Your branches can only reach high if your roots go deep. - Brian Logue
I couldn't agree more, Brian.
It's important to remember where we come from.
A solid ground is the perfect condition for personal development. That's why I love to travel to my home country in order to live some good old traditions and customs with my family and friends.
Cheers to our roots! 🍺
@surfermarly having her first 1L beer at the Oktoberfest 2017
O'zapft is!
That's what Munich's Lord Mayor shouts out once he has pounded the very first beer barrel and like that inaugurated the Oktoberfest.
Participating in the Bavarian traditions means being at home to me. I love wearing this dress, listening to the bands playing typical music and having a great time with my family and friends.
Wearing these traditional costumes, everybody looks handsome.
Women bring out their female curves and men underline their masculine shape.
@surfermarly with her "little" brother Max
Besides the traditions, the Oktoberfest is a huge playground.
Being the world largest public festival, you can spend the whole day walking around, buying funny souvenirs and riding the attractions.
To drink the traditional Oktoberfest beer you need to go inside one of the tents. The festival beer has more alcohol than the regular Bavarian beer, so it's also important to eat.
Whatever your plans are, a lot of fun is always guaranteed!
Having fun with my brother at the festival ground
Family time is quality time!
Spending time with the most important people in my life is still the very best way of refilling my happiness account.
Since I don't have them close all the time, I travel to see them every now and then.
So this week I'm in Munich, enjoying the cold weather.
The next time I travel, it'll be to attend Steemfest in Lisbon. I'm already very excited. The countdown has started!
See you soon!
Marly -
Original content, pictures taken by myself.
Hey there @surfermarly...
I see you're following our @teamsouthafrica community... Just wondering, are you a South African (or expat) by any chance??
Hey! No I'm not a South African, I'm German 😉 But I was invited to follow the team so I did.
Ah... Awesome!! My daughter is actually in Germany - she's staying in Berlin... Which part of Germany you from?
For sure another one for my wall - glad you are here. Working on post No. 3 today for #oktoberfest
You're the professional Wiesn visitor here!!! 😄👍 Thanks for the resteem!!! See you soooon 😉
Not a pro, I still decline to wear Lederhosn - just posted some tipps for your visits @surfermarly
Haha - I've got both Lederhosn + Dirndl 😉
I love beer and I love that outfit!
Nice job!
Hope to share a great beer with you at SteemFest!
SteemON!
Haha, thanks! Sure, we gonna have a lot of these beers at Steemfest! 😉
See you there.
Yea it will be BeerFest TWO hahahahaha
I'll be prepared! Haha
hahahhahaha YEA!!!!!
Are you a being a heart breaker at Octoberfest @sufermarley 😂🍺💔
lol - I don't know what you're talking about...😇😎😄
Shhh, I'll keep it on the down low 🤣😋
Haha - sure! 😉👌
did I just read the comment "Crazy Germans" here? Well, looks like someone got it right lol without beeing at least a little crazy, there is no way to manage drinking more than 1 Masskrug of beer, eating a Haxn with Sauerkraut and Semmelknödel and a Brezn, then wiping your hands off on your Lederhosn (they never have to be washed)... :-) Bavarians are a special spicies, I was married to one once and we are still close friends! Most important sentence is: Ah, mei, des passt scho! thanks for your post and the great pics! upvoted, resteemed and Cheers from Germany
Hahaha, great comment! Thanks for the laughter - and your support 😉
You are totally right: it requires a certain insanity to eat and drink all that stuff. I'm back home again now and will be on diet for a couple of days, LOL.
Des passt scho! (works always)
Have a great weekend!!!
Hope you had a great time here :-) an Italian saying is "sono pazzi questi tedesci".... cheers from the seven mountains in Germany - if you are around this region, make sure to call in - "Hello in the house" is the key :-)
Cheers und Prost!
Haha, nice one! So YOU are the last German then? 😉
Ist das im Schützen?
Jo, ist im Armbrustschützenzelt. 1. Tag. War sogar beim Anstich dabei. Frohe Wiesn wünsch ich! wie wäre es mit einem Dirndl Special auf dem Surfbrett?! :D
Looks like an awesome time! See ya in Lisbon :)
It is 😉 See you there!!
Steht dir sehr gut ein Dirndl :-) bzw. Fesch schauts aus ;-)
Pin ich doch glatt bei mir an.
