Oktoberfest... San Diego style!

Just wanted to take a minute and share a few pictures from last weekend. After spending almost 3 years in Germany, when we heard the largest Oktoberfest west of the Mississippi occurs in La Mesa, about 30 minutes from here, we knew we wanted to check it out. And since everyone dresses in lederhosen and dirndls when attending the festival back in Munich, we pulled our German garb out of the closet and made our way to La Mesa on Saturday, October 1st.

Once we arrived and started to check out the scene, right away we realized we were the only ones dressed up... of course we got plenty of looks, and Daniel thought it was hilarious to speak to people in German :) It turns out the event is so big because there are a ton of vendors selling anything you can think of, but at least that included some decent bratwurst. No German mustard though... oh well! We eventually made our way to the large beer tent, and yes, we were even allowed to bring Ryland inside... but it was in fact pretty tame. There we finally found some more people dressed up... the band! It was a pretty hot afternoon so after not too long, we decided to head on home but not before we snapped some pics to capture the moment...

I think it is funny how it looks like Ry was checking out the giant pretzel... I don't blame him, it was pretty tasty. If you're wondering why Ryland isn't wearing lederhosen, I actually looked for some but didn't have any luck... I am gonna keep my eyes peeled for the future though! Before we left we each took a photo with the baby and then we got a family shot too. And you'll notice I wore flip flops with my dirndl... that's definitely doing Oktoberfest San Diego style :)

Well, it might not have been as epic as Oktoberfest in Munich and it was definitely a lot hotter, but all in all, the festival in La Mesa was a pretty memorable event. We've heard the Oktoberfest in El Cajon is much more authentic so we will just have to check it out next year! As always, thanks for stopping by!