Munchen, Germany
This morning I woke up feeling almost completely better. The only sign of reminder of my past sickness was a slight pain when swallowing a little morning phlegm. After getting to chat with Jackie on the internet for a bit, B and I got in line for the shower. In a strange turn of events, the guys line was much longer than the girls…
Once we had showered we tried to check back into the Tent for another night. Unfortunately, they told us they had no space! We decided we would worry about it later and instead found our Aussie friends and then all headed to Oktoberfest. We were all surprised by the temperature difference between night and day here. It was very warm as we entered the fest!
Upon entering the festival we decided we needed to get some breakfast (it was 11:00). We all tried a bavarian. It was a super sugary pastry and it was very tasty. Feeling more energetic, we cruised through the fest.
As expected, we encountered a lot of beer houses. To my surprise, there were also a lot of rides and games. In addition, the large horses hauling the carriages full of kegs impressed us.
After making almost a full loop, we decided it was time to get some lunch. We ducked into a beer house and sat at the restaurant. While it was slightly expensive, the salad that I ordered was phenomenal!
When we had all finished eating it was 15:00 and we decided it was time to try to get a table at a beer house (You can only be served beer if you are at a table). First, however, B and I purchased some awesome Oktoberfest hats! To our surprise, some of the beer houses were already full and were closing their doors. After being denied by a few of the tents, we eventually made our way back to the place we had lunch.
Luckily, we found some nicer Germans who let us sit with them. It was tight quarters but we had a place. They told us that they had gotten there at 9:00 and had been drinking since 10:00!
We spent the remainder of the day at the table with the Germans. We had several steins of beer and learned some fun German drinking phrases and songs. At 22:00 B and I could not drink any more beer and were ready to head back to The Tent. We smuggled out a few beer steins (which are quite heavy) and made our way home. We lost our Australian to some other guys (also from Australia).
When we got back to the tent we realized that we had not eaten dinner. Unfortunately, nowhere nearby was serving food. Instead, we had some orange juice and went to sleep. Once again, it was very cold!
PS – sorry if there are a lot of typos but my finger is still hurting from the train incident and it makes it difficult to type…
1 comment:
Sean, as much as I love reading your blog and seeing how you are doing, I dont think we need so much information that we have to hear about your morning phlegm.
Oktoberfest looks CRAZY. That hat is PIMP. Glad you had beer for dinner.
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