I made up a German word tonight.. Lächelnchmertz.. I don’t thik it really exists.. but  if it did, it would mean soemthing like smiling so much your face hurts :-).. thats what happened tonight when a bunch of us went to Oktoberfest (aka Wiesn) here in Munich.. 

 

I dragged out my 39 (!) year old lederhosen that my lovely host family, the Erols had made for me in 1979. I may look very different, but at least my pants from college still fit 🙂 

Here I am on the elevator at work with my friend Tobias.

I’m wearing the rainbow coat becuase it’s friggin’ freezing here.. and I have no other coat.. kinda covers the fact that my lederhosen are soooo short. loook like hotpants !

 

we all took the subway down to the Wiesn and met up there 

many good friends here ! SOme from here .. and soem from far away !

 

here’s what we’re here to do.. you only got 2 beers.. but they were a liter each. Dn’t tell anyone.. but I only had one.. I’ve had had so much partying this week at the Me conference I really couldn’t think of drinking any more beer .. it was so fun being the designated sober person in a hall of several thousand very not sober people..

 

ahh.. three good friends.. Lousia, babbette and sherri !

 

i finally got a chance to put my freind serge (from france) and my freind ollie (from here) together .. I and many others think they look like brothers.. maybe not so much in this picture.. 

ahh. here’s my good buddy  tyrone.. the only person who drank less beer than I did.. 

 

 

i had my glasses with me.. I know I need to make some new toys  but folks do seem to love them 

 

actually I had two pairs.. the other ones modeled by my freind Brendan

 

klaudia !

 

johanes shooting champaign all ver everyone 

 

lousia !

 

up close to the band !

 

then my phoen died.. which was a good thing.. because I needed both hands to dance !

i was home by midnight.. and … i think.. i was the only sober person on the subway coming home..

 

this city loves to party.. and i love this city

nite all, nite sam

-me