OKTOBERFEST
If you have never been to a world party, it's something you should put on your "things to do in life" list. Oktoberfest is one that will not let you down. Can you say lots of people???Lots of beer drinkin', lots of sausage and pretzel eatin', and lots of cute boys in Lederhosen!
First, let me set the stage.Oktoberfest is a huge "fair" in the middle of Munich. They set it up and take it down every year. The tents are HUGE, they hold about 10,000 people each, and there are approximately 15 tents at the event. It's no camping tent! There were about 5 million people in the 2 weeks Oktoberfest is open, drinking about 6 million liters of beer. The second Saturday it was open, one of the tents ran out of beer. They sold 500,000 liters of beer: one day, one tent. Just to give you an idea of how much beer is consumed. The official site for Oktoberfest is www.oktoberfest.de. It's also in English, if you want to see more photos of the event.
The first night we went, we sat in the Augustiner tent. It took us about 1/2
hour to find a seat, and then when we did, we wished we would have picked
another table. We sat with these Bavarian guys and boy, can they drink! This
photo was taken from the top floor of the Augustiner tent, just to give you
an idea of the amount of people in one tent.
Find
the Jenny in the photo to the right.
Ok, so the first night was over and I fell asleep on the train ride home, if that gives you any idea of how the rest of the night went. It was lots of fun for me, but Jen was a little turned off by the affair. She had enough!
The second time we went was with my Bavarian friend Helmut. I promised Jen nothing would happen to us if he was with us. So reluctantly, she came back with us. Well, the photos will show what happened next. See if you can pick up the progession - the photos are in order as taken.
It
started well, we sat outside at the Augustiner tent once again. Outside is
not only more calm, but much less smoky. So so far we are having fun and looking
pretty tame.
At
this point we are still sitting outside, but it starts to look like rain so
we decide to move inside. However, instead of moving inside of the Augustiner
tent, we go to the Hofbrau tent. This is where all the carnage happens that
you hear about at Oktoberfest. Helmut and I felt Jen should get the full experience.....
I
leave these two alone for one minute and they are ordering more beer.
Then we ask this guy to take our photo. He is holding it to his face, counting, when we realize something is not right. Before we could stop him, he takes the photo: of his eyeball! He had the camera facing towards him, not pointing outward! So here is the next photo, of us laughing at this guy.
Next thing I know, she's in the air. 
I went to the bathroom, and this is what I come back to....
Jen
LOVES her beer!
I think she is completely oblivious that this guy is
trying to tell her something...Of course, I don't remember him being in the
photo either.
So
it was finally time to go, according to Helmut. We start to walk outside,
and realize it is pouring rain!!! We have no choice, we must walk back to
the main train station. What happens?? We get wet! This is why Jen and Helmut
look wet in this photo. Of course, I get hungry, so we have to get foor. Jen
is holding french fries. She is not being held up, she is trying to look sexy
for the camera. :)
The BEST part of the entire night was on the train. I met a cute boy!!!! How often do I get my photo taken with a cute boy in Lederhosen??? (Now I am holding the fries).
