Hans and Riki's wedding, Santa Barbara, 21st Jan '06
This weekend I was privileged to attend the wedding of my great friends Hans and Erika in their beautiful hometown of Santa Barbara, California.
Hans and I have been friends since we met while working for NASA's ill-fated C*TS*T mission, in the summer of 1997. We've stayed in touch by email and trans-atlantic flights and even been on holiday together
two or three times. Hans met Erika (Riki) through a pub-quiz team at their company and they started dating shortly thereafter (with a trip to see The Taming Of The Shrew!). I was honoured to be invited to share this great day in their lives and I was also really happy to see Hans with such a charming, funny, smart woman. They have a great future ahead. More photos here.
Another great thing about weddings, of course, is the opportunity to meet up with people. Hans' sister Melissa was there and it's always a pleasure to spend time with her (thanks for your steady arm on Saturday night, Melissa!). Another C*TS*T survivor, Joel, was at the wedding, too, and we spent a pleasant Sunday nursing our hangovers in the Santa Barbara sunshine. Santa Barbara, by the way, is one of the nicest places on Earth. The mountains, the beach, the sea, the pretty downtown area and, of course, the climate conspire to create a place with many and varied opportunities to have fun (paragliding, hiking, sailing, shopping...). It's no wonder that DNA chose to go and live there.
Hans and I have been friends since we met while working for NASA's ill-fated C*TS*T mission, in the summer of 1997. We've stayed in touch by email and trans-atlantic flights and even been on holiday together
two or three times. Hans met Erika (Riki) through a pub-quiz team at their company and they started dating shortly thereafter (with a trip to see The Taming Of The Shrew!). I was honoured to be invited to share this great day in their lives and I was also really happy to see Hans with such a charming, funny, smart woman. They have a great future ahead. More photos here.
Another great thing about weddings, of course, is the opportunity to meet up with people. Hans' sister Melissa was there and it's always a pleasure to spend time with her (thanks for your steady arm on Saturday night, Melissa!). Another C*TS*T survivor, Joel, was at the wedding, too, and we spent a pleasant Sunday nursing our hangovers in the Santa Barbara sunshine. Santa Barbara, by the way, is one of the nicest places on Earth. The mountains, the beach, the sea, the pretty downtown area and, of course, the climate conspire to create a place with many and varied opportunities to have fun (paragliding, hiking, sailing, shopping...). It's no wonder that DNA chose to go and live there.
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