No , you did the right thing not believing him . His messages scream manipulative to me . Not to mention they ' re cringy as hell . You handled it perfectly calling him out on his bullshitting . Fuck that guy <| sep |> With your limited time and interest in other countries , I would do as the others suggested and spend probably just 2 or 3 nights in munich tops . Also , make sure you are not at oktoberfest on a weekend or holiday . Show up to the tents before lunch on a weekday and you will have no problem getting in . It become more interesting in the evening when ppl start drunk dancing on the benches , see if you can pace your drinking to last that long . From Munich you are in the middle of EU so you have tons of options on where to go , it depends your interest , but northern italy , switzerland , france , belgium , netherlands , czech , poland , and many more are just an hour by flight , or a half a day by trainbus . The rest of europe is less than 3 hours by flight , so pretty much anywhere you feel like . If you buy cheaper flights ahead of time you should be able to hop to almost any major european city for less than 100