Munich

So, before leaving on this trip, I did not even realize that me and my friends would be visiting two of the most famous beer capitals in the world, Munich and Prague. The first stop on our trip was Munich, home to the famous Oktoberfest. The first night we were there, we went to the famous Haufbrauhaus, which is a very old, massive beer hall and restaurant. I had some delicious piece of pork w/ dumplings and my friend Matt got the pig knuckle. It was delicious and so was the beer (which is only served in 1 liter Stein mugs). We met up w/ my roommate Mike at the hostel, since he was on a separate flight, and went to a local bar. We met several Americans there and had a good time talking with them. The next day, we were on our way to meet a bike tour when a man named Lenny approached us, telling us all about his free bike tour and pointing to his spot in Rick Steve's Munich book (page 33 if I remember correctly). We were weary at first, but the bike tour ended up being amazing. Lenny had a great attitude and mixed in jokes w/ actual history to make the tour really fun. In the middle of the tour, we stopped at a beer garden and had beer and another delicious meat and potatoes meal. Once the bike tour was over, we took a nap and went out to a Munich club with some people we met at our hostel. That night, we were able to watch the UNC-Villanova game between 3-5AM in the next door hostel lobby (since their internet worked). The next day we went on a "Beer Challenge" which is a guided tour through the most famous beer halls in Munich. In total, we visited 4 places, and learned about each type of beer we drank along the way. We also learned the official German toast, it's history, and the most famous German drinking song. That night, we got some rest and in the morning got on a train to Vienna.