Munich was a blur. We only spent one full day there and gave a valiant effort to see as much as we could, which included a drive through bus tour.
We did walk about the Marienplatz with its Town Hall and got to watch the Rathaus-Glockenspiel in action. Built in the early 1900’s it is a cachophony consiting of 43 bells and 32 life sized figures re-enacting 16th tales including a knightly joust.
It was also the last weekend of Oktoberfest whilst we were there, and… um… how can I put this? It was a zoo.
We never made it into the fest fairgrounds, but did make it into the legendary Hofbrauhaus, and… um… how can I put this again? Oh yeah, a zoo. Not a bad thing, mind you, just thousand upon thousands of beer drinking, sausage devouring, stein swinging revelers. Was quite the experience, JUST to see it.
Just because we didn’t get to experience the TRUE Oktoberfest pagentry, it didn’t stop us from sampling the some of the more healthier Munich cuisine, pig’s knuckles and beer.
It was a wonderful week in Austria and Germany. Yes, I sang a bit, had a few beers and a few sausages...but I did NOT eat pigs knuckles. We met some nice folks on this tour and Ray forgot to mention that he picked up a Black Forest Cuckoo clock to go along with my Venetian chandelier from last year!
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