Survived a German Beer Tent (Fruhlingsfest)

Its an interesting thing to go to a carnival in a foreign country. Walking in you'd think you were in America during every state fair...but with no admission fee. Food vendors, games with prices, lots of little rides. And then there are the enormous beer tents.  Totally unexpected. They are huge solid wooden structures. The Germans have such a way with putting on a festival and bringing in these actual structures. I gotta hand it to them.
On the way to the beer tent they have built this Austrian village. It had food,
beer, tables and umbrellas and a shop for all the traditional clothes. It was raining today so there weren't alot of people out, which made it more manageable.
When you approach a beer tent all you can hear is the music and the singing and its quite a bunch of noise. Then you step inside and you are literally hit with a stinky smokey heat wave. Vile. That was the word that came to mind. I mean really it wasn't that dirty but people were allowed to smoke so it was a really smelly place. My advice would be to have a drink to ease the shock before you walk in. I mean, whoa. It was so overpowering. Overwhelming. I had my one large (1 Liter) of beer then we left, it was too much. The best part for me was actually the Austrian village.