Had a wonderful day trip to Salzburg, Austria where we got to tour Mozart's house and see his instruments, manuscripts, letters, and other artifacts from his lifetime. Definitely helped me to understand and appreciate his music a little more, hope to catch a concert at some point in Europe!
Salzach river with the Alps in the background. Salzburg is where "The Sound Of Music" movie was filmed...can't you just picture yourself roaming through these hills, singing "The hills are alive..."?
Our next stop was Munich, Germany for the 200th anniversary of Oktoberfest. Basically, imagine a larger than life carnival filled with ginormous tents, packed with picnic benches and many drunk people squeezed together from Germany and all over the world, wearing lederhosen and dirndyl outfits, chanting and singing and drinking and having an absolute blast.
Yes, our waiter carried 11 steins (large beer mugs) at once, no small feat. That's about 60 pounds of glass and beer (a liter in each stein); they do this all day and deliver steins every 5-10 minutes. Imagine the workout there!
Reunited with Kappa sisters at Oktoberfest.
We had an eventful 3 days with high school buddies as well and a nice mingling of groups. This was also about where Europe started to disregard my high metabolism.
Must eat high-caloric food while you're drinking. Some delicious Southern German food...imagine hearty holiday comfort food and this is about what we had for every meal
Inside of the Augustiner tent, one of the more famous breweries. Note the folk dressed in lederhosen (guy trouser outfits) and durndyls (female maiden outfits). Of course, you can see the band and singers at the front of the hall, and people standing up on benches to sing, sway, and clap to popular songs, many of which were older American hits
After all that food and beer and physical exertion from dancing, it seems like a great idea to go on one of the many carnival rides! You can only imagine how people felt when they got out of these rides ;P
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