(T) After another rowdy night of listening to people flirt, fight and fart we woke to a chilli morning. The blue sky above however was a promise of another warm day and after a hot breakfast we were ready to take it on. We opted to give the beer halls a miss this morning and instead hopped on the bus bound for Dachau to visit the concentration camp located there. You can read all you want about the camps but nothing really prepares you for being on the site, it'...

Headed into the festival at 9:30 this morning to find the main tents already full, the middle weekend has become the traditional "Italian" weekend when it appears that Italy virtually migrates to Oktoberfest. The main tents apparently had lines waiting from 630am, "beer o'clock" is a very different time zone at the festival. So we waited outside a smaller tent opening at 10am before settling in for our first beer. The atmosphere quickly inten...

Arrive after 11hrs on train we arrived in Munich quite tired and keen to catch up on the sleep we had struggled with on the journey. The only thing still in the way was the U train (subway) and a short 20min walk but by 8:30am we were there, just in time to still get a hot breakfast. At the Talchirken camp grounds all major tour companies run sites, Contiki, Top Deck, Busabout, PP and Festival Adventures each with their own distinctive 2 person tents. We camped ...