In Hannover, Oktoberfest takes place at the Schützenplatz, which is an open area directly across from the AWD Arena (home of the Hannover 96 soccer team, and yeah, you heard me right, I just called it ‘soccer’). This year, Oktoberfest ran from September 28th until October 14th, and yet The Wife and I almost missed it! We kept meaning to check it out, but (my wife) couldn’t seem to find the time. I finally jogged past the fairgrounds one morning and noticed it would only be open for one more weekend. That’s when I finally convinced my wife we had to go.
“I ran past Oktoberfest this morning and there’s only one weekend left!” I exclaimed. “There were tons of beer tents in there! They even had roller coasters with Germans on them! Screaming Germans! I need this, honey. I need it so bad.”
The Wife relented and we experienced our very first Hannover Oktoberfest together. It was AWESOME.
Here are the pictures we took that night. I’m sorry there aren’t more; I was too busy experiencing pure, unadulterated joy.
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Oh God, My Wife Is German. 
Oh, that looks like so much fun!! I’m so happy you got to experience it and you caught it before it was over.
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Thank you Bumble! Me too.
Perhaps next year we will check out the real deal in Munich.
Have you ever been to an Oktoberfest?
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I visited Oktoberfest in Munich and I too planned to do a post about the experience complete with pictures. Well that didn’t happen. “Someone” got inebriated quite quickly so we were only there for a short time before I had to steer said “someone” back to our friends apartment by their lederhosen suspenders. As you can tell, I had an amazing time.
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You can still write the post! You must write this post!
Do it for me! Do it for the Germans!
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No promises, but we shall see. I will need to come up with a witty fool proof pseudonym first of all. lol
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Absolutely. How about Drunky McPete?
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