Here are various pictures taken during the week we were in London for Paul & Karin's wedding in October 2008. The photos are in chronological order. Clicking on a photo displays a larger version.
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[23 October 2008]
We're in London to celebrate Paul & Karin's wedding. We're staying at Cannizaro House, a lovely hotel in Wimbledon. Daddy and I went for a walk through the grounds.
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[23 October 2008]
There are some lovely trees in the grounds of Cannizaro House.
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[23 October 2008]
We're sitting in the lobby of our hotel. Uncle Paul and Grandpa Shiv have come to pick us up for dinner. My class mascot Buddy is coming with us. It's passed my normal bedtime but with the timezone change it feels like 3 in the afternoon, not 8 at night.
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[23 October 2008]
We're at dinner at a Gordon Ramsay restaurant called Boxwood Café in Knightbridge. At dinner are family members of Paul and Karin. In the picture from the left are Frieda (Karin's sister), Mummy, me, Daddy, Alberto (Karin's father), then on the other side of the table, Uncle Paul, Elizabeth (Karin's mother), Grandpa Shiv, Aunty Karin, and Joe (Karin's brother-in-law).
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[24 October 2008]
The street outside Paul & Karin's house in Wimbledon.
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[24 October 2008]
Karin & Paul's house in Wimbledon.
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[24 October 2008]
Grandpa Shiv and the three of us went into London today to have lunch in Covent Garden. Here we are having lunch at an outdoor pub. Buddy came with us.
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[24 October 2008]
We're at the London Transport Museum and Shop. It's a bit cold so I'm wearing my new coat plus some gloves that I bought today. The gloves are cool because the have open fingers and they also have a mitten cover when it gets really cold.
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[24 October 2008]
We're on our way to Selfridges to for tea and to shop for a wedding present. There's a London double-decker bus in the background - we caught one of those later on our way back to Paul's house.
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[24 October 2008]
We're at Trafalgar Square! Here's me and Buddy with Big Ben in the background.
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[24 October 2008]
I also got to ride the London Underground today too!
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[24 October 2008]
We're at dinner with Paul the night before his wedding. Uncle Paul's friend Mattias and I are watching a program on Mummy's iPhone. I'm sharing my headphones with him.
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[24 October 2008]
Uncle Paul at dinner.
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[24 October 2008]
Uncle Juergen arrived from Munich tonight for the wedding. He's funny!
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[25 October 2008]
It's wedding day! I'm all dressed and we're downstairs ready to be picked up by Uncle Paul.
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[25 October 2008]
The two fathers, Grandpa Shiv and Alberto.
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[25 October 2008]
Here's Uncle Paul just before the wedding. He's not nervous or anything. Karin's sister Frieda is looking on.
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[25 October 2008]
I'm in my pretty wedding dress just before the wedding.
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[25 October 2008]
My family!
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[25 October 2008]
We're in the registrar's office waiting for Karin and her Dad. Uncle Paul had nothing else to do so he took our picture.
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[25 October 2008]
There she is! Karin with Alberto.
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[25 October 2008]
Aunty Karin looks lovely!
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[25 October 2008]
The best bit of the ceremony. Paul's put Karin's ring on her finger already.
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[25 October 2008]
Paul signing the registrar's book.
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[25 October 2008]
We're all outside now with the married couple. That's Elliott throwing the confetti. I got some to throw too.
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[25 October 2008]
Group shot with the parents: Alberto & Elizabeth, Karin & Paul, and Shiv.
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[25 October 2008]
I'm in the cool kids' group. Emma and Elliott, Juergen, Karin, me, Paul, Mattias and Sarah.
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[25 October 2008]
The Rakkar side: Shiv, Karin, Paul. Zoe (that's me), Kiron and David.
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[25 October 2008]
The Saarnmark family: Joey and Frieda, Karin, Alberto, Paul, and Elizabeth
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[25 October 2008]
Karin and the boys.
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[25 October 2008]
Me. I'm really enjoying all these photos and playing with everyone. It's really exciting.
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[25 October 2008]
Uncle Juergen (in the background) brought some champagne with him to celebrate. I get to have some too - I think I like it!
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[25 October 2008]
We're now at the Charlotte Street Hotel where we're to have lunch. We're off in a side room first for drinks and nibblies.
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[25 October 2008]
Karin & Paul relaxing.
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[25 October 2008]
Everyone's chatting and relaxing. I'm more into the relaxing and watching a program on Mummy's iPhone. I'm good at relaxing.
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[25 October 2008]
Time for lunch. We've all moved downstairs to our private room where the table is all set. It's great that we're all around one big table.
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[25 October 2008]
More chitchat before the food arrives.
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[25 October 2008]
Did I tell you I'm good at relaxing? Has anyone seen my shoes?
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[25 October 2008]
Sarah and I are discussion what I should draw using the pens and notepad Daddy found for me courtesy of the hotel.
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[25 October 2008]
Paul's saying a few words.
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[25 October 2008]
Karin laughing.
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[25 October 2008]
I'm showing Mattias and Mummy my drawings.
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[25 October 2008]
It's now after lunch and it's time to cut the cake! It's all chocolate!
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[25 October 2008]
Uncle Paul went to a music shop down the street from the hotel and borrowed (!) a guitar from them. A great way to spend the rest of their wedding day.
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[26 October 2008]
We're at the Wimbledon Windmill today. Unfortunately it's cold and rainy outside so we're doing indoor things today. Wimbledon Windmill was a flour mill in the 19th century. Here's Grandpa and me in the process of grinding grain to make flour.
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[26 October 2008]
Grandpa did the grinding so now it's Daddy's turn to help me do the sifting.
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[26 October 2008]
Here's a model of the windmill (it was raining too much to go outside and take a photo of the outside). The little sign says "Wimbledon Windmill in its working days. This model shows the Wimbledon Windmill as it might have looked in 1825. It is based upon records, remaining evidence and the mill-wrighting practices of the time."
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[26 October 2008]
Our tour of Wimbledon continues with (of course) the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, home of the Wimbledon tennis championships. It was still raining so we didn't venture out, but we did go into the tennis museum that they have.
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[26 October 2008]
More of the tennis museum at Wimbledon.
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[26 October 2008]
We're back at Uncle Paul & Aunty Karin's house again. I'm on their sofa watchig TV and surrounding myself with all the pillows (because it is comfy but also to hide from the paparazzi).
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