planning our big wedding.

Today my colleague talked in a funny accent which reminded me of the movie’s wedding planner Franck Eggelhoffer – my favourite character in that movie. I immediately searched for a scene with him on the internet and couldn’t stop laughing. I really have to watch this movie this week before the wedding to cheer me up a bit. It is so hard to plan your dream wedding, but the father of the bride in that movie has it a thousand times harder than I do!

Funny thing is that my dad right now is the most relaxed person in our family. He isn’t involved in the whole planning a lot, because he works in Bremen and isn’t home often. But I know that he would be heartbroken, if like Geroge Banks he wouldn’t have any chance to talk to his daughter or the groon at the wedding.

George Bank’s situation is a bit like mine and my dad’s! Like George’s daughter flies off right after the wedding for a long time, I will fly off for a even longer time very soon! And I am sure that my dad’s feelings for this are similar to George Bank’s feelings! So inspired by this movie I will pay extra attention to my lovely daddy not only on our wedding day but for the last months we will be in Germany!

Love you, dad!

As you may know by now Flo and I will marry (in a big ceremony) next Saturday. Right now I am kind of anxious and angry, because it looks a lot like we will have rain on that day. This would be really, really sad, because we planned an outdoor wedding and are not half as well prepared for an indoor ceremony as we are for an outdoor one. For a bride this is a nightmare coming true.

Luckily Flo and I went to a wellness spa today to have some pre-wedding relaxation, which was the best thing we could do after my little panic attack this morning. And while lying at the Spa totally relaxed and without worries, I had one of the best ideas of the last months: Why not take my dress to the US and take pictures there?

Flo was kind of curious about the idea when I told him about it, so it looks like we will do it. My dad got himself a new suitcase last week, in which my huge dress will fit perfectly. And bringing Flo’s suit to the US will be no problem either! I actually am so excited about the idea of bringing our wedding outfits to California with us and make some cool pictures at the Santa Monica Pier, at an oldschool diner or at some other nice places in our future homecountry.

Perhaps you know some good places for a past-wedding picture in or near Los Angeles? We will reward every tip with a picture!