This post is coming late because Zurich has no free wi-fi and I had to buy a 5.80 tall caffe latte just to write this! More on Zurich in the next post though, this is about Munich!
We arrived at our Wombats hostel on Saturday after a 4 hour train ride from Prague. We had just enough time to unpack and shower before heading down to the hostel bar to meet our fellow travellers. Rob and Karly (from Brussles and Prague) were there, as well as Lyle who we met a few days earlier in Vienna. There are 6 major breweries that provide the goods for the biergartens and we were determined to hit all of them. Saturday night was spent with a large group from Wombats at the Augistiner Brau, where we ate pork schnitzel and french fries. On Sunday, Abbe and I split up so she could do a bike tour (I have a severe aversion to bicycles so I avoided it to spare a trip to the hospital), and I went to the museum of modern art. That night we went to the most popular biergarten, the Hofbrauhaus. It was ginormous. Rooms upon rooms, outdoors and in, lined with picnic tables and benches full of people singing along to the traditional German music. There was a live band who wore lederhosen! We were there with three of our hostel roommates, a set of brothers from Oklahoma. We ordered a gigantic pretzel so big that you could stick your whole face in it! The Hofbrauhaus was definitely a highlight of Munich for me.
On Monday, I trudged through the rain to do a walking tour of the city while Abbe went off in search of replacement flip-flops and cold medicine. We took a gigantic nap in the afternoon because (surprise, surprise) it was still raining. At night we braved the weather to try 3 more biergartebs with Lyle, and had a delicious meal of sausages and potato salad. I can't believe I've been going to Musikfest for so long and never ordered the traditional German food. I'm definitely looking forward to doing that when I get back next weekend!
That's all for now, will write about Zurich when we get to Paris tomorrow - six nights left!!
Thanks for the update on Munich. Not happy that zurich doesn't have internet service. I really love your story telling about the adventures you are having and I am sure you have many more to talk about when you get home - anxious to hear all about it and see all the pictures. Hoping I can print all these blogs when you do your last one cuz I would like to put them in an album along with the pictures for your Europe scrapbook. Enjoy the last leg of your journey. You should buy some French perfume while in france. Love and miss you.
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