Posted on 01/05/2009 8:15:51 PM PST by Kaslin
Mika and his girlfriend Anna-Bell found on way to airport with lilo, swimming trunks and a witness for the wedding in tow
t is a dream that has been shared by lovers across the centuries – the chance to elope to exotic lands. But few would have been as bold and spontaneous as six-year-old Mika and his five-year-old sweetheart Anna-Bell who, after mulling over their options in secret, packed their suitcases on New Year's Eve and set off from the German city of Hanover to tie the knot under the heat of the African sun.
The children left their homes at dawn while their unwitting parents were apparently sleeping, and took along Mika's seven-year-old sister, Anna-Lena, as a witness to the wedding.
Donning sunglasses, swimming armbands and dragging a pink blow-up lilo and suitcases on wheels packed with summer clothes, cuddly toys and a few provisions, they walked a kilometre up the road, boarded a tram to Hanover train station and got as far as the express train that would take them to the airport before a suspicious station guard alerted police.
"What struck us was that the little ones were completely on their own and that they had lots of swimming gear with them," said Holger Jureczko, a police spokesman. He described Mika and Anna-Bell as "sweethearts" who had "decided to get married in Africa where it is warm, taking with them as a witness Mika's sister".
Anna-Bell told the German television station RTL: "We wanted to get married and so we just thought: 'Let's go there.' "
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Thats neat! What year?
82 or 83, I forget. Leda?
Leda?
My wife. She is asleep at the momment, will chime in tomorrow, and tell me where I geot it wrong. The skinny girl on the left, in the pic.
LOL! Ok. The pic I posted is from 74 or 75.
Wow. I have only known leda since the 60’s.
And here I am following your story thinking you're an old geezer when I realized I'm older than you.
Here's an old thread from several years ago about our story:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/968165/posts
Dan, I am 46. Why the heck does everyone assume I am a geezer?
Because of my name?
Sorry, it is my name. All mine. My parents stuck me with it - Patton.
She was packing at your wedding???
Now, you gotta love that.
Dunno, something about the cadence in your posts. It's as if you were calling your wife "Ma." I'm 47, so I don't feel so old any more.
No she was packing on our first DATE. A precinct walk during the LA riots just over the hill from the Rodney King incident.
“something about the cadence in your posts”
Wierd. I talk like an old guy? I suppose, maybe. Could be. I often use old spellings - that is because I can’t spell.
Well you’re the same age as my little brother if that makes you feel better (although I think he’s dying his hair now).
I kind of like a girl who packs a weapon, but keep it to yourself.
LOL - I will never die my hair. Dye? Whatever.
Who cares what color it is.
You're not doing it right.
(Best Peter Lorrie voice:) The fun is listening to them scream, and scream, and scream, and scream, as they tumble down a cliff and into the ocean...BuuuuuWAAAHAAhahahahahahaaaaaaa!
My first grade crush and I glued our hands together with Elmer’s, does that count?
Heheh...I thought that stuff WAS about true love...
No wonder women sometimes look at us with their hands on their hips and go: “Hmph. Men!”
That was just weird...but when you factor in the Peter Lorrie voice...it becomes funny!
Naw they probably just went through the gate, and the person that collects the tickets hadn’t come to them yet
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