Ein Prosit, Ein Prosit- Oktoberfest ein zweites Mal!

Viele Grüße von München!

As many of my good friends or fellow snapchatters know, I spent this past weekend at Oktoberfest. For anybody who doesn't know what Oktoberfest is, think German stereotypes-people dressed up in Dirndls and lederhosen, piled in a beer hall singing and drinking beer by the liter-and there you have it! That's Oktoberfest!

Also, if you want to talk and meet people from around the world, then Oktoberfest it destined for you!

Reunited with a good ol' friend

Last time I was here, I went with Celine, an old exchange student friend from sophomore year and had a blast. This time, however, we dialed it up and took it to another level. Once more, I went with my friend, Celine, but also met up with 18 of the 25 CBYXers also there.  Thanks to Celine and her local connections, we got lucky and found ourselves in the Hofbräu tent both nights, though we also hopped biergartens time to time.  It pretty much went like this: If you wanted to talk to people, you went to the biergarten, if you wanted to sing and dance, you'd try to get into a tent. We struck a really good balance between the two, getting caught up with one another in the biergartens and making new friends with people from all over the world and then heading into a tent to get the real Oktoberfest experience of singing and dancing. No matter where you were and what time of the day it was, it was fun.

Back at with the group

The beergartens were lined with rows of picnic tables with people filling every seat. You just sat where there was room and struck up conversations with your neighbors. It was also the prime location to catch up with Celine (we haven't seen each other for 2 years, but we picked up right where we left off) and also talking with the CBYX squad, who are like family.

Inside the tent, it had a similar set up, but with a band playing in the center, and with more energy. Everybody's dancing on a table singing to one of the classic songs playing on repeat: Ein Prosit, Atemlos, Cowboys and Indianer, and the American favs: Country Roads and Sweet Caroline. The atmosphere was so up beat and cheerful and the feeling was simply gemütlich (comfy/warm smashed into a word.) It made for a really, really good time.

It's really difficult to describe the scene at Oktoberfest in words, so I hope the photos help. But in the end, the memories and crazy stories that sprouted from Oktoberfest are going to stick with me for a lifetime, and will probably be some of the highlights of this entire trip!