OktoberFest 2011

This week has been a full one!  Lottie arrived bright and early on Tuesday morning, jet-lagged and tired.  She spent most of Tuesday making up for the day/night before!  On Thursday John and Lauren went to Regensburg to get dirndls and lederhosen in preparation for our trip to Munich on Saturday.

On Friday afternoon, Lauren and I made one more trip to Regensburg to swap sizes on my dirndl (baby needed more room).....  So we were set for Saturday.  We got up EARLY Saturday morning, dropped Parker off with the sitter, picked up two girls I work with at the CDC (interns from the states) and headed to Munich.  We entered OktoberFest about 10am when it opened with about 200 thousand other people (seriously).  It was by far the biggest crowd that I have ever been apart of!  I can't imagine trying to take Parker.  So in general, OktoberFest was very similar to the other German fests that we have been to, just much, much, much larger.  There were 8 BIG tents, which held between 5 to 10 thousand people each.  In these tents there were large tables, food stands, huge beers, a band, and oh yeah, did I mention PEOPLE!  Outside the tents it was like a huge fair, with rides, food, and activities.  We all had a good time and were completely exhausted by the time we got home!

For the record, this is John's beer :)