The last couple of days have been busy as far as school goes. Although the courses are not as rigorous as a semester at SLU, I have had the biggest work load this week! A quiz, a test, a danish recording and a journal entry? For five classes? And I thought I was abroad! Luckily before all of the craziness I got to experience Oktoberfest. On Friday night Claire, Ben, Will and I flew to Munich where we were greeted by Carl, a family friend who lives in the city. He took us to his apartment, fed us homemade apple cider, told us we were crazy for setting our alarms for 4:30 and sent us off to bed. After showers and a light breakfast, we headed to the closest U-bahn station and sped off towards Oktoberfest. We were reunited with Ben who introduced us to his friend from boarding school, Leon, a native Bavarian. Leon warned us that we would not be let into the tent until at least 9- but we had come to far to turn back. So after three and half hours and a hand full of failed I-spy attempts we were let into the tent. I say tent but what I mean is semi-permanent structure that fits almost 7,000 people. Around 10, we ordered and were served breakfast- Weißwurst, a soft pretzel and sweet mustard. Too yummy! At 12, the mayor of Munich opened the first keg of Oktoberfest and we were served beer. Carl warned us that the beer was strong. But we didn't realize how strong! On our way to the airport Carl told us that each beer was equivalent to a six pack of light beer. Wish I had known that before! But alls well that ends well and in our case it ended at about 6!
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