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?
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