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Bike tour around the city

September 22, 2013 jsoarestravel Leave a comment

Bike tour around the city
Munich, Germany

Munich, Germany

Sunday,
Sept 22nd: Bike tour around Munich

We rode through the English Gardens, past the Residences and a few other
monuments I no longer remember the importance of. Lunch was at yet another beer
garden. Apparently vegetables and fruit are non-existent. Today I had the
weissbier (white beer) from Hofbrau. Weiss beer is definitely my favourite.
After the tour, it was back to the grounds! This evening we went into several
tents but had our drinks in Nymphenburg Sekt tent (the wine tent). I had a
local white wine, and then the Paulaner weissbier. The hardest part for me was
that I am not super pushy, so to find a table and ask people to join them was
difficult. The atmosphere however is fantastic! So much fun with the live
bands! We ended up with another couple of Aussies, Gemma and Mike, and then
several Germans. Chantelle told us that the best time to go is at night, and
she is totally right.
(Fun fact 2017- I am still in some contact with Gemma)

Beer Garden for lunch

Live music everywhere

Government building

Damage from the war

Residences

Riding the wave in the English Gardens

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Beer, sausage and sauerkraut

September 21, 2013 jsoarestravel Leave a comment

Beer, sausage and sauerkraut
Munich, Germany

Munich, Germany

Saturday, Sept 21st:

Oktoberfest begins! 6:30am…I have NEVER woken up this early to stand in line
for beer!

We caught the 7:30am shuttle into the grounds, and got in line for
Schottenhamel tent (where the Mayor taps the keg at noon to begin the festivities.
We didn’t get into the tent itself, but we did manage to get into the beer
garden outside. Jen, Isabella and Jeremy (Aus) and Ryan and Nicole (NZ) were at
our table. We also had some very loud NYers who were rather annoying,
complaining about everything until the beer started flowing. While we sat
waiting (from about 10am) we ate wurst and sauerkraut (yum!!) For those that
like Lagers, this is the place to be. For Oktoberfest, the brewers (today we
had Spatenbrau) make their beer stronger, up to 10%. The servers are very
impressive, carrying up to 12 steins (one litre each) at time. They will be
ripped by the end of the fest! Needless to say, we were done by about 4pm.

Main tent where the whole festival begins

Pretzels!

Wurst and sauerkraut

Ein Prosit

Servers can carry up to 10 beers (each 1 L)

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Oktoberfest 2013

September 20, 2013 jsoarestravel Leave a comment

Oktoberfest 2013
Munich, Germany

Munich, Germany

Friday, Sept 20th:
First things first, the Europeans are not accustomed to traveling in comfort! It was one of the longest 20 hours of my life on the coach ride to Munich. Naturally, I did not sleep. How could you in a full bus that is just as uncomfortable as any airplane. Thankfully we stopped every 3.5-4 hrs (to switch drivers) Where are the semi-camas from South America??

Anyways! Once in Munich, we went down to the Marienplatz (the festival starts tomorrow (Saturday)). I met some new people, including Jen, from Whitby, Ont. We ended up walking down Tal street in search for Dirndls. We found some, which were a little more expensive than I was planning on spending, but it is better quality than the cheap ones. Might as well have something I like!