Oktoberfest may be all about beer, but I was also able to snag a coupla martinis at a bar that had, count it, one martini glass! The bartender needed a few instructions but for the most part, he was able to pull it off on his own. I did, however, 0ffer the most instruction when it came to keeping it dry!
And while the dollar is at an all-time low against the Euro, I was able to barter one UCLA baseball cap for two belonging to the bartender so I consider that not to be all that bad of a deal!
Beer. I did drink quite a bit of beer while in Munich, and we did learn Augustiner is the beer of choice of those with whom we spent our time at Oktoberfest.
Ultimately, Munich is a very easy city to figure out and get around by way of either the UBahn or SBahn. UBahn would be underground trains and SBahn surface? street? Anyway, not a problem.
In comparison to Berlin, Munich is a lighter city. Hard to describe but Berlin just has a darker feel to it; not dark as in sinister or depressing really, I don't know, maybe more intense...less happy so to speak.
Munich is definitely very bicycle friendly. Running along side every cobblestone style sidewalk is a paved area used as a bike lane and if there is not room on the sidwalk, the there always seems to be one along the traffic lances. I was able to get a couple of runs in along the Isar River due to the wide, tree-lined, black-top path that goes for miles. One afternoon I got in a 5 mile run; the other was a 3 miler.
In addition to the beer, there's little or no chance of getting away from carbo loading while in Germany. Bread, bread and more bread everywhere you go but lucky for me, I'm not opposed to bread in any form.
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