Oktoberfest

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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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Photos

Oktoberfest, Munich
Like the State Fair of Texas on crack!

Lowenbrau - our first tent
The Lowenbrau Beer tent - translates to Lion Brew literally - a very popular German beer

Paulaner - our second tent
"Gut, Besser, Paulaner"
Good, Better, Paulaner (guess they're the best)

Augustiner - our third tent
Augustiner Brau

Our fourth and final tent
Schützen-Festzelt literally translates to Shooting tent...on the top floor there is a shooting range for you to try your aim after a few hefty biers.

Inside the Schützen-Festzelt
This was the loudest, craziest, most fun beer tent we were in. Everyone was young and fun and we sang-along to all the songs. I will post some videos on You Tube to share shortly.

She's got skills
I can barely lift one of these, let alone 9!

Ameesh, some girls and their Dirndls
Typical Bavarian dresses for the ladies

Me, a guy and his Liederhosen
Typical Bavarian clothes for the guys (minus the polo shirt) he was a preppy German. Liederhosen translates to leather pants.

Comments

[Rachel]

hosen
That's some hot 'hosen there. I think Ameesh should have dressed up!! Isn't it your bday soon? If so HAPPY BIRTHDAY, world traveller =) Love U Long Time, Rachel

[Amber]

where's the hosen?
I agree that Ameesh should have dressed up. I think you should have made it a requirement for him to go to Oktoberfest with you! I hope you had a great birthday!!

[sandra]

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