Oktoberfest

Derek's dad and step-mom were coming to town and I thought it would be a fun idea to check out the Oktoberfest that was going on in Milwaukee while they were here.  We haven't seen them in I would say a year so it was cool that they were able to visit our new house and hang out for a bit.  

Inside the beer tent

To say the least I was hugely disappointed as the fest consisted of a beer tent on one side of the river and then a Glockenspiel, beer, and three vendors on the other side of the river.  I guess I was disappointed because I like to see the vendors with authentic German garb and trinkets at the festival especially since I do not drink.  Derek and I also figured since we were in a bigger city that Oktoberfest would be huge and come to find out that at least the weekend we went it was smaller than the celebration in Ptown years before.

The first thing we came upon was the living glockenspiel, to which was fun to watch as with any live performance, things don't go as planned and things break and then you have to improvise.

The Hofbrau I believe put on the fest for this weekend.

The street off of the festival had some really great older buildings with fabulous architectural design to them.  This one just made me think of something I might see in Germany one day.

I am a good sport when it comes to being around people who are drinking.  And will even hold a glass to make it appear as though I am partaking in the events.

The problem with the beer tent is finding a place to sit.

Derek, Randy, and Barbara

Since the festival wasn't something that took a really long time, we decided to go find some authentic Wisconsin cheese curds since Randy and Barbara really wanted some while they were in town.  The first restaurant we went to, was out of them.  How do you run out of cheese curds in Wisconsin?  We ended up heading towards the parking garage to head home and stopped in at the Water Street Brewery before heading home and thankfully they were not out of cheese curds.  The curds ended up coming out before our drinks which surprised our very enthusiastic waiter.  These things tasted like fried cheese in a funnel cake.  And since I was feeling sick I only ate one; but, they definitely got eaten.

Here is to hoping the next festival I find for us to attend that it isn't a disappointment!