One time I went to Munich. I ate more Bavarian brats than I ever considered humanly possible. I drank vats of delicious German beer. I ate so much creamy German milk chocolate. And I cried myself to sleep most nights of this trip. Beer, Brats and chocolate?! Sounds exceptionally wonderful, right? Why was a week …
Once upon a time in a far away land surrounded by bier, brats and more bier and brats I celebrated Oktoberfest the right way. By drinking vats of bier and ingesting thousands of currywursts for five days straight. I also slept in a soggy tent in a field smelling like mold and enjoyed not having …
This morning I had the most amazing orange juice. I have not had orange juice this good since 2007 when I was in Munich, Germany for Oktoberfest. Yes, the best orange juice I have ever had in my life was served to me in a tiny cafe in the Marionplatz. And randomly in Germany of all …
“Bitte ein Bier!” These words got me through Germany in 2007. Or maybe it was “Bitte ein Kaffe! ” Coffee and beer; two things the Germans do very well. Over the four days I spent in Munich I would have more than enough of both as well as Brats, German style potato salad, crackling pork knuckles, …