Day 2 [03.10.2009] Oktoberfest!
- Monday, October 12, 2009 -
It's the Natonal Day here and the last weekend for Oktoberfest. IT"S CRAZY HERE! The main train station is FLOODED with people. And trains were delayed because there was overload of people. Every train that arrived in Munich were PACKED with people.
Met up with Joseph and his friends and we walked to the Oktoberfest. It's a large fun fair with rides, beer tents and stores selling nuts, chocs, sausages etc. There were also lots of people wearing the traditional Bayern costumes. Beautiful! Here are the pictures:
However, we couldn't get into the beer tents as every one of them were overfilled. So we decided to go to the Hofbräu Haus (HB) at Marienplatz where they served beer and food and there was a live band playing.
Horses outside HB
Inside HB. Filled with people too. We had to share seats to get a seat.
The live band in traditional Bayern costumes.
Pork knuckle! 9.80 Euros
Girls dressed in Bayern costumes who shared seats with us.
After finishing our pork knuckle, we made our way back to Oktoberfest to try our luck for the tents again. And after a long wait and free tickets from a lady, we made it in! We went to the Paulaner tent. Inside the tent:
IT WAS A PARTY!
There was also a band.
And people standing on the chairs dancing to the music.
And when the Prosie song was played, everyone raised their mugs and cheers (in German, "PROST")
It's a good experience though I only stayed in the tent for 10 minutes since the Singapore guy didn't had ticket to go in and he was waiting outside the tent for me so we could go back to hostel together (cos I didn't dare to go back alone, people under the influence of alcohol can be scary!)
And this was my version of Oktoberfest!
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Horses outside HB
Inside HB. Filled with people too. We had to share seats to get a seat.
The live band in traditional Bayern costumes.
Pork knuckle! 9.80 Euros
IT WAS A PARTY!
There was also a band.
And people standing on the chairs dancing to the music.
And when the Prosie song was played, everyone raised their mugs and cheers (in German, "PROST")