*burp*yawn*: *kaapoooot

Monday, September 25, 2006

*kaapoooot

Phew...what a weekend!

Oktoberfest was absolutely GILA! People partying and drinking the whole day! Our journey started early morning on Friday. Sandra and me were goin to travel to Münich by 'Mitfahrgelegenheit' (pre-arranged hitch hiking/car pooling). You get to meet some pretty interesting people travelling this way. Not to mention it's cheaper too. Was supposed to leave at 06:00 but the guys were late. So we left at 07:00. (Oh, we were travelling in a Mercedes yo :p) Reached München at around 12+, so we went to walk around the city center until it was time to meet up with the München Aiesecers at 18:00. We were placed in a school gymnasium and our bed for the night were sleeping bags and the cold hard floor.

The next day, after a not-so-nice night and heavy breakfast we were off to the Oktoberfest. We were each given vouchers for the fest. The vouchers were good for 1 meal and TWO litres of beer! How can anybody drink so much? (Apparently everyone can :p)

We reached our tent at almost 12:00 and everyone proceeded with their 1st beer of the day. Imagine, beer for breakfast?! I had like only a quarter of my 1st litre when they broke my mug while 'toasting'. The rest of the beer wasted...boo hoo. It was pretty good beer. Anyway, the atmosphere was crazy. It was still so early and everyone was so high. I did'nt intent to stay in the biergarten the whole day of course, so we went out for a walk. It's like a carnival outside with rollercoasters, ferris wheels and whatnots. Imagine people going on a roller coaster after a few litres of bier...hmmm....

Headed back to the tent for lunch so we could go sight seeing around München. Lunch was half a bird of roast chicken leh. I dun think i'll be eating any chicken in a while...

A few of us decided to go to this beautiful palace called the 'Schloss Nymphenburg'. It was evening and the sun was setting. Everthing was calm, relaxed and quiet compared to the craziness of Oktoberfest. The four of us (Lili frm China, Sandra frm Colombia and Sandra frm Egypt) took our time to relax and pose for photos.

Okay, then it was back to the crazyness at the bier tent. There are even more people now (more drunk people to be exact) By now I was feeling really really tired. I..just..want..to..tidurrrr...

Well, that was pretty much the highlight of the trip. Will definitely wanna go to München again, not for Oktoberfest but to visit some other place. Didn't get to see much for this trip. But I did get to see the 'Glockenspiel' at Marienplatz. I saw this on TV in the travelling program 'The Travellers' few years back and has always wanted to go there. So, another one down on my 'to-do' list. :D

On Sunday the whole bunch of Berlin trainees spent the whole day travelling back to Berlin on the train. Changing trains five times! Hop on, Hop off, hop on, Hop off. It's slow lar but heck, it's cheap. €6 per person! On the journey back everyone was just Kaput! Talking nonsence and laughing at just about anything... kaput, really kaput (i like this word)... K..a...p...u...t....
So, just enjoy these photos people....