So here are a few pics from the last time I posted. I had a conference with work that sent me to Cincinnati, Ohio. I talked Eric into joining me, he did not enjoy the flight:
But, once we landed, we were off to a fun weekend.
We walked all over downtown.
Saw the Bengals stadium while they were practicing.
And headed over to Newport, Kentucky - via the "Purple People Bridge".
And, since Eric is part German, we decided to try out a cool German restaurant called Hofbrauhaus. This is our German sampler, featuring fried zucchini, soft pretzels, potato pancakes and sauerkraut balls. I liked the pretzels and zucchini.
![German Sampler at Hofbräuhaus - Newport](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2774/4129285066_2bdb1ac5b9.jpg)
And, this is Eric dancing with a German woman. I asked him what they talked about and he said he had no idea because she didn't speak English! Apparently she did a lot of "ooooohing."
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjVen6CYJbE2sm1qkRFJBGI9bjUceFnBP5jmxwrWVQ3xHr68QP43siEuJdxTqLR5kqthnqvPSQL_Q8zR47dieu_dO4zI-m5XE56z6omF-nxMatxL6qvtV1DZJdUuOv5L5GYwDvSqpkQeM/s400/IMG_6031.jpg)
I had conferences all day but we ventured out to Oktoberfest during my lunch break - the world's second largest Oktoberfest was going on the weekend we were there. 500,000 people in a 7 block area and our hotel opened up to the heart of it all! It was nutty, even at 12pm!
Some sites we saw:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjVen6CYJbE2sm1qkRFJBGI9bjUceFnBP5jmxwrWVQ3xHr68QP43siEuJdxTqLR5kqthnqvPSQL_Q8zR47dieu_dO4zI-m5XE56z6omF-nxMatxL6qvtV1DZJdUuOv5L5GYwDvSqpkQeM/s400/IMG_6031.jpg)
I had conferences all day but we ventured out to Oktoberfest during my lunch break - the world's second largest Oktoberfest was going on the weekend we were there. 500,000 people in a 7 block area and our hotel opened up to the heart of it all! It was nutty, even at 12pm!
Some sites we saw:
![Oktoberfesters](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2794/4064997398_ea7ceb7ed8_b.jpg)
![Bratwurst at Oktoberfest Zinzinnati](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2439/4064998844_9dfc4cbb17.jpg)
![Oktoberfest Zinzinnati 2009](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2554/4065015302_cef3681d4c.jpg)
And, the crowd from above:
![Aerial of Downtown Cincinnati - Oktoberfest](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2783/4065009128_1999ce6a03.jpg)
I had a blast and I think Eric had fun too, just not so much the airplane part!