Multicultural Night

So last night my roommate threw a birthday dinner for her Spanish friend. It was a lot of fun. We had sangria and Spanish Tortilla? I think that is what it was but it was essentially a layer of egg, with a layer of potato and then another layer of egg on top. Really good. There was several nationalities represented. American, Canadian, Dutch, German, Spanish and Irish. So we had a nice dinner and then one of the Irish guys knew about an Oktoberfest happening at a pub across town.

I've never celebrated Oktoberfest so I had no idea what it entails. What it means in Ireland is a large pub filled with what looks like long picnic tables and HUGE beer steins and glasses. There was a band playing German songs and marches and leading us on bar hall dances. "Left Und Right." (I had to get it clarified because I was hearing Left OR Right and I thought that could lead to utter chaos.) And then every once in a while there would be a cheer where people would stand on the benches. It was a lot of fun.

Every once in a while though you would hear a song and be like "That's not German." For instance I hear this song and I'm like "No it can't be." But oh it was. It was "Tequila" by the Champs. And I learned that you haven't heard "Tequila" until you have heard it played by trombones.