Bremen, Germany is a city filled with history and traditions. Last night we came upon one of my favorite traditions-junnggesellenabschied also known as "STAG PARTY" or "BACHELOR PARTY". It's the last night of freedom for the Groom, so his friends dress him in some kind of embarrassing costume and the parade through the city where he sells various items or shots of a liquor in order to pay for the drinking while "PARTYING".
These young men were selling shots for 1 euro! It was a nasty apricot liquor and apple. I said no drink just a picture and I will pay. Their English was much better than my German, they were all excited to talk to an American. He was dressed in a bee costume with a T-Shirt to sign and hat with curlers......Okay whackadoo German boys. They were really nice, posed for my picture and one of them told me I was an ANGEL! (Hee, hee WHATEVER!)
I gave him a piece of marriage advice " Happy wife, Happy life"!!
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44 comments:
You just have to love that Bee costume! LOL What a great photos those are!!! Happy sunday:)
Love that quote, I heard Seal use that same quote on the Oprah show when talking about Heidi. Now that's one lady who looks happy!
Looks like someone had a blast! Thanks for sharing the pics, makes me miss my days in Germany:(
What a great tradition, I never would have known! Thanks for sharing.
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PS: The Bee Man is devastatingly handsome in his curlers. Those Germans boys sure are hunky. I bet he has a mean stinger to boot!
Amen! Happy Wife-Happy Life : ). I love the picture! So cute. Those bumble bee shorts are SUPER cool : )
Having an American angel take his picture will undoubtedly be talked about for years to come :)
Happy post!! What a MOUTHFUL that tradition is!! I could not pronounce it! What a bunch of cute guys, looked like they were having a blast!!! You are such a cougar!!! Great marriage advice. Heard that on Real (not so) Housewives of NJ.
So many neat things going on in Bremen! Makes England look boring : ) Texas too : ) Thanks for sharing the culture every week!
I'm with Ina- first thought in my head was Nj housewives reach all the way to germany channeled through my sister. Then I realized that there was NO way that crazy Theresa was the first to say that. So, I'm with meno mom now and am thinking that it is appropriate that you said that-Seal said it to a German too!
How's that?
Well this is so much more fun than the American tradition.
Oh how fun!
my very first time in bremen i saw the same thing on the steps of city hall, they made the guy in curlers and a bra clean up a million bottlecaps and run around trying to kiss virgins.
forever in my mind, germans are weird, much, much weirder than americans.
~lytha in germany
The curlers. Oh my goodness. Germans are fun, strange people.
I found this through Sundays in My City. How fun!
Was he drinking the shots too? I'd need to to get into that get-up! ;)
YOu know that is my MOTTO. Happy wife, Happy Life. Great photo.
how fun! the guys really liked you!
was the guy kneeling showing the length of the groom?!
xoxo
You got that right! Happy WIFE, Hapy Life :-)
Love the tradition. I wonder if we could get grooms in the US to dress up like that. It's a hoot!
Thanks for sharing your Sunday.
xp
That's such an interesting tradition! I'm sure he was thrilled to be a bee, although he really doesn't look so bothered!
You gave some great advice.
Perfect advice! Fun for you to stumble upon this I'm sure!
What a fun tradition. Better than stuffing dollar bills in a thong I would think. Much more ingenious, don't you think?
Great advice and another one...don't wear the bee costume to bed if you expect to get any nook nook.
Very good advice :)!
I love the humiliation that goes on at German bachelor parties.
Ha! What a great outfit.
I think your advice is spot on, too--LOL!
Too fun. Great quote!
cute cute cute! Glad you got a picture :)
Fun! I was at a bachelorette party this weekend, but we didn't make the bride wear anything so silly. She sure did do a good job of earning her money, though!
So cute!
You go girlfriend, Great-perfect advise! Happy wife is the KEY!
Happy wife, happy life, says it all.
Yes! Oh my gosh that is hilarious! Why don't we do that in the states?
Happy wife Happy life is the BEST advice!!!
LOL I love these pictures!
So Cute! Gotta love a guy that seems so comfortable getting all dolled-up! What a happy, happy post! You always put a smile on my face.
Happy wife, happy life. Darn good advice. :-)
Now, that's a cool bachelor party!
How FUNNY!
That was a very good piece of advice!
LOL
right...happy wife, happy life
I grew up in Bremen!!!! So nice to see pictures of my home town! I now live in Westchester, NY, with my husband and little boy (3) and we only visit once or twice a year. I always love to come back to Bremen, it's such a perfect little city. I love the Schnoor and the Markt and everything old.
Thanks for posting this!
Dagmar
Oh my, that is a great, haha. Really nice photos!
That's really funny! What a fun idea.
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