CHECK THIS. It's eight o'clock in the morning, you pop some advil for your hangover, you left the window open all night so you're fucking freezing, you're worried that an Australian may have stolen your passport, cash, and hair gel (just kidding, we don't wear hair gel. ew), you have a bruise beneath the knuckle of your index finger, but you disregard this, eat a croissant, put on your beerboots, and follow the yellow brick road... to the second day of Oktoberfest.
Oktoberfest is the happiest place on earth. We made friends like this,
We met hotties like this,
We ate nutritious foods like this,
Saw great cultural sights like this,
Clearly, did this:
Some of us did this,
And in the end, all of us felt like this.
The second morning, we tried to get into Hofbrau house, which is one of the most popular halls at Oktoberfest, and after an hour of some serious mosh-pitting (shoutout: Shireen's inner punk), near asphyxiation, and crafty crowd maneuvering, we found ourselves pressed against the closed doors, staring longingly at the happy people inside... only to get shooed away by a mean German man.
But this did not get us down. Right around the corner, there was a giant, wonderful beer garden - because here, beer grows on trees, sprouts out of the ground, and flows from reservoirs - and there we settled down with a pretzel and some Italians. This was pretty much our pattern for the rest of the weekend, give or take a nationality. Let's note some important cultural discoveries:
1. Lederhosen. After a weekend in Munich, we are no longer be confused by the sight of suede leather pants. In fact, we marvel at why all men don't wear them, since they have a very convenient penis flap and flatter the calves very nicely.
2. Meat. Shireen tried to order a vegetarian option at a food stand, to which the response was: "So you want cow, or baby cow?"
3. After a couple hours at Oktoberfest, the amusement park rides always seem like a good idea. They are not.
4. Keep your friends close and your frenemies closer. Actually this has nothing to do with Oktoberfest but Shireen likes the way it sounds and Marina just watched Gossip Girl so it seems okay.
5. If you actually want to discover German culture, don't spend all of your time at Oktoberfest.
When we got back, Alie got violently sick for a day and threw up on the curb, and Shireen stepped in shit. Poetic justice? Marina is next.
Sweet dreams of beer maidens and weinerschnitzel and see you back in Paris,
