Today was our first REAL day in Oktoberfest… and what a day… For the first part of the tale I guess you need some back story… our hostel was really nice, but was located on a corner and we were lucky enough to have a balcony room. To assist people with crossing the busy intersection there was a pedestrian crossing which had one of those beeping things to help the blind people. Only this one was a clicking noise… and it only turned off from about 11pm to ...

So, last night was our last night in Zurich, and for the first time Nick and I decided to pre walk the route to the train station so where we knew where we were going. Sounds like a great idea? It had the makings of a great plan - we walked out the route, knew where we were going - it was all going swimmingly. Then came the brilliant idea of pre-buying tickets - this was the downfall of the plan. It was only AFTER I had paid my 6.20 Franc that we realized that yo...