OKTOBERFEST!!

Okay Wow. So I went to Oktoberfest with some kids from school this weekend, and man it was a blast.

I didn't really know any of the kids who I had rented the car with, but it was the cheapest thing to do and I really wanted drive on the autobahn :) So another Schiller guy named Elias and I found two other people to rent a car with, we ended up with an Audi A4.

On the way down it took nearly 5 hours because of road construction (a familiar feeling) and traffic. When we got into Munich we dropped one of the guys off because he was staying with another friend, then we headed to a small town (Bavarians call them villages) outside Munich where Elias lives. We met up with some of Elias' friends that night who were all going to Oktoberfest the next day and invited me to join them!! I was pretty excitedd to go to Oktoberfest with Bavarians (people from south Germany). Or as they like to say Bavaria is south OF Germany.

So Saturday morning we woke up at 6:45 to catch the train into Munich. Yes 6:45, you have to get there early or you won't get into the tent.
So if you check out some of the pics on FB you can see what the inside of the "tent" looks like. It's best to be inside because there you can get the full experience. They have live music which really gets people energetic.

So we sat inside for about 2.5 hours before we got kicked out, due to people reserving the table about 10 months ago.

After we left the tent we went to the biergarten, which is just another huge terrace with tables and beer. We sat there for the majority of the day, drinking beer and eating food.

The best thing about Oktoberfest is the clothes. Men wear the traditional Lederhosen while women where Dirndl. Lots of people think this is a German outfit, and it is, but only people in the southern half of Bavaria wear them-one thing I learned while being with the Germans.

Well there is so many more details I could share about, if ya wanna know more i'd love to tell ya.

Last thing, on the way home we had some open road and I got the A4 up to about 220 km, which is about 135 mph.. Very fun, but tough to drive that fast for a period of 10 minutes.

Hugs and kisses

Eric