Finally made it to Octoberfest!!!

So after 4 years of trying, Michele and I finally made it to Munich for Octoberfest. What a weekend it was too. We ended up renting a car for fairly cheap and had 3 other people come with us. We left Paris at 7pm on Friday evening. It took us an hour to get out of Paris due to traffic and the craziness that is Paris driving. We continued to head towards Germany. Along the way we had 35 euros of tolls to pay while in France only. And to say that the roads weren't very well maintained is being nice. We continued with a pee break every 2 hours or so. Around 1am we arrived in Germany to find that the highway we were supposed to be taking was closed. Not only that but there was actually no signs telling us which way to go. So with a 50/50 chance, we turned the wrong way. We ended up in a small German time that was all quiet since it was so early in the morning. We drove around and ended up finding another 2 cars (of Spanish people) who were also lost. They weren't going to Munich but they were going to the city we needed to drive by. So through broken English as we didn't speak any Spanish and they didn't speak any French and very little English. Finally we ended up following them and had to turn around and go the other way. We refound our route and continued on. Around 430 am we decided we needed a break so we parked the car at a reststop and then tried to sleep in the car for a couple of hours. At 630, slightly more rested we continued on to Munich. Again, we got slightly lost while in Munich but we arrived at a camp ground that we had hoped had some spaces left. Unfortunately they didn't. So we tried to go to another one to see if they did. We arrived and decided that we had the tent and sleeping bags so let's just park the car in the parking lot and go to the festival and if we have to sleep in the car and put the tent up on a grassy patch nearby. So we did. We had quick toilette showers and then headed into the city to the festival. What a site. A huge fair packed with people. We finally managed to wriggle our way into a beer garden and thanks to our friend we found some space at a table. It was now 130pm and we finally got ourselves a liter of beer at Munich's Octoberfest! We spent the rest of the afternoon and evening having a great time, meeting all kinds of interesting people from all over the world. It was truly an amazing experience. That evening when we left the fair grounds we headed back to the car, set up the tent in front of it and went to sleep; some in the car and some in the tent. The best part is, we weren't the only ones. There were a few others who had just pulled out their sleeping bags and were sleeping beside their cars. The joys of Octoberfest!! If I were to do it again, I would definitely do a few things differently but all in all a fantastic weekend and I finally made it!!!Thanks to those who made it possible, and especially to Michele who drove the 850 kms each way to get us there and back! You rock hun!!