Oktoberfest Fun!

Since moving to Bavaria Steve and I have tried to embrace as many traditions and customs as we can. One we particularly seem to excel at is Oktoberfest. Some years we go more than others and we always have a lot of fun!

I kicked off the season with a visit with a group of moms from MIS. Definitely a fun way to spend the afternoon. Lunch with friends is always fun, lunch at Oktoberfest with friends is even better.

Then we went with Victor & Veronica when they visited. We had a table with friends at the Marstall tent. Another fun afternoon! Plus we got to join Stefanie celebrating her birthday.

We had been teasing Stefanie that I would haunt her party taking photos,
then the tent photographer came by wearing this sash - it seemed perfect!

Next up was a girls lunch for me, celebrating our friend Lois's birthday. This time we were at the Käfer tent. This was a favorite. Great food and a great band. It was such a fun afternoon!

Also I finally got to the to the Floh Circus (flea circus), I've wanted to check it out since we went on a tour about Oktoberfest. It was as lame as you might have suspected.

At this point Steve was feeling a bit left out so he and I had lunch there one afternoon. We tried Cafe Kaiserschmarrn and we were NOT disappointed. Kaiserschmarrn is this amazing dessert. It's described in English as chopped up pancake that is then covered with some kind of delicious topping but it is so much more than pancakes. Ours was topped with chocolate and banana, I think a new Oktoberfest tradition has been born!

Beautiful day for lunch outside!

Next our friends the Donahues visited. Since they brought their young kids we had to visit Oktoberfest in two different ways. Once on a Sunday morning with the kids. We had breakfast (kaiserschmarrn again) and then the boys rode a ride or two and played ALOT of games.

Jed, Jen
Jacob & Jordan

Jed & Steve

Games!

My friend Janet was also in town with two girlfriends so they joined us too!  The more visitors the better!

Then we properly closed down Oktoberfest with 20 of our friends on the final night. We had two tables in the Hofbräuhaus tent and it was a fabulous party. We had so much fun dancing all night and enjoying the atmosphere. The band was superb and the company even better!

Wendy, Missy & Jen

Last ones there!