How do you describe Oktoberfest to someone? It’s like a giant royal Easter show with beer tents. That’s basically what it was. I would have to admit it was far from what we had expected. The size of the place was overwhelming and with so many drunken people it wasn’t that inviting. It didn’t take us long to get into the spirit though, chugging back beer after beer and stuffing our faces with sausages and giant pretzels. It was not my type of beer festival..Thinking back to the Grand Place, Brussels…but it was still fun and riotous.
Jenny and Vio can down from Lampertheim to! Definitely the highlight was the drive up through the Alps into Austria on Sunday to visit the touristy Neuschwanstein castle. The Alps were spectacular. Valleys of red and orange and pristine lakes.
I won’t forget to mention my F1 driving skills. On the way back to the airport we were stuck in 3 separate traffic jams stretching 14km’s on the autobahn. Our Sat Nav was telling us there was no chance of making it in time for our flight back to London. An average of 180-200kmh did it and we JUST made it, thankfully it was a tiny airport!!
A great start to the weekend!! As we were unloading our camp gear at the camp site our car almost got towed!! A quick visit to the local
polizei station and some euros later we were back on the road.
Jenny and Sal warming up at a local restaurant
Our favourite of the whole weekend. On the beer merry go round
This is Oktoberfest, look at the size of it! We took this on a huge swings ride.
A good way to start the day, a giant pretzel and water
9.30am inside the Löwenbräu tent. Full!
Pure bliss. The Bavarian/Austrian Alps.
Autumn at Neuschwanstein castle 
It even snowed while we where there! not...
Neuschwanstein castle. It looks much better from afar 
Spectacular!
with my girls - ali and anna
Ebony, Nick, Dan the man with the london tan, Sally and Ali.
