WIE GEHTS!!
GREETINGS FROM GARMISH---IN SOUTHERN GERMANY!
I HAD PLANNED MORE DAILY REPORTS BUT WORKING IT IN IS NOT EASY USING A HOTEL COMPUTER.
AND---TRIED PUTTING UP PHOTO AND IT DIDN'T WORK!
HAD SOME SNOW YESTERDAY---A BIG SURPRISE TO US AND THE NATIVES----BUT WAS PRETTY TO SEE THE SNOW ON THE MOUNTAINS. IT NORMALLY DOES NOT SNOW UNTIL NOVEMBER:
THE SCENERY AND MOUNTAINS----BEAUTIFUL!!! YESTERDAY WE WENT UP THE ALPS ON A SPECIAL
STEAM TRAIN AND HAD A DINNER CRUISE ON A MOUNTAIN LAKE. EARLIER IN THE MORNING---WE WERE TAKEN DEEP INTO THE MOUNTAIN TO TOUR A SALT FACTORY.
TODAY WE WENT UP TO MUNICH FOR THE ANNUAL OCTOBERFEST.....WOW. THE IOWA STATE FAIR HAS A TOTAL
ATTENDANCE OF NEARLY ONE MILLION.
HERE----THE FIRST DAY OF OCTOBERFEST THE ATTENDANCE WAS ONE POINT TWO MILLION FOR THE OPENING DAY ALONE.
IT IS SPONSORED BY SIX OR SEVEN BEER COMPANIES AND EACH HAVE THEIR OWN PAVILION----AND EACH OF THE BUILDINGS IS WAY LARGER THAN A FOOTBALL FIELD AND I ESTIMATE THAT THEY CAN FEED TWO OR THREE
THOUSAND AT A TIME. EACH BEER COMPANY HAULS THEIR BEER TO THE PAVILION WITH A HORSE HITCH
PULLING A FANCY BEER WAGON. EACH WAGON IS DIFFERENT. AND THEY EACH SERVE A DIFFERENT FOOD! ONE HAS BEEF AND ANOTHER PORK AND ANOTHER FISH AND SO ON. AND ON A HIGH STAGE EACH BEER COMPANY HAS A LARGE BAND PLAYING POLKA MUSIC (MAINLY) FOR ALL TO ENJOY WHILE DINING.
AND OF COURSE THERE IS HUNDREDS OF FOOD STANDS ON THE GROUNDS AND A HUGE CARNIVAL WITH DIFFERENT
RIDES THAN WE HAVE IN AMERICA. NANCY AND I TOOK A RIDE ON A FAST REVOLVING SWING THAT WENT A COUPLE HUNDRED FEET IN THE AIR-----AND YES----I ENJOYED SOME GERMAN BEER (GOOD) AND NANCY HAD THEIR FAMOUS APPLE STRUEDEL.
WELL---SO MUCH FOR THE TRIP FOR NOW----JUST TWO DAYS LEFT AND MORE TO SEE.
WILL FLY HOME FRIDAY AND I WILL BE BACK AT THE KMAQ-AM MIC AT 5 THIRTY SATURDAY MORNING!
AND----ONE MORE THING! NANCY AND I LISTENED TO SHERI MELVOLD DOING THE NOON NEWS TODAY---
LISTENING (STREAMING) KMAQ-FM ON THE INTERNET----LIVE AND DIRECT! WE ARE 7 HOURS AHEAD OF
MAQUOKETA!
I SAID IT LAST TIME AND WILL END AGAIN BY SAYING----HAVING A GOOD TIME--WISH YOU WERE HERE!
THANKS FOR THE VISIT----WILL BE BACK HERE SATURDAY MORNING WITH THE MAQUOKETA FOOTBALL
SCORE!
DENNIS VOY
