This is Oktoberfest time - it goes from Saturday September 17th to Monday October 3rd this year in Munich. It is usually a 16 day event. This is a festival that started in 1810 in Munich, with Bavarian traditions of Munich-only beer. Only 19% of visitors come from outside Germany. One of its claims to fame is a scientific connection - Albert Einstein once worked as an electrician and helped to set up one of the beer tents in 1896.
The pictures show a midway for children with ferris wheels, roller coasters and similar rides. And just in case, there is a lost and found children office at the festival.
With over 6 million people participating each year, the Oktoberfest Lost and Found office every year has thousands of abandoned goods - about 4,000 every year. Statistics for 2013: 1056 passports, 520 wallets, 320 mobile phones, 300 bags and rucksacks, and 50 cameras.
There have been peculiar finds, such as two wedding-rings, a hearing-aid, a set of false teeth, a tombstone shaped like a pencil and a Segway. Also of note? A tuba, badminton racket set, car license plate, wheelchair and crutches. "Objects lost by the millions of foreign visitors to the world's biggest folk festival are transferred to their respective embassies and consulates.
Where's the second most-popular Oktoberfest in the world? In Kitchener-Waterloo and it is on right now too. We have perfect timing as the festival concludes with the Thanksgiving Day Parade - floats, entertainers and marching bands. This festival has over 700,000 visitor. Just the parade alone has 150,000 spectators.
Here's Millie in the kitchen. It seems to me that all of our kitchen floor, wood flooring, rugs and furniture match with Millie. Very convenient for photos.
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