Oktoberfest

The best word to describe Oktoberfest is "CRAZY". It's what you imagine it to be and more, much much more! We were crazy enough to go on the first day which is one of the busiest days. We got up at 4am to be ready by 6am. We got to the grounds at 8am and stood in line to get into a tent for 2 hours in the rain. It was incredible how many people were there to get into a tent just like us. We finally got into a tent and found a table. We then had to wait another 2 hours to be served a beer. After an hour and a half we were told that the table we were sitting at was reserved at 12 and we had to leave. We were so upset because there was no sign saying that the table was reserved and if there was we would have sat at a different table. It was very frustrating after all the waiting we did. There was no way we could find another table at this point so we just had to stand around and luckily we found a nice bavarian man sitting at a table and he bought us a mass (a liter of beer). After we got our beer we started to have a good time. The only problem was that we hadn't eaten since 6 in the morning so the already strong beer was even stronger. It was a fun time and we eventually found a table. At this point people don't sit at the tables they stand on the benches and sing, dance, and prosit (cheers). Germans take their drinking seriously and it gets really crazy the more people drink. On the way out of the tent Alexa and I ran into a guy who was wearing a kilt and only a kilt. He had taken his shirt off and was walking around in the cold weather basically naked. Alexa and I went up to him and he offered me his shirt so I took it. haha. When we left I opened the shirt and it was the funniest shirt I have ever seen. It was the cookie monster wearing Britain flag printed shorts kicking a soccer ball. Alexa and I laughed for like an hour about that shirt. :)

Me at 6am in the rain

The building of the tent and then the tent during Oktoberfest

The tent we went into the first time

Siobahn and me

Sarah and Alexa

If you can imagine the second time we went was even more crazy than the first time. We didn't go so early this time and we went on a Sunday so it wasn't so busy. We got into the Augustiner tent and we found a table right away. The only problem was that the table was reserved again so we would have to move again. So after about an hour we tried to find a table in the non-reserved section. We found a table of Italian men and they let us sit with them. It was really fun at first and then they started to be very inappropriate to the point that we had to move. We switch tables and sat with some 70 year old Bavarian men who in the end were not any better than the Italians. However, we didn't have to deal with them for very long because they ended up leaving not to long after we sat with them. It was a fun night but it was crazy. The thing about Oktoberfest and being a girl is that before you're done with your mass there is a new one waiting and ready for you to drink. You have no idea where it came from and who bought it so you drink more than you really think you are drinking. The crazy hilights of the night consist of Alexa being proposed to by a man she has only known for a half hour (actual wedding ring present), Me being accused by an Italian of stealing his wedding ring (really??), and getting an entire liter of beer poured down my front. It was a fun time but it was almost to much fun. It's much to intense for my taste.

Alexa

Sarah

Alexa with one of the old Bavarian men

All of us with one of the Italian boys

Alexa and old Bavarian man

Me and another old Bavarian man haha

View of Oktoberfest from the swings

View of Munich from the Ferris Wheel

Rischart 

So basically I missed the last week of Oktoberfest because after my fun crazy night I got really super sick. I again came down with tonsillitis and was in bed for five days. I don't know why I keep getting it but maybe Germany is telling me I don't belong here haha. It was okay though because after the two days I had I was okay not going again. I'm really glad I went and experience it but I wouldn't make a special trip to Germany for Oktoberfest.