Eurotrip 2006 : Munich 30 Sept - 1st Oct

Oktoberfest - Munich

In this trip, I enjoyed the most amazing party in europe. I had booked earlier for this Oktoberfest trip which was being organised by Bocconi student club called ESEG.We were six guys from India. All exchange students. The bus tripwas about to start at 11 pm at night but thanks to the highly (un)professional (mis)management of ESEG staff (comprising mostly of young guys desperate to get laid with the exchange gals), we commenced our trip one hour late. The bus was packed with young ppl shouting and unfortunately we got the worst seats coz we came late. However beginning our trip with some classic snaps by maulik, we waited for the fun that we had heard of. The entire trip was aweful with cramped seats and zero legspace. I dint think we would have any energy left to enjoy the next day. We reached the next day at about 9:30 am. The sight was amazing. Germans in ethinic Bavarian dresses were flocking to the Beer TENTS, singing and dancing. Enough to charge me up. We all started towards the big enclosed area which housed like 30-40 tents including all fun fair stuff. Women wore the long frocks and men were wearing leather breaches( the one you see clowns wearing). Was quite surprised to see the tents to be totally full this early, people were guzzling beer out of those monstrous jugs. Finally we managed to get into one big tent "Hippodrum". We made a backdoor entry otherwise we would not have been able to make it. Inside was great. Six of us took a table, the waitress came and stood for order. We checked the prices which were awefully inflated but what the heck we have to the biggest beer drinking party of the world and we were not going to be shooed away bythe prices. We ordered 5 mugs. After waiting quite a bit our order came. Man that was the tastiest beer i have ever tasted in my life. It was kinda sweet and refreshing. We smoked and drank when a merry group came along and asked for some seats besides us. We gladly obliged. It was so much fun. The german band on the highly elevated platform used to put their one foot up and bottom up the entire jug and then play incomprehensible german beer songs. But it was fun watching them. ppl dancing all around. The toilet was always packed since ppl were eating and drinking like crazy. We all guzzled upto some 10 jugs of beer and ate some exotic food (ox meat) which was tasty. FInally we headed out to see some of the fair. It was very crowded outside. Maulik, who is not used to much of drinking ..threw up on the road. After puking for 2-3 times he was fine. We went outside and lied down on the green grass laughing over the things during the day. Our bus departure was late night at 1. We roamed around, went again inside the tent got some food. Tired we all got into the bus and crashed. My head was achuing like crazy and more so coz I was leaving to Amsterdam the oher day and I had to get the camera as well as do all the packing and stuff. However I put all those headaches behind my actual headache and dozed off.