Day 11 - Munich

Dec 24th - Christmas Eve Day! Our accomodation in Munich is a a hotel, but we do have a breakfast included, and wow what a breakfast spread it is! The eggs definitely not up to par with Jan's, but plenty here to fuel us up for a day of walking!


Glockenspiel



First stop off of the S-Bahn was to Marienplatz, for our, ahem... final Christmas Market. I'm sure Rob is thrilled to see these come to an end :) The Marienplatz is yet another pretty square flanked with great architecture including the Altes Rathaus (old town hall) with it's famous Glockenspiel - unfortunately we weren't around at the right time for either of the two daily performances entertaining the crowd below.

After a couple hours of walking, we had our fill - and the market was closing up at 2:00 anyway. We think in Germany, Christmas Eve is the time everyone celebrates wih family, so most things would be closing up early. We also wanted to stop into the Augustiner Bierhalle close to Marienplatz to sample their brews since they were closing up at 3:00 and are alos closed on Christmas Day. So we had a quick stop in there, and were not diappointed - good atmosphere & great beer.


At Augustiner


After another walk-about, we knew we were limited on dinner options...but knew that the Hofbrauhaus (a gigantic, mostly toursit packed beer hall) was open, so we wandered in, found a seat at one of the tables & ordered up some dinner. Being our first time in Munich, we defintely needed to check this place out, and we were happy to have something open, even if it was touristy. We made it an early Christmas Eve night, and headed back to the hotel.

Marienplatz

Marienplatz

Beers for the day: Augustiner Edelstoff Helles, Augustiner Dunkel, Hofbrau Original, Hofbrau Dunkel, Hofbrau Weiss