germany (pt 2)- munich

geez. i took 1hr plus to blog on berlin! and i forgot to mention there that berlin has awesome shopping. discounting the zaras and h&m's there's still a whole array of underground street wear, i know my cousin mingxuan is just going to die. enough. on to munich.

munich:

capital of what was once bavaria (bayern in german) munich doesnt have as much historical significance as berlin has. but munich to me, is germany, because... of the food. and especially during OKTOBERFEST! we definitely hit munich at the best time. loading up on the grease, we ate foot long sausages, pork chops, pork knuckles, schnitzels, pretzels, beer, burgers and the list goes on. all that eating came back to punish us later, but thats another story. and it was refreshing to see the germans by the hundreds all heading toward the oktoberfest area, decked out in their bavarian traditional clothes and just having a plain old good time, guzzling liters upon liters of beer and going at that pork knuckle. thank goodness we didnt meet alot of drunkards along the way, but 30% of all the beer that germany drinks in a year is contributed by okoberfest. i even managed to make money out of a drunk aussie at our hostel by selling him our leftover dunkin donuts at 4 euros for 2. pictures!

welcome monsieurs and madames, to a beer garden.

just for you, shuz! that big pretzel!

have i ever said i was a small eater?

law students at oktoberfest 2006!

i really like this picture. not for the poor sods screaming their guts out, but the picture composition lah.

inside one of those beer gardens: thankfully we managed to find a table, because its the only way you can enjoy the real atmosphere of the festival. jess, sam and jo sharing one litre of beer. beer only comes in litre mugs btw// shuz and i sticking to our schwip-schwap (which is cola and lemonade mix)// prost!// drinking games (rolls eyes)// prost, yet again (even strangers at the next table cheered with us// jess and a cap thats too big for her// a nice caricature on oktoberfest

pretzel mania! shuz bought a pretzel that was bigger than the circumference of her head lah.// cheery ginger bread cookies with german words which we dont understand. we dont understand why the germans wore those cookies on their necks either// jess, jo and me// rides on a sunny blue day. close your eyes and you'll think we're at some pasar malam in pasir ris.

poor backpacking students eating bananas for breakfast// for you vanitha, bollywood is also in munich// an exodus of people heading to oktoberfest on the last day//sam, nick, me and shuz// jess looks dazed with all that food.// directions in case you get lost, which is a very real risk// nick and sam heading for some pork// oooh yeah. they look really happy parting with their euros.

im getting faster! munich took 45mins to blog!