I’m spending my last day of vacation in Munich. Of course I’ll spend the day at Oktoberfest. Today the weather is perfect, I will have plenty of time to walk the grounds and enjoy all of the festivities. Then its back to the beer tent. Tomorrow I’ll be up early to catch my flight back to DC. Until then…  Auf Wiedersehen.

Today is my last day in Budapest, I’m traveling back to Munich tonight. Today Aaron and I went touring around a bit. I bought some goodies for folks at home and few things for myself. Tonight I’ll be back with friends in Munich, we have dinner plans. Sunday I am back in the beer tent for one last go at it. But for now it’s more beer and Hungarian goulash.

Thursday I spent the afternoon visiting the Hungarian Parliament and Margit Island. The Hungarian Parliament is a huge building along the river. In front of the building is a memorial to the Hungarians whom were killed by the Soviets in the 1956 uprising. The flag has a hole through the middle where the Soviet symbol was torn out.

Wednesday was another beutiful day in Budapest. I spent the day walking the city. I visited the shopping district watching all the tourists do there thing. Another relaxing day here in hungary. In the evening Aaron and I walked the grounds of the Royal Palace and had a traditional meal. As some of you know I lost a significant familiy member yesterday. My thoughts are with my loved ones back home. My memories will always remain.

Tuesday I was on my own for the afternoon. I took the Hungarian Metro uptown to visit The House of Terror. This is a museum in the very building where many Hungarians were tortured and killed by both Nazi and Communist governments. Check out the link, very interesting museum.

Monday I relaxed most of the morning. I’m still nursing my Oktoberfest cold. I did walk down to the Danube River in the afternoon. I stopped and had a some coffee and more goulash. In the evening Aaron and I went out to dinner. We sat out in a more touristy part of town. During dinner we had what is called a giraffe of beer. Which is how they served us 2.5 liters of beer. At the base of the giraffe is a spigot to pull the beer from. Very unique experience.

Sunday night I arrived in Budapest. The quick flight from Munich was uneventful. However, when I arrived by taxi at Aaron’s place I left my phone in the cab. I flagged another cab and the guy helped me track down the phone. I had to go all the way back to the airport. These people were all very nice, I actually got the phone back very quickly. The people could not be nicer. Once that fiasco was over, Aaron and I went to a great local restaurant for some local cuisine. This means goulash. The food was great and the beer was just as good. I finally made it to Hungary, very exciting.

Saturday night at Oktoberfest is always a very big deal. The weather was perfect and the sun was shinning. We had a table down on the floor very close to the band. As always, we made some new friends and got to visit with old friends. Another exciting evening in
Ochsenbrateri. Today is now Sunday, E & Ai are heading back home. I leave Munich behind for some time in Hungary. “The train rolls on.” Many thanks to the Pohl’s for their generous hospitality.

After a relaxing afternoon we all went to Lardy’s for drinks and 70’s pop music. Saturday is our last full day in Munich. We will spend the day back in the beer tent. Saturday at Oktoberfest is always over the top, and always memorable.

Thursday we spent much of the day recovering from Wednesday’s Oktoberfest. We walked to the Chinese Tower which is in the English Garten. A relaxing day of sitting and drinking Bavarian beer. Thursday night Eric and I met a couple from Arizona in an Irish pub. We then proceeded to an after-hours club. We closed out multiple pubs and the after-hours place. It was a very late night.