The German Ways (April 21)

With our first full day in Munich, we decided to start it off with a tour of the city with our favorite company: Sandburg's New Europe. This is our favorite company because not only is it informative but it is also free! Of course, you have the option at the end to tip your guide, which even cheap asses like Jordan and I do, but it still comes out much cheaper than your average tour.

It is difficult to sum this tour up. It was like other tours, but the difference is the chilling recent past that some of these great locations have. For example, there is this very famous beer hall in Munich called The Hofbräuhaus. It serves delicous beer in a high energy enivorment. It is a popular spot for any tourist.

But then there is the eerie past. In the upstairs, in 1921 the Nazi party was formed right there. And it was one of the most popular pulpits for Hitler to speak in those early years to gain supports.

And there are many examples of this though out Munich, and so it leaves a different feeling than other tours we have been on.

All that said with 80% of Munich being destoried by Allied bombers during WWII, it is quite amazing to see how quickly Munich rebuilt after the end of the war.

Once our tour was over it was time to catch up on blogs with it being a cold and overcast day.

At the internet cafe, a yellow wallet was just staring Jordan in the face, that who ever had been at his computer before had left it there. Jordan peaked inside to see if he could find some ID, as he did his eyes came across €150! But due to Jordan and I being raised by great parents ;) we turned the wallet and all €150 in to the owner of the shop. I just hope his parents were as good as ours!

With supper time now upon us, Jordan and I met up with our Candian friend Alex to go eat some good German food and drink some good German beer!

And we did.

We ended up inside this very large, blue and white tent, with a stage on the far end and food and beer on our right side. We quickly ordered a liter of Augustina and a platter of all your best German cusine.

The platter consisted of pork, more pork, chicken, dumplings, cucumber & potato salad, gravy, and of course sour crout.

And we finished it all!

To make sure we finished it, we got a giant prezel and soaked and wiped our plates clean as if the prezel was an edible wash cloth.

Yum!

Of course desert was one more liter of Augustina.

Just a note: Jordan claimed that that was the most full he has ever felt. So he stuggled a bit to make it back to the hostel for our Monopoly Rematch. But like the Jordan we all know, he relieved his fullness by berping and farting full feeling away so as not to miss this highly atticapated rematch.

With fresh beer and a reset game board in front of us, Alex, Jordan, and I prepared for the battle and test of manhood that is Monopoly.

And since I felt bad for winning so comandingly last night, I decided to be the first one to run out of money ;) So it came down to Alex versus Jordan...and though Jordan put up a noble effort, Alex was the first to build hotels and that advantage proved to be too much.

But fun was had by all...except for probably Jordan who went winless in Monopoly two nights in a row.

There was a bit of talk between us three to find another place to enjoy the Munich nightlife, but after a short walk in the rain we decided to turn around and return to our hostel, where quickly it was realized that it was once again bed time.

And so we put an end to a very German day.