Oktoberfest in Brisbane

may i introduce u to the main actor in this play: .....misteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer beeeeeeeer!!!

Willkommen to oktoberfest 09 at Niall's, Eva's and Anna's house. One day we decided we should have a party, just like that because we never had a proper houseparty before and we are splitting up in Decembre when we all move out. Ok so I organised a keg of beer from work and the so calles miracle box which made it quite easy to tab and pour the beer. Had hardly any wastage. I did get a big lesson at work tho what to connect where and how and how to adjust the pressure and what to do with the gas and how to cool the beer bla bla bla.

Now listen carefully, I put the huge keg, the miracle box and that massive thing of gas bottle into MY tiny little annamobil II. So funny cos everyone in the hotel knew about my oktoberfest and was offering their help so that in the end I had 4 people from all different departments from work trying to fit everything in the car and store it so it wouldnt roll or EXPLODE....they were like to each other "would u take that gas bottle home in THAT car?" and the other guy shook his head. im like "come on guys...thats not very encouraging, help me securing it so i WONT BLOW UP!" i have to say, i was sweating up a stoooooorm while i was driving home with the anticipation of having the keg rolling on the bottle, me crashing the car and....well i wont even go there cos .... it was all good but a huge adventure for me at that time. And my car ist just a GUN! good work my little sweetpea :)

thats a part of our downstairs area underneath the house. there is like one higher level with two car spots to the left and then another two spots on the bottom. we are standing on the backstairs going up to our kitchen. everything was nicely decorated and our set up was pretty good too i think. have lots of old couches and chairs and stuff and we actually have sooo much room for a lot of people. perfect place fort parties!

that was our dancefloor at once stage and we had our other "area" on the top level in the next hour, haha

patrick and me, friend from physio....thumbs up for his dress up

Eva, Niall and me in front of our keg, steins and "willkommen" sign (3/4 of our shared house, nicole wasnt there, but she is not interested in these sort of things...)

BBQ master... his costume looked so cute. so authentic with his figure and beard :-P

Jared and Jason with us girls

Bretzen....well kind of...not the real stuff but close enough. We also had lots of Gummibärchen as dessert and german "humbaba" music. Very authentic =)

Our motto of the night was "the four B's, beer, bretzen, boobs and bratwurst" LOL and i introduced the handle rule stating that the first sip u take from your beer has to be so much that when u tip the stein on the handle nothing tips over....i think that could partly the reason why everyone got so smashed. oh well, thats what happens, just like on the real oktoberfest

our food table with big green mixed salad, potatoe salad, nürnberger bratwürste, mustard and bread rolls and NO BBQ sauce, hehe...must have been hard for the aussies.. the steins that are holding the cutlery are REAL ones from Papa. He gave them to Ryan as a present.

I found a german restaurant that actually produce their own meat and bread. He is a butcher and praised his nürnberger rostbratwürste on his menu so i asked him if i could buy a whole lot cos im having an oktoberfest. So i got 5 kilos and i have to admitt, they tasted bloody awesome, real real, soooooo happy about that. I could finally show what REAL sausages are meant to taste like since here, the major ingredient is rubbish and fat, nothing compared to the stuff from home. AND everyone loved it, SCOOOORE! I should become a saleswoman, everything I promote, is usually successfull, even in the restaurant, when I tell the customers the daily specials, they very often have the whole menu of specials and I always convince everyone to have garlic bread to start and dessert or coffee to finish.

Sara and me

Michael, Ryan's former flatmate, Ryan with his Deutschland scarve and Mandy, a good friend from Volleyball. In 2006 we cought up with her in Klagenfurt for the World Championships of Beachvolleyball

Mark, one of my supervisor/team leaders from work, but also good friend and now also ryan's flatmate. I organized that and now he is living in an awesome shared house with amazing view, really nice place and really nice people. Uhm...ja...and wearing Niall's head, I think the bear is got INTO my head as well then lol.

afterparty in a club for the strong crew that was still standing, in comparison to a few others who didnt even make it out or had to leave the club 10 mins after we arrived, is that right, eva? haha...so here we have Sara's little sis Hayley and Agneska, Eva's friend from Norway who is staying with us for 2 months travelling around an enjoying summer in Oz AND cooking for us when we come home, very handy. Nuh just kidding..what a crazy night, I tell ya!! Super succesfull and everyone had soo much fun!