After getting back from the field training exercise on Friday we decided that as college students studying in Europe, it would be an abomination not to go to Oktoberfest. Thusly, we woke up at 0615 on a Saturday and headed for the Wiener Nuestadt Hauptbahnhof, where we caught a thirty minute train ride to Vienna made a train change and then caught a four hour train ride to Munich. In total the roundtrip train ticket was around 180 Euros, a little steep perhaps but after all, it’s Oktoberfest. The train is very nice. It isn’t quite the Hogwarts Express like I was hoping, with not a single Chocolate Frog to be had. However the seats are comfortable and have tray tables, there is plenty of leg room, there is an outlet for every pair of seats, reading lights if you need them, and there are even some seats that are facing each other a table in between (although those seem to be reserved for only one person who sits and spreads their bags over the other seats). Tonight we are staying with some cadets who are studying in Munich, which is incredibly lucky because we could not find any hostels with openings and even if we had they are around 100 Euros a night per person. I am extremely excited to reach our destination and see if Oktoberfest is as great as I’ve heard it is (and also drink a beer or two). Attached are some extremely exciting pictures of us on the train.
After getting back from the field training exercise on Friday we decided that as college students studying in Europe, it would be an abomination not to go to Oktoberfest. Thusly, we woke up at 0615 on a Saturday and headed for the Wiener Nuestadt Hauptbahnhof, where we caught a thirty minute train ride to Vienna made a train change and then caught a four hour train ride to Munich. In total the roundtrip train ticket was around 180 Euros, a little steep perhaps but after all, it’s Oktoberfest. The train is very nice. It isn’t quite the Hogwarts Express like I was hoping, with not a single Chocolate Frog to be had. However the seats are comfortable and have tray tables, there is plenty of leg room, there is an outlet for every pair of seats, reading lights if you need them, and there are even some seats that are facing each other a table in between (although those seem to be reserved for only one person who sits and spreads their bags over the other seats). Tonight we are staying with some cadets who are studying in Munich, which is incredibly lucky because we could not find any hostels with openings and even if we had they are around 100 Euros a night per person. I am extremely excited to reach our destination and see if Oktoberfest is as great as I’ve heard it is (and also drink a beer or two). Attached are some extremely exciting pictures of us on the train.
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