Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for looking, all. As for the beer, I have never found the beer served at Oktoberfests (Munich, Stuttgart and now Calpe) particularly strong, but of course when your frame of reference are Belgian beers like Duvel, Kwak or Delirium, then everything else is just a light, refreshing beverage :-) Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Oct 7, 2009, at 3:52 AM, lrzeitlin at aol.com wrote: > "As I remember it, in Munich Oktoberfest starts in September. I have > only > been to three of them. > > My wife could proudly recall the names of all the Munich breweries. > We > downed a stein of each > at each breweries "tent" at the Marienweisse. I don't think I could > remember more than three now.!" > > - - - - - - > > The marzen beer served in the giant tents at Oktoberfest is about > 25% stronger than the usual lager. My best and haziest memory of > Oktoberfest is 10,000 drunks staggering on the streets of Munich at > closing time. Second is men standing three deep in the pissoir > trying to urinate against a wall. Other than that, I don't remember > anything. > Larry Z > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information