Monday, March 10, 2014

Plate-lickingly good!

The streets of downtown Munich are filled with outdoor dining opportunities and some of the streets even allow car and bus traffic to get people to and fro. We walk as it is a very friendly walking town and we have no fear of the streets after dark as they are filled with friendly people and we go to bed by midnight anyway so maybe miss any crazies that lurk in the shadows.

The temperature was in the mid 80's on this balmy August 2013 evening when we found the restaurant we had been looking for.


This was the place and the outdoor tables were packed. We had to eat so we found a table with just one German gentleman dining alone and asked (in German) if we could share his table. He was well on his way through his meal. He's still sitting at the table when I start the next video but he soon left.
We sat under a big tree as it was a shade cooler there. We usually go to Bavaria in either May or September which are cooler months.

Here's the last video from our first day...



After dinner we strolled around, just soaking up the atmosphere, stopping here (or there) for a drink.
Sleep. Sleep. Sleep was a phrase ringing loudly and so we headed home to the Admiral on foot around 10 o'clock. A mini-bar beer was enjoyed on the silent balcony, high above the garden where we would enjoy our favorite breakfast in all the world the next morning before packing up the car and driving....driving the 125 miles (200K) to Bayreuth but with first a detour to Bamberg a scenic town with a famous cathedral (well at least everyone in Bamberg has heard of it). I had been there in 1972 when I lived in Nuremberg for 3 months. I had been there at night when it was foggy and my memory of it was equally foggy.....

4 comments:

  1. Love Munich! Jealous that you can go there so often. Wishing you well on your travels and on this blog.

    Wondering, re Crimean situation, whether there will be a new battle of Mundania...

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  2. German notes-Nachtisch means dessert or "afters" if you are British.
    Wir essen Draussen means we're eating outside.
    A travelogue...AND free German lessons! LOL

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  3. An entertaining read, my friend. Speaking of exotic travelogue I found a blog on Mundania Road. Some nice photos. http://thetreesaroundnunhead.blogspot.co.uk/2010/03/hail-hail-mundania.html

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  4. Mark Ramsden is a successful British author of imaginative and witty fiction novels. He's also a musician of considerable reputation in the UK. The Mundania he refers to is the street I used to live in, in Dulwich, London, home to the late Margaret Thatcher.

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