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| Prost! |
Although a local friend had warned us it might be a little lame, we decided to check out Barcelona's version of Oktoberfest anyway. Having never been to the one in Germany, we figured that it would probably be very similar to the Oktoberfests back in Arizona, where it's pretty much just an excuse to hoist heavy mugs of beer and sway along to the oompah music.
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| The banner says something like "Long live the authentic spirit of Oktoberfest" |
They did get some things right, such as the servers having to carry ridiculously-sized steins of beer.
Other things were not so "authentic", such as the fact that the oompah band lacked a tuba, which in my opinion is the key component to any good oompah band. (Let's see: accordian...check, upright bass...check, clairinet...okay, flute -- wait, what?!) There were halfhearted efforts from the crowd to stand on the tables and sing along with some of the German songs, but during most of the band's numbers everyone just sat calmly sipping their beer.
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| A few Oktoberfest diehards |
Things got a lot livelier when the DJ came on and played a kind of techno version of Que Sera Sera. Everyone and their grandma jumped up and got their groove on. Definitely Oktoberfest with a Barcelona flair.
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