Davo in Oktoberfest

September 24-28, 2007

My last horrah in Europe involved another dose of Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany. This time with a bunch of vet mates, Doggers, Pete, The Stoff all Aussies but living in England and Cam who came all the way from Australia for a short holiday.

We ate lots of chickens, bratwurst (sausages), pretzels and pork. We were intrigued by the Lowenbrau lion, a big talking, moving plastic lion on the top of one of the beer tents. We were also intrigued by a bunch of German air hostesses who graced us with their company on our first day in the festival. We ate more chickens. Oh yeah, and we drank our fair share of beer.

We tried all 6 of the famous local beers which are brewed in special batches for Oktoberfest and come out at varying strengths around 8%. They are also preservative free, only yeast, barley, hops, sugar and water so they don´t give ´bad´ hangovers.

Unfortunately, we didn´t just wet our insides, it rained almost the entire time we were in Munich. And we were staying in tents! Somehow I managed to be sharing a tent with Pete again, don´t know how that happened! The opening weekend had been glorious weather and we arrived on the Tuesday which was when it all started to go grey and wet. But it didn´t matter too much because the beer tents were all undercover and that´s where we spent most of our time.

It was a fun way to spend my last few days in Europe and it was great to spend it with those blokes. It was just a shame I couldn´t stay with them on their way to Amsterdam, Berlin and the Greek Islands. But then again, Brazil doesn´t sound too bad, does it?

The boys hit Oktoberfest and it´s pretty wet.

Inside one of the famous beer tents.

The Lowenbrau Lion that intriegued us so.

Horses who bring the beer to the festival.

Prost!