The crowd.....
The band.....
Our friends.....
The General....
The happy couple......
September 23, 2006
We had a BLAST at the base Oktoberfest, which is in September, just in case you were wondering. The German component on the base takes a few days off to decorate the hanger for the celebration and they really go all out to make the experience a fun one. Most of the villages also have their own Oktoberfest parties, but the locals “in the know” will hound base personnel to get them tickets. Our poor friends Ashley and Stephen were literally stalked by their neighbor to get tickets.
The night officially gets started with a beer keg tapping with the Mayor of Geilenkirchen and the base commander, General Schmidt, doing the honors. Once that is over, the band marches in and the party begins. I danced with friends, I got Mike to polka just a bit, and I even got him out on the dance floor for a few of the rock songs that were played. We had arrived at 6pm we were able to get a prime spot right at the edge of the dance floor and since we had a huge group of about 12 people we pretty much had the table to ourselves. The beer was WONDERBAR!!!! And the food was just as tasty as last year. Mike and I split a ham hock that was fall-off-the-bone tasty. I’m thinking that next year I’ll get my own. We partied, our friends partied, the Germans partied, heck even the General partied (just look at the photo) and needless to say everyone had a great time.
Mike and I ended up staying until 1am, but had to leave as my best friend Jennifer was arriving at 11am that same morning. Of course at 7am our phone rings…it was my Mom calling from Alaska. She and Dad had miscalculated the time and thought that it was 9am. Nothing like an am wakeup call after Oktoberfest!!
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