{"id":3869,"date":"2024-05-02T11:29:50","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T09:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/?p=3869"},"modified":"2024-05-05T12:13:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T10:13:04","slug":"maifest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/02\/maifest\/","title":{"rendered":"Maifest 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

May 1 is a national holiday. In Germany, it’s a day for senseless violence<\/a> by black-clad thugs. In Bavaria, the indigenous celebrate Mary, the Patroness of Bavaria<\/a> and everyone can celebrate Maifest<\/em> and the official opening of the Bierg\u00e4rten<\/em> for the season.

Many small villages around Freising got new Maib\u00e4<\/em>ume<\/em> (maypoles) this year; we went on a nice hike to Lerchenfeld, a neighborhood in Freising on the other side of the river, to see theirs.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Isar from the pedestrian bridge, looking downstream (toward Landshut).
May 1, 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The Isar from the pedestrian bridge, looking upstream (toward Munich).
May 1, 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

This Maibaum<\/em> is 26m tall, weights 2.9 metric tons, and when a group from a neighboring village tried to steal it in the middle of the night (this is a Bavarian tradition<\/a>), they needed sixty people to carry it off. They nearly got it onto a trailer before someone called the police<\/a>. Heh.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The new Maibaum<\/em> (Maypole) at the Gr\u00fcner Hof<\/a>.
May 1, 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Slightly better?
May 1, 2024<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

May 1 is also for St. Waldburga, which is how we ended up with Wally tagging along.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Small vultures need beer.
May 1, 2024<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The Gr\u00fcner Hof<\/a> is a very traditional Wirtshaus<\/em>, and we need to go there more.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Raise your glass to the Kini<\/a>.
May 1, 2024<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The party was packed. They ran out of normal Wei\u00dfbier<\/em> glasses and we got served out of the special glasses that are normally only used by members of the a soccer fan club. “This is a great honor!” we were told, by an acquaintance who is a member.<\/p>\n\n\n

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We’re just here for the contents of the glass.<\/em>
May 1, 2024<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The walk home was long and thirsty. We stopped in at our usual to enjoy the shade of the chestnut trees, some traditional dance music, and more beer.<\/p>\n\n\n

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What a great day.
May 1, 2024<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Raise your glass to the Kini.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[166,11,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biergartenlife","category-freising","category-hannele"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t