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Thursday, October 22, 2009
Good morning crew,
I want to make a quick mention of the Lake Geneva trip. I
don't want to lay too much blame, but event organizers in
Geneva pretty much lied through their teeth about the big
Oktoberfest.
I was under the impression that there was going to be tens
of thousands of people packed into the streets where there
would be a German band on every corner playing polkas and
cold, foamy Oktoberfest beer would be served by the pitcher
by smiling, accommodating frauleins in pig-tails and not
overly concealing lederhosen.
What I found were nearly deserted streets (Lake Geneva is
definitely a summer town and it was much more crowded when
I was there in July) and the subdued quiet of a town that
is winding down for the winter.
After wandering around for a little while we did come to
one street that was closed off. There was erected a tent
like you might see at a back yard party under which a dis-
interested looking man was grilling bratwursts on a Webber.
A little farther on there was a man giving donkey rides
and there were a few tables set up where local merchants
were pedaling their wares. That was the 'official' Oktober-
fest.
Not to be denied, my girlfriend and I were forced to make
our own Oktoberfest. That consisted of visiting just about
every bar in the downtown Lake Geneva area. After three
hours on the motorcycle we felt morally obligated to do it.
The motorcycle trip was probably the most fun. Oh, it was in
the forties on Saturday, which means with the wind-chill it
felt like twenty degrees, and while we were prepared for it,
not even three layers of pants and thermal underwear will cut
that wind.
But the way I figure it, out there, freezing my goodies off
on the back of a motorcycle while driving across state to
eat bratwursts and drink beer, I was having a lot more fun
than all of the millions of people planted on their sofas
watching reruns of reality television.
Laugh it up,
Joe
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