Munich

📌 After a long drive and day sightseeing we made it to Munich to be welcomed by Wolfger, our new host for the next 5 days. As we learned throughout the stay, Wolfger was about 70, lived in Germany as a art and culture lecturer/academic. He showed us all these books he'd written including one on the 1500 sausages of Germany. He gave us breaky every morning (often including sausages) and he even lent me his jacket for Octoberfest.

📌 As usual we started with a walking tour, which was quite interesting, Munich was super busy for the Octoberfest which started due to a wedding celebration in 1810. We then met up with Anthony Dario and Monique for a drink in the festival which was a great catch up but also a nice intro into the festival before going the next day.

📌 Friday was the day for the event, we rented some traditional lederhosen and dirndle clothing, Wolfger gave me a jacket and we were off at about 12. We hung out with some Norwegians for the first few hours of the day and as a few more drinks were drunk conversations with randoms became more flowing including some Texans, Israelis and Italians. We ended up visiting a few more tents and eventually settled in the hofbrau tent which is known for mostly internationals. At times it was hard to get a place but we eventually found a table and stayed there for hours, hanging out mostly with Australians and Germans in the end. It was a very rowdy night of broken shoes, singing and a lot of talking rubbish.

📌 The next day was a a tough get up at 5am, it was Brisbane vs Sydney and we were watching at Ned Kelly's Bar. A few tactical vomits and we watched at a very packed pub as the lions got over the line!! Unfortunately no celebratory beers were had 🤮☺️ We went and found some coffee and then some Vietnamese pho to help the hangovers. The rest of the day was napping and not doing much was perfect, finishing the day with Mexican was delish. We then finished the trip with some exploring of the churches, a few palace gardens and one last traditional Bavarian meal. Munich will definitely be a highlight of our travels and Octoberfest was definitely a bucket list item worth doing.Baca selengkapnya