Newsletter 15 40631 ID2 - Joint Vienna Institute

JOINT VIENNA INSTITUTE
CONGRATULATIONS!
We are very happy to announce the wedding of Tatiana Bredniakova, JVI Course Administrator,
and Jürgen Krausz, Bank Austria Creditanstalt, on December 21, 2002. Tatiana writes:
Wedding Weekend in Stockholm
Getting married is one of the most important events in
one‘s life and is not a very easy decision nowadays, especially
if you are not eighteen any more. If you have finally
made up your mind, the next step is planning the big
event. Where? When? How? It was important for both of
us to feel comfortable with the arrangements, especially
since the choice of a country played a role.
But, in our case, consensus was easy. We both wanted
our wedding to be very private, at a registry office, but
neither in Austria, nor in Russia. In summer 2002 we had
a great holiday in Scandinavia, and, among other places,
we spent a few days in Stockholm and fell in love with
this beautiful city of islands. Like many other tourists we
were impressed by the elegance of the Stadshus (the City
Hall) of Stockholm, a tall building in the center of the city
famous for hosting the annual Nobel Prize reception. From
our guide we learned that weddings could be held there
too. So, if a third country had to be chosen, Stockholm,
Sweden, could not have been better.
There was another point in favor of choosing Stockholm.
There is not that much bureaucracy in Sweden and it was
not difficult to arrange everything. City Hall even provides
the witnesses. Just the two of us flew to Stockholm on
Friday, December 20, 2002, and we were married on Saturday,
December 21. We had chosen the longer version
of the ceremony, which lasted about two minutes. The
celebration took somewhat longer. We went to the City
Hall cellar restaurant, where we sampled some typical
Swedish Christmas cuisine. It was delicious, one of the
best dinners we had had in our lives. And because it was
a buffet we made the most of it!
On Sunday, we were back in Vienna. Everything worked
out very well, without any stress, exactly the way we wanted
it. So, if you are thinking of getting married abroad,
Stockholm is the place we recommend!
Tatiana Bredniakova, JVI Course Administrator, and Jürgen Krausz, Bank Austria Creditanstalt
6 WINTER 2002 NEWSLETTER No. 15