Grafenwoehr Volksfest!

Every year the Grafenwoehr base puts on the German-American Volksfest. This year was the 55th year of this particular fest. Fests are very popular in Germany. Many vendors set-up and sell food, beer, and German souvenirs. There are also a lot of great rides and carnival games. 

Our favorite game was something similar to beer pong. There was a booth with hundreds of German steins set-up. We could buy ping pong balls and try to shoot them into the stein that we wanted to win. If our ball landed in a stein, we got to keep it. We ended up winning 3 steins that night! It was a fun game.

We also enjoyed drinking beer from liter steins. It was a workout to hold that big of a stein all night, but it was a great time. We hung out with some soldiers from Justin's platoon, so it was nice to get to know them.

Our steins from Volksfest

In Germany you always pay a deposit for your stein. If you return the stein when you are finished drinking you get your deposit back. If you do not return the stein, then you get to keep it! We brought home both of those steins, along with the 3 we won. I guess we like adding to our collection :)