Liam's Baptism

In August we went on a Deutsche Bahn adventure (ie: train fiasco!! don't be needlessly fooled by the stereotype that Germans are efficient and orderly! I have evidence to prove otherwise...).

Our mission was to make it to the little town of Weidingen, near Bitburg, to attend Liam's baptism. Thanks to luck, dogged persistence and Claudia, the gracious mother of the baptee himself, we made it just in the nick of time. It was a wonderful day watching the ceremony, then meeting Claudia's family, getting a tour of the town and area and drinking white wine in the sun and gorging on cake.

This is little Liam!

Here he is with mom, Claudia, and dad, Mark. Claudia and Tone are friends from UBC. She still works there, but came over for a visit to Germany to do the baptism up in proper style with the full fam-damily.

This is the church the baptism was held in. It's a pilgrimage site (can't remember why), so is much bigger and more colourful than you would expect for the size of the town (about 200). Claudia's family's house was right across the street, so we just walked back over for the reception afterwards.

This is Johann, a friend of the family. He was totally adorable in his little lederhosen.

Claudia with the Tonemeiser.