Oktoberfest

I stayed with a friend in Augsburg, Germany for the week before I had to be in Salzburg. She and her friend were lovely company and such good hosts and tour guides! On Wednesday, we took an early train into Munich for Oktoberfest. It was too early for most of the drunks to be out so we got to see the grounds before it got too crowded.
After walking around for a while, I met up with people from the Austria program outside the Hacker Pschorr tent (to the right). It's theme was "Beer Heaven" and even had paintings inside with people entering Beer Heaven. Inside, I got my first Oktoberfest beer. With our tickets, we also got half a chicken was was THE best I've ever had. I also had one more ticket for beer but ended up giving it away because there was no way I could drink another one. In many ways, Oktoberfest was a lot like you see in the movies. There was a brass band playing:


And there were fat men standing on tables, singing and swaying:
More from the tent:

This one got turned and I'm to lazy to switch it. But look! Beer all gone and Laura in an 'authentic" Bavarian hat!These are gingerbread hearts that are sold all over Oktoberfest:
We also spent some time walking around the main sites in Munich. My pics didn't turn out well because of the dark and rain. But look! It's the inside of the Hof Bräu Haus! (Hitler spoke here)

That's all for now. Going to have to figure out something different for the pic posting. This formatting sucks.