Back to Munich, but this time without Oktoberfest. We didn't really see any of the city last time so we still have to see all the sites. The first day, we took a free walking tour like in Berlin, it was definitely worth it because you see the sites and hear the history of the buildings, the city, and Bavaria in general. By the way, Bavarians do not like to be called German, they are Bavarian. Sean called a lady German in a store and she very adamently replied that she was not German, but Bavarian. Bavarians don't really like Germans, and vice versa. Additionally, Germans outside of Bavaria hate the stereotype of old men drinking beer and eating sausage in lederhosen, this is strictly a Bavarian tradition. And we did try on lederhosen and I love them (birthday/Christmas hint) but they're very expensive, yet suprisingly comfortable. They cost about 180 euro for a good pair, so they're definitely not within our 40 euro per day budget.

The food here is my favorite that we've encountered in Europe, and I mean Bavaria as a whole, not just Munich. We met up with my friend Anna who lives here (I met her while she was an Au Pair in Indianapolis) and she told us things we had to eat. One of the dishes she recommended was leberkäse and it was phenominal. It was a flat loaf of some type of sausage and it had a fried egg on top of it, very good. But something I might like even more is the traditional München weisswurst, which is a white sausage, but they're served in porcelein bowls with hot water. And the Bavarian mustard that comes with the sausage is equally amazing. Enough about sausage, this place has the best beer in the world and they're served in huge one litre glasses called a "maß' or pronounced "mass". Munich has six main breweries, all of which are known around the world and every bar in Bavaria has an allegience to one of these breweries and only serves one beer.

The city was nice to walk around, pretty much the same as most Bavarian cities but bigger, with huge cathedrals and city halls scattered around the city. Suprising to me, Munich has the largest city park in the world, bigger than even Central Park in New York. The second day we were here, Anna walked us around and gave us a second tour of the city in parts we hadn't seen in our first walking tour. So thanks to Anna for the tour, and we'll also have to apologize to her for insisting on walking everywhere because we didn't want to buy a day pass for the metro. And by the way, it is absolutely freezing here, apparently one of the colder Octobers they've had in this area. Regardless, I love Bavaria and I love Munich, this is place I want to come back to, but maybe next time in the summer.