Glückliches neues Jahr 2012

Glückliches neues Jahr 2012

Heaven

I would love to finish the beer and place my head on her bosom.....

Christmas Beers

Nice article reviewing a few beers to drink during the holidays.. Of course Ballast Point Victory at Sea is a favorite too. Just had the Two Tortugas at Karl Strauss.. very nice..

http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2011/12/16/berrong-on-beer-hoppy-holiday-brews/?hpt=hp_bn8

Home Brew

BeTrunken just made two different types of home brew. Five gallons of a Bavarian light beer and five gallons of a dark Irish stout. Now in two more weeks we will be enjoying some very good home brew. I post later and let you know how good and inexpensive it is.

Beer Call

Enjoying a nice Sierra Nevada Porter... Ahhhhh.

A Halloween Salute to Oktoberfest

Happy Halloween

PROST....

Having a cold bier at the Eagles Nest

Betrunken and Alkoholische enjoying a cold bier at the Eagles Nest.

We were really happy to meet der kubaner and his son at the airport, and running into Chuggar, Barleyman , and Barbus at the Augustener. It would have been nice to sit down with everyone and enjoy several biers and exchange stories. So much to do so little time. The good thing is there is always next time.

Obersalzberg, The Eagles Nest

Climbing the Alps at Hilters Eagles' Nest in southern Bavaria on crutches just 6 weeks after breaking my hip / femur. I must say I need several biers for pain management after this task.

WOW! It was an awesome experience! Good to be American.

While I am very sorry to have missed the opportunity to party with everyone, it was an awesome experience. It is something neither I nor my son will ever forget. Our travel companions have the same opinion that it is truly the experience of a lifetime. The information gathered in this blog was very helpful and I appreciate the help.

Although I have many, MANY stories I will share just one:

On Saturday we decided to try our luck at the tents. We had such a great time at the tents we decided to go back to the tents. We got stuck in a mass of people trying to get into the tent. We were smashed together and all trying to get in. Every time a server would come out to take people into the tent, and everyone in the mass of people would hold up their hand to try and get in. We were in, "line" for about an hour and a half trying to get into the tent.

While we were in line a waitress came out to take some people into the tent. She looked at a bunch of people in line and refused them. She looked at me and the 4 fingers I had in the air (a way of informing her that there were 4 in our party). She looked at me and the following exchange took place between her and I (remember that she is looking past a bunch of people in front of us while talking to me):

Waitress: American? 4, yes?
Me: Yes, 4.
Waitress: American yes?
Me: Yes, American, there are 4 of us.
Waitress: No Italian, all American.
Me: Yes, the 4 of us are Americans.
Waitress: Come vis me!

At which point we snaked our way through the crowd, under the rope, past security, and entered the tent with the waitress. On our way in I asked the waitress why she asked so many questions about American. She proceeded to tell me that she did not want any Italians in her area because they order one (1) beer, they don't tip, and they stay all day.

I gave her a 10 euro tip with our first order of beers. I wanted to make sure that she knew we were not Italians. She smiled, gave me a hug, and thanked me. About 10 minutes later 2 people left a table next to us. Our waitress went back outside and promptly replaced those two with, you guessed it, Americans.

Oktoberfest 20011 is History

Well, I'll make this short, and everyone can add value later.  Hopefully with some pictures.

Another wonderful time was had by all.  We got to meet some new friends in Betrunken and Alkoholische, but unfortunately we were unable to sync up with der Kubaner and his crew.  Maybe next time.

I think we are all home (haven't heard from Jane about her cancelled flight), and not too tired.  It was unnatural, though, to start work first thing in the morning with out a bier.

Just because this trip is complete doesn't not mean the posting need to stop.   Keep up the activity and stay in touch.  It is silly, but we have already started planning for 2013.

Our 20th Anniversary.

Betrunken and BarleyMan

We all finally meet.

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Keith...
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Day 1 a Success

Hofbrauhaus AND a tent. We didn't sync up with our other travelers, but did finally meet Betrunken late night at Shakespeare's. We did miss der Kubaner though, but it sounds like they are having fun.

We are off to Kloster Andechs today if anyone wants to join. Meet at 10A by the main S-bahn area in the Hauptbahnhof.

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Keith...
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Arrrghhh! Missed Everybody today...But had a blast

Gentlemen: We had no luck finding any of you today. We went to both the Hofbrauhaus and to the Lowenbrau tent. We had to give up our table at 6 pm for a reservation. But for the few hours in the tents, WE HAD AN ABSOLUTE BLAST! What a tremendous time we enjoyed.

Is there a plan for Saturday? Is there a time to meet, or a certain tent to go to? If we go I would like to be able to stay in a tent and not have to give the table up for a reservation. So far, we have really enjoyed our stay.

The Revelry Begins

At the Hofbrauhaus. Missing someone important.

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Keith...
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Still Delayed

Do not arrive Munchen until 15:50.

Argh
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Keith...
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Deustche Bahn Let's Us Down

Our scheduled train out of Frankfurt has been cancelled! We are on the next train, but.... no seat reservations and we do not arrive until 15:10.

Never had this much chaos on the german rail system. The bier gods are testing our resolve.

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Keith...
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The Final Leg

Our journey is almost complete. Our train travel from Amsterdam to Frankfurt was on-time and uneventful. We are now awaiting our connection in Frankfurt. What is wrong with Deutsche Bahn? the train is 15 mins late, that's precious bier drinking time.

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Keith...
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Comment for der Kubaner

Wilkommen im Deutschland,

I don't know if there is a plan for everyone, but our plan is the Hofbrauhaus about 15:45 - 16:00. That means we leave Hotel Alfa about 15:15 - 15:30.

You can meet at either venue. Evening plans are then determined after several litres of brew.

Prost
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Keith...
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Here!!

OK. We are here and all checked in to the Hilton Munich City. We are 3.1Km from the Hotel Alfa. Are we going to meet at the Hotel Alfa tomorrow or are we meeting at the tents? I saw from a previous post that the plan is to be at the Hofbrauhaus around 1530. But I think it might be easier to meet at the Alfa. Is there a plan in place? Really looking forward to it.

Bob D. Finally Starts Training

But he starts small..

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Keith...
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