An Emotional Rollercoaster

Tonight was the first night Maddie and I returned to the Oktoberfest grounds. Where once stood a ferris wheel now stands a pile of trash. The skyline is no longer dotted with brightly colored steins. Instead, giant cranes hover above empty beer tents waiting to finish their job. And though Oktoberfest will come again in 2008, for us, attending the festival while living in Munich most likely will be our last. So experiencing an emotional rollercoaster was difficult to avoid. Because even though I'm excited to return home, with the end of Oktoberfest comes the closing of another chapter in our European adventures.