This past weekend Enno and I, along with a few other Germans, journeyed to Munich for Oktoberfest. It was the last weekend it was being held. We arrived in Munich Friday evening. Its a really lovely city. It is more cozy than Berlin. The buildings were rebuilt after WWII to look older, instead of modern like Berlin/Hamburg. (According to Samantha Brown) Friday evening we went out to dinner for schnitzel, which I always thought was a hot dog. Schnitzel is actually like a great big chicken nugget. Its a fried patty of pork meat. The place we went to is famous because their schnitzel is bigger than your face. I, of course, finished mine and whatever Enno couldn't finish... (Or the other way around.) After that we walked over to Oktoberfest to take a good look at what we would be getting ourselves into the next day. Going to Oktoberfest at night is like finding out that Santa isn't real. There is garbage everywhere and different bodily fluids are scattered about. I also got to see several people being taken away in ambulances. Anyways, Enno and I decided to go to Hofbrahaus for a beer. It was very fun. We met up with some British people who let us sit at their table. They also has a free buffet. (See pictures below)
The next morning we had to get up very early to line up for a tent at the festival. We lined up around 7:45 and got into the tent at 9:00. The tent we went to is one of the smallest tents and it seats about 5,000 people. Pretty wild stuff. We stayed in the tent and danced until around 4. Then we went to have dinner and headed back to Hofbrahaus. It was a pretty cool time.
Sunday we went to the English gardens where clothing is optional. I thought, "hmm, this sounds interesting." Sure enough, I saw 5-10 naked old men. Not so interesting, actually. In the English garden there is also a bridge that creates a wave-like effect in the river. There were about 20 people surfing in the river. It was pretty cool to see. Anyhow, its nice to be back in Aachen. Oktoberfest was an interesting experience.
Liebe grüße,
Courtney
Line to get in the tent. It opened at 9:00. We got there at 7:45. I wonder how early the people at the front got there.
Here is the free buffet at Hofbrahaus....
Enno helped himself...
Schnitzel as big as your face.
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