Just came bak in my Lederhos'n, the traditional Bavarian dress which I took all the way from Munich to San Francisco to have it ready for today. And like last year, it was really fun. There is certainly not a lack of the bizarre and the trash-factor in this, especially when - contrary to Bavarian non-talk Oktoberfest-tradition, the India organizer started lauding and talking endlessly. So the Indian guy was full of praise for Erwin Huber, the Bavarian finance minister who became head of the ruling party CSU. To be precise: Mr. Huber was not here, but the speaker displayed a higher level of obedience than the members of the CSU themselves back home in Bavaria - and that is really quite an achievement ;-)
The funny part was when the original Bavarian band from Reisbach came in. Playing brass instruments, at first.
But later on the had their coming out that they were in fact a rock band in disguise, really playing the hard stuff well and making the crowd go pretty happy. Here a picture of my good friend Christian Karner any myself holding our mugs of - well - Indian Kingfisher beer.
Here are some more pics in the entire set.
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