MUNCHEN (munich)

"PROST!"

our instructor was back in the states this last week, which meant "WHEN THE CAT'S AWAY, THE MICE WILL PLAY!" we weren't that bad, but kari, lisa and i ended up going to MUNCHEN (Munich, Germany) for the last day of oktoberfest.

apparently according to my german resource, who told me on the 1st of october (thanks steve! =)) that oktoberfest is actually from mid-SEPTEMBER to early OCTOBER. so Oktoberfest is some what of a misnomer. this year it was extended a couple of days b/c there was a german holiday, so good thing for us!

our little beamer... now he's all thrashed up...

so we took the beamer and made our way to munich. and like any trip with me, we got lost. it was raining and super foggy but after we crossed the border into germany there were clear skys. germany is really an amazing place, granted we only went to munich, but everyone was really friendly and helpful. after a couple of hours on the road we were itching to just rest up a little bit and head out to oktoberfest.

ummmm....BRATWURST!!

we were supposed to head out to the castle that was the inspiration for the disneyland castle, but that was a no go since our little detours started adding up and we were probably about 2 hours behind schedule. we got a hotel that was probably in the gayest part of munich, which was totally cool. i guess the two guys that where linked arm in arm made sense.

our beer wench

anyways so we head out to oktoberfest and right when we step out, there is torrential rain! it was so crazy but we didn't let the downpour stop us from getting to the beer and sausage! dude we were so hungry that that's all we could think about. FOOD!

too drunk to care...

to get there we took the subway to kind of stay dry. it was the most amazing thing though. being stuck in the tiny resort town of vico morcote i felt to isolated from everything. like i couldn't get out. we're stuck in this place were no one can really visit us, but anyways we i got down into the subway station and suddenly i felt to connected to the world again. and as lame as this is going to sound i felt alive. maybe it was the rush of the crowd, the sound of the subway zipping by, the sounds of cars, street lights, civilization, my heart was racing... i think we were talking about this in film class but it was a really strange, but exciting feeling...

party!!!

anyways to make a long story short... we had some pretty good beer, paulaner (it's made in munich) had some amazing rotisserre chicken (crispy on the outside, with a blend of nine herbs and spices on the inside... the colonel had nothing on this chicken!) and met some new friends. birgit, uli, bastien and a whole slew of others that i don't remember b/c, well... we were drunk from the 2 liters of beer that we drank individually!

PROST!!! not sure what number beer this is...

i'd have to say that germany is a place that i would definately go back to, wonderful people, pretty good food, and some amazing sights...