oktoberfest...second time is a charm

blogging in germany is harder than one might think. the f-ing german computers hate me. anyway....back to the real news! so after our first feeble attempt to experience oktoberfest, we decided to go back and this time is was so much better! as i have said before, i think a lot of things are fate and our random seating in the tent was one of them. these three woman sat down next to us and immediately began to speak to us in flawless english. not only that, but the younger girl just returned from a home-stay program in the united states....and where was she in the united states you ask? ontario, california. about 10 minutes from where dan and it went to college! she was telling us how much she loved montclair plaza (the main shopping mall in the area) it was crazy!

needless to say, we shared some radishes and beer. yes, radishes. a random thing to eat, but evidently part of the bavarian tradition. after that fun encounter, we headed off on some rides and then back to the lowenbrau tent where we sat on the second story overlooking oktoberfest, it was beautiful. dan was considerably intoxicated by that time which made the entire scene much more fun.

one interesting part about oktoberfest is all the traditional aspects which the majority of germans follow. for instance they have these cookies which are made from gingerbread and have sayings written on the front of them in icing. you wear the cookies around your neck.....well the girls wear the cookies around their neck. they say things like .....oktoberfest, i love you, kisses, etc. we referred to them as love cookies, although we have no idea what they are really called. dan bought me one which says ``ich habe dich sooo lieb``....we think this means, i have so much love for you, but in reality we are not all that sure.

so all in all...oktoberfest was rad.