Oktoberfest! And other such things…
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006
(October 2nd)
Well, we ended up skipping out on Prague for a chance to see Oktoberfest. Although I don’t know what I missed out on in Prague, I’ll have to say, walking into a beer hall full of people singing, dancing, drinking, and just having a great time was quite an experience. The halls are enormous but at the same time, John and I had a difficult time finding an empty seat anywhere!
When we finally did find a seat, it was in the “patio” area of the beerhall (outside) so we didn’t really get in on the singing action and what not…but we DID, however, get a strong German woman bring us our 1L Steins of beer (which I only managed to drink maybe a tenth of). John was able to polish off his drink but he did admit it made him pretty drunk…. which might explain his liquid courage to go on some of the fairground rides. He went on 2 giant roller coasters, a giant spinny thing, and a big swing thing (you gotta love my descriptions). I can’t do rides in the best of conditions so I basically just took pictures and stuff. The fairgrounds were pretty much like Klondike Days (in Edmonton) but everyone was dressed in traditional German clothing (Ledehosens?? for men and those funky dresses for women)… Oh and the food there…. wow.
They have stands that sell half chickens/ducks, meter long brats, fish on a stick… Noreen, now I see why you said losing weight in Europe isn’t as easy as it may have originally seemed!! Regardless, Oktoberfest has been really fun and I’m glad I got a chance to see it.
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