Are you ready for Oktober fest?

Today was the first day of Oktoberfest. Every year on the first day there is a parade that goes to the Oktoberfest. The first Oktoberfest was a celebration of the wedding of King Ludwig I and Princess Therese. It used to be held in October but now it is held in September because it is more likely that the weather will be better. It is still held because Müncheners loved it so much.

Today we went to the parade even though it was freezing. We waited 25 minutes for the parade to start and then we had to wait for another 20 minutes until the parade got to us. By then we had almost frozen to death.

After the parade started we saw floats, bands, and horses. On top of some of the floats were stacks of barrels of beer. On other floats it was just flower decorations and people. There was another kind of float that was filled with flowers and it was really just a horse drawn carriage. The parade was super cool. I fell bad for the people in the costumes because many of them were not wearing coats. If they were they were very light.

One float gave us pink roses and they were beautiful.

Tomorrow a couple of our friends are going to be in Germany. I can't wait till they get here.