Ohhhh, the annual Erlangen Bergkirchweih (see details in our
erlangen-bergkirchweih blog)!
This year we happen to be in town for the whole event and we loved it. We did it a bit differently this year......
Yes, we bought typical Bavarian Tracht - lederhosen for Tim and a dirndl for me.
When you go to the Berg (as locals call it - in German it is Berch) you get your bier and try and find a seat. When you find one, you have to ask if the seat is taken and if not you plop yourself down and enjoy. Because we were dressed up alot of folks were taken by surprise and asked us why we were dressed up and yet we were German? Well, that just started the conversation. We had a blast and met soooo many nice people.
Over the course of the 10 event, we went at least 4 times. Here are some photos of the good times that we had....
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| The 'main' strasse. |
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| Some of the people that we met. |
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More new 'friends'
The lady in the middle is from London, ON and is married
to the man on the left. He is from Erlangen and they
live in Conneticut, |
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Typical scene.
See the sign on the top left? Pissoir... |
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This is what they meant!
It is the men's toilet.
It is a shack that was installed,
with a trough all around the room
in which the guys pee into.
It is then connected directly to the sewer.
Can you imagine that in Canada? NOT! |
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| Dale, Timo and Rowan |
One time, we even joined the locals and danced on the bench.
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| He was moving so fast I couldn't focus. lol |
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| One of Tim's new bench friends. |
Basically the Bergkirchweih is all about food and drink. Oh, and they do have some games and rides for the small kids and the big kids.
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Hähnchen anyone?
(Chicken anyone?) |
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Gingerbread Cookie Necklaces.
Some people eat them, others just collect them.
I have been told that they do not taste very good. |
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| Yuch - fish on a bun!! |
Well that is it for another year. Will we be here for next year's Bergkirchweih? I don't know. But fingers are crossed as we have the outfits!!
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