Blogs from Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe - page 101

This morning, we left Prague toward Munich, Germany. We drove through the famous beer making town of Plzen located in the corner of the Czech Republic. Have noticed the trees being a bit more yellow than I've seen anywhere else but still very, very green overall for this time of year. See lots of small hills covered with trees. It's very, very foggy. Visitability is very reduced so not a lot of picture taking being done-not that it's great picture taking from inside a bus through a window. Before crossing into Germany, we stopped one last time for a coffee break which allowed us to try to get rid of the last of our crowns. I used mine up on chocolate. It's always a good souvenier for those back home because everyone likes it and it's ... read more

So after our excursion to the Olympic stadium and village it was time to head back to Oktoberfest for some more drinking action. Little did I know that latter that night I would have to carry Kelsey home, fun and games...... read more

This morning we made our way from Vienna to Munich. We had an early start to get the most time possible at Oktoberfest. Everyone on the bus was pumped for tonight, especially our tour guide as we were also celebrating his birthday. After a quick tour and lunch in Munich town we made our way to the hotel, quickly checked in and were then on our way to Oktoberfest. This place is crazy. It's like the Easter Show for adults, with lots and lots of beer! When we first arrived everyone went off in there groups to try and find seats to get a Stein. You can only order when seated in most of the tents. But people pre book tables months, if not years, in advance so everyone ended up at the Hofbrau House. The ... read more

BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER AND LOTS OF IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oktoberfest has just ended, and it was the best thing I have been to EVER!!!! So many people and SOOOOOO much beer it is crazy. Myself along with Rach and Derek, headed to the bus sight to get the bus to Germany with Topdeck, yes we BUSED all the way, about 16 hours or more. wasn't too bad, Met some wicked people .......... Nicole, Michael (perth), kim (nz) and partner Sean(S/A) and many others from all over the show. Topdeck put on an awesome trip away. We started off at Okoberfest as soon as we arrived. Of course we had to have a little sleep 1st. I must say the first and last days that we were there were the most enjoyable and memorable. The festival was massive as ... read more

After one last family breakfast (mmm nutella) we headed to the station for our train to Germany. Since we didn't have to meet our friends in Heidelberg until the evening when they finished work, we decided to meet the guys for ein paar mass at the Wiesn and some general hilarity before moving on. It was great. We'd text Gkee before leaving Salzburg and he'd got the message, so at a few minutes past half past twelves the guys strolled up, Gkee looking a little worse for wear after a hard first night. This time we chose the Hacker-Pschorr Tent with the clouds, though unfortunately the beer wasnt so good and we got the tourist treatment which was notably different from that of our day with the almost locals. We had a great couple of hours ... read more