0059 World Tour: Germany (Munich) http://www.photoworks.com/share/shareLanding.jsp?shareCode=AE2643FABF&cb=PW "0059_00.jpg" "Waiting for the train" "0059_01.jpg" "Olaf welcomes us to Munich" "0059_02.jpg" "Home of the monster soft pretzels" "0059_03.jpg" "Beer Steins" "0059_04.jpg" "CooCoo Clocks" "0059_05.jpg" "And freaks" "0059_06.jpg" "'How about a lolliepop little girl'" "0059_07.jpg" "Apparently mom never taught her not to take candy from freaks" "0059_08.jpg" "This one didn't get so much attention" "0059_09.jpg" "This one did, and he was a real class act all the way from Jersey" "0059_10.jpg" "Freaks or Oktoberfesters? You make the call" "0059_11.jpg" "The streets bustle with tourists" "0059_12.jpg" "Kris Kringle during the off-season" "0059_13.jpg" "The almighty Glockenspiel (side view)" "0059_14.jpg" "The almighty Glockenspiel (head on)" "0059_15.jpg" "With its song and dance, it draws quite a crowd at noon" "0059_16.jpg" "Mississippi Mike - Great song but no dance" "0059_17.jpg" "In the olden days they used to transport beer like this" "0059_18.jpg" "Today they just show off for the Oktoberfesters" "0059_19.jpg" "Wilkommenn to the Oktoberfest!" "0059_20.jpg" "Where the 6 major breweries of Munich are represented (HofBrau, AugustinerBrau, PaulanerBrau, LowenBrau, SpatenBrau, Hacker-PschorrBrau)" "0059_21.jpg" "Each with an enormous tent where all sorts of debauchery goes on" "0059_22.jpg" "We spent the evening with PaulanerBrau" "0059_23.jpg" "Where the crowd is jolly..." "0059_24.jpg" "The band plays in good tune..." "0059_25.jpg" "And the beer ladies serve (they normally carry 8 at a time)" "0059_26.jpg" "I had trouble holding 2" "0059_27.jpg" "Bottoms up" "0059_28.jpg" "Me & Fuji a little intoxicated" "0059_29.jpg" "'Whoaa, the world is spinning'" "0059_30.jpg" "'Hey Frank, look... Hi Mom! -burp-'" "0059_31.jpg" "The intoxicated European Patent Office gang (Ramon, Sonia, Yann)" "0059_32.jpg" "Ramon, laughing hysterically at my last comment" "0059_33.jpg" "Two local women in traditional dress" "0059_34.jpg" "Three local men in traditional dress" "0059_35.jpg" "Olaf comes over to check on Fuji & I" "0059_36.jpg" "Don't know who, but she smoked a mean cigar" "0059_37.jpg" "Me in full umpa-lumpa form" "0059_38.jpg" "More intoxicated Patent Office gang (Yann, ?, ?, ?)" "0059_39.jpg" "Fuji and some crazy lady from New York or was it Jersey?" "0059_40.jpg" "Olaf and friend in high spirits" "0059_41.jpg" "Munich isn't only about beer festivals. They also got cultural festivals" "0059_42.jpg" "A stroll through Hofgarten" "0059_43.jpg" "The grand Bayerische Staatskanzlei" "0059_44.jpg" "View of Englischer Garten" "0059_45.jpg" "Where more freaks set-up to squeeze you for a mark or two" "0059_46.jpg" "Happy Steffen, his now happy MotoGuzzi, & me also happy" "IMG_0633.jpg" "" "IMG_0636.jpg" "" "IMG_0637.jpg" "" "IMG_0639.jpg" "" "IMG_0641.jpg" "" "IMG_0642.jpg" "" "IMG_0644.jpg" ""