The annual Oktoberfest is held in September to celebrate the coming of Fall. There are many Oktoberfest celebrations around Germany, but the biggest and most popular is held in Munich. I went this year with a coworker and a neighbor. It is about a 4 hour train ride to Munich from Zurich. Our train left at 715 from the zurich main station. The atmosphere on the train was very festive, even at that hour of the morning. There was a group of kids on board that had started drinking at about 5AM. They were walking up and down the train talking to passengers, so they eventually struck up a conversation with us and then some more English speaking passengers joined in. Before long we were in Munich. The faigrounds are just a couple of blocks from the Munich train station. There are about 10 tents each accomodating up to 10,000 people. Even at 11.30 on a Friday morning, the place was packed with people. We made our way into one of the tents and found a table partially accupied by a few guys from Italy. We quickly made friends and ordered up some liters and Oxen pork knuckle - delicious. After a little while, a couple of girls joined the table and we quickly bought them some beers to make them feel comfortable. Before long we were all good friends. It was a wild time - see the pictures below.
