Travels | 24 Hours at Oktoberfest

About a month ago, the Erasmus Events people here in Prague organised a trip to Oktoberfest in Munich. It cost us 1200Kc, which is the equivalent to around £35 - BARGAIN.

However, there was a catch. We left Prague at 6 am, and left Munich at 3am. It would be 24 hours or drinking beer, partying and making new friends.

When we arrived in Munich, Oktoberfest was pretty hard to miss. You could see the streams of people dressed in traditional Bavarian costume and leiderhosen walking towards the park. The Oktoberfest area itself was massive. Probably around the same size as the centre of the city.

There were thousands and thousands of people. And they were all dressed up. We were the minority - as we were dressed in "normal" clothes. I'd never felt like that before.

You'd walk down the centre of the of the area and there'd be a massive beer tent (I say tent, I mean giant wooden building) every other door - ON BOTH SIDES! I can't put into words how many there were!!

We eventually picked one, We tried to find one without a massive queue (IMPOSSIBLE), We also somehow managed to get a a bench. It was amazing. Inside I'd never seen anything like it. There were so many people, and there was what I can only describe as an Oom-Pah band in the centre. (As a musician, I feel slightly disappointed for not having a proper word...!!) 

The beer was gorgeous. It just slipped right down. Very expensive, mind you. After getting used to the 30Kc (£1ish) for half a litre in Prague, spending €10 for a litre stein was painful. Worth it though. There's no point complaining about the price of beer when you're at the world's biggest beer festival. Am I right?

We each had 2 of these, joined in with the drinking Oom-Pah songs and made some new German friends.

"Would you like some beer with that foam?"

We left, and after spending AN HOUR queuing for the toilet, we headed out of the park to explore the city and find some food. I'm going to be completely honest with you now, after drinking 2 litres if beer, your head begins to get a little fuzzy.

We had some food, and then found a cool looking bar. I even met a chap who was on holiday from Pembrokeshire and we chatted in Welsh for a bit. See, us Welshies can always find each other!

The Erasmus organisers had also managed to book a club for us to party the night away, which we happily did. Although compared to Prague, and the UK, the drinks were so expensive. €6.40 for a rum and coke!! Absolute joke.

Anyway, we danced the night away and we had a great time. We left Munich at around 3am, and I arrived back in Prague at 9:30am on Sunday. It was a brilliant and well spend 24 hours!