We came. We saw. We fested. We have now been to the biggest party on the planet. And no, I'm not joking, with over 6 million people in attendence, it is truly the biggest party. Ever. And now for just a little hint of trivia. Oktoberfest is a 16 day festival honoring the 1810 marriage of King Ludwig (the first, not the crazy dude) with Princess Theresa of Saxe-Hildburghausen. (Take his married name, sweetie.) It looks like the party was so killer, they decided to make it an annual occasion. (I heart Bavarians!) Aside from the years when Germany was at war or battling cholera (sorry to bring you down), the party’s been going on ever since, although comically it’s been moved to September to avoid the sketchy October weather. Guess Septemberfest didn’t have the same ring.
I can't find the exact data for 2008, but came across the numbers for 2003
6.3 million visitors
6.2 million liters of beer (well, someone wasn't quite pulling their weight.)
36,000 liters of wine
487, 400 roast chickens
190,635 pairs of grilled sausages
56, 036 pork knuckles
91 oxen, whole on the spit.
I repeat biggest party on the planet!
1 comment:
We all definitely kept up our end of the bargain, drinking about four liters of beer each!!! Boy am I glad King Ludwig decided to get married :)
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