Oktoberfest!

Hey guys! I just found out last night that my host brother's girlfriend will be making a trip to Munich to celebrate her friend's birthday, so I quickly made plans this morning to take the train with her there, and I'll be staying in Jenny's host sister's apartment since she goes to school there and it'll be unoccupied until she moves to her new apartment in a few weeks for the start of the new school year. So I'll be at Oktoberfest from Wednesday until Friday. I'm glad to be going with her because I don't think going there by myself would be any fun. Not much else has been going on. The eldest brother Felix (my host brother) is in Saudi Arabia doing an internship at a law office there. The middle brother Andreas is starting his first year at college in Darmstadt, and the youngest Florian has already started his 8th grade year. I hope to have a great time at Oktoberfest, but don't plan on doing much drinking there. A liter of beer will cost about $11, so I'm planning on having only one so I can say I did, but you can buy half liters at the supermarket for $.90 so saving the party for home is much more economical. I hope many of you came down to La Crosse's Oktoberfest. And if Jill came home for it, I hope Jenny went out with you to carry on our tradition. Many greetings from over here, and hope to see you all soon.