Oktoberfest 2007- Prost!

Time has been passing at warp speed and I have not been able to keep up with the blogging...this will be a meager attempt at catching up with what has happened in our lives over the past 4 weeks.

Carlo had invited three of his good friends from Sicily to spend the opening weekend of Oktoberfest with us. My good friend Janna was able to join us as well. For all of us, including Carlo and myself, it was our first "Wiesn" - as the Oktoberfest is called with the locals. The city was so unbelievably full of tourists in various stages of intoxication...that it was literally hard to walk, or ride a bike on the streets!

Oktoberfest really IS the biggest Fair/Volksfest in the world. The tents, where the beer is served, are like massive houses with wooden benches and decks. It took us a while to make our way into one of them and to secure a table, but once there, we stayed put for close to 8 hours!!!

The weather was fantastic and the beer gardens were filled to capacity.
Cheers!