The good news is that I am sitting here typing this from Dublin- so I made it home! The other phenomenal news is that Oktoberfest was by far the best weekend of my entire life. There are so many great stories I have- some appropriate and some not- but I guess we shall start at the very beginning... Friday Morning.
Friday Morning: Going off of 3 hours of sleep, thank goodness we were packed before going out, we woke up at 5:30 and got in the cab around 6 AM. We arrived at the airport no problem, got through security and had plenty of time to grab breakfast before our gate was posted. Since Ryan Air doesn't have assigned seats, when our gate was posted we booked it to get the front of the line in order to get those emergency exit seats. Well here it goes: the guy at the gate looks at our boarding pass, then looks at our passport, and without hesitation denies access because our boarding pass wasn't stamped (WHAT-- of all my travels I've never heard of this). He told us to run back to the check in gate to get a stamp and hurry back. With major panic we immediately bolted the whole way down the airport, back through security to the check in counter. Completely out of breath, all four of us completely oblivious student travelers threw our passports and tickets to the lady working the desk and thankfully she just stamped them with no questions. Our five seconds of breathing time was over and we sprinted to the security line. The guys were nice enough to put us in a speedy line but we still had to get searched-- it felt like we were waiting for years. I was the first to get through-- I just remember yelling "I'll see you all at the gate" and ran. I wasn't the first to get there, but we all made it literally by 2 minutes. WHEW! We walked on the plane all dripping with sweat and faces beat red, but an older couple from the Netherlands welcomed me to sit with them. What a relief.
Ok so now we can fast forward a little to our arrival in Munich.
We had an easy hour ride into center city, which I occupied my time with the infamous Candy Crush game. They even gave us a free Oktoberfest hat- Woo!
Finally we could breathe on an easy 10 minute walk to our hostel, had a nice check in, followed by a much needed nap. Dinner was in center city at a traditional German restaurant. My Oktoberfest Eve dinner was a sausage plate with sauerkraut and potatoes followed by the house beer- YUM!
I'm just so happy we made it!!!!
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| Oktoberfest Eve Dinner! |
After a good night's sleep, we were up and ready for breakfast at 6:30; we ate and then headed straight for the tents. Thankfully it was only a 5 minute walk.
7 AM: We spotted the well known Hofbräuhaus and decided to stand in line.
7:15 AM: Met a grand guy from the Netherlands who has been coming to Oktoberfest for the past 8 years. He took us under his wing for the whole day
9 AM: Doors opened-- madness began but we got an awesome table
11 AM: Parade started
12 PM: FIRST KEG WAS TAPPED!
12:01 PM: We were the first table in the entire tent to have a beer (and yes our beer maid was seeing the money)
12:05 PM: Yours truly was standing on the table chugging her beer while the entire tent was cheering (no worries I did it and people congratulated me the entire day)
The rest of the day was just so incredibly fun. It was a huge party and everyone was just so happy to be alive. Just talking about the festival doesn't do justice until you are there.
Day 1:
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| FIRST BEER! |
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| PROST! |
PROST!
Ky xx
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