Grüss Gott aus München und OKTOBERFEST!!!!
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| "Der Visum" |
This, my friends, was the real deal. The last "Oktoberfest" party I went to a few weeks ago was nothing compared to this. With over 6 1/2 million people attending from all around the world to attend, this was no small celebration.
I went visited Munich and hung out with my friend for two days and the other two days I spent at Oktoberfest. So I got a pretty good feeling for Bavaria!
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| Hanging with Ce's friends in the Biergarten |
The first time I went to Oktoberfest, I went with Celine and her friends and we spent the evening in a biergarten. There were numberless rows of tables were crowded full of people from around the world singing along to the music, drinking, and of course, everyone was wearing dirndls and lederhosen! Plus, everyone (except for the security guards) was so friendly and outgoing. It seemed like the moment you sat down at a table, everyone surrounding you becomes your friend! It's hard to describe... SO in the end, we had a blast and I learned a bunch of the traditional Bavarian songs. But I felt that the real Oktoberfest experience that I invisioned would only be found inside a tent. The only problem was that the tents are incredibly hard to get into without a reservation...
But my goal for the second day there was to get inside of a tent! Celine and I got up early and planned on getting into this specific tent with some of her friends (who already were in the tent before we got there) before 11 a.m. (when there was supposed to still room.) But in the end, we came too late and we waited for several, unsuccessful hours in the pouring rain to get into a tent. So we decided to take a break and go back to Celine's dad's apartment in the city and wait a couple of hours and try again later.
When we came back in the evening, I was confident that we would get into a tent; I just had a good feeling. And that instinctual was correct. We made it into a tent!!!! We lucked out and didn't have to wait at all (as we caught a waiter's attention.) It was sheer luck as there was a crowd waiting to get inside.
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| Inside the tent |
Inside the tent was spectacular and quite frankly, indescribable. There were so many thousands of people all standing on the picnic style tables dancing and singing along to the Bavarian music and traditional songs. There was a traditional Bayrisch band playing and make the atmosphere even better. They played only songs that everybody knew and would sing along to to keep the crowd's energy up. For example, I swear they played "Ein Prosit, Ein Prosit der der Gemütlichkeit" every three songs! ;) But that made it even more fun! I loved standing on the table with everybody while singing along to the songs and "Prosting" every 2 minutes. That brings up another quality that made Oktoberfest so great. Everyone was just so friendly and social. I spoke with so many people, both young and old from all over the world. People would just freely join and leave conversations and talk for however long you wanted. The atmosphere just brought out the best of everybody!
It was just really fun being a part of such a cultural festival and enjoying it with people from everywhere. It was most definitely the best way to experience and enjoy a part of German culture. I will never forget what the inside of the tent looked like, the smell all of the food as I walked by different vendors (my favs being burnt/ sugared nuts and bratwursts,) the quality time I got to spend with Celine and all of the memories made.
It honestly can't get any better than this!
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| Celine and I riding the famous Ferris wheel |
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| Beergarten |
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| Another pic of inside |
Also, here are some pics from my day exploring the Alps:
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| Alpine slide |
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| The view after a short hike |
Inside the tent was spectacular and quite frankly, indescribable. There were so many thousands of people all standing on the picnic style tables dancing and singing along to the Bavarian music and traditional songs. There was a traditional Bayrisch band playing and make the atmosphere even better. They played only songs that everybody knew and would sing along to to keep the crowd's energy up. For example, I swear they played "Ein Prosit, Ein Prosit der der Gemütlichkeit" every three songs! ;) But that made it even more fun! I loved standing on the table with everybody while singing along to the songs and "Prosting" every 2 minutes. That brings up another quality that made Oktoberfest so great. Everyone was just so friendly and social. I spoke with so many people, both young and old from all over the world. People would just freely join and leave conversations and talk for however long you wanted. The atmosphere just brought out the best of everybody!
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