Posted
9/17/2005 10:58:00 AM
by Douglas
Mmmmm. . . . .beer! Is there anything it
can't do?
Legions of thirsty beer-lovers flooded Munich for the start of its world-famous Oktoberfest on Saturday, bent on bacchanalian excess but vowing to stagger to the polling booths for Sunday's elections.
Over the next 17 days Munich, the capital of the southern state of Bavaria, will welcome around 6 million devoted drinkers, expected to consume enough beer to fill around six Olympic-sized swimming pools.
"You feel pretty sloshed by the end of the night," she said.
I'm thirsty, and I don't know why.
Labels: Oktoberfest