To get a feel for the city we took a 3 hour "Best of Munich" bus tour which included the town center, stops at the Olympiapark where the 1972 Olympics were held, and a stop at the Schloss Nymphenburg palace and gardens. The latter is a huge complex of buildings and gardens dating back to the 1660's. Unlike Prague, we did not stop to look at any particular churches (Carol got burned out in Prague with all the churches I wanted to see there).
The highlight of the day was going to the most popular beer hall in Munich, the Hofbrauhaus. Established as a court brewery in 1589 by Wilhem V, it was opened up to the general public in 1830. Its ground floor hall has a seating capaciy of 1000, the 1st floor above it can hold another 1300 and it has an outdoor courtyard which holds several hundred more. We managed to find a place in the courtyard where a German band was playing. We enjoyed a good German meal and I found their locally brewed Hofbrauhaus Original beer to be a very good pilsner. Carol was not up to one of the large steins of beer (aka Bavarian Holy Water) and she stuck with some good Riesling wine. What else could have been more appropriate that to spend Father's Day in a German Bier Garten?
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