Europe Day 15&16 Munich (Finale!)

I'm combining Saturday and Sunday together cause we really didn't do much sightseeing, we just spent both days at Oktoberfest. I have to say that by at this point in the trip we were just getting worn down, but this was the big moment we had been waiting for....and unfortunately I think I had built it up WAY too much. It was fun, but it was basically just like a huge carnival with beer tents and rides and concession stands. And I was thinking they would have a selection of great beers to try, but it was so crowded and busy that there was just 1 type of beer they bring you-- which was okay, but not great. Still, it's something to experience and I feel like we were the perfect age to do it!

We were a little nervous how the whole thing worked as I had heard MANY different things from people on the internet. We did not have a reservation, but since there was just 2 of us, I was basically assured that we would be able to find a table if we just kept asking people. Well, we went to the first tent- Hippodrom- and weren't finding ANY place to sit, so then we moved on to the Paulaner tent. It was so close, but the grounds were so packed with people that I swear it took us 30 minutes to navigate less than 1 block. We get there and start asking people that have room at their table if we can join them and luckily we come across 4 guys from switzerland who had space....and they turned out to be really great, nice, fun people to sit with! We really couldn't have asked for a better situation!

Then on Sunday we went back and watched this HUGE parade-- we actually only watched less than half cause the parade was like over 3 hours long and I just started getting bored! We met a super nice retired couple from the states that day on the train and joined them for the parade. They were touring Europe for like 45 days or something insane that we were jealous of! We then just wasted time walking around the fairgrounds and killing time until we had to get our luggage and head to the airport for our flight back to paris.

Entrance to the grounds-


Inside Hippodrom, which is where celebrities will be. This year I know Hayden Panetierre and Kim Kardashian were there- go figure I didn't find anyone famous.


Here's just a few shots to show the crowds and atmostpher and all the rides and tents!





Here was our tent-- we actually got a spot outside on some picnic tables they had setup.


The pretzels were enormous!!


And enormous beers to go along with that!



They sold these cute iced gingerbread cookies everywhere-- I bought a few for souveniers for friends.


I got some video footage, but don't know yet how to post that, so here is a still pic showing the people at our table. They would stand up occasionally and sing this song...but unfortunately we had no clue what they were ever saying, so couldn't join in!


And then it was goodbye Munich!


We arrived in Paris and just stayed at a hotel in the airport-- next morning we got our flight home and it was back to the Lou!

I must say that overall this trip was awesome and we can not wait to go see more countries!!!!!