Octoberfest

Octoberfest

Forget Munich. Argentina has its very own Octoberfest in the German colony town of Villa General Belgrano in Cordoba. Lauren Jones reports on the beer lover’s garden party.

We sensed we were approaching Villa General Belgrano when the roadside rooftops took on a very red, shingly, German character.  And when street signs bade us “willkommen” and offered us “bier” by the cheap chop.  Our hunch was confirmed when we stepped off the mini-bus and into the town’s mini terminal.  There was a mess of festival goers in line to purchase their return tickets:  foul-smelling, glassy-eyed, smiling.  Most of them tourists.  All of them drunk.  It was almost 2:30 PM.  We joined the line, eager to buy our way out of beer heaven while we were still sober.