Cannstatter Volksfest – Mark I

October 5, 2010 at 6:31 pm (Europe, Travel) (Food, German festivals, German food, German traditions, Germany sights, Live Music, Ski Club)

Like last year, we went to the Volksfest in Stuttgart with the Tannenbaum Ski Club (25-26 Sept). This year I was also the Assistant Trip Captain, which means I helped sign people up for the trip, collect their money, organize the room list, and communicate changes to the tour company. I also helped pick up some of the food for the bus ride and organize things on the bus.

Our hotel this year (Hotel Spahr) was very close to the fest grounds, walking distance or two train stops at one euro per person each way. We got checked into our hotel and a group of us headed off to find a Thai restaurant for lunch. George and I and two women waited for another couple who wanted to go too, so we were behind the main part of the group. When we got to the Thai place, we discovered it was closed. I called the other group and they were looking for another Thai place. Our group decided to go back to a Greek place we’d passed on the walk there and it was a good decision. When the six of us sat down, the proprietor brought us a round of Ouzo shots, on the house! The food was pretty good too, and we sat there for quite a while, chatting. Then we went back to the hotel to change clothes and head to the fest grounds.

Like last year, we had a great time down there, although it rained most of the day Saturday (we went down Saturday morning, not Friday evening, like last year). Unlike last year, we were in the Schwaben Welt tent, not Zum Wasenwirt. George and I had gone to the Schwaben Welt tent Friday night last year with a few other people, and liked the layout of the tent better, and the chicken was definitely much better there. So we were super excited that we had tickets for that tent this year. And it didn’t disappoint us! We had great tables near the stage, and the chicken was just as good as we remembered it. And this year, we were both in traditional Bayrischer (Bavarian) dress: George in lederhosen, and me in a dirndl.

Sunday morning we had a leisurely breakfast at the hotel, then loaded up the bus, Laura and I ensuring that everything was set with the hotel, and had an uneventful drive back to K-Town. Great weekend!