Munich, Germany

Saturday, Sept 21st:

Oktoberfest begins! 6:30am…I have NEVER woken up this early to stand in line
for beer!

We caught the 7:30am shuttle into the grounds, and got in line for
Schottenhamel tent (where the Mayor taps the keg at noon to begin the festivities.
We didn’t get into the tent itself, but we did manage to get into the beer
garden outside. Jen, Isabella and Jeremy (Aus) and Ryan and Nicole (NZ) were at
our table. We also had some very loud NYers who were rather annoying,
complaining about everything until the beer started flowing. While we sat
waiting (from about 10am) we ate wurst and sauerkraut (yum!!) For those that
like Lagers, this is the place to be. For Oktoberfest, the brewers (today we
had Spatenbrau) make their beer stronger, up to 10%. The servers are very
impressive, carrying up to 12 steins (one litre each) at time. They will be
ripped by the end of the fest! Needless to say, we were done by about 4pm.

Main tent where the whole festival begins

Pretzels!

Wurst and sauerkraut

Ein Prosit

Servers can carry up to 10 beers (each 1 L)