An Oktoberfest, how to "prosit!" in the USA - 09-21-13

Driving innocently to a water park near Chicago we suddenly recognized the typical blue-white pattern at the roadside. Aah, of course, WalMart or Walgreens might have had those table cloths and tent style on offer...

But finally, the German and the Bavarian flag suspicious, so it turned out to be a proper German (or, sorry, rather Bavarian) Oktoberfest, sponsered and initiated by the local bank. We couldn't resist to find out what was going on...

Slowly approaching the small festival our ears confirmed the assumption: The original Oktoberfest-hits were tootled over and over again. I have to admit that I am not the greatest fan of this music, but somehow I felt related to the sound - probably (I hope!) he language is responsible for this effect ;-)

Then one of the bank employees explained the event: The bank had got its 40th anniversary and obviously the had to celebrate their apparently rather small company. When we mentioned that we came from Germany and Bavaria he was really excited and asked us to enjoy a "Bratwurst" and "Sourkraut" in the US-American way (resulting in a nice hotdog with a sausage and sauerkraut). Thus, thanks to everyone for welcoming us! (Even though one could argue about the representativeness of Bavaria for whole Germany, but never mind...)