Off to the Oktoberfest!!

This day was specifically planned to be spent at the Wies'n, the Oktoberfest grounds. Holiday over, I'm having a beer (or 2).

We wore Tracht, the local costume. I bought my lederhosen last year and the shirt this year. Kel's dirndl is selbstgemacht homemade.

The different Bierzelts Beertents have different atmospheres. We started out in the Ochsenbraterei, the oxen roasting tent, where they roast whole oxen on spits and serve Spaten beer. Relatively sedate, family type atmosphere. If you get up on the benches the security tells you to get down. We met some locals who were friendly. They refer to the non Bavarian Germans as Prussians. I think they got along better with us than the northern Gemans.

The food was great. I had the oxen, which is roast beef and Kel had the Wießewurst, white sausage. The ubiquitous Kartoffelsalat, German potato salad was good. The beer, of course good!

The Hofbräu tent is much rowdier. They don't tell you to get down from the benches, but will make you put your clothes back on.
Friendly foreign visitors in the Hofbräu tent (this one from Australia)

The Gemütlichkeit is evident!

Learning a Bavarian ditty!

Holz vor dem Hut. The wood in front of the shed.