well i am proud to say that I am a survivor the 200th anniversary of oktoberfest! it was a long day but well worth it! so friday night, i packed up my bags, brought a pillow and blanket, and walked over to the train station to meet the group that I was going with. A bunch of people from my program, probably about 40 were going so it was nice to now people going with me. i got to the train station and there were about 100 people! it was finally time to leave and the whole time i was thinking how i wanted to sit in the front because it will be quiet and all the loud people will be in the back...of course i got a seat in the back. my friend casey and i were just looking at each other and so mad because guys sitting behind us had speakers and were already playing music! this was going to be a looong bus ride! so the bus finally takes off and it was fun to socialize but at the same time it was about 1 am..so about an hour later it calmed down and everyone attempted to sleep on the cramped (with no leg room) bus.
we finally arrived after stopping on the border of germany and austria, changing outfits and fixing ourselves up after being on the bus for such a long time. it was pretty chilly in munich and the whole day it was overcast. so we got there around 10, which was way to late! it was sooo crowded and we stood in line for about an hour and a half and couldn't get into a tent! there were so many people i guess because this was the last weekend of the 200th anniversary. so we just walked around a lot in the beginning trying to see if there were any tents that were already full..but we couldn't ever find one! we walked around the beer gardens too but there were just so many people it was crazy! we then went to a carousel that is like a rotating bar and we got our first beers there. i got a half liter of i can't remember the name now but it was like most beer and then a splash of lemonade. soo good! i couldn't believe that i was actually enjoying this beer. so we hung out there for a pretty long time, met some people from pepperdine who were studying in southern france. we then decided to leave and get something to eat. we then got huge sausages that didn't even fit in the buns! and i thought the hotdogs at costco were big! hahaha
we then were getting pretty tired so we went and sat on this hill that had a huuuge statue of a lady. but we didn't realize that apparently that was the hill were all the passed out/throwing up people went...so we were just sitting there and seeing all these people passed on in the middle of the road- talk about making you not want to drink! so we left there and we were all pretty tired so we decided to leave oktoberfest since we weren't going to be able to find a place to sit and find a restaurant in the downtown area. of course we find the one and only italian restaurant! haha but they did have beer and german pretzels so it was fine. so we got some more beer of course and just sat there for a while, enjoyed each others company, sang along with the germans while they were drinking a ton, ate some huge pretzels and it was a less crowded oktoberfest-ish area that i really enjoyed! then around 9 we went back into the oktoberfest festival area and i really just enjoyed people watching..the germans really do know how to drink..thats for sure! there was such a range of drunk people, from 12 year olds to 80 year olds..so crazy! then around 11:30 we headed back to our bus and everyone just passed out on the bus..it was such a long ride home and i was sooo happy to be back in florence!
so i came to the conclusion that i had a good time at oktoberfest..but to be completely honest, it just wasn't my scene, there were so many drunk people running into you you, and there were just so many people. but don't get me wrong, i loved the experience and the fact that I can say i have been to oktoberfest..but would i go again? it would take some convincing haha
then later that day i met up with some family friends from san jose, the guidaces and I was able to catch up with them. they also gave me a package that my mom gave them to give to me which i loooved!!
i am still getting used to seeing stuff from home because its hard and it makes me a little homesick every once and a while but i know that i have so much love and support coming from home! hope everyone is doing well and thanks all for reading my blog!
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