Matt and Julia managed to join us from Goode Olde Londone Towne as well which certainly added to the merriment.
Matt arrived Wednesday night and on Thursday we hired part of a car (the engine seemed to be missing) and had a bit of a look at the landscape around München. Days hightlights include:
- Two trips to Austria (one accidental, one deliberate)
- Beer straight from the Monk to You
- Various fairytale castles
- Amazing autumn landscapes
Friday we hung around waiting and waiting and waiting for Julia to arrive, luckily Lufthansa decided that they would deliver in the end, in the meantime we had to entertain ourselves so we sampled the local delicacies of Bier (Beer), Brezn (Prezels) and Radischen (Radishes). We also stuck our heads into the Bierzelten and fired up the locals a bit ;-)
And Saturday was the big one, drinking, eating, meeting people, showing that we have class or not as the case may be, shooting things (after drinking of course):
Oktoberfest Facts & Figures
6,7 Millionen Maß beer consumed (1 Maß = 1 L)
200,000 stollen Maßkrugs recovered from exiting patrons.
104 Oxen spat.
50 Lost children recovered, no stats on how many were given back though...
4400 Items found including 600 passports and creditcards, 220 mobile phones, three sets of dentures one set with gold teeth...
Prost!
Man Jack...that beard is getting reallllly thick now! In one of the photos, you look like one of them people from which state was it in the US? Utah? The photo with Polina on the left, then Matt, then you and Jules, just under the paragraph "And Saturday was the big one, .....)
ReplyDeleteNow I'm curious about one thing (without trying to sound rude), does it get in the way when you eat??
chet (someone who is physically incapable of growing a beard)
It looks like you guys had loads of fun!! :)
ReplyDeleteYup we had heaps of fun!
ReplyDeleteEug: Nope it doesn't get in the way when I eat, most of it is below mouth level and I make a point of not trying to eat with my chin ;)