Sunday, November 23, 2014

Oh, how I miss ze hills - Munich Part 1

2014 is the year of events.  I've written about the trips to Pamplona for the running and Edinburgh for the tattoo festival.  Next on the bucket list was Oktoberfest. 

I got extremely lucky because B and M booked a trip for the same weekend that I could go which was a huge bonus.  I booked the trip in March, which saved me a lot of money on the hotel and flight.  Bonus too, AirBerlin is partner with BA, so I got my tier points, which I'm currently obsessed with. 

I flew in on Friday night with a plane full of Oktoberfesters, complete with liederholsen and cute German dresses out of Stansted (new airport!).  The switch in Dusseldorf brought even more revelers and by the end of the flight, the Heineken was gone and the party was in full force.  I headed straight to the hotel, where I got my first glimpse of the fest just down the road.

On Saturday, I got up fairly early and did the hop on hop off bus tour whilst B and M were in route to Munich from Houston.  Munich is a beautiful city....the song for these blog posts is In Old Bavaria from the Producers, which is my favourite musical of all time.  I loved the cute markets all over the town, the emphasis on art and culture and the great parks.  It was so Bavarian :)

After that, it was off to walk through the centre to find food and tour a bit.

A trip to Munich isn't complete without seeing the Glockenspiel, which I believe is one of the most overrated sites in Europe, but still a must see.  Thousands of people stand in front to see it go off each day, but I'm not sure the thrill is worth the anticipation.  The square is quite lovely though.

 Town hall with the Glockenspiel:




 After that, I headed back to the hotel to catch B and M, which meant I had to walk through Oktoberfest for the first time:



 Mecca for this German girl!  What an amazing site...



More to come on this "tent"....I think the Germans fully abuse the word tent.  I know that these are all temporary, but they are in no sense of the word a tent.



Another "tent"

Then I found B and M...given how crazy busy it was in Oktoberfest, we ended up heading to Hofbrauhaus figuring that everyone would be at the fest and we could grab a table there.  It ended up being the complete right call to make as the food was amazing and the beer was just as good.





 Then we bar hopped for the rest of the night and I had my first Uber experience (luckily it worked great).  Great first day!!!






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