frühlingsfest in munich (+ birthday).

by - Date posted: 2012-04-24 - 30 comments

Well I’m back from Munich and 23 years old. I remember in the 5th grade when my favorite song was Blink 182′s “What’s My Age Again?” and I walked around shouting “nobody likes you when you’re 23″ like the day would never come, but here it is and I’m feeling good and lovin’ life and I think there’s at least a couple people out there that like me, so there.
 
Munich is a 2.5 – 4 hours drive from Karlsruhe totally dependent on traffic and construction. Yes, it is true – you can drive as fast as you want on the Autobahn, but only some parts and the traffic jams are just as epic as any I’d encountered in Houston. We left early Friday morning to take advantage of the entire weekend in Munich. After checking into our hostel (would stay there again, particularly for Oktoberfest or Frühlingsfest), we set out to explore the city on foot and hit up the usuals: Marienplatz, English Garden, surfer’s bridge, etc. Then, we headed back to the hostel to get ready for our dinner reservations at Hofbräuhaus. Yes, it’s about the most touristy thing you can do it Munich, but also a ton of fun and believe it or not, it’s not just filled with tourists. We shut down the place and headed home for the beerfest in the morning.
 
Frühlingsfest is basically a miniature Oktoberfest. It’s held at the same location (Theresienweise) and has rides, beer tents, traditional german bands, Bavarian food, people dressed in tracht, etc. Oktoberfest is an insane amount of people and can be hard to find a table (read: nearly impossible), so if you are looking for a German festival experience, Frühlingsfest is a great alternative. I actually reserved a table upfront with Hippodrom for free and it worked out perfectly. At beer festivals, you must have a seat to order food and drink, so it’s pretty key to have a home base, even though it’s a guarantee you will meet people and end up table hoping.
 
After hours of beer drinking, roast chicken eating, dance-and-sing-a-long-ing, we headed back to hang out and grab dinner at a burrito place we spotted the day before. It was called Pure Burrito and if you are in Munich and dying for anyhting that remotely resembles authentic Tex-Mex, you must stop here. It’s a straight up Chipotle knock off (or maybe Chipotle knocked it off, but doubtful) and it was DELICIOUS – served my taste buds right.
 
I probably have about 2% of y’all’s attention left and since everyone is probably here for the photos (all 1 million of them), here ya go:

Wir fahren nach München!

It was a bit of a full car.

Always good when someone takes a photo of the hostel you are staying in just in case of Emergency and it actually comes in Handy.

Odeonsplatz

Friends in Munich pre-birthday dinner at Hofbräuhaus

Simon and the girls at Hofbräuhaus

It wouldn’t be a party in Germany without Jäger shots now would it?

Traditional Tracht

Dirndl

Thank you, Simon for my wonderful birthday present!

So happy to have them in my Karlsruhe life.

Met at Oktoberfest, reunited at Frühlingesfest

ValPal and me at the fair

Reservation for Frau Butts, yes!

luckily this random British guy bought this photo for 7.50 € so we could take a photo of a photo for our keepsake

Me and my cousin Katharine – we never see each other in the US but somehow manage to meet up in Europe. I love Europe like that.

Lauren made my entire birthday week extra spectacular, thank you girlfriend!

Oh boys… classic

So colorful Hippodrom is!

Sam, you gotta get yourself some Lederhosen!

Totally normal to do to someone you just met… sorry Melissa!

The birthday cake Lauren made me my dream birthday cake that I’d pinned forever ago: snickerdoodle cake with brown sugar cinnamon buttercream frosting. So good!

The best part of staying in hostels – piling on bunk beds and chatting. Please ignore my massive rat’s nest.

Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes! It was absolutely perfect and such a special birthday away from home.



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30 Comments

  1. i am so sad I couldn't be there! BUT, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Next time, I will be there! Or, we'll just have to find something equally exciting for my bday in july!

  2. I am glad you had a wonderful birthday! The pictures are great.
    One question: Do you really like the taste of Jägermeister? Or is it just to get drunk? :) I am still trying to find people who like the taste. :)

  3. Woowoowowow looks like you had an amazing birthday! My cousins were in from Germany (well the girls are now in boarding school back in the US but their family still lives in Germany) and I was telling them all about you, the blog, & your journey in Europe. They said you're about 3 hours from them! Too cool right?! Happy belated birthday & I'm jealous you're 23… I won't be 21 until June :( blah. Haha… oh and thanks for entering the giveaway dear!

  5. I do not personally, it was purely birthday bliss – BUT I do know a couple of people who love them some Jäager.

  6. Dyinngg for our meet up – so sad you couldn't make it too but we will work out a time ASAP!

  8. It was! Where in Germany are they from?? So cool!! Don't be jealous I'm 23, but 21 is pretty amazing ;)

  9. It looks like you had an amazing birthday! I'm glad you get to do something so fun to celebrate!

  11. 1) happy late birthday
    2) this looked so freakinnnnnn fun (and I'm super jealous)
    3) i kinda gagged reading the word jager
    4) snicker doodle cake? are you kidding meeeeee? heaven
    5) LOVE your lederhosen frau butts!

  12. A big happy birthday for yesterday!!!!!!!!!!!! Looks like you had an AMAZING birthday! I absolutely love the photos. I miss been 23, was such a great age. My bday is April the 25th (today)

  13. BEST. Birthday. EVER. I am jealous and so happy for you all at the same time. Its possible and its happening.

  16. Happy birthday Frau Butts!
    And I can't believe there is a Chipotle knock off in Munich! Provence needs one of those asap.

  17. Gah! I'm such a bad bloggy friend! Happy Birthday!! Looks like you had so much fun and you look adorable in your Drindl :)

  20. Dankeschön missy! It was a great birthday. And seriously, the cake, you should try it if you have half the love for cinnamon that I do.

  27. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! Looks like you had a great time. Love the outfits!!! But, want to know what I love more than the outfits??? Those yummy huge beer mugs!!! xoxo

  29. You're still very young. Looks like you had a lovely time celebrating with your friends!!!

  30. Omg, snickerdoodle cake? Pitchers of beer? Bunkbeds?! You live a dreamy life, my dear!! Happy Birthday!! :)

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