On Wednesdays and Fridays my husband takes our dog to work. Part of his route goes by the Wiesn, the Oktoberfest Fairgrounds. This past summer, when he remembered, he would take a photo at the same spot. So here’s a time lapse of one of the Beer tents being built (sorry, don’t know which one…
Read MoreI Didn’t Go To Octoberfest This Year
I confess, I skipped the Wiesn this year. Partly because I just wasn’t feeling it, and partly because I’m on a kind of detox where I consume no gluten, dairy, alcohol or caffeine (and pretty much lose my will to…
Read MoreWiesn 2013
We arrived back in Munich after a five week visit to California the night before the last Wiesn Tag. My husband scored a couple of tables in the Armbrustschützenzelt (which, in all honesty, I found to be kind of a ghetto tent, but hey who am I to complain?) so we mosied on over. My…
Read More25 Things To Know When Moving To Munich
I was recently talking to someone who was about to move to Munich. I was helping her with a specific issue, but then tried to think of everything I could possibly tell someone who is about to move to Minga. So here’s my random list of bits and bobs. Some apply to Germany, and I…
Read MoreWhen The Party’s Over: Oktoberfest Ghost Town
Yesterday was sunny and beautiful. I hopped on my Rad and headed to Papier Stein and met a friend for lunch. On my way back home I decided to cut through the Theresienwiese, known as the Oktoberfest fairgrounds to the rest of the world. Without even thinking about it, once I got there I realized…
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