Ui, vielen lieben Dank!!! Der Kommentar war mir irgendwie durchgerutscht, Verzeihung 😉
Ich könnte IMMER Dirndl tragen - es ist super bequem und jede Frau schaut toll darin aus. Ist bloss beim Surfen nicht soooo praktisch, haha!
Hab ein tolles Wochenende, Jochen 😊
Macht doch nichts. Ist ja wirklich nicht einfach einen Kommentarüberblick zu behalten, geht mir auch so.
Dir auch ein schönes WE :-)
Das stimmt allerdings 😉
Dankeschön!!! Hier ist es total windig, wird also heute nix mit Surfen... Couchtag ist nach dem Oktoberfest-Marathon aber eh ganz passend, hehe.
Family time is quality time indeed. I like Oktoberfest and would love to make out time to go and enjoy great beers there..Not even too far from where I live. You and your brother lokk great.
Thank you! We had a blast. So where do you live then?
I live near Nuremberg and you?
omg this is so cute!!! Looks like so much fun with your brother! Have a beer for me! :)
Hehe, thank you!!! We were having such a great time 😉
I missed your surfboard in this post.
Haha, I guess I wouldn't have passed the security carrying a surfboard 😆
So you traveled to Munich! I was kind of right in the last post then when I guessed you would be visiting family 😁 Octoberfest looks great, I would love to celebrate octoberfest in Munich one day. Oh I'm so jealous that you're going to steemfest, I bet it's going to be a lot of fun! Looking forward to reading your posts from there.
Yes, I wasn't going to see polar bears in the end, haha!
If you go the Oktoberfest one day then be prepared: it's loud and wild 😉
See you around, and of course I'll be reporting from Lisbon!
😂 Yeah, I have heard it is wild. Sounds good to me 😜 Have fun!
I was in Munich 5 years ago. Still remember the 1L bottle of beer!
You mean a stein, not a bottle 😉🍺
Now finally I learned this word. Very cool. Now I also want to go to Munich. 🍺🍺🍺
Nice Fun ,Family Tradition Moments thanks of sharing
Wow really enjoy and fun.
great photography!
Thank you 😌
Good afternoon!
It is great to see you having a nice time plenty of beer and sausage will need to be had over the coming days!
Enjoy
Haha, sausages are not the typical plate at the Oktoberfest but I'll enjoy it anyways 😉 Thanks!
Totally agree! Oktoberfest is a lifetime goal! I've been there once with my boyfriend as he's a German, drinking is totally his in gene and he's turning me into one :D It's making me to go back to Munich just for the festival :D Prost!!
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Prost, @explorernations and thanks for stopping by! Munich is always a recommendable travel destination 😉
Hi @surfermarly, This is very well written. I think all this come from parenting and I want to endorse it through another beautiful quote:
That's a nice one, too! Thank you 🙂
Crazy germans :D
Haha 😄✌️
I was there last year.
Have a blast!!
Hope you had a great time, too!
Thanks 😉
great captured
Thanks!
Best line i found on your post "Spending time with the most important people in my life is still the very best way of refilling my happiness account." well done @surfermarly
Thank you - I'm glad you enjoyed it 😌
cold weather lol, if we compare with other regions you are in vacation in munich;d after your post and preparing for cold weather i thought of minus not this summer weather :D
To me 12 degrees Celsius is veeeery cold 😉
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This is truly awesome :) lovely pics Family time is quality time no doubt about that and yeah I too couldn't agree more on that quote by, Brian.
Hehe, thank you!
we are this year not in Germany, but I wish you a great time there and enjoy it. Love it to see that. Which kind of beer do you like most? Upvoted
Actually I don't have a favourite beer brand. If I may choose then probably not a Spaten 😉
Have a great weekend!
Spaten I knew from my time near Munich. Not the greatest beer :-) Do you know FAXE Beer?
The time when we are with our loved ones is the best time of our life. I really love it and you both brother-sister duos are looking great in those costumes and you really had a good time there.
You are absolutely right! To me family time is the most valuable time of all 😉
Thanks for the compliment! In these costumes everybody looks good, they just fit perfectly.
Yes they look good.
Octoberfest should be the first on the list to visit. Meeting not only woth German architecture (which is awesome indeed), but also introduction to national cuisine and traditions. Thank you for sharing your memories and cute pictures with us.
Oh I just love the German food! It's heavy but sooooo delicious!!!
Now being back on my island I'll be on a diet for a couple of days, haha
Nothing to say . This One is for me
Its September. The Early bird gets the Brew?
Oktoberfest always starts at the end of September and ends on the first weekend of October 😉