Ja es ist Oktoberfest, wait... what?!?

So last night I went to Oktoberfest, despite not being in Bavaria or October, but these Canadians don't seem to let minor issues like that worry them. I suppose to misquote a common phrase "those guys could organise a piss-up in a brewery" and they did. The beer was pretty good as well, tried everything they made nothing particularly German tasting, but some nice ales. Unfortunately the Bratwurst weren't perhaps the best cooked as both people who had one got to see it again later that night, but still the sweets were pretty good. It would appear that there are quite a few Germans and German descendents here, with many of the men in lederhosen and women in dirndl. The best bit was, of course, the Ooompah band. I really don't know what it is about that kind of music but it definitely suits having a drink. Also they had a slightly creepy drummer who took D.I.O. to a whole new level, giving them a drumroll to down their drink.

I mean this is just awesome

In general Halifax seems a pretty good place to go bars with live music. Went to a place called Rockbottom on friday, underneath somewhere called Your Father's Moustache which has pictures of guys with truly epic 'taches adorning the walls. Rockbottom was pretty nice good for a chat, then the bands a bit later in the night. There are quite a few fiddlers about, slightly odd as I thought they were more Irish than Scottish but perhaps not.

Unfortunately this is a country that uses the word, aluminum, I dislike it, with a passion, aluminium, it has an "i" for a reason. However my use of this, correct, word seems to put some locals in the mind of Harry Potter and think it is a spell, so wave imaginary wands saying aluminium in a faux English accent, which was fairly hilarious. The other noticeable chemistry pronunciation is of the "yl" suffix will at home we say methyl as me-thile, they seem to prefer meth-ill. Still, at least they accept that words like colour should have a "u" in, unlike those live-fast die-young Americans who think they can go around misspelling things just for the kicks.