We’re back…again! (first trip, second trip)

This time we were chaperoned by four of Joe’s best friends from the States.  Here is a wrap up of this year’s festivities!

This was the first beer of the day. Before: two fulls.

After: six empties!

Memories of Q

Girls can do it too! Ok, they were empty…but still!

Most people think that there is nothing at Oktoberfest but beer…which is a fallacy. There were games of Heads Up at beer tents!

There were feats of strength outside beer tents:

There were rainy days, inside and outside beer tents:

There were gifts of shots & pears from the neighbors at the beer tent (which probably should have been avoided):

There were rounds of bumper cars, after a beer tent (which left six adults grinning like little kids):

There was also plenty of hand holding, moon walking, whistling, arm wrestling, “blouses” – all fueled by liquid sold in beer tents. Ok, I concede…there is a lot of beer drinking. It proves to be good time every time, though!

Joe and I feel so blessed that his friends were all able to come to Germany, together, and drink a bit of beer! I have never met a group of men more committed to each other than these guys. For more than twenty years, they have continually carved space out of their busy lives to remain connected. No amount of distance, time, or circumstance has prevented them from being together – through rainy beer tents and sunny ones, gain and loss, joy and sorrow. Prost! To good beer, good friends, and another twenty years.