Prost, Prost, Prost, Prost... and Some More Prost!

We dont even know where to start with this one... first and foremost, we are trying to type this and the Y and Z are switched on the computer, so if this looks odd, chances are it is!

Munich is once again amazing! We got in on Sunday night after quite a train ride in. This old man that kept mumbling to himself decided we would be especially nice eye candy for the duration of the ride- he sat there starring at us the entire time and it was the most uncomfortable thing ever. So I strapped on my iPod and Colleen laughed the entire way here because he was making her so uncomfortable. We finally ditched him and arrived at the main train station... holy mother of a drunken crowd!!! There were a million people traversing thru the station in leiderhosen, these random hats, and even more were cruising down the street singing and going on their merry ways. We knew we had come to the right place!

After a slight detour, we found our hostel... and we were amped to find a bar attached! We werent sure how far the tents were but it turns out they are about 5 minutes away. Drank into the wee hours of the morning and met some nice people that evening that showed us a good time. Bed time... a little later than we anticipated!

So it was the next full day and we knew where we needed to go- we were due to meet Higgins and Rice at the Hofbrauhaus. Did they turn up?? No... but not to worry because we met 4 guys from Luxembourg (I guess u could say we met roughly 20 % of the country since its so small) and Colleen got proposed to by some Aussie... too funny! We had enough of the Hofbrauhaus and wanted to find these alleged "tents" we had heard so much about, but not before we drank a stein with a 70-year old man and did some shopping. Oops!

We got to the Hippodrom tent at like 6:30 and they were not going to let us in. Luckily we stood around and either annoyed or sweet talked the guy into it and he finally let us go in. Trying to order a beer from a wandering waiter, he told us we had to be at the table. Not a problem, guy... Colleen slammed down at the first table she saw and it was quite a good find: some German-American company that manufactures fire equipment and they were on the company card. We were instructed to pay for nothing, and thus, we were on the company card too!! It was great... slammed back a few more steins and it was time for bed- at 10pm.

Same kind of day transpired yesterday with highlights including lunch, lunch # 2, steins # 3, 4, 5, 6..., and our brand new, shimmering 25 euro bracelets that this German lady was telling us not to buy because we were getting ripped off. They are really cute though! Oktoberfest was great and we made it back to our hostel to take a quick (2 hour) nap and then hit the hostel bar. We thought we had met some authentic German boys in leiderhosen until they started talking... two American boys, one from Berkeley, one from UCSB (yes, UCSB... and he lived at FT freshman year and is 25). They spent 250 bucks on these legit leiderhosen costumes and sported them at the tents and into the night. It was hilarious!!

Right, so today is our last day in Munich... sniffle, sniffle... but we are off to Dublin this evening to really round out the trip in a sober state. Rrrrriiigghhhtt!!! Phil is a little apprehensive about us coming, we think, and we still arent 100% sure he will be at the airport to "collect" us this evening. We will find out!!! Cross your fingers and maybe even make a wish that we run into Higgins and Rice at some point today... not looking promising!

PROST!

Kyle and Colleen