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We arrived in Munich before 6AM. The sun
wasn't up yet and it was very, very cold. We kept warm by finding a
cafe that opened early and drinking lots of hot tea. Tea is not the breakfast
drink of choice is Germany, beer is. Most everyone else in the
cafe was enjoying a cold half liter before heading to work. This is
a picture of the Glockenspiel in
the main square of Munich just as
the sun made it's presence known. Five hours later the clock
put on a really impressive show with little musicians and jousting
knights. |
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Ah Oktoberfest. As you can see,
Eric is quite
excited to be standing in front of the Paulaner
beer hall. This place had just
opened a few hours earlier, and the crowds are already out in force. |
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The beauty of starting drinking early. If
we'd stayed until the evening, we wouldn't have been able to breath from
all the people. But as you can see, Eric is enjoying a liter of Paulaner
with lots
of elbow room. The oom-pah band was in fine form, despite the crowd
not having warmed up yet. |
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Kristen had to use both hands to lift the giant
beer. But, as you can see, she's quite happy to lift the
weight. Kristen made the observation that a liter of beer is just
about 40oz. This stuff is much better than Colt 45. |
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Aren't we cute? Here we are in the Hofbrauhaus
tent. Oktoberfest is a great
time. I highly recommend it. Just watch out for the drunks (at
2:30 in the afternoon?) who like to dump their beer on the table instead of drinking
it. Some quick reflexes kept our laps dry this time. |
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As you can see, this pretzel is bigger than
Eric's head. Which according to rumor is pretty big. Did I mention that Oktoberfest is really cool? |
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There's a nice little hill with a giant statue
of Bacchus above the
Oktoberfest grounds. Here you can get a good aerial shot of all the
festivities. We sat up here for about 45 minutes watching people
walk by in lederhosen. |