Thursday, January 11, 2007

Munich, Germany

On our way to Munich we stopped in a little town next to the Rhine River called St. Goar (Dec. 27, 2006). The area was actually very nice, I was too sleepy in the morning to take a picture but thanks to the Internet here we where:
That night we went to this white whine tasting inside of a cave!!!! The wine was good but it was cold!!!! Here we are (for some reason I have bunch of pictures of use drinking but hey what can I do about it now?):

We saw this very interesting Jägermeister dispenser at the hotel bar and a giant beer stein (it keeps your beer cold). Go German engineering!!!









Once we finally got to Munich Orlando and I went exploring around the city and he found a street in his honor as you can see:


Here are some nice artsy pictures of the city. This is the town hall:

Here is the Frauenkirche (Cathedral of Our Lady) which is the most famous building in the city center and it's more than 500 years old!!!

There was also really good shopping (as you can see form the bag that I am carrying):

Here we are in one the biggest beer halls in Germany, Hofbrauhaus established in 1589. Basically it was this huge open hall with a bunch of pick nick tables full of people, even people who did not know each other!!! You just talked to whom ever was next to you, raised you glass and said cheers. Those are one full liter of beer!!!! This was definitely a very interesting way of spending our 3rd wedding anniversary.

I have to give it up for the band that was playing they really contributed to the atmosphere. I love their clothes!!!

Reggeaton sighting (if you have no idea what this kind of music is then check out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggeaton - yes someone actually took the time to research this stuff) - On our way back to the hotel Orlando and I where waiting for a street light to change when suddenly an SUV passes by with a Daddy Yankee song blasting from his rolled down windows. We just stared at each other and started laughing hysterically. I don't remember what song it was but it was one of the early ones completely in Spanish. To our surprise this was not the only time we would have such an encounter, more to come on that in later blogs.

1 comment:

Guillermo said...

Don't you think Bavarian music sounds like Northern Mexican music?
That's because much Mexican music is derived from Bavaria. Yes, I've a brother-in-law who is one of those researchers.