Oktoberfest

Oktoberfest was a blast. Ameesh and I had a great time tasting a variety of foods and beers and visiting some huge tents and enjoying their festivities.

The German word for cheers is "prost", and the local drinking customs require the clinking together of steins and a collective PROST about every 10 minutes or so. The band would play a typical Bavarian song and afterwards the mc would hold his Bier Stein up high and chant the following toast for all of us to sing along:

Ein prosit, ein prosit die gemüdlichkeit.
Ein prosit, ein prosit die gemütlichkeit ... EINZ, ZWEI, DREI - SUFFA!

(A toast, a toast, that good/cheerful feeling.
A toast, a toast, that good/cheerful feeling … ONE, TWO, THREE - DRINK!)

And then everyone at the table clinks their steins together and chants PROST! It's a great time had by all!



Some background on the festival:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oktoberfest

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