Somehow we managed to survive another whole Oktoberfest, concluding with a day in the Schützen Festzelt. This is the largest tent at Oktoberfest, and they really know how to pack in the people.
As we were ordering up our first round of beers the tent shook with a mighty loud boom. Everyone jumped a bit except for the waitress, who calmly explained that they were doing some last-day-of-Oktoberfest ceremonial shooting over on the steps to the Bavaria statue, right next to the tent. There were more booms to come, so we might as well get used to it.
The feel and atmosphere inside the Schützen Festzelt was similar to that in the other large beer tents, and the food was about average for Oktoberfest tent food. Unlike most of the other tents, though, this tent had wines (and even weinschorle) on the menu in addition to beer. Can’t wait to bring Em there next year.
The creepy mannequins attached to the walls were pretty cool, too.
The Kaiserschmarrn looked better than it tasted.
And there we have it, ladies and gentlemen: another year of Oktoberfest behind us. Whew.
ooooh weinschorle! next thing you know, they'll have fruli! i will be there with bells on in my zweite dirndl.
I think Fruli is illegal in Germany.
It was nice meeting you on this day! And, I agree, the mannequins were creepy/cool!
How does one go about obtaining an entry ticket to one of the beer tents ???
Carey – It was nice to meet you, too.
Anon – That's a big question. You need to reserve a table in advance. I might do a post about this later.