I just got back from Munich and let me tell you that Oktoberfest is one of the craziest parties I have ever experienced. After a five minute walking tour of Munich (on the way to festival) it was time to cut loose and enjoy some of the finest beer known to man. On friday morning at 6am we waited on line until 9 to get a table in the the world renown Hofbrau Haus. This tent has the reputation of being the rowdiest... if someone happened to get the spontaneous urge to dance on the table, it is completely acceptable.
But there is no way to describe the energy that empowers you when you enter the tent. The sight of 40,000 Germans in Lederhosen singing with deep voices is truely an experience within itself. The tent is filled with chants from heyyyy, heyyy baby, I want to know...... to OLEY OLEY OLEY OLEY.. I lost my voice within the first hour.
Some side observations about Oktoberfest that people may not know....
1) Outside the tents....the atmosphere is very tacky and carnival like all decked out with rides and fair games. I found this to be an odd combination considering all the drinking involved. Its not everyday that you drink 7 liters of beer and then say, "hey charlie, lets take a stab at the dizzy tea cup ride" it just doesn't add up.
2) The Germans are by far the biggest drinkers I have ever seen... which you may already know. However, as a result they are also the most drunk people in the festival. After observing the German stumbling motions around the festival, it seems that they are very top heavy. I was almost rammed a few times. They are massive people and as we know its pure physics that mass times acceleration gives them alot force. With this forcethey pick up, what I like to call, stumbling speed and do not hesitate to stumble head first into people with their head down.
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