Day 9 - Weis'n with Taschi!

Today, Taschi visited. Taschi was Eric and Amy's Au Pair from 2012 - 2013. She drove from the university she is attending in Kempten and arrived around 11 AM. It's about an hour's drive. We spent the day at Oktoberfest in one of the beer gardens. 

October 3rd is also a Bank Holiday. Everything is closed in town. Where do all the folks head to? That's right, Oktoberfest! It was sooooo crowded. We could barely walk through the festival to get to the tents. We tried a few tents around 2:30 but the tents were already closed and the wait for the beer gardens were very long. Torsten knew Fische-Vroni tent has a small 'secret' beer garden. We waited for 20 minutes or so to get into the beer garden. We never did make it into the tent. And, once you leave the tent or beer garden you cannot get back in.  

It was a gorgeous day and the sun was shinning. I've had amazing weather during this trip. 

You can see the heaters above us. The long rectangles were turned on as soon as the sun went down. You could feel the heat. It was very warm. The only draw back to the beer gardens is smoking is allowed as opposed to inside the tents. And, they take full advantage of the smoking rule. Chain smoking like I've never seen. One couple brought two packs of the cigarettes and smoked them all. They only left because they were out of cigarettes. Otherwise, I don't see anymore smokers in Germany than the US.