PROST!

Hellooo! Made it back from Oktoberfest safe and sound!! Oktoberfest was the coolest event I have ever been to in my entire life, I will start from the beginning and try and describe to the fullest. The first day we were there we had slight issues with the train systems, "so easy literally no one could mess it." Yup. You can mess it up. So we are trying to get on a train to City Center and we ask several people "every train stops in city center" was repeated to us several times. So we did exactly what people said, and got on a random train. We learned no one should wing it with the train system that is in another language. Moments after we sat down we realized we were on an express train to Austria. Yup, Austria. Luckily there was one stop before leaving Germany, and the man who was helping us told us we were only 15km from the Austrian border. Then he points to this beautiful set of mountains and tells us that we are all staring at the Swiss Alps. Our jaws dropped, because seven of us managed to mess up this easy train system within our first hour of the being in Munich.

We eventually dropped our stuff off at the hotel and then headed over to Oktoberfest. We take the escalators up and are immediately overwhelmed with mass amounts of people and carnival lights. At night the festival was so amazing. Our first activity, besides getting sausages, was going on the massive swings. I honestly was absolutely terrified, and was pretty much dragged on the swing. BUT I went on them and they were so cool. We were swinging above the whole festival so fast, and we were able to see all of the lights. I would have taken a picture, but my hands were paralyzed with fear, and to be honest I would definitely have dropped my camera while swinging.

All of the other days we spent a lot of the time in the tents. Everyone who attends this festival is so friendly. Within ten minutes I already had friends from Germany, Italy, and Spain. Everyone is just looking to have a lot fun and experience every part of the festival they can. The beer was really good and really strong. The mugs were massive and I had to use two hands to lift them half of the time. Overall the trip was the most fun I have ever had and I think everyone is already looking into how we can get back there next year!

Swiss Alps from the train station

View of the swings from the bottom.