Munchen Part 2

We slowly made our way through the city of Munchen, taking photo after photo of the buildings and all the famous landmarks. Using our handy city map we picked up from the hotel, we found our way onto Orlando Strasse and saw the illuminated blue sign that reads “Hofbrauhaus” I stood under the signature HB with a crown and was filled with so much excitement.

Even though every person we have met in Germany says it is just a tourist trap, it was something on my list of things I wanted to do while I was in Germany. I am very ecstatic that I actually made it. Inside, the hustle and bustle of waitresses in leotards distracts your attention only because you don’t want to run into them carrying 9 steins of beer at once, the old deco of the building, there are paintings from the floor onto the ceiling. There are pictures of different generations all sitting at the Hofbrauhaus drinking. The tables look like they are the same tables since the hofbrauhaus has opened, are covered in carvings of names and dates of people who have visited before. At the Hofbrauhaus, everyone sits together. If there is no open table, join a table! We found one with a nice couple sitting at it. We said our hellos and ordered our 1 liter of beer each.

 At the table next to us, a young man leaned over and asked if we were from Australia. He spoke English very well; him and his cousin who was visiting from England became our temporary drinking buddies. They were even nice enough to take photos for us.

As they left, our table filled up with a German family that was out drinking. Everyone was there from the children to the grandparents all ordering a liter of beer each! We finished our 1^st liter, and ordered another one. In the background there was a polka band playing. Every other song it seemed like would wild up the Germans at the table. The family would start singing, banging on the table, and cheers everyone within arm’s reach. But of course it’s not cheers, its PROST! A fun little tid bit, it is bad luck in Germany if you clink glasses with someone without making eye contact. We learned very quickly that it is very difficult to clink glasses with a family and make eye contact with everyone! I was more worried of not actually touching glasses.

Oh well. By the end of our second liter, it was getting dark outside and the temperature was dropping as we sat, and we have a long walk back to the hotel. We said our goodbyes to the family and bundled up for the walk back. It was about -1 Celsius and snowing, but we were so warm from our beers it didn’t even bother us.

This is us walking home, can you tell we've been drinking?