Springtime on the Wies’n
Look familiar?
Ah, springtime in Munich. On the heels of the Starkbierfest comes the Frühlingsfest, or spring festival, which takes place on the Theresienwiese, Munich’s famous Oktoberfest fairgrounds. With just two one-story beer tents, Frühlingsfest is much smaller than Oktoberfest, but the general idea is the same: carnival rides, carnival food, and drunken crowds in beer tents dancing on benches and singing along to Ein Stern and Country Roads.
A local friend of ours poo-pooed the idea of going to the Frühlingsfest, claiming it was a festival for the redneck set. Between the fight I saw in the ladies’ restroom and the fact that the band played Achy Breaky Heart, I can’t really disagree with him. But I still had fun. Plus it was easy to find a seat!
Classy how there are topless women decorating the rides, no?
I promise my next post about Munich will not involve beer. Surely there’s something else going on in this city…
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