There´s still a month left with my internship at SZ-Magazin but two of my fellow interns finished their´s last week. As a 'thank you' to the team we produced a special edition of the "Sagen Sie Jetzt Nichts" interview without words, a very popular award-winning column in our magazine. Obviously it won't make a lot of sense for you if you don't speak German or are familiar with our inside jokes. I thought I'd post it anyway because we found it funny.
Today is the last day of Oktoberfest, the most famous beer festival in the world. Before I came to Munich, I was looking forward to experiencing this curious event that is somewhat like a carnival where everybody wears the same costumes. Unfortunately it turned out that nobody wanted to go with me because a few weeks ago Al-Qaeda had the funny idea to spoil everybody´s fun by claiming that Afghanistan is no Octoberfest – which is true – but it caused both, Bavarians as well as bearded foreigners to have a hard time enjoying the beer fest. 700 policemen turned the place into a fortress and everybody who had a "funny feeling" changed their plans and let me alone with my determined plans to enjoy a Maß or two in one of the beer tents. Ironically more people died of alcohol-related incidents than suicide bombers. Funny isn't it?
