Oktoberfest

Yesterday we went to Oktoberfest in the centre of Munich. The first thing I noticed was glassy-eyed people staggering out of Theresienwiesen already at 5 o'clock in the early evening. I thought it was funny. Then we went into the Hofbräuhaus beer tent. The tent was massive and it was full of people. Hundreds, if not thousands of people packed into one tent drinking beer was making a huge humming noise when we walked in. Our places were on balcony where we could very well observe the people.

The beer comes as a 'Maß', which is a liter of foamy refreshment. For food we had half-a-chicken each. Hot as anything. Our congress group was also interviewed for the local TV channel München.tv. One of the Japanese guests had/got to sing "Prosit" with the interviewer. It probably went out live and at least today it was broadcast. By the end of the evening I knew where the glassy-eyed people were coming from. And why they were staggering.

Today a Texan speaker had to admit that although they say in Texas that everything's bigger there, it would be hard to imagine anything bigger than Oktoberfest. It is afterall the biggest "Volksfest" (people party) in the world.

The Congress ended today, there are only some excursions left for tomorrow and a farewell breakfast.

I'm still trying to upload some pictures. Somehow it didn't work yet.