My head is still reeling

The pictures are from the Incas camera - the world is a better photographer than I am. He's even managed Daisy Duck!!

But the rest of the story of the day had absolutely nothing in common with Disney. Its the 'Heart of Europe' week on campus and yesterday was Oktoberfest!! The size of the beer mugs had to be seen to be believed - HUMONGEOUS!! I saw someone carrying one and practically ran to Tweedledum. We just had to have them. And we do...now!

So we wait till 7 and then we get to the bar....the atmosphere was a german bar revisited!! Everyone sitting at long tables banging their mugs calling for beer (some of them for The D-man who was to 'officially' open the kegs). Bretzels, sausages, what not, to eat and huge mugs of beer - I could have gone on all night. Hema M actually did a bottoms up on one of the beer mugs - which was a sight to remember forever! I still remember her coming home for the first time in January - she didn't drink, she didn't eat non-veg - what a transformation! Insead is really the seat of sin:-)

Anyway we couldn't stay forever - had to move across borders to Turkey and France - dinner invitation. I went feeling extremely conscious. Wasn't so sure that I was sober but we had a really pleasant evening. Homely folks, no pretensions plus a variety of food and drinks. Dinner was raclette, quite an experience. Slices of meat and a variety of cheese. You put it into the heating plate and then pour the melted cheese over your sausages. Really good!! and I was going to start dieting....tomorrow....

One of the new drinks was an apertif/ liquer which I had after dinner - Pineau de Charentes. Very interesting flavour. It was neither the typical sickly sweet taste of liquers nor the stomach burning volcano. Came back and searched for some information and found this:- http://www.toomanychefs.net/archives/001204.php

Should find bottles in UK.