Apart Hotels & Residences, Munich-Giesing

... first stein of the day and it was great. It sure was a lot <br>of beer to drink all at once but it went down<br>Pretty fast. The steins were about 9 euros each. After the lowenbrau <br>tent we headed to the hoffbrau house. This place was full of young <br>people and lots of cheering going on. We had our 2nd stein right away <br>and I could definately feel it. We met a group of contiki people and <br>drank with them for a while. We then walked around ...

... unloaded and locked up in our dorm, we hit the grocery store. Why you ask? To pregame before the Oktoberfest celebration, of course. That sounded like having an appetizer before devouring a 72 ounce steak, or taking a nap before a 16 hour flight but hey, who am I to contradict Germans on their drinking techniques? So, two bottles of delicious German beer later we went to work taping them to our hands with ...

... for a company so this was exactly the type of opportunity I was looking for. We scrapped our plans for Interlaken so that we could have the chance to have someone show us around who really knew what he was talking about. Cody clearly did not want to miss Interlaken, but acquiesced when Joel decided he wanted to go on the tour as well. We left the biergarten quite late and fell asleep as soon as we got in.

... so what time it was. Poor guy... he was miserable!! Then, I asked him where he was flying. He looks at me all worried and says, "Tokyo!" POOR GUY!! So, I'm practically sweating too because this poor guy is gonna miss his flight to Tokyo. He's still pacing and going, "Oh no. Oh no." Finally, at about 12:43 we ask, "What time was your flight again?" And he shows us the ticket, and it's 1:45, not 12:45. This HUGE smile spreads over his face and he was just so happy to not be missing his ...

... form of punishment was the flogging block, where a prisoner would be tied face down on a wooden open-slatted table, and then be beaten by two guards, one on either side, for twenty-five strokes with sticks. The prisoner had to count, in German, each stroke to twenty-five without error, or the count would begin again with "eins." Punishment could be for the smallest infraction: a button on your unoform not done up; slouching; feet not together; hands in pockets; eyes not down at the ...

... more funny quotes from random people, it's crazy. Oh what a time that was! It turns out they sell these HUGE mugs of delicious beer for 6.50 euros. We all chatted, drank one, and decided it was time for round two, not sure if that was a great idea. Well, we ended up playing the game "never have I ever" and Brittany's was "never have I ever been so drunk I peed." The guy at the next table turned around and just busted out laughing at us. Of course ...

Greetings Got a wake up call at 6.45am. Had a great sleep and we had a nice cooked buffet breakfast which we took full advantage of. Leaving the table with a banana and two boiled eggs we did our chores and left the hotel for the Eagles Nest Tour we arranged. The weather is terrific. Being so central, it took us only about 10 minutes to arrive at our meeting point. We got onto the bus and were in the 2nd seats from the front. A great spot we have found as usually ...

... away for another year. The weather was fantastic and hot, a great farewell. Even though it was early, the beer halls and beer gardens were full. There were hardly any tourists left. It was the last day of the Oktoberfest and also a public holiday for Unification Day. All the families had come out to celebrate. Our bodies indeed felt as if we'd used and abused them too much. We're definitely not as young as we used to be!! If we're still around Europe next year, we'll be doing it all again!

... Dachau was created as a place for political prisoners, but when it was freed in 1945 the prisoners represented 34 countries. Most of the Jewish, the aged or infirm, women, or anyone else they deemed not capable of work were sent to Auschwitz. Those who remained had to endure ridiculous punishments for alleged offences. An example of a story told by a survivor was one day he was out at work, when the button on his jacket fell off. He put it in his pocket to sew on later, as ...

Hi everyone. We hope you are all having a great holiday season. Our holidays have been fun. It began with Festivus drinks with some friends from work. A Festivus for the Rest of us! We spent X-mas eve at our friends Tiffany and Karel's house for fondue. It was really yummy. On X-mas, our Aussie friends Bruce and Ange invited us and our other Aussie friends Tom and Meeghan over to have a nice dinner. We even had a few presents under the tree! After dinner, we met my friend from LA ...