Guten Tag!
Welcome to the German Fest Season.
I have learned that the Germans hold fests for anything, anytime and
anywhere. But, this fest season is
solely based on wine, beer and sausages.
You would think that this is a WUNDERBAR of an idea…but I assure you…approach
with caution.
Labor Day weekend was the ultimate kick-off. Bernkastel-Kues is a wine village down
in the valley of the Mosel River.
It is a nice windy road(car sick much?) that takes you into a breath-taking
town that devotes itself to the art of Riesling wine making. Too beautiful for words…you have to go
there sometime in your life! BK as
their fest prior to Bad Durkheim which is the following two weekends. The difference…BK is all about the wine
where BD is originally a sausage fest that people have morphed into a wine shit
show…excise my language.
I went with a group of friends to BK and WOW is all I can
say. Bottle after bottle of
Trocken(dry) halbt-trocken(half dry) and sweet white wines could put anyone six
feet under. Then there is the
German equivalent to Carni-food.
Cheese spaetzle, wursts of all kind, crepes, mushrooms and anything
else. If you don’t have one of
those flags tour guides carry or a backpack with a leash on it, you are bound
to lose your party, throw a glass or two and be to buzzed to care. I learned the hard way and drank far
too much wine and have been schooled by German wine. Lesson learned for next weekend when Ry and I go to BD.
After these two wine fests, then you stumble into
Oktoberfest which is actually in September. We were not sure if we wanted to go and experience this
event…but figured it was a box checker-offer in our WE LIVE IN GERMANY
list. So in two weeks we will make
the unplanned, unprepared trip to Munich to stay with a friend and stroll to
the fairgrounds. Wish us
luck. I haven’t decided if I will
buy and wear a dirndl yet or not.
Below are photos form Bernkastel-Kues. I will try to add some of Bad Durkheim
and Oktoberfest later on in the month for you.
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