Oktoberfest Granada style

Celebrating Oktoberfest in Granada is like living a Cheers episode, "Where everybody knows your name." Living in a smallish city and getting to know the locals and other expats, pays dividends. Often times, the friends you make abroad are more like family than what would otherwise be the case back in your home country. We need each others' help with border runs, shuttling friends to the hospital, or helping each other with translations, and so on. The outreach this community gives creates trust and with it, bonding relationships. I cannot overstate how nice it is to go into a German restaurant to celebrate Oktoberfest and see mobs of friends, greeting you with open arms. That is the way Oktoberfest should be, boisterous greetings, genuine smiles, and an eagerness for revelry. We are so blessed to be living that spirit of open arms all year, with our friends, in Granada.