Munich = Beer.

Deutsch must also somehow translate into drunk, because that's all we've been here in Munich! We stayed at this hostel called Jaeger's, and it was full of Jaegermeister and cheap beer. Oh dear. We were in a 40 person dorm that was actually way cleaner than some of the other dumps we've stayed in, which was my first indicator that it was going to be a great couple of days here. Our first stop was a brewhouse (brauhaus), one of the best in Munich for food, Weisses Bierhaus. Amazing! We sat down outside and this cool girl asked if she could share our table because it was so busy. We all enjoyed some half-liters of wheat beer (weiss beer) which was so dangerously delicious. If you're ever in Munich, get the Weiss Kristall beer...awesome! Also made our way through the Hofbrauhaus, which was sheer insanity. Liter beers splashing all over, as this traditional German band rips it up. Loves it.

We made friends with these two crazy Norwegians from our dorm room, who had met a bunch of Americans and Swedes on a bike tour, so we all headed out to this wicked place called Kultfabrik. Along the way we somehow picked up this weird Jordanian businessman, but Team Scandinadian (Swedes, Norwegians, Canadians...oh yeah) ditched him on the Americans. Anyways, Kultfabrik is basically Munich's club district, but the best part is that there are 25 clubs/bars/lounges all in one place! Again, something every city should have. It was Granville Street but with way more variety, and no cover at most of the places. A different vibe in every place. We walked out of the clubs and into a cab and the sun was definitely coming up - oh Munich! Had this really intense American girl tell us how the weird Jordanian guy changed her life or something...kind of weird, but we were all ready for bed anyways so we just left.

We had made plans to go see the Neuschwanstein castle at 9am, but would have had to stay up for another day in order to make it back for the free bike tour at 4pm. 0/1 on the Castle (more on that later). The bike tour was absolute craziness! This American/German guy decided to start up this company, where he provides free bike tours of the city, and even gives you the bike. We stopped at all the major landmarks, got some cool history on Hitler and Munich, and got taken to the second largest beer garden in Munich, which seated 9500 people. The Chinese Tower garden (in English Gardens...like a Central Park) was an awesome place, where beer flowed like water. Some chugging contests took place, and Bernard being the awesome drinker he is, demolished everyone and got praised left and right for his insane ability to chug. One of his finer moments which I'm sure you will hear about endlessly (kidding!). We'll hopefully get the video up soon, it was a pretty sick chug. Nisha if you're reading this...I want to see you two go head to head still! Also in the English Gardens is a place called the Nudist Meadows...you can guess what goes down there. Nekked sunbathers everywhere, and apparently there are two regulars they call Tripod and RoboCock. Hilarious stories, probably not meant for everyone's ears, so I'll tell you if you want to hear about it.

We all left the biergarten slightly tipsy, and got told that the German police don't take too kindly to PUI (pedalling under the influence). And it's for real! You can get fined for bicycling drunk. Ash, you'd better watch yourself here! Anyways, our bike tour was crazy packed - we had Canadians (Otown, Tdot, MISSION!), Americans, Aussies. Great fun. Most of us were staying at the same hostel so we all hit a pub crawl afterwards and got freakishly ripped. I don't think anyone made it to the last bar. Great fun with some great kids.

Signing off from Germany for a bit. Off to Prague (Praha) then into Berlin, then eastern europe. So excited!

Lots of love!