The American Journeyman: Oktoberfest

I am unable to stay in America. There is a huge world out there full of festivals, sights, people, and sounds that I can only wish to see and experience in a life time. I have traveled to Sweden, Finland, Russia, Denmark, Scotland, England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Belgium. There are still so many more places to go see.

A liftime dream of mine was to attend Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany. This is the worlds biggest beer festival and I really enjoy beer. I had no idea the pure size of this place or actually what it is like. ... (more)

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Salzburg, Austria
See, I was there, told ya I was

Salzburg, Austria
Can you hear it, I think the hills are alive with the sound of music

Salzburg, Austria
I had to take a picture of the old school bathroom, come on, image...

Salzburg, Austria
This crest was above almost every door in the fortress. The guy who put them...

Salzburg, Austria
To get to the fortress, you take a old school life. It used to be counter...

Salzburg, Austria
Inside one of the many catherdrals in the town. Look at the size of this pipe...

Salzburg, Austria
A view of the main chapel in the same church with the huge pipe organ

Salzburg, Austria
A fountain outside a different church in the cities main square. There...

Salzburg, Austria
The coolest knight I have ever seen. I would be intimidated if he was coming...

Salzburg, Austria
This was called the Pleasure Palace. I first thought it was a brothal, but...

Salzburg, Austria
See this would have made a great brothel, gentally tucked into the mountains....

Salzburg, Austria
How come all the rich people had some of the coolest gardens in the world. I...

Salzburg, Austria
Pleasure Palace gardens. It was so nice looking there

Salzburg, Austria
See, Look at all the flowers here

Salzburg, Austria
The make out gazebo from Sound of Music. It may not be the real one, but Neil...

Salzburg, Austria
Trick Fountains. They really were tricky, more like pratical jokes....

Salzburg, Austria
Trick Fountains: This place was full of suprises, everywhere I looked, I was...

Salzburg, Austria
See the face again, they were everywhere and they are freaky

Salzburg, Austria
There were little coves and caves with fountains as well. This one had a bird...

Salzburg, Austria
Trapped. Keune got trapped between the shooting antlers, the water behind him...

Salzburg, Austria
This is moving puppet show all powered by water. It is distracting then, they...

Salzburg, Austria
This is cool, it has enough water pressure to lift and hold the golden crown....

Salzburg, Austria
Trick fountain again, with the crown, just taken with night vision

Salzburg, Austria
Neil is running from the crown room through the middle. If you stay in the...

Salzburg, Austria
What would the a water garden be without Poseidon

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article published 10/4/2005

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very cool pix
Hey, I agree there is a world out there that needs to be investigated and experienced. The pictures are great. Salzburg is killer huh? My pix are under europe with matt in the german munich catogory.
— Matt Kleiber, December 1, 2005

2500 people max ? ... no ;-)
Hey, your wrote that the beer tents could hold 2500 people plus at their max ...

Actually, the numbers go from 6000 to 9800 people inside the tents and 2500 places for sitting outside the tents.

Greets, Alm
— Alm Steiger, October 22, 2005

nice
looks like you guys had a fun time! What the hell is keune doing there?
— Matt, October 4, 2005

did you guys get soaked at schloss hellbrum? i got soaked cause the damn austrian guy had me sit at the bishop's table...then it started raining. looks like you guys had fun.
— nate dean, October 4, 2005