Saturday in Konstanz

Today we're going to visit the Oktoberfest celebration in Konstanz, and then head for Stuttgart. First thing in the morning we visited with Alex, the owner & chef of the hotel's restaurant. Here's Don, Alex, Jack & me:
Steve had been visiting friends to the north of Germany for the past few days, and returned late Thursday night. He was pretty busy and had some catching up to do on his sleep:
This is the Oktoberfest tent in Konstanz, when we arrived (before the festival began).
Here's a picture of Jan with Bob & Steve:
These are our tour guides for the trip, provided by our travel company (Kingsway), Ondrej and Jen. They have been very professional, friendly & patient, and it's been great traveling with them...
Konstanz is literally on the border with Switzerland...so much so that the border passes behind the Konstanz Oktoberfest tent. In this picture, Bob is in Germany, Steve is in Switzerland, and Erica can't make up her mind...
The Chico Bavarians played for about two hours at the fest. Here they are on stage...
Jack playing trumpet...
The cute little girl on the right in the picture below was dancing by herself but almost got trampled; Brandee rescued her and kept her safe from harm:
Here are The Internationals, a sub-set of the Chico Bavarian Band: Jan, Bob, Portor, and Steve.
Here's Carol & myself standing on the border, trying to choose between Germany & Switzerland. Actually Carol is trying to choose and I'm trying to take a picture...
The lakeside view of the Konstanz Oktoberfest tent:

After the performance was done in Konstanz (about 6PM) we piled back onto the bus and headed for Stuttgart, where we arrived about 9PM and checked into our hotel. The band marches in an Oktoberfest parade in Stuttgart tomorrow (Sunday), and on Monday we head back. My final post will probably arrive about the same time that I do...