Bauigelfest - Loosely translated, means Builders Fest. Essentially the 2
nd year Civil Engineers hold a competition every year on the first Thursday of July. Teams from every Institute (department) on campus are invited to compete in little events and accumulate points. Some Professors participate and it has developed into a big rivalry between
institutes. These are our two competitors (
Anozie and
Jochen) who came in second place. They won a Silver beer bottle with a digger on top, It is now proudly displayed in the staff room.
The competition is really an excuse to throw a huge party afterwards. They hold it in the open area in the middle of campus. In years past they have had up to 5000 people show up. The weather sucked this year so there were maybe 2000 people there. It was still a good time. These are a few of my co-workers. (From Left:
Irana - from Russia,
Bernd, Florian, and Wolfgang)
Jochen and
Anozie also Volunteered to man the beer service for a few hours. I
believe that this was just and excuse to serve beer for free to all their friends.
Fortunately I was included in their circle of friends and was the
recipient of several free drinks. Needless to say, it was a good party.
The party also extended into several of the surrounding buildings. One building had a disco, one had a band playing. I think that Germans are Obsessed with Johnny Cash. Its all that these guys played the whole night I think. Notice the out of place cowboy hat. also the Guitar player on the right didn't smile the whole time.
Bauigelfest - Loosely translated, means Builders Fest. Essentially the 2nd year Civil Engineers hold a competition every year on the first Thursday of July. Teams from every Institute (department) on campus are invited to compete in little events and accumulate points. Some Professors participate and it has developed into a big rivalry between institutes. These are our two competitors (Anozie and Jochen) who came in second place. They won a Silver beer bottle with a digger on top, It is now proudly displayed in the staff room.
The competition is really an excuse to throw a huge party afterwards. They hold it in the open area in the middle of campus. In years past they have had up to 5000 people show up. The weather sucked this year so there were maybe 2000 people there. It was still a good time. These are a few of my co-workers. (From Left:Irana - from Russia, Bernd, Florian, and Wolfgang)
Jochen and Anozie also Volunteered to man the beer service for a few hours. I believe that this was just and excuse to serve beer for free to all their friends. Fortunately I was included in their circle of friends and was the recipient of several free drinks. Needless to say, it was a good party.
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