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Oktoberfest at Sofitel, Xian, originally uploaded by Akira2506.

"Cheers!" or "Prost!" as they say in Germany.

So, myself, Beryl, Rudy, Joanne and Kai headed to Xi'an for the Oktoberfest held at the Sofitel hotel there. The Sofitel is a totally pimp hotel, and Rudy knows someone who works there, so we got hooked-up price wise, so kudos to him.

Oktoberfest at Sofitel, Xian
Beryl sitting on the bed in the hotel room.

Oktoberfest at Sofitel, Xian
The hotel room had this... interesting... feature. Behind this blind is the bathroom shower, so you can watch your partner shower from the comfort of your bed. Like I said; interesting.

Oktoberfest at Sofitel, Xian
The hotel is split into different buildings, this is the lobby of the 5 star section. We stayed in the slightly-less impressive 4 star section, but it was still great.

Oktoberfest at Sofitel, Xian
The exterior.

Oktoberfest at Sofitel, Xian
The whole thing was in collaboration with Paulaner

Oktoberfest at Sofitel, Xian
The interior of the festival tent. Blue-and-white Bavarian theme throughout.

Oktoberfest at Sofitel, Xian
Kai (who's German) toasts with Rudy (who's...not.)

Oktoberfest at Sofitel, Xian
and of course, one to call my own. :)

Oktoberfest at Sofitel, Xian
A very bad photo; but you get the idea.

Oktoberfest at Sofitel, Xian
Lederhosen!!!!!

Oktoberfest at Sofitel, Xian
There was LOTS of "cheers"ing and lots of clashing glasses while singing. For some reason "Alice, Alice who the **** is Alice?" is a theme of Oktoberfests. It was played about 5 times along with a few German songs which by the end of the night I could sing off by heart... but somehow forgot the next morning. Thank you beer. :)

Oktoberfest at Sofitel, Xian
Zee Germans!

Oktoberfest at Sofitel
The music was pretty cool. :)

Oktoberfest at Sofitel
Check out the beaut' on the tuba.

Oktoberfest at Sofitel, Xian
I want his hat.

Oktoberfest at Sofitel
Then this pretty lil' lady chugged a whole 2 pint glass in under 10 seconds. I was impressed.

Oktoberfest at Sofitel, Xian
Rudy being outnumbered by zee Germans. So many jokes, so little time.

Oktoberfest at Sofitel, Xian
Beryl and Joanne enjoying themselves!

Oktoberfest at Sofitel, Xian
Hat-swapping competitions. Awesome.

Oktoberfest at Sofitel, Xian
At the end of the night, things started going a little dark and blurry.

Oktoberfest at Sofitel, Xian
The last thing I remember seeing. :-P

The next day we woke up and wondered around Xi'an. I didn't really take any good snaps, until we got to a restaurant. The service was so poor, and the food wasn't much special. But we then noticed this in the menu, and things started to make sense.

The Profession's Quantity Assurance. Chinglish is alive and well in Xi'an.
Quantity assurance.

Waiting for a bus
A typical sight at Xi'an bus station.

Leg room can be an issue on Chinese buses.
Then on the bus, Kai (who's tall, but not giant) displays that leg room on Chinese buses isn't great.

It was a blast, and I'll probably do it again next year! :D

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