It's that time in Mt Angel again...
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It's that time in Mt Angel again...
Today is the kickoff of Oktoberfest. Mt. Angel has one of the biggest Oktoberfests outside of Germany. We'll be getting lots of visitors over the weekend, and things can get pretty crazy. This town has less than 4000 people, and only 3 police cars, but over the weekend we will get ~300,000 visitors. Most of it is good clean fun, eating bratwurst and trying the local brews for those of age, but there is one place where all the college kids go (not us seminarians though) that gets really bad (pray for them). It's fun to watch the townspeople in their leiterhosen (sp?) and the German bands that come in for it. Even the Abbey (It was founded by German and Swedish monks) gets into the spirit of things and sells some of their wares in the town.
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CDLviking - Posts: 1794
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Will pray. What kind of wares does the abbey sell?
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Asdvadz hedut ullah! (W. Armenian, "May God bless you!")
It's cosplay, get used to it.
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Asdvadz hedut ullah! (W. Armenian, "May God bless you!")
It's cosplay, get used to it.
"A hero need not speak. For when he is gone, the world will speak for him."
"One of the nice things about diseases of the brain is they tend to slip your mind." Colbert
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Jaltus-bot - Posts: 1822
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Im not sure how I would feel if there was an anual ale festival in my little town...
I will pray for your town and the people comming there for this festival.
-kaji
I will pray for your town and the people comming there for this festival.
-kaji
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kaji - Posts: 1281
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Have fun!
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(The End of Education)
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge
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sheherazade wrote:Will pray. What kind of wares does the abbey sell?
Candles and stuff like that. Soap too I think. I haven't worked the booth.
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