Ain't life a bitch!
Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:45 am
On Friday I'm taking off for Cyprus. I have a 11-hour layover in Munich.
Which means we're landing smack into Oktoberfest. I'm certainly not spending 11 hours in Munich airport. There's a 40-minute train ride to the city center.
I just have to memorize 2 german words:
bier
wurst
which pretty much defines Oktoberfest.
I think I'm gonna need a few days in Cyprus to work off the, er, jetlag.
Which means we're landing smack into Oktoberfest. I'm certainly not spending 11 hours in Munich airport. There's a 40-minute train ride to the city center.
I just have to memorize 2 german words:
bier
wurst
which pretty much defines Oktoberfest.
I think I'm gonna need a few days in Cyprus to work off the, er, jetlag.
Re: Ain't life a bitch!
Tue Sep 30, 2008 3:40 am
What are you doing in Cyprus anyway?
Re: Ain't life a bitch!
Wed Oct 01, 2008 1:21 am
Chacal wrote:wurst
lmao
Re: Ain't life a bitch!
Wed Oct 01, 2008 6:21 pm
You forgot:
Ich verstehe nicht
Bitte
Danke
Fick dich (only use when intoxicated and you're about to knock somebody's block off)
I went there last year and if you don't reserve a space in the tent early on, you'll have a hell of a time obtaining beer. We eventually got a couple of steins, but it wasn't easy. Waiting in lines to take a piss is brutal and watch out for drunken instigators. I saw this guy get clocked in the face and fall to the ground unconscious.
Have a great time. It's a hell of a trip
Ich verstehe nicht
Bitte
Danke
Fick dich (only use when intoxicated and you're about to knock somebody's block off)
I went there last year and if you don't reserve a space in the tent early on, you'll have a hell of a time obtaining beer. We eventually got a couple of steins, but it wasn't easy. Waiting in lines to take a piss is brutal and watch out for drunken instigators. I saw this guy get clocked in the face and fall to the ground unconscious.
Have a great time. It's a hell of a trip
Re: Ain't life a bitch!
Wed Oct 01, 2008 9:05 pm
SavageParrot wrote:What are you doing in Cyprus anyway?
International meeting of ISO/IEC JTC-1/SC-27.
Re: Ain't life a bitch!
Thu Oct 02, 2008 12:47 pm
Ich liebe dich 
Re: Ain't life a bitch!
Thu Oct 02, 2008 8:48 pm
Ja, ich liebe mich auch.
Re: Ain't life a bitch!
Fri Oct 03, 2008 1:12 pm
Chacal, any chance you can take some pictures of Oktoberfest?
Re: Ain't life a bitch!
Sat Oct 04, 2008 6:59 am
Have fun Chacal! 
Re: Ain't life a bitch!
Sat Oct 04, 2008 8:40 pm
I did.
I didn't spend too much time in the bier garten, on account that it was 7C and raining. There were huge tents with clear plastic sides and everyone was sitting down getting drunk and freezing his balls.
Nice city though.
Now I'm back from a stroll on the beach in Lemesos (yes, at 4:30 AM) and it's warm. It never rains in Cyprus.
I didn't spend too much time in the bier garten, on account that it was 7C and raining. There were huge tents with clear plastic sides and everyone was sitting down getting drunk and freezing his balls.
Nice city though.
Now I'm back from a stroll on the beach in Lemesos (yes, at 4:30 AM) and it's warm. It never rains in Cyprus.
Re: Ain't life a bitch!
Sun Oct 05, 2008 4:24 pm
Chacal, I was in Munich earlier this summer. Where was the bier garten you went to? We went to the Hofbrauhaus, and a couple others that I can't remember.
Re: Ain't life a bitch!
Sun Oct 05, 2008 6:09 pm
You were probably in one of the big Bierhalles downtown. During Oktoberfest, each major brewery sets up a huge tent on the Theresienwiese for the fest and the drinking begins. These are typically temporary structures, taken down after the festival. But the Bierhalles are open all year round.
Re: Ain't life a bitch!
Mon Oct 06, 2008 4:14 pm
Yes, it was on Theresienwiese, one subway station away from the HauptBahnhof.