IT'S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR AGAIN!!!
Yes, regular readers, you'll know this this is the time of year when tracht gets pulled out of our closets and worn for the first time in about 5 months while we guzzle down strong beer during the first bierfest of the year.
As with previous years, Ruben got another table at the Augustiner Keller. It was later pointed out to me that entering the Keller is a bit like entering the gates of hell: down a small, tight spiral staircase which emerges into a warm, red cavern where schlager music is on repeat. :D
Also, song of the year - Atemlos durch die Nacht (Breathlessly through the night) by Helene Fischer! Revel in its cheesiness!
There were two tables, but here's mine - L-R: yours truly, David, Laura, Caro, Ele, Ruben, y Santi.
I really wanted to eat my first roast chicken of the bierfest season but alas, it was not to be. So here's my first schweinshaxn. With the knoedl and krautersalat, it was a pretty big serving and I offered to share with my fellow festers, but they turned it down. I ate my fill, and then went to say hello to party people on the other table and when I turned back, found them eating the rest of it!!! Funny times.
Even more funny times! The band started playing Pretty Woman and Ele was singing along miming a microphone. I decided to make her one out of a couple of forks and a napkin.
Despite being Muenchen born and bred, Caro had never attended Starkbier at the Keller and never knew the joy of sitting in a giant barrel. That knowledge gap has now been filled.
Also filled is that part in her heart that stores her love for the strong brew.
Laura loved it too and was very disappointed when her mass was finished :(
So yes, the first weekend was good and Nockherberg opens next weekend! Barring illness or injury, 5 more weeks of bierfest to follow!
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