Beer Gardens

Munich... the city where we fell in love with beer gardens.

Since we were visiting in September, it was almost Oktoberfest and the beer was exceptional. One of my favorite types of beer is a Radler, which is made of 1/2 lemonade and 1/2 light beer. However, since it's only half alcohol, my default was usually a Dunkel, the dark beer.

Beer gardens are great for the beer, the atmosphere and music, and the food! The boys loved the pork knuckles, which look like huge drumsticks. However, my favorite was the Weisswurst - the white sausages. They come boiled and are usually in a bowl of broth. You take them out of the broth, skin them, and dip them in the amazing sweet mustard sauce.

I think the beer garden in Munich was exceptionally memorable because we were starving after touring the Residenz (former palace) and the royal jewels.