Cards from Germany / ドイツ

I received 2 cards from Germany via Postcrossing, and I love them both!  This beautiful card is the Castle Neuschwanstein.  This is so gorgeous!!!

According to my travel guide book of Germany, this castle was buit by Ludwig II of Bavaria, and it was the inspiration for Sleeping Beauty Castle in the Disneyland.  This is so beautiful!!  When I traveled Germany few years ago, I really wanted to visit this castle, but it was a very short trip and I just didn't have time to go there. :(  Maybe next time!

And this card shows German beer in typical 1-liter glasses.  I LOVE German beer (or any kind of beer basically).  How did she know that I would looooove this card?! :D

It says that this card is from the city Munich, and I was extra happy because I've been there! :)  German beer is popular here, and every year big beer festivals called "OKTOBERFEST" (it's funny that they're not held in October) are held several places in Japan.  Last year, I went to 3 of them in Tokyo and had tons of fun!  You can try different German beer and food while listening to German music. :)

This is the official website of OKTOBERFEST in Japan.  It's in Japanese, but you can see lots of pictures there that you might enjoy.

<OKTOBERFEST Japanese official site>

<German beer and some other drinks that you can try there>

<German food and some other snacks that you can try there>

By looking at those delicious sausages on the website, now I'm hungry! lol  This year, two festivals are already over, and we've got 5 more OKTOBERFESTs till this autumn.  The festivals support the quake- and tsunami-damaged areas in Tohoku (north-east Japan) by selling their local drinks, food and goods.  I think it's a great idea that we can support them by having fun with beer and delicious food! :)

ポスクロ経由でドイツよりポストカードが２通届きました。どちらも素敵！１通目は有名なノイシュヴァンシュタイン城。第４代バイエルン国王ルートヴィヒ２世により建てられ、ディズニーランドの「眠れる森の美女の城」のモデルの一つにもなった、美しいお城です。数年前ドイツを訪れた際には、時間がなくて見ることができなかったのですがぜひまたドイツに行くことがあれば行ってみたい！！

２通目はドイツで一般的な１リットルビールジョッキと素敵なお姉さんのカード。ドイツのレストランでは、ウエイトレスのお姉さんがこんな感じの可愛らしい衣装を着ていることが多かったです。ドイツビールは最近日本でも人気ですよね。昨年はオクトーバフェストというドイツのビール祭りに３回行ってきました。今年はすでにお台場と日比谷は終了していて、残すは仙台（6/10～6/17）、芝（8/17～8/26）、豊洲（8/31～9/9）、神戸（9/14～9/23）、長崎（9/14～9/23）の５カ所です。またどれか行きたいな～。

ご興味がある方は、上記のオクトーバーフェストの日本オフィシャルサイトで日程や場所等ご確認ください。東北応援イベントとして、会場では東北の地酒や食べ物などを頂くこともできます。微力でも復興支援にお役にたてるなら、ぜひ心行くまで飲んで食べてきたいと思います！（笑）

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