Wednesday, after we'd done a bit of shopping, we went to Marienplatz at noon to watch the Glockenspiel do its thing. Everyone seemed to stop and watch the centre tower of the Rathaus where figures act out Munich's history.
From there, we went to what we thought was an organ concert in St. Michael's church. Actually, it seemed to be a sermon bookended by a couple of pieces played on the organ. Regardless, the inside of the church was worth seeing and it was lovely to hear the organ. The sermon on the other hand . . . ! Well, it was in German and I could only understand about half of it anyway.
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| Inside St. Michael's Church |
Finally, later in the day, we did what most visitors to this city do, we headed to the Hofbrauhaus. This is probably the most popular place to go in Munich and a "must do" on everyone's list. It wasn't nearly as crowded as when I was here 3 years ago but that had been on a Sunday of a holiday weekend. Still, there were lots of people including Bayern Munchen supporters who were heading to the Allianz Arena to watch a game against Leipzig. There was a guy and his grandfather at our table and it turned out the guy was from Abbotsford. Small world! Kath was a bit disappointed to find out that beer is no longer served in the 3 litre Stiefel glasses - probably a good thing as I would not have been able to carry her home! Still, she enjoyed her 1 litre beer and my Radler (half that size) was good too. The band was entertaining playing typical German music. As an aside, we are not hearing very much Christmas music at all.
On the way back, Marienplatz looked fabulous and the market stalls were still open. Just behind the square we found a restaurant serving typical Bavarian fare - not a stretch in this town - and I had Schweinhaxe (pork shank) and Kath had Munchenwurst. It had been another great Bayerisch day.
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