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It's Munich, it's September, and that means it must be time for...Oktoberfest.
Yes, despite getting a little confused about just what month it is, and if that's happening
now wait until they wake up tomorrow, Germany's traditional festival of clinking, drinking
and sinking, into a pit of leather-trouser clad checked oblivion, has begun.
The residents of the Bavarian town got dressed up to the nines-teeth century to welcome in
the traditional carts of beer. And there was a lot of beer, and a lot of people waiting
to drink it, piling into the...hang on, is that coffee and croissants? What is this?
Ah, better. The Munich mayor making it all better by tapping the first keg.
Remember these aren't normal sized beers. They're German sized MaSkrug, that's around
two pints or a litre each. They are literally as big as this woman's head. Which is straight
where it's going to go. And with a lot of beer, and a lot of people wanting to drink
it, you've got to have a lot of very skilled waitresses, or Kellnerin, to haul it all around.
In fact, the largest beer tent at the festival can seat an insane 10,000 people. That is
a lot of amber liquid to be hauling around, and a lot of aspirin the next morning for the people drinking it.
It's not all about beer, of course, there's biscuits with something written on them, not
sure if that says von or vom. Both appropriate. And a rollercoaster...
Fine, fine! It's all about the ***. Drink responsibly!