Oktoberfest part 1

Katherine and I took about a 2 hour nap to help us get some energy that would help acclimate us in the time change. We got up around 4:30 and decided to get ready and go over to the Oktoberfest area and find dinner then checkout Oktoberfest and see what was up over there. We ended up getting dinner at a very cool little Italian (go figure our first meal in German is Italian) place, whose windows opened up. We split a caprese pizza and had some beer. It was really very good. Then we headed over to the Oktoberfest park.

Oktoberfest is wild. Busch Gardens really did a pretty good job with the decorations and the bad in the center that can be risen up and the dancing. Everyone is drunk, and standing on their table benches, dancing and singing along with the band. One random guy told me to hold on a minute then grabbed my ponytail and sniffed my hair. It was extremely weird and we promptly hightailed it out of the immediate area. It is very hot in all of the tents. Apparently all of the tents are beers that are brewed in Munich. They also serve food, which includes chicken breasts, radish bowls, pretzels, amongst other random things. The other part of Oktoberfest is a like a country fair with fair games and rides. Tons of people dress up in traditional German get ups. I am so tempted to buy a traditional German dress and just be that every year for Halloween. It was really just craziness all over and the beers are HUGE, but moderately expensive.

All of the taxis in Munich are Mercedes and so are the Ambulances. There are so many nice cars over. One random guy that was sitting by us a dinner (he was from Kuwait) wanted us to take a picture of him in his “car” (which was a pretty sweet Mercedes) on his Nokia phone. Needless to say the picture didn’t turn out very well. It was a weird situation, but he was very appreciative that we helped him.

Katherine and I have finally got the Munich metro down. In reality its pretty easy if you pay attention and read the signs. I had no idea about this, but Katherine taught me that normally the location next to the line on a specific train is a place further on down the line so you can tell where the train is going. That in addition to our handy little map have allowed us to navigate the city with ease. We ended up buying a buddy pass, which saved us 2 euros! Haha how do you like that for budgeting. I was watching this guy drink a beer on the metro and didn’t know you could do that. I still don’t know if that is totally normal or if he was just a rule breaker.

We are going to take a Tylenol pm and get a good nights sleep so that we are rested for a full day of sightseeing tomorrow followed by another round of Oktoberfest.