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Those of you who know anything about Oktoberfest know that it’s a festival that really only takes place in Munich. Those of you who don’t know anything about Oktoberfest can easily guess that it’s a festival that typically only takes place in October. Well, in Stuttgart they’ve got a spring festival that I will continue to refer to as Apriltoberfest!
There’s a huge amusement park complete with haunted houses and roller coasters and snacks and sausages, all surrounding the huge, perfectly typical, exactly as you would imagine it: Apriltoberfest tent!This massive arena of a tent contains hundreds of wood planked tables and benches bolted to the ground (all the better to dance upon) lining up towards a high bandstand. The band itself is dressed in bits of 18th century Prussian military regalia (much more popular here than 20th century German military regalia) and plays traditional German call and response drinking songs between longer sets of American rock and pop covers.
And yes, there are the huge full liter glasses of beer hauled around by waiters and waitresses in dirndls and lederhosen!
I’m led to understand that the high volume of the beer is due to the lower alcohol content in the southern-German brew. I believe this, since I didn’t really feel much of an effect after drinking one glass of my own and helping Jenn finish hers. I should say I didn’t feel much of an effect in my head. I certainly felt an effect in my bloated belly, which for a short time held a full liter (plus) of big brew. Thank the goodness that the Aprltoberfest people don’t believe in pay toilets. They’d make a fortune, I suppose, but there would likely be karmic wrath.
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