Ein Prosit…! This past weekend INTERNeX went to the Harvest Fest, a Canadian version of the famous Oktoberfest from Munich, Germany. As a German myself my expectations were not really high because I’ve experienced other German festivities in Vancouver that were ok, but not quite what I expected compared to the Original.
When we walked in I could already hear German tent music paying and I got excited. We all got our very own Stein mug that we could keep to put beer in. Inside it smelled like wooden floors, beer and pretzels. There were decorations, booths with different local and German beers and a stand where you could get free pickles. On top they sold pretty good sausages and pretzels, all you need to start the day right. We went straight for some German beer from the tap which is not easy to find in Vancouver, so that was already a highlight! Like true Germans we started grabbing a table, standing and drinking our beer and cocktails. After a few, we even got brave enough to start dancing a bit. There was a band playing a mix of German and English music, so even the many non-germans attending the event could sing along. They had traditional instruments and lots of great energy that transferred over into the big room. I must say after being in Vancouver for such a long time, this day felt a little like home to me.
We met some amazing people and as the liquor was flowing we made our way to the dance floor with the help of a classic ‘Polonaise’. For anyone who might not know what that is: Someone starts walking and building a line behind them. When the line walks by you can join it. It grows fast, bigger and bigger. Then the first two people start building a tunnel with their hands and the next two walk through and build a tunnel behind. That goes on and on until the tunnel is many hands long and people form the end of the line have to walk further and further through. The last two hours you could find us all on the dance floor, singing and dancing with some ‘schunkeln’ in-between. Time went by way too fast cause we were having so much fun. Overall it was a great event, especially if you’re non-german and want a sneak peak into German ‘drinking culture’, or you’re like me away from home for a while and want to feel a little homey again. 🙂
What did you do this weekend? Did you enjoy some extra time off? Hope to hear more about it at next pub night!
Cheers,
Laura 🙂
This week we went to the Two Parrots. They had reserved a whole gallery by the windows for us and created a new sort of space for us – a circular table setting in which many of us started out with some great food and drinks. Having become a dark beer enthusiast lately, I tried a Stanley Park Brewery special which had the greatest taste – a combination of the typical dark beer flavour, stripped off the extreme bitterness some dark beers might have, in addition with a nice taste of sweetness. Lovely, especially in combination with the very Canadian dish of Poutine!
Anyways even though I am bit tired, I had a pretty good night last night again! 🙂
dancer. Type two, which is the “move-your-hips” type, clearly knowing what they are doing and actually looking good doing it, simply born with rhythm in their blood. And then you get the “getting-jealous-looks-because-their-dancing-looks-like-so-much-fun-but-you-get-funny-looks-for-doing-it” type of dancers. (Wow what a handy and short name, well done Nadja.. getting right to the point here!). 
We got to eat a fantastic dinner and of course got try out some different sort of beers brewed right there. One fly included 4 different kinds of beers, which you got to choose from a menu of 16 different beers. A variety I was clearly overwhelmed with. Whereas others actually made
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