Auf da Wiesn

Today Ben, Marty and I visited Oktoberfest. This is the sort of experience that can only be described with detailed minutes. Thank you iPod Touch.

1:00 - 6:54 Ben snores
6:55 wake up
8:06 show up at fest
8:11 at the Paulaner tent
8:11 first prize for best legs
8:26 random guy from tent waves at crowd; first rumblings
8:47 first reference of the Bromance; thank you Miya for this wonderful vocabulary
8:50 larger rumblings; random cooks wave
8:51 random cooks take pictures of us taking pictures of them
8:56 Shane on wooden walkway to door
8:59 Ben and Marty both get a single foot onto the wooden board
9:00 doors open; entering can only be likened to being pushed violently through the birth canal; Ben was screaming
9:16 Shane sees his first beer wandering around
9:18 sit down; yes Italian neighbours, we speak a little English
9:47 received our first beers; Prost!
9:58 we see sausage from a distance
10:06 we share an absurdly pathetic round of high fives for our accomplishments: getting into a tent and finding a seat
10:10 we share fist bumps (terrorist fist jabs?) in celebration of choosing a good tent
10:32 hottest girl we've ever seen wearing a Dirndl; picture at 10X zoom
10:40 scrape together all of our money to calculate how much more beer we can buy; counting every penny
10:42 high five for having enough money for two more rounds
10:54 second beer; cheers/whatever Italians say/Prost!
11:02 band starts; we decide to come tomorrow also
11:04 we toast Fulbright; wonder whether Reiner knows/cares what portion of our money goes to alcohol
11:18 Ben and Marty see two guys escorted out by "Fashion Friends"
11:35 Ben professes to be drunk
11:39 Italian neighbours tell us the international opinion of the US is going down
11:40 we toast to Bush being too stupid to be president; Ben abstains from drinking
12:18 Ben leaves the tent because he's too scared to wait in line for the bathroom
12:23 Shane tells a guy from Nebraska that his goal for the year is to find a Bavarian girl; being published is secondary
12:41 Marty and Shane both note that Germans love to hum Seven Nation Army
12:50 Marty and Shane profess to be drunk; also meet the first Europeans that profess to only speak a single language
13:02 Nirvana is played, but people still hum to seven nation army
13:13 third round starts; Marty and Shane still have no idea where Ben is
13:37 the sun comes out. Huh?
14:28 Shane and Marty learn the way to get a Bavarian girl is to choose one and say hi... When pressed about what the other factors could be their German neighbours answer "alcohol"
14:48 Marty and Shane learn how to say cleavage in German (Ausschnitt)
15:00 after three hours of wandering Ben emerges from the Frauenkirche sober... Hung over even. This was unknown to Shane and Marty.
15:40 Shane and Marty exit tent; why is it so bright out?!
16:07 why didn't Matt call us?!
16:23 the three reunite at a coffee shop by Münchner Freiheit
16:52 Shane finally admits to himself he drank three liters of beer already today. So did Marty actually. Ben only had two.
18:15 Shane and Marty are sobering
18:45 Shane and Marty are hung over
19:58 Shane is passed out
22:17 it is unanimously decided to not go back tomorrow