5.14.11 – Maifest (Covington, Kentucky)

The last time I was at Maifest I was still in college and thought schnapps was something desirable to drink. Ahh, how times change. I'm not crazy about crowds, and I've never liked beer, so I hadn't bothered going back, but the boyfriend wanted to go and the draw of potentially good sweets was enough of a lure for me.

What I remember from before was food, booze, and rides. That's still the predominant part of this loosely Germanic-based festival (the people in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky love festivals). There were bands and street performers, along with sadly bored vendors selling all sorts of things that people interested in beer and funnel cake were not buying. I myself managed to fight off the urge for funnel cake due to my frugality -- why spend $5 on it when it's just going to go to my hips. Luckily the storm held off until we got home.