When we arrived in München (Munich) from Berlin we made sure that we reserved a hotel the night before. The only catch was that check in wasn't until 2 in the afternoon and we arrived at 7 in the morning. We had some time to kill. Like most of our destinations we let our curiosity take over us and we set out to explore the town. First thing was first though, we needed something to eat after the long overnight train ride. We stumbled upon an outdoor market full of fruits, freshly baked breads and traditional Bavarian foods. We picked up a quick bite from the German market workers, who knew little English. We walked and ate making our way to the biggest park in München which was famous for nude sunbathers. We walked down the park path next to a small rushing stream. When we came to the main road, their was some movement in the water. When we came closer we realized that people were surfing on a concrete wave right by the overpass over the stream. Some were novice and could only make it on the wave a mere second, but there were a couple seasoned vets that lasted as long as they wanted. It was quite a show. After the excitement in the stream we made our way back into the park through a different entry. We walked by some Beer Gardens and restaurants that still hadn't been cleaned from the previous night. We walked a little further to a bench by the rushing water, and we both fell asleep. We were out for about two hours, afterwards just sitting around and people watching for another hour trying to kill some time. Our backs couldn't take the bench anymore, so we made our way into town for a quick lunch. We walked around being indecisive, and finally sat down at a authentic German restaurant. The server, who we think was also the owner, gave us some English menu's, that were significantly smaller than their German counterpart which he saw us struggling with. We ordered some pasta, because we couldn't pronounce anything else. We realized that this restaurant had a special of white bratwurst served in a small porcelain container. We wish we could have tried that, but the specials were written on a chalkboard in German in really sloppy handwriting, so that was out of the question. After lunch we made our way to the hotel we had booked the night before. We came to the train station looking for a map and saw a sign that said that the hotel was a 10 min walk. We started down the road and soon realized the sign was not telling the truth. After about 20 min. we arrived at our hotel, showered, got ready and headed back out. We walked by a Beer Garden on the way to our hotel named the Augustiner Keller Beir Garten. It is a very famous brewer/beer garten that used their profits to pay for rebuilding some of the buildings destroyed in WWII. We walked in and were met by a mob of people all sitting in a cafeteria type setting, getting drunk and eating great looking food. From the looks of things the only beer everyone was drinking were out of huge mugs called mass glasses. We hopped into the food and beer line and decided on a Curry Wurst with fries, a salad, and a couple huge beers. I was a little worried about the Curry Wurst, but it turned out delicious. The beer was great tasting and in great abundance. The beer tender was holding four beer bottle in between his fingers pouring them into four glasses at the same time, they knew what they were doing here. There were so many people drinking so much beer here, they actually have a worker on a small truck driving through the rows of tables, loading up the back with mass glasses every 5 min. We really enjoyed everything München had to offer, so we decided to stay another night. I really recommend visiting München.
When we arrived in München (Munich) from Berlin we made sure that we reserved a hotel the night before. The only catch was that check in wasn't until 2 in the afternoon and we arrived at 7 in the morning. We had some time to kill. Like most of our destinations we let our curiosity take over us and we set out to explore the town. First thing was first though, we needed something to eat after the long overnight train ride. We stumbled upon an outdoor market full of fruits, freshly baked breads and traditional Bavarian foods. We picked up a quick bite from the German market workers, who knew little English. We walked and ate making our way to the biggest park in München which was famous for nude sunbathers. We walked down the park path next to a small rushing stream. When we came to the main road, their was some movement in the water. When we came closer we realized that people were surfing on a concrete wave right by the overpass over the stream. Some were novice and could only make it on the wave a mere second, but there were a couple seasoned vets that lasted as long as they wanted. It was quite a show. After the excitement in the stream we made our way back into the park through a different entry. We walked by some Beer Gardens and restaurants that still hadn't been cleaned from the previous night. We walked a little further to a bench by the rushing water, and we both fell asleep. We were out for about two hours, afterwards just sitting around and people watching for another hour trying to kill some time. Our backs couldn't take the bench anymore, so we made our way into town for a quick lunch. We walked around being indecisive, and finally sat down at a authentic German restaurant. The server, who we think was also the owner, gave us some English menu's, that were significantly smaller than their German counterpart which he saw us struggling with. We ordered some pasta, because we couldn't pronounce anything else. We realized that this restaurant had a special of white bratwurst served in a small porcelain container. We wish we could have tried that, but the specials were written on a chalkboard in German in really sloppy handwriting, so that was out of the question. After lunch we made our way to the hotel we had booked the night before. We came to the train station looking for a map and saw a sign that said that the hotel was a 10 min walk. We started down the road and soon realized the sign was not telling the truth. After about 20 min. we arrived at our hotel, showered, got ready and headed back out. We walked by a Beer Garden on the way to our hotel named the Augustiner Keller Beir Garten. It is a very famous brewer/beer garten that used their profits to pay for rebuilding some of the buildings destroyed in WWII. We walked in and were met by a mob of people all sitting in a cafeteria type setting, getting drunk and eating great looking food. From the looks of things the only beer everyone was drinking were out of huge mugs called mass glasses. We hopped into the food and beer line and decided on a Curry Wurst with fries, a salad, and a couple huge beers. I was a little worried about the Curry Wurst, but it turned out delicious. The beer was great tasting and in great abundance. The beer tender was holding four beer bottle in between his fingers pouring them into four glasses at the same time, they knew what they were doing here. There were so many people drinking so much beer here, they actually have a worker on a small truck driving through the rows of tables, loading up the back with mass glasses every 5 min. We really enjoyed everything München had to offer, so we decided to stay another night. I really recommend visiting München.
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