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Bielefeld Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Area 257.8 km2 (99.5 sq mi)
Elevation 118 m (387 ft)
Population 323,084

"Dr. William Land"

Years and years of hard work have finally paid off....you can call him Dr. Billy now!  The ceremony was really special for the PhD graduates.  The graduate gets "hooded" by their major professor...the one who has been their mentor and closest advisor throughout their graduate career.  I know Billy appreciates everything Dr. Tennenbaum has done for him over the years, and that relationship will continue on in years to come.  We're all so proud :)
Saturday night, there was a graduate reception for the students in Billy's program.  It was a nice chance for the students to say goodbye to each other and to their professors.
If you would like to see the graduation and didn't get a chance to, you can still watch it on the university's website: http://learningforlife.fsu.edu/graduation/. You can fast forward to see his hooding, which takes place at 1:58:21 in the video.

In the beginning...

We knew from the beginning we would come to this moment together, but we never could have expected the whirlwind of great opportunities and big decisions that we would face all at once...
Decision number one: We're moving to Germany!
Decision number two: We're going to get married!
Decision number three: We're going to get married...this weekend!

And that brings us to today. We decided that we wanted to marry each other so much that we would have TWO weddings!  Plus, now that the pressure of visas, finding jobs, etc is off, we can move to Germany happily married and plan our ceremony as we please.  Doesn't get much better than that....

On August 29th, we officially leave for our four year European honeymoon!