Archive for October, 2006

Oktoberfest and Munich!

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006

Ahhh lemme just say that this last weekend in Munich at Oktoberfest was the weekend of a lifetime. It’s not all about drinking beer all day. Well maybe it is for some people. But for me it was experiencing the German culture, and being a part of the culture.

entering:

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the pretzels were the best i’ve EVER had in my entire life:
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Here are what all of the beer tents look like on the outside:

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inside the tents:

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it was so CRAZY in there! We sat at huge long wooden tables with german men dressed in liederhosen:

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I could honestly barely hold the beer mug it was so heavy!

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the girlies:

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there were beer carriages with horses

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the food/hotdogs were amazing!

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after we left the tents, we danced the robot outside to music! The dude in the background with the unibrow is PRETTY creepy

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since there were no hostiles available for the weekend, we stayed with a German family. They were SO nice, and the mom even cooked us breakfast each morning. They were SO nice. :)

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on the day we left, we visited some of the famous Munich monuments with Frederick, the guy we stayed with. I was amazed by the history and beauty of Munich. Below are plaques of the White Rose, a group that passed out flyers during WWII revealing news about concentration camps, fighting against the government at that time.

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we also went to a gourgous park, and in the rivers, the mechanical engineers created waves where surfers could surf:

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some of the buildings were absolutely gourgeous such as this clocktower:

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the day ended with rubbing the lions nose for good luck!:

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