Day 1: Claire gets into her Dirndl
Day 1: Jamie & I look hot in our leathers
Day 1: The opening parade of the Oktoberfest
Day 1: Each Munich brewery runs some beer to the Oktoberfest on horse-drawn carriages
Day 1: We end up in an Augustiner tent
Day 1: Béné gets stuck in
Day 1: Jamie & I have to squeeze in to the last two spots in the place
Day 1: Marie-laure likes to have flowers on her "balcony"
Day 1: My gorgeous guests for the weekend and I
Day 1: The obligatory Wiesnhendl (roast chicken)
Day 1: A monster Steckerlfisch (smoked mackerel)
Day 1: It went to a good cause - my belly!
Day 1: Marie-Laure has a good old titter
Day 1: A way to earn a living...
Day 1: Me & Béné
Day 1: Lorna flies in from Düsseldorf to join the fun
Day 1: I've got a new best friend
Day 1: Are you looking at these?
Day 1: Franck, Marie-Laure & Cyril
Day 1: It wouldn't be Oktoberfest without beardy weirdies
Day 1: Béné's dad takes Claire for a spin
Day 1: Lorna - without a glass in her hand!
Day 1: Me & my beehatches
Day 1: The party goes on as the evening draws in
Day 1: Suddenly a bit peckish
Day 1: Somebody got the ears - it seemed like such a good idea at the time
Day 1: Jamie wears them with aplomb
Day 1: Aah, cute!
Day 1: Claire's not so sure
Day 1: Young love
Day 1: Italians can carry the ear look off, clearly
Day 3: In the Hacker tent with Béné & her friends & family
Day 3: Béné's parents' friend looks good in a pink hat
Day 3: Chrystèle with her parents
Day 3: Béné & I in matching hats
Day 3: Béné's dad has a chat with Anne-Laure
Day 3: Chrystèle receives unwanted attention from her husband Olivier
Day 3: Béné's mum
Day 3: Chrystèle loves beer really
Day 3: Béné's dad gets to know the girls at the next table
Day 3: Chrystèle is a flexible little thing, isn't she!
Day 3: A few beers in...
Day 3: The Hacker tent, like all the big ones, holds up to 6,000 revellers
Day 3: Me & Anne-Laure
Day 6: As the day fades, the Wiesn comes alive
Day 6: Party time
Day 6: Live music in the Café Kaiserschmarrn
Day 6: The band really went for it
Day 6: All the Oktoberfest classics
Day 6: Audience participation
Day 6: A random Finn
Day 6: The Belle of the Ball
Day 6: I met a half-German half-Chilean vet
Day 6: Turkish Jews know how to drink through VERY long straws
Day 6: Béné gets to know a nice Belgian
Day 10: The Fischer Vroni
Day 10: I have a cheeky beer with Harry & Dieter
Day 10: I like Harry' posh Lederhosen
Day 10: Meanwhile, over in the Hofbräu tent, Marie-Laure & Béné get stuck in
Day 10: Hofbräu happiness
Day 10: Franck & I have a chinwag
Day 10: Andrew & I have a natter too
Day 10: Feels like Cape Canaveral
Day 10: More like schlocker
Day 14: Charlotte & Ali have a quick vitamin stop at Viktualienmarkt
Day 14: A quick peek inside the Löwenbräu tent
Day 14: The first ride of the day - a pitch-black indoor rollercoaster
Day 14: Titter ye not!
Day 14: The second ride - bumpercars - yay!
Day 14: Ali says "oi, get out of my way!"
Day 14: The first beer of the day outside the Hacker tent
Day 14: Is it me, or is it James Bond?
Day 14: Charlotte has a fine, er, personality
Day 14: Charlotte should work in advertising
Day 14: Ali hides behind her drink
Day 14: It's only three o'clock and I'm already half-cut
Day 14: Another cracking photo
Day 14: Charlotte is overwhelmed by the random guy's calves
Day 14: Getting into the groove
Day 14: I've got a great pair!
Day 14: Is Ali about to do a handstand?
Day 14: My lovely Düsseldorf visitors
Day 14: Inside the Ochsenbraterei
Day 14: The smile of the long-time beer sipper
Day 14: What it's like to look through the special glasses...
Day 14: ...what it looks like to have the special glasses on...
Day 14: ...what the special glasses do to you in the spinning corridor
Day 14: Our last ride of the day - and yes, I screamed like a girl
Day 15: Ryan tries my shades on for size
Day 15: We had plenty of time in the queue to take some nice shots of the big wheel
Day 15: The view from the top of the big wheel
Day 15: Here you can see just how bloody huge the beer tents are
Day 15: Charlotte lines the stomach with a quick corn on the cob
Day 15: We adopt a bin in the beer garden of the Bräurosl tent
Day 15: One of the many waiters & waitresses who have astonishing upper arm strength
Day 15: Matthias joins us for a beer or two
Day 15: Getting peckish?
Day 15: Have a sausage sandwich!
Day 15: Gingerbread hearts - so Oktoberfest
Day 15: Back on the bumpercars
Day 15: Girls v Boys - excellent!
Day 15: The helter-skelter is full of tradition
Day 15: I managed to get up the high-speed conveyor without falling over!
Day 16: The weather just got better and better this year
Day 16: Bavaria watches over us
Day 16: Getting ready for food in the Käfer tent
Day 16: What a great menu picture!
Day 16: Aleks is ready for her lunch
Day 16: Béné's cousin & her husband get into the swing of things
Day 16: Go Ali go!
Day 16: Charlotte is starting to enjoy the Wiesn hits
Day 16: I hadn't seen Aleks since her birthday in Berlin
Day 16: Béné & I have a little boogie
Day 16: Now that's what I call traditional dress
Day 16: Don't shoot me!
Day 16: At last! Lunch!
Day 16: I feel a bit like Alice in Wonderland here
Day 16: Monster Brezn for a monster hunger
Day 16: That's a great look for you, Charlotte
Day 16: Cousins together
Day 16: Cheers!
Day 16: Aleks smuggled us into the Spaten tent
Day 16: And she KNOWS she's good!
Day 16: Michaela has canned heat in her heels
Day 16: Me & my sis
Day 16: Lorna popped in again
Day 16: Tomasz isn't an Oktoberfest fan
Day 16: Kate is going for it
Day 16: Michaela had to leave early
Day 16: Happy days
Day 16: Like two dancers from the Moulin Rouge
Day 16: Frogs With Attitude
Day 16: Entente cordiale
Day 16: See you in Milan, Lorna!
