{"id":455,"date":"2010-10-09T03:06:10","date_gmt":"2010-10-09T07:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/?p=455"},"modified":"2011-01-07T14:39:26","modified_gmt":"2011-01-07T19:39:26","slug":"oktoberfest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/oktoberfest\/","title":{"rendered":"Oktoberfest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday we went to an Abu Dhabi Oktoberfest, which was held at the One to One Hotel. The hotel itself is really nice and probably only about 2 miles from our new apartment. (It’s always good to take note of the nearby hotels because they are the only places that serve booze!)<\/p>\n

The event itself was held in a huge tent lined with large tables, a dance floor and several bars. There was outdoor seating as well, which was really nice once the sun set and it got cooler. The crowd was a mix of expats (or, more specifically, as our waiter at dinner later that night said, “white skinned people”) that covered mostly England, Ireland & the U.S. <\/p>\n

After a few Hofbr\u00e4u beverages (which were excellent btw), it was time for the Oompah band – a trio that flew in from Munich the day before. The band’s leader spoke in German so we had no idea what he was saying – only that he was very enthusiastic about being there and the songs they were about to play. About 45 minutes into the set, they broke into “Country Roads”, which prompted a laugh from both of us. Here we are – in the Middle East, listening to a German band who doesn’t speak English and they play a song about West Virginia. It was very surreal. Surreal, but fun.

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First beer of the afternoon - and it was delicious!<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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The German Oompah band rocked the house!<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Meg enjoying a wheat beer outside as the temperature drops <\/figcaption><\/figure>
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UPDATE:<\/strong> I forgot to add one perk of the Oktoberfest. So every time we got a beer, they gave us a coaster. By day’s end, we had amassed quite the stack of coasters, which we threw in Meg’s purse. Buy coasters for the new apartment? Check!
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Coasters - one less thing to buy from Ikea!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday we went to an Abu Dhabi Oktoberfest, which was held at the One to One Hotel. The hotel itself is really nice and probably only about 2 miles from our new apartment. (It’s always good to take note of the nearby hotels because they are the only places that serve booze!) The event itself… <\/p>\n

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