Saturday, October 4, 2008
After a nice German breakfast, we put together a game plan for the day. Rick was headed out to meet a friend of his. Robbie and David were headed back to the festival to see if they could get into a big tent, and I planned to do nothing. (are you surprised?) I did some Wall Street homework and added some thoughts and pics to my blog at a local internet café.
I then headed towards the town center to check out the sights and the infamous Glockenspiel. Oh, and the Hofbrauhaus, the world’s largest bar/restaurant. Hitler held some of his meetings there.
The lines were huge, even at noon-thirty. I called Rick and let him know my location and sat down to people watch. When Rick arrived we decided to have a beer at Munich’s Hard Rock Café, across the street from the Hofbrauhaus. When David and Robbie showed up they were intent on getting into the Hof. They returned a short time later and said they found a back entrance. We jumped at it and indeed we got into a fantastic place. I will attempt to capture a bit of the atmosphere with my pics, but you really have to be there. Enjoy.