Volksfest April 17, 2009

So, last night, Thursday night, (I know you’re all shocked that I would go out on a school night, but I’m a wild and crazy girl!) we went to the Nurnberg Volksfest with some of the teachers.  Volksfest means “People’s fest” The festivals start in spring and go all through the summer and start of fall.  Long ago (in the time of horses and buggies), the festivals were used as a time to get the young people of different villages together to “keep the villages going” if you know what I mean (wink wink).  Each town had a festival on a differnet weekend so that all the neighboring villagers could attend.  Now, they are more of a social event for all of Germany.  There are carnival rides, beer tents, food tests, bands, and a general atmosphere of good times!  If you are from Quincy,  imagine the KC BBQ and you’ve got an idea of what it’s like.  If you are a Kiel, think St. Dominic picnic and add carnival rides.  

We had a ”fest beir” (1 Liter of beer in a glass mas) and Nurnberger bratwurst (8 little brats on a skewer with sourkraut, mustard, german bread, and potato salad) It was delicious!!  Then one of the teachers, Julie, started dancing to the music and cheering for the band….we of course, joined in with the German drinking songs and made general fools of ourselves!  It was so much fun!  What a great way to spend a night in Germany!!!  (Athough getting up for school this mornign was no fun!!) 

Unfortuantely, we left straight from school and I forgot my camera (sorry Ryan) so, here is a website that has lots of videos and pictures that you can see (this is for you James…I know how much you like the pictures and that you’ll read to the end of this post!   http://en.sevenload.com/search/Volksfest/videos 

This weekend, “The hills are alive with the Sound of Music as we are off to Salzburg Austria!!!!!