Bier...

For some random reason, Germany looooves its bier (beer/German version of water... YAY)! So I'm devoting this entire post to beer related things in Germany. Basically this is my way of making you all stare at my own personal slideshow of pictures. So, get some popcorn ready and click on the pics to enlarge them.

So...I went to a Biergarten in the countryside not far from Nuremberg last Thursday. Apparently I was in the region of Franconia. I had German soda... as you can see in the following picture:



And during the weekend, I was at a carnival next to that giant structure where all those Hitler Propaganda films were filmed... you know, the one where he's speaking to a massive crowd in a giant open arena/stadium. Anyway, at the carnival, there were Carnies, empty rides, and Beer Halls. There was even a beer tent the size of a concert hall:



In the center, there were enough long tables and benches to fit 500 people beneath the many chandeliers; on one side, there was a stage with a band with kiosques selling beer flanking it; and, on both the long sides of the tent, they were selling beer:



And lastly, between the two entrances, there was a bar selling beer, and an entire cow being roasted on a spit. Yeah... ummm... an entire cow! (For the protection of the food industry guys in the picture from such groups as PITA, I have sadly blocked out the face of the cute guy on the left... and some random guy on the right)



Well, that's it for all the pictures. But I do have one last surprise, if you will:



I'm sorry... I seriously just can't stop laughging my ass off. Don't'cha love Deutschland?!



This has got to be what happens when good carbs go bad.