I asked Jeremy to get a picture of my dirndl sometime during the night, and I guess he came through. So...your eyes are probably drawn to one specific part of this picture, and surely that is the large harp playing mustached angel floating behind my Maß obscured head. We wondered about this angel who we see all around town, and like most of our Bavarian questions, we turned to Fredrik for answers. The story behind it is pretty cute; I'm just going to cut and paste it.
Alois Hingerl was a regular at the Hofbräuhaus all his life. When he died and arrived in heaven, he irritated a lot of people there by being so homesick for Munich. He moaned so much that eventually God decided to have mercy on him and sent him back to his old home on a mission for the Bavarian government. But the moment angel Aloisius smelled the air of Munich again, he forgot all about his divine mission and flew straight off to the Hofbräuhaus. There he finally found peace of mind and has been enjoying one beer after the other ever since. And to this day, so ends the tale, the Bavarian government has been waiting in vain for divine inspiration.
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Oddly enough, my eyes were drawn to a whole other part of the picture...somewhere near the south-east corner...hmmmph.
I was lookin at the Mid-West. Em slammin beer :) Mom must be so proud! Your outfit is beautiful Em!!!
I want to see a picture of you in your fetching outfit! I'm serious! I bet you were the belle of the ball!
Is the beer part of the dirndl costume or do you actually drink beer now?
savor the moment
love you guys
terri
south-east? huh. so are you in moe? it's too bad heidelberg's festival isn't later so we could trade off.
louuuu! thanks chica. you'll have to wear it some halloween. it's very fun and twirly.
you're so sweet jul! boys were jammed by the girls' bathroom taking pictures of dirndls, but i'm pretty sure they were after a different sort than mine.
clayton knorr, i've been dabbling in the radler for beer fesivals only. although beer does kind of complete the look.
thanks terri! so glad to have you back!
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