Oktoberfest - 2006!
Murray thought it looked tasty!
Although after a few bites he realized that I was right - it was for display purposes only - and quite stale!
There were TONS of arcade games and fair rides!
First beer of the day - 11am!
We tried to get into one of the beer beer tents. But we were VERY surprised to find all of them full - at 10AM! Most of them already had their doors closed (i.e. it was at maximum capacity). There was only one where we actually got inside - but the tables were PACKED! (You only can get served if you have a seat). So we decided to look around for somewhere else to hang out. We found this great place that was completely empty and we secured a fantastic table where we sat for half an hour until they opened at 11. It was outside (warm, but not stuffy from smoke), and we had a very high raised table and benches (a great people watching spot).
Me & Richard
Lance (i.e. Robbie Williams) & Shelly
Tons of Americans gravitated towards our table as the day went on. I don't remember their names - but the two on the left are from South Carolina, the other two are from Ohio. They were nice - fun to chat to.
Shelly, Me and South Carolina girl - she was lovely!
Steve: "Yes, 2 more beers please, these 6 I have are NOT enough! Danke"
Sadly we got kicked out of the beer garden at around 6:30pm. One of the random American guys at our table reached up to steady himself by grabbing the cord supporting the light above our table. Of course the entire structure crashed down. When we saw the bouncers coming over while putting on their black leather gloves we knew it was all over:( Unfortunately the guy fled after the incident, and they didn'tbelievee us that the perpetrator had gone. Thus, we were all marched out of the place.
However, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise. We then headed into the city to look for some grub. We ended up at a great German restaurant - where we had our first litre beers of the day! (Man those things are heavy - I HAD to use 2 hands). We had been drinking half litres at the other place.
Murray's 'rare' steak that came out 'blue.' I was NOT interested in trying a piece (ewwww) although my weinerschnitzel was gorgeous!
This is our waitress Sonja who served up our first litres at 9am - WOW!
Lunch the German way - sausage and sauerkraut - YUMMY!!!!
Shelly & Murray standing on the bench. (you were allowed to stand on the benches - but not the tables - if you did that the security put on their black leather gloves & came to throw you out!)
Our table! (from left) Larry, Shelly, Me, Murray, Richard, Lisa, Steve & James
LOVE the hats - so stylish!
I can only guess what we were talking about - hmmmmm?
Ohhh this was like a giant sugared donut - and MAN was it nice!
We will try some time this week to get some of the videos on youtube.com so you guys can watch them - fingers crossed I can figure it out!
Oh - and I must say I was SHOCKED at how many (YOUNG) people wore traditional outfits to the celebrations. Nearly all of the Germans seemed to be in leiderhosen & dresses with aprons - made me REALLY want one of those outfits! Alas, I don't think I'd actually wear that in London - so maybe not.
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6 Comments:
Great post!! The weekend looked fantastic!! Right up my alley, BEER and meat!!!!!! How did the beer swilling Murray cope with all that beer?? i know he's not the biggest fan hahaha ;-)
Looks like you guys had a great time!
Steve - Murray actually kept up really well! I think it was the GOOD beer:)
Great pictures! It looks like you had a fabulous time. Oh, and I can't believe that waitress carrying that HUGE tray of beer? LOL. How ever did she do it...?
:)
It wasn't a tray.
She was carrying them all by the handles!!!
She had forearms like iron bars.
She would be pretty awesome in an arm wrestle match.....
Ha ha Steve - you beat me to it!
Yup - that was no tray - the ladies would grab TONS of handles to the beer steins in either hand - AMAZING!
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