“You guys should have been here last week,” said the taxi driver whizzing our all-male party from the airport towards our hotel in Munich city centre.

It was the week after the climax of Oktoberfest, the Bavarian festival of booze which has 'em flocking in from all over Europe. This year’s had been a biggie as well, by all accounts, as revellers celebrated the event’s 200th anniversary by downing around 7m litres of beer. What’s not to like about that?

Well, quite a bit actually. I&rsquo......for the full story register now for free or login below...