Wurstfest 2010

Zoe sampling some of Mom's turkey leg while

Dad the vegetarian looks the other way

Though these weekends lately seem ridiculously packed, we were able to fit in a few visits to Wurstfest the first weekend and a Saturday day visit the second weekend. Unfortunately, this year on the first weekend I managed to completely forget my dirndl at home, on the bed, ready to be packed in the car. I remembered the petticoat, shirt, socks, shoes, but not the actual dress. Argh. Still had a great time, of course. We actually hired a babysitter that Zoe had never met before (a first) to watch her at Omi and Pop's house Saturday night. She certainly wasn't pleased with us, but thankfully was only awake for about an hour before crashing to sleep.

'Hey Dad! I want a try!'

getting every last kernel

On Sunday, like the previous day's activities at Tour de Fat, we were able to meet up with the Walters for a slight overlap pre-nap time, and there was amazingly gorgeous weather. Yeah for fall in Texas! Headed back to Austin during nap-time after a very busy weekend.

happily trying on her new dirndl,
courtesy of Elke and Christian

The second weekend we were able to try on Zoe's new dress courtesy of Christian and Elke's recent trip home to Germany. We also met up with them on the Wurstfest grounds. Again, gorgeous weather, but much more packed - I think everyone was finally realizing that it was the last weekend of Wurstfest.

a really happy Christian and Elke

round two of Zoe vs. The Corn

Meanwhile, this year Wurstfest introduced a local brew to the tap wall: Shiner Oktoberfest. Kyle spoke with one of the Wurstfest Opas, and apparently Shiner and Wurstfest worked closely together to make sure that it was a true to original Oktoberfest. They certainly have done a great job; the beer was awarded a gold medal at a European beer event. And best of all, a pitcher costs the same as the other domestic brews such as that mass-market beers made of rice. We didn't have to spend on the imports this year, and were able to enjoy Shiner, which is a great brew anyways.