Five Fun Hangover Cures from Around the World

Well assuming that you are celebrating Oktoberfest properly, you are most likely finding it quite difficult to get back to work this Monday morning. But don't worry - with a little help from me, you'll be feeling awake, energized, and ready for a new work week. (Or well... At the very least, you'll be ready to head into the office and stare blankly at your computer screen while eating Tylenol like Tic Tacs and cursing how delicious German beer really is...) So without further ado, I give you - Five Fun Hangover Cures from Around the World:

• Drink some pickle juice. As unpleasant as it sounds, in Poland this is a common treatment that is believed to replenish the body's supply of essential minerals.
  
  
• If there happens to be a Russian market in your city, stop by and purchase a can of Rassol – a carbonated form of sauerkraut juice (that's right I said “sauerkraut juice”) that helps increase your electrolyte levels.
  
  
• Bulgarians and Romanians believe that the surest way to get rid of that post-Oktoberfest hangover is a healthy bowl of cold tripe soup. Of course this option does require that you prepare a batch of tripe soup the night before and store it in the refrigerator... But life does, after all, require a certain measure of prior planning, now doesn't it?
  
  
• In Slovakia, it is common to treat that headache with a hot bowl of garlic soup. But let's face it – that doesn't do anything for the headache. It just makes your breath smell so bad that people leave you alone for the day...
  
  
• And lastly, if those other options don't work for you, then do as the Irish do – bury yourself up to the neck in moist river sand. That's right – river sand. Why do they think this will help? Well... I don't know. But my theory is that if you are buried up to the neck in river sand, the only thing to do is take a nap. And let's face it, the best way to get rid of a hangover is to sleep it off...

I hope these tips help. And be sure to enjoy the rest of your Oktoberfest!