12th September Munich

 ** So why is this day different to all other days? Those of you who recognise the source of this, smile, the rest just know that this morning, in fact in about an hour, I meet up with my Tash and Jeremy. Can't wait. They have been hiking the foot hills of the Austrian Alps while I have been challenging the high stairs of many museums.

** Courtesy of my hotel, every morning fresh coisants and really great coffee out of a really great automattic coffee machine. The coffee machine is available 24/7. 

** Having hit 3 museums yesterday, I am taking it easy today walking around the Munich old city with my Tash, and fiance, Jeremy. We had lunch in the local market; they had a vegetsble soup with a kneidles, and I had a chilli concarni, but it came without the chilli. I had pour about 1/4 bottle of tabasco in, just to give it a bite.

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** Boring stuff alert

There is something about the words 'Munich' & 'Beerhall' that are so random and sound so innocent, yet when put together and then placed into a specific chronological context, they become exceedingly frightening. In 1923, Adolf Shickelguber, at a beerhall in Munich, attempted a coup d'etat, a move that saw him end up in jail, that saw him write down his thoughts, and then slowly over the next eleven years rise to be the most powerful person in German. Click here for more details

End of boring stuff 

Tash tells me that this Munich beerhall is one of the largest and famous of Munich beerhalls. It can apparently sit 5000 people. I walked around it and I think that that figure is correct.

So here are Tash, Jeremy and I trying to down 1 1/2 litres between us, and they still want to order 2 litre glasses afterwards

Beautiful ceiling in the Munich beer hall

Me, taking the piss out of a very large salt pretzel.

The umpapa band in the beer garden at the back

Tash & Jeremy drinking their 1 litre beer glasses

More views of old Munich 

Tash & I eating pickles. Mine was much tastier than hers

Munich May pole

A most amazing nespresso holder

House covered with ivy-type plants

Very obvious Gothic style

Tomb of the unknown soldier

The Knight in battle armor is from the 14th century. His name was Johann Graf von Wertheim & he died in 1407.

What looks like Roman columns but no one seems able to further enlighten me

Beautiful sub dial

The clock on the Neo-gothic town hall

The skies above Munich are so busy with commercial & otherwise jet flights

I ended up taking tash & Jeremy to the burger joint I went to last evening, but Tash ended up picking up the bill. She discovered that the small dish that the dipping sauce came in, was in fact edible.