We went last year, so we knew what to expect, but we had a good time nonetheless. We enjoyed some schuheplatte tanzen (sp?), wurst, bier, wein, and kuchen at the kaffeeklatsch upstairs.
Gropius didn't wear his lederhosen like he did last year (much to Jess's disappointment!) because it was raining. But, I did catch someone from faaaaar eastern Germany wearing his lederhosen!
As you may have noticed, Jess and Esen have a newborn of their own, Ella, who is only 2 weeks old!
Both Jess and I got scolded by the elderly German woman taking tickets at the door for bringing Ella and Louisa with us to Oktoberfest, claiming it was "too loud!" I wish she could've seen the babies later when they were sleeping away in their slings, happy as could be! Jess and Esen took pictures of us which you can see here.
Inspired by the Deutsche Kultur, Gropius and I made vaguely german food for dinner this weekend. I say vaguely because while we had German Spatzle, we paired it with a French red wine-beef stew from Julia Child. So, I guess we ended up somewhere in Alsace? Either way, it was delicious with fresh green beans from our garden (some of the beans had gotten too big, so we had to shuck them rather than serving them whole).
