We did it! We went to Oktoberfest on Sunday, September 22nd. It was crowded, as I expected, but interesting in a cultural way. We got started later than we thought we would and it was 11:00 when we arrived. We hadn’t had anything to eat or drink so we quickly found a stand that had pastries and drinks. After that we started walking around. My observations are that it is like a State Fair with a lot of beer tents and beer gardens, the occasional place with wine, and food and drinks. There were a lot of rides. What surprised me the most was how many people were dressed in traditional clothes, lederhosen for the men and dirndls for the women. Even most of the kids were dressed traditionally. Although people come to Oktoberfest from all over the world it felt like a lot of locals and families were there. I’m glad we experienced it. We went in 2010, but literally for about 3 hours and we spent the majority of the time in one beer tent. This time we got a real feel for the event and activities.