Oktoberfest

Last night John and I along with new and old friends went to Oktoberfest at the InterContinental hotel here in Doha. It was the hottest ticket in town, luckily John is a VIP at the hotel since he was able to clean the exterior of the hotel after 6 years of neglect. It was a lot of fun with traditional German food, they flew in 1.5 tons of Sauerkraut and had my favorite, hot pretzels. Of course there was beer, it was served in the traditional German steins, large and small. It was held in a giant tent draped in white and blue fabric with long tables and benches, it did remind me a little bit of the Hofbrauhaus in Munich. Dancing on the tables was prohibited, but standing on the benches was encouraged by the traditional German band which lead cheers, toasts and sing-a-longs. And yes they preformed the chicken dance. Oans, zwoa, gsuffa!