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Germany (Munich)

Waiting for the train
Olaf welcomes us to Munich
Home of the monster soft pretzels
Beer Steins
CooCoo Clocks
And freaks
'How about a lolliepop little girl'
Apparently mom never taught her not to take candy from freaks
This one didn't get so much attention
This one did, and he was a real class act all the way from Jersey
Freaks or Oktoberfesters? You make the call
The streets bustle with tourists
Kris Kringle during the off-season
The almighty Glockenspiel (side view)
The almighty Glockenspiel (head on)
With its song and dance, it draws quite a crowd at noon
Mississippi Mike - Great song but no dance
In the olden days they used to transport beer like this
Today they just show off for the Oktoberfesters
Wilkommenn to the Oktoberfest!
Where the 6 major breweries of Munich are represented (HofBrau, AugustinerBrau, PaulanerBrau, LowenBrau, SpatenBrau, Hacker-PschorrBrau)
Each with an enormous tent where all sorts of debauchery goes on
We spent the evening with PaulanerBrau
Where the crowd is jolly...
The band plays in good tune...
And the beer ladies serve (they normally carry 8 at a time)
I had trouble holding 2
Bottoms up
Me & Fuji a little intoxicated
'Whoaa, the world is spinning'
'Hey Frank, look... Hi Mom! -burp-'
The intoxicated European Patent Office gang (Ramon, Sonia, Yann)
Ramon, laughing hysterically at my last comment
Two local women in traditional dress
Three local men in traditional dress
Olaf comes over to check on Fuji & I
Don't know who, but she smoked a mean cigar
Me in full umpa-lumpa form
More intoxicated Patent Office gang (Yann, ?, ?, ?)
Fuji and some crazy lady from New York or was it Jersey?
Olaf and friend in high spirits
Munich isn't only about beer festivals. They also got cultural festivals
A stroll through Hofgarten
The grand Bayerische Staatskanzlei
View of Englischer Garten
Where more freaks set-up to squeeze you for a mark or two
Happy Steffen, his now happy MotoGuzzi, & me also happy