What an amazing experience! We were told that each tent holds 10,000 people (I am not so sure that I believe that) and man is it fun to drink and sing with 10,000 of your closest German and Italian friends (it was Italian weekend)! The beer was actually really good, the chicken was amazing, but I think my favorite part was the pretzels! Huge, fresh and soft on the inside! Tim's favorite part was the Drindl outfits (you will see evidence of this by the pictures that he, Kenny and Josh took at the event). All I can say is bring on David!
The other best part about Oktoberfest... we were able to nab two beer steins from the tents!! One from the Hippodrom and one from the Hofbrauhaus! Prost!!
Btw... Kenny is our friend from San Francisco. He used to work with Tim at Ernst and Young, but he works for Cisco now out of Amsterdam. As some of you may remember, we visited Kenny for Queen's Day in Amsterdam earlier this year. Kenny brought his friend Josh to party it up with us at Oktoberfest.
We woke up Sunday morning and for some reason, Tim did not feel like drinking anymore, so we headed out to explore the city of Munich. Munich looks more like a typical US city than any of the European cities that I have been to before. A lot busier (paritally due to Oktoberfest), more businesses and chain stores, and more car traffic. It did have a number of gorgeous buildings and churches. The best part about Munich, besides Oktoberfest of course, was the English Garden - very similar to Golden Gate Park. We spent a couple hours there walking around and looking at the sites, as well as taking a break to listen to one of the many bands playing in the park.
After enjoying the park, we headed to a beer haus for weiners and kraut. Then, we headed to the train station for our nine-hour, overnight ride to Venice. The train was a sleeper train, so the chairs were removed and beds were in their place - three beds stacked on top of each other with six beds total in each room - sounds a little cramped, but it was actually quite comfy for me (Tim may have a different opinion).
Observations on Munich...
Germans are a lot of fun and they can drink!! However, I never saw a drunk German... drunk Italians, drunk Americans, but no drunk Germans.
A drindl can make even an unattractive woman attractive... or maybe it was the beer.
Get to English Gardens early during Oktoberfest if you want to see naked Italians.
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