They arrive at a colorful hidden village Jun: Wow! Look at all these VW vans! How did they all get here? Feather: We floated them around the cliffs in the middle of the night. Jun: But you can't drive those around here, can you? Feather: No. But they're good to live in. And they have a lot of history. Jun: What kind of history? Feather: Frankie's baby here followed the Grateful Dead for 15 years. [Frankie waves from inside the van] Jun: Wow! I never saw the Dead!
Beer stands were introduced in 1818, and these were changed to the now-famous beer tents in 1896. The drink is a major feature of the event, and this year's visitors are expected to top last year's numbers of 5 million liters of beer and 650,000 pork sausages consumed.
