logos - you're cracking me up. I've been wanting to take some rust off my German, you gave me the incentive since I had to look up a few words!

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The full text can be found here: :-)
http://www.geocities.com/ha_hammer/diewanneistvoll.htm

Leaving on our beer safari to Bamberg and Munich in a mere 48 hours...enjoying the suggestions. :)

Try this:
AUGUSTINER BRÄUSTUBEN
Landsberger Straße 19

Oh my - I see I have ALOT to learn on this forum. Thanks for many thoughtful and amusing suggestions - especially on the beer front! ;)

Will certainly try AUGUSTINER BRÄUSTUBEN. Thanks for the tip.

>>>>>>Hofbrauhaus
The Hofbraeuhaus is a nightmare! Waste of time.<<<<<

Totally agree. Take a picture of the facade; that's all.

somebody's got a lot of free time and MAD foreign language skills! ;-) you win, Dieter!

If you only had 24 hours in any town, would you at least want to hit some highlights that'd give you a topical frame of reference to discuss your visit with others who had traipsed down the same path?

If you want to enjoy all the madness the town has to offer, Faschingsdienstag, February 20th 2007 is the day to be in Munich. You might get scared, how all those people suddenly behave. :-). I have seen people "staring in disbelief". What's going on here?

We went to the Hofbrauhaus and had a good time, but it is definitely a crazy, touristy place. I don't think I would choose it if we were only in town for 24 hours though. Too many other great places. You might consider a walk through though, just to experience it - LOL. You can wander all around without anyone really noticing since it is such a busy, crazy place.

A little restautant we really liked is the Andecher am Dom - it is a small restaurant a block off Marienplatz (the main square in old town), right behind the Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady - I think that is the correct English translation). The beer served is from the Anchech's brewery outside of Munich and is very good. They have a nice outdoor seating area and tastey food. Others on this board recommended it as a good place close to the center of things and they were absolutely correct.

logos - we ate at the Hirschgarten a few times while we were there. Then I read about the meat scandal and it sort of grossed me out. All that stuff has been cleared up though, right?

>All that stuff has been cleared up though, right?
Last wednesday 8 tons were found in Munich and 1.5 tons in Aschaffenburg yesterday. Looks like finally they're doing their homework. However I'm sure it won't happen twice at the same place.

Meat scandal? Please do tell!

It's been all over the papers during the last half year. Hundreds of tons of rotten meat being sold by Munich and Bavarian Forest companies. It's just the top of the iceberg but now it finally seems things are moving!

Ewwwww, I guess it's not newsworthy in Canada - first I heard of it. Thanks for the heads up.

Logos,

Do Germans really love Chevy Chase, or are you pulling our fingers?

Starfish, walk through the Hofbrauhaus, but stop somewhere else for the food & beer.

>love Chevy Chase
Germans love those real life, realistic doctumentaries, Chevy Chase made. "National Lampoon" is just a great picture of real, down to earth american everyday life. The "european holiday" movie was very interesting too... It's to Germans what "The Sound of Music" is to Americans. ;-)

We enjoyed Schloss Nymphenburg, Marienplatz and, because we enjoy impressionist art, the Neue Pinakotek, which is on the route toward Nymphenburg.

For restaurants, we loved the Andechser Am Do JCorea mentioned, and the Hackerhaus on Sendlingerstrasse, just off Marienplatz. Great food and beer and old world german feel.

I liked the Hackerhaus too. It was a really neat place. We sat outside because it was so darned hot, but I walked through and it is a terrific place inside. My husband really enjoyed the food, thought the beer was ok, but not terrific. My stomach was bothering me that day, so I wasn't a good judge of the food. I guess I will just have to go back and try it again :)