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)

Inside a tent
Inside a beer tent, people everywhere, singing on tables and drinking,...

Hofbrau Beer Tent
Just look at the pure size of these beer tents. They almost have to be...

Neil and Sandra
This is Neil, Keune's coworker and the hot german girl he picked up so we...

Sandra and Beer
That is hot Sandra again, with some of the beers. Don't the beers look...

The Master and Apprentice
The Apprentice has become the master. Look at us and those beautiful...

Me and the Tent
This is me outside a the beer tent we drank at on Friday night. We got drunk.

Outside gardens
This was the way it was set up. Just long tables and single benches....

Keune's Christmas Card
This is Keune's Christmas Card for this year

Me and Keune
How drunk are we? I mean my grin gets bigger stupider and scarier the more I...

Keune, Neil, and Me
This was inside the tent on our fourth beer. We were drunk.

Dont Remember
I don't remember taking this photo, but I guess I had too.

Leaving after a gallon
We were leaving like everyone else, and I told Neil to go into the...

New Town Hall
This thing is where the the figures under the clock dance twice a day...

New Town Hall
Another picture of the New town Hall

New Town Hall
Those are the figures that dance around. I got a video of it, why, I...

Hofbrauhaus
Need I say more, but one of the coolest places on earth

Hofbrauhaus
Inside the festival hall. The place was just opening when we got there.

Hofbrauhaus
Me, Keune, and Neil inside the Hoftbauhuas. We are sober here, but actually...

Hofbrauhaus
This is my christmas card photo. Those beers are heavy. I saw people carrying...

Hofbrahaus
So we all got this picture. I am still waiting for Keune's though....

Neil's Christmas Card
We like beer

Hofbrahaus
Needs no explaination

The Woman's Church
All I know this church is commonly called the church of the female. I wonder...

Olympic Stadium
This is the Olympic Stadium from a distance. They had a very memorable...

Driving a BMW
I have always wanted to drive a BMW, this is will probably the be...

BMW Plant
The building was designed to be shaped like a 4 cylinder engine. It...

Queen of Bavaria
This is a huge statue at the side of the Oktoberfest. It is called the...

Queen of Bavaria
She is tall and the wonder what she looks like under the dress. Also...

Ferris Wheel
This is the carnvial side from the Ferris Wheel. Just look at all of those...

Pretzels
Look at those size of pretzels. They are the biggest I have ever seen

Outside the Oktoberfest
This is the place we drank at on Sat night. We kept watching people...

Ferris Wheel
Another Ferris Wheel shot. The People the craziness is unmatched. This years...

New Town Hall
New town hall, nicer day bigger picture

Hofbrauhaus
The beer garden itself, inside. This place was huge. I ate the sausage...

Bavarian State Opera House
I would have no idea what this was hadn't not been for a map.

Historic Munich
Keune looks baffled in thought, as I am because we have no idea...

Historic Munich
I think this is the Theatine Church (1675). It has a crypt inside. It...

Historic Munich
From the Gazebo in the Royal Garden, relooking back over to the church in the...

Historic Munich
On our way to English Gardens we had to keep crossing the river. They kept...

Historic Munich
This guy was trying to stationary surf the river in the English...

Historic Munich
See the surfer guy would fall, because it was really hard to do this

Historic Munich
The Chinesse Tower in the Enligh Garden. It is weird because the...

Salzburg, Austria
After all the English Garden, stuff and a 2 hour train ride, we...

Salzburg, Austria
The river that runs right through the middle of town, with the nice mountains

Salzburg, Austria
A cathedral in the town. They have like so many cathedrals for how small the...

Salzburg, Austria
A picture overlooking the city from the fortress.

Salzburg, Austria
Picture from Fortress, looking toward the mountains.

Salzburg, Austria
The mountains are known as the Prealps. Maybe that means before the Alps, I...

Salzburg, Austria
City for Fortress, Again

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

Salzburg, Austria
Monastery on the hill just outside the palace. It was where the arch bishops...

Salzburg, Austria
Picture of the trick fountains from the palace. I banged the glass...

Salzburg, Austria
Monks beer. This was good beer. Had very little after taste, and it...

Salzburg, Austria
Picture of the city over the river. It as kinda of nice, It looks old and...

Salzburg, Austria
Look at the fortress on the hill. It was never attacked, even though...

Salzburg, Austria
I didn't know which was better, so i kept both of them

Salzburg, Austria
Another cool picture of the town through the english gardens. They love there...

Salzburg, Austria
I thought this was a tribute to Jon Keune. Throw her over your...

Salzburg, Austria
The Irish Pub, I drank alot of beer, Guiness and such. Neil as always...

Salzburg, Austria
Irish Pub: I think was trying to get the hot blonde in the background in the...

Salzburg, Austria
There we all are, and we are drunk. Originally it was going to be an early night

Beer Tent
I went inside and actually got a beer inside a tent on the day i was...

Beer Tent
Some Beer tents were great, this one the lion roars and tipped his...

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