The view towards the magnificent cathedral in Bonn. |
Some culture from Bonn. Both the building and one of the fathers of Germany. |
Another view of the Cathedral. |
Looking at the hills and vineyards en route to Munich. |
A view of vineyards near Stuttgart |
More vineyards near Esseling. |
And some more magnificent South facing vineyards near the Rhine. |
Big wheel at Oktoberfest in Munich. |
Weird bikes with offset axles and in some cases back wheel steering and other anomolies ridden by the staff. This guy had it waxed. |
Outdoors and the Oompa Band braving the drizzle. |
Inside a tent in the early part of the morning. Oompa Band getting warmed up. |
Milena in the magnificent tent with most people wearing traditional Bavarian costume. We sat with a Swiss couple and had a wonderful beer, massive pretzel and singing time. |
Another interesting sign. This one for the gents toilet! |
And now for the traditional Folk dancing. |
I tried to get a shot of a truely beautiful young Bavarian dancer, but just could not. I wanted to say how beautiful she was to Milena, but waited for her to say it and then confirmed. I'm learning! |
having a good turn on a 100 year old funfair ride. |
Another ride we braved. |
Paulaner Tower. |
The traditional centre of this festival at Oktoberfest. |
Milena with two magnificent draught horses of one of the breweries. They have a magnificent temperament amidst all the chaos and noise of Oktoberfest. |
Myself with these magnificent horses. |
As we left, I took this shot down the 'avenue'. Off to the train station and the ICE to Austria. This magnificent journey continues. |