European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A Soldier and his Bride do the wedding March stories by Mary Neth staff writer breakfast at i Dos followed by wine at marriage Darling Denmark style takes less time than getting a Drivers not much longer than picking up a big there Are for unprogrammed time for tender looks and hand this is How it was recently for one Young couple who chose a scandinavian tourist wedding package trip to tie the Carmela of the Small German Village of and 4 Rick originally of had wanted to avoid the lengthy time it would take to marry under German they were after breakfast together in the grand hotel in an hour later the new and Walter Rick Cottrel were asking a flustered waitress for the wine the occasion had to be breakfast not they haunt circled the Gold and White dining rooms Long Buffet with its pickled breads and they had sipped cof fee and kept their eyes on the As the who had dated for two and a half were dressed to on their wedding both were wearing modish yellow summer Brown haired Carmelas were topped by a Golden Silky blonde Ricks White shirt sported the words hawaiian promptly at half past under a slate sky promising More Spring they were Ricks Cowboy boots Click cracked along the still quiet danish streets holding they walked briskly to the City Hall four blocks two weddings had been Rodney Barry and Claudia Marx were married then it was Carmela and Ricks the ended by a was Over in a matter of the worse part was the train trip said he is stationed at a Remote site not far from Reut Lingen in the couple had to leave Home sunday but didst arrive in Odense until monday where had they met at a German country according to who said that at it was real dictionary Carmela Speaks halting in weve been planning on getting married for some time he but for a while i want sure that i was going to stay in the i decided if i was going to get mar ried and Start a id better stay so i re Rick is being reassigned to fort this after he gets things set finds an of base apartment Carmela will join the parents Ricks parents Are eager to meet the new her parents Arent pleased about the mar they Are pretty unhappy about the whole says particularly Carmelas he liked me at in he invited me to live at his Home and i did for six it began to Dawn on him that his plans for Carmela taking Over the family Gasthaus were going Down the Little like my washing my car on bothered and he was disappointed that i didst learn to speak we Are leaving for America and he Doest like me at the two Hope that inlaw unhappiness will change around Given a Little time and eventually a in sure ill be re stationed Back in Germany in a couple of its about the Only place they can use me in my missile site said the two seemed to be taking a Cool approach to the wedding there some inner turmoil that showed up in unexpected forgetful Rick left his briefcase full of All the necessary Legal documents in a room at the City when he discovered the he had to sprint Back through town to pick it the same Carmela left her wedding ring both had been wearing rings for some time in a restaurant a woman noted what had happened and rushed to give it i sort of wanted a regular big Church but i am very said the waitress brought the the two exchanged another kiss and then everyone clicked glasses together in a marriage photos by Lynda Sparks Darling Denmark the newly we game where everyone a Winner to not but for a fast wedding Denmark can be the solution for americans stationed Over i the paper work is much less Complex than in Spain or where the required documentation and translations can take As Long As a after floods of couples discovered just the scandinavian tourist office decided to turn it into a tourist theres a danish dub Federal Railroad package called Darling Denmark which includes a train ride there and hotel and an appointment at City the package Tours can be booked through travel offices on american military the or the Sandina fisches Rei Sebiro in the program offers a Choice of several on the Island of couples can be married at about 18 Miles from Copenhagen a free trip there is included in the or at which boasts the biggest indoor shopping Center in Northern on the Island of couples can tie the knot in Svend a Harbor town that offers ferry trips to the 18th City of or the Birthplace of Hans Christian on the Island of the wedding site is the town of Veale near the famed Lego couples who choose the danish route of be if they Are divorced or they must Send a copy of the final divorce decree or certification of the former partners death by registered mail to those planning to marry in cities in Jutland and Funken should Send it to fans Norre Gade do 5000 Odense for in cities on the Island of Send to Rosmilde algae do 4000 Den this should be done at least one month prior to the desired Date of for marriage in located closer to the German but not included in the Darling Denmark Contact Omune Torver do 6270 United states divorce degrees generally do not meet the requirements of danish an additional statement issued by the clerk of the court where the divorce was granted often is the statement must contain the Date the final decree was a statement that no Appeal has been made or can be made and that the individuals named in the divorce Are free to once the papers have been returned from Den the couple is advised to Check with their travel if the papers have been they can then make arrangements for the marriage if the application has been they must take care of the necessary paper work and then some cities require a Small fee for the Legal work the travel Counselor can provide this the requirements of the danish government must be followed to the the Darling Denmark brochure warns that without the proper paper a personal appearance is couples with problems can Contact the Domestic relations Legal fam Sletholm Shade do 1216 Copenhagen for advice As to what documents Are though the package allows the use of any train to most choose to take a sunday Nighter that puts them at their danish destination monday that allows them to drop off their papers and application to be married at City the wedding then Gener ally takes place on Many couples choose to save Money by sitting up through the night As the train travels from Frankfurt to Hamburg Altona for the danish there is a of either a Couchetta six Beds to a a Flatfish Pillow and a paper like Blanket to wrap up or a regular roundtrip train fare with Couchetta and four nights in the hotel costs 523 Marks per person at 3 Marks to a of to Cross the passports or id cards Are Page 14 the stars and stripes june 1935 the stars and stripes Page 15