1 June 2016
Beer
Eating Schnitzel at a Munich beer hall
My day started really early, 4:15am. The fire alarm went off in the hotel, a regular event apparently.
So I got fully dressed and went for a walk rather than stand out on the street with 500 people and a few fire engines.
At this time, trains are still coming in and out of the main station, I spent the 30 minutes before the false alarm was declared studying the plans for the station upgrade and playing with the automatic ticket machines whilst eating a freshly made pretzel.
As soon as I went back to sleep it was time to wake up and go to work, down at the station this time I saw some real police pushing a black guy around who was kind of play fighting with them. Except these were real police carrying a machine gun. Once the 4 cops successfully kicked and shoved him across the main road they just left him on that side and wandered back.
So all I can think of is our black friend with all the gold jewellery and a white leather jacket is not allowed in the station?
After a long day of work, which involves standing all day and barely moving, it was time to head out to a beer hall and sample the local brew with a refreshing schnitzel!
Brewhouse number one seems to be in an industrial area of sorts. I dont know if they still make anything here, if its old or new buildings.
But it was so busy inside there was no chance of getting a seat, time to move on.
The path to beer hall number 2 crossed over the tracks. No rain this afternoon despite very threatening clouds. It is quite warm and I guess a little humid, hence the thundery looking clouds.
Beer house number 2 is much bigger than number 1, and if you include inside and the expansive outdoor seating areas, it can seat 2500 people!
So I decided to have a beer.
Its actually 0% alcohol beer, I was amazed they even had such a thing. I was hesitant in ordering it in case there was a mandatory jail term to be served.
Maybe its a concession to tourists and children who want to visit a beer hall and not drink beer.
Just as surprising, I had a schnitzel. Not bad and reasonably priced for such a touristy location.
A bit later and having practiced at 4 in the morning, I purchased 4 rail tickets for my travel next week. From the machines you can buy tickets for multiple countries.
Then I continued walking for a couple of hours past the Lowenbrau brewhouse. This is a pub. Its huge!