Oktoberfest and Tierpark (zoo)

Ever since sometime in August, they have been setting up for this huge thing called Oktoberfest (a.k.a. Die Wiesn by the locals). Have you heard of it? Of course you have, who hasn't? As we can tell here that it is the thing to do. A half a million huge liter glasses (a.k.a. a 'mass') of beer were sold that first day. And 14 full cows! We went on Saturday. There was so many people. I did not see many people drinking roaming around but the tents were packed with people with a long line outside. We went on one ride (each ride is about $8 per person!). We had a beer at one of the outside booths. It was fun. There were a lot of people in their traditional outfits (Dirndls and Lederhosen). I however, did not wear mine, since it was in the 40s. Many people were looking rather cold!


It is just down the street from my work, so I have been having my lunch break while watching them set up this huge festival and now have been enjoying walking through it on my break. There were still a lot of people on a Wednesday afternoon and a ton of people coming in. The trains have been packed full. We have had two little girls in the kindergarten come in in their Dirndls and one boy in his Lederhosen. It is so great!


The rides were fantastic! I didn't go on this one, but isn't it cool! You can see it in the distance in the first picture on the blog. There were so many rides, games, and food booths. Lots of booths selling nuts, sugar coated nuts, and chocolate nuts. I, who does not like nuts, liked the cinnamon and sugar coated cashews. I am sure Chris did not like this since it was his snack that he bought!



After the crowded Saturday at the Oktoberfest, we went to Tierpark (zoo in english). It was huge as well. The place was very much a nature walk among the animals. There were the typical animals, monkey, lions, camels, giraffes, zebras, etc. But there were some animals I have not seen before. Such as the anteater.










What do you think of our next pet? Isn't it cute!




Or how about this one?












The playground was so tempting to go on! It was so big. The rope swing looked fun!

And okay, we felt weird being the only people that did not have a stroller!

But no matter where we are, even the zoo, there is always a beer garten. What did surprise me was the amount of people that brought their pet dog to the zoo. I would have thought the zoo would not want that. Who knows how the dog would react to these animals. But there were a lot!