After our rest day from Paris, right before bed, we decided we would wake up in the morning and head to Munich for Oktoberfest! We had a good little train ride with a bunch of people in dirndls and lederhosen. We sat with a rich doctor and a guy with bad breath. When we arrived in Munich, we first decided we would try to follow the lederhosen to the festival, but we were walking for a while, and then some of my friends from university arrived, so we met up with them. We walked to the city center and got some beer and wurst. By the way, during Oktoberfest, you can only find liter portions of beer at restaurants and at the festival. So I split one with Kristen. And thats still a lot. Yikes.
So, at the festival, the first thing we did was hit up some rides. I have always been terrified of rides, but something changes very slightly after half a liter. We rode a swings ride that goes way way up in the air. There was a view of everything in Munich. It was really cool! Then I actually rode two roller coasters, one of which had a lot of loops! Anyone who knows me knows that is a big deal for me. I'm so glad I did it!
We then found a tent that was really packed, so we stood in the biergarten and just hung out for a while. It was really great. We met some really funny people. A lady who seemed to have lost her friends and was very drunk attached herself to us and sang drinking songs with us. She was hilarious. I wonder if she remembers us...So after being there for a bit, we moved on to some more rides, and some snacks. The snacks are good at Oktoberfest :) The next train wasn't until 3:20am, so we had a lot of time to kill. We tried to walk around and whatnot, but we ended up in the train station, first at Burger King, then just on benches for a few hours. Finally we got on the train, and were back in Friedrichshafen in time for the 6:35am bus. Then to bed, then up the next morning to head to Vienna.
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All of the pictures from Munich:
Oktoberfest!
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