Last Travels to Munich!

This past weekend in Munich, Germany was their famous Fruehlingsfest, or Spring Fest, as many others know it.  Talk about Lederhosen.  The only time I have seen this traditional garb of the Germans is on Halloween in the US when girls dress as "slutty beer girls" but at this Festival, it. was. necessary.  EVERY local was wearing a Lederhosen or Drindle (the female version).  I was there with a big group of friends from home, and many felt the pressure to conform to the tradition.  I abstained because they were quite expensive, but to live in Munich, it seems to be necessary for more than one time out of the year.  Also, girls left and right had their hair in two pigtail braids, and boys wore fedoras, another part of the dress that makes it special to Munich. It is their traditional dress, and we just use it as a costume in the US, but in this part of Europe, the tradition still lives.