Visit of the fun fair at Cannstatter Wasen

October 1, 2013

The first excursions offered to the students of the new batch of FSC scholars was headed to the beer festival at Cannstatter Wasen on October 1. The students enjoyed attractions like market traders and rides on roller-coaster or the High Energy Carousel.
A new experience for the scholars was to see the crowed beer tents with traditional German music, people dressed in “Lederhosen and Dirndl”, and the one liter glasses of beer.  Of course there was also an academic interest addressed since in tradition the Cannstatter Wasen was a harvest festival. It was established after a famine in this region and it is until today accompanied by real cattle markets.