Gay Germans tap Oktoberfest to make push for marriage rights (via The Christian Science Monitor) By early afternoon on the first Sunday of Oktoberfest this past weekend, the Bräurosl beer tent in Munich was already filled with thousands of merry revelers in lederhosen, singing and drinking. At one table, Christian…
With about eight million beers downed each year at the Oktoberfest, you might expect a few items to go awry, but the lost-and-found office at the world’s top beer fest really has seen it all. A total of 4,900 items were lost at last year’s festival, with the objects missing…