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Old 01-18-2010, 06:06 AM   #16
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Neuschwanstein does ring a bell (a castle, right?), but Hofbräuhaus????? If I were to translate it, Royal Brewery House?
Yes, it's a castle. It was built by Ludwig II (also 'the Swan King'). He was a very eccentric person and fond of extravagant fantasy castles.

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The Hofbräuhaus is a pub owned by a Bavarian brewery. I have no idea why tourists love to go there; probably because the atmosphere is almost the same as at the Oktoberfest.
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Yes, it's a castle. It was built by Ludwig II (also 'the Swan King'). He was a very eccentric person and fond of extravagant fantasy castles.

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The Hofbräuhaus is a pub owned by a Bavarian brewery. I have no idea why tourists love to go there; probably because the atmosphere is almost the same as at the Oktoberfest.
Well, when I visited Neuschwanstein I met some nice US Citizens who told me the truth: the castle is a replica of the one in Disneyland (or was it world?). Hehe. I had fun explaining the truth to them. Though they didn't believe me.

I do remember the Hofbraeuhaus - even if only vaguely. The beer they served there must have been off - at least one of them.

And yes, I will try and include Munich next time. Promised. But to my defence: the trip was planned way before I joined MR so I had no real reason to go. And the little free time I had was taken up by my Dad who decided to ruin the planning with his Bypass operation.
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Well, when I visited Neuschwanstein I met some nice US Citizens who told me the truth: the castle is a replica of the one in Disneyland (or was it world?). Hehe. I had fun explaining the truth to them. Though they didn't believe me.


glad you had a good time katti ! thanks for the photo of your very stylie dress. and it's true ; the three of you look like you could be twins.
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The Hofbräuhaus is a pub owned by a Bavarian brewery. I have no idea why tourists love to go there; probably because the atmosphere is almost the same as at the Oktoberfest.
I'll go and see the castle, but you can keep the pub... I tend to stay away from those as far as I can...

(If it were the brewery itself, I'd be more interested, as I do like to visit museums and such... I've been to Hooghoudt (distillery) once and it's awesome to see.)

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Oh very nice - did you enjoy South America? It is still on my travel list but somehow I'm always short of cash and even shorter of time.
We thoroughly enjoyed both Rio and Buenos Aires, especially BA. It's very European and friendly. We also took the ferry over to Colonia, Uruguay and found that to be very pleasant.

And, like you, both my wife and I managed to bring colds home with us which we are only now getting rid of.
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I have no idea why tourists love to go there;
ah-herm.... really? for many Americans it is the place that we are told was the start of the "bierhalleputsch" by hitler and the brownshirts.

but other than that it is a massively cool old HUGE bier hall! *whimper* I want radis and pork knuckles and a halb litre und pommefrittes!!!!
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ah-herm.... really? for many Americans it is the place that we are told was the start of the "bierhalleputsch" by hitler and the brownshirts.

but other than that it is a massively cool old HUGE bier hall! *whimper* I want radis and pork knuckles and a halb litre und pommefrittes!!!!
Oh well, yes, but tourists usually don't go there for historical reasons, they go there because of what you mentioned in the second part of your post And that is something you can have at many places all over the town (and way cheaper than at the Hofbräuhaus) ...

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Oh well, yes, but tourists usually don't go there for historical reasons, they go there because of what you mentioned in the second part of your post And that is something you can have at many places all over the town (and way cheaper than at the Hofbräuhaus) ...

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But I was right with my translation!

"The Hof (court) comes from the brewery's history as a royal brewery in the Kingdom of Bavaria."

Ha!
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ok, true drunken hofbrauhaus story.... I was in Munich for training, none of the people I was with were the "explorer" type, and my comfort level in Germany was about 90%. after MUCH badgering I finally convinced them to come to the "haus" one night for dinner. (hey! these guys would go to McDOnalds given a choice! I was doing REALLY well!) I ended up getting pretty well lubricated, and as we left to find taxis, the fountain looked REALLY good (it was summer). the fountain was basically ground level, ie it had no pool, all of the water drained immediately away. there were some either rectangular or ball shaped concrete *things* that formed the circle of the fountain. I decided that running through that fountain was the best damn idea in the universe right there and then and took off across it. back in the day I wore contacts and had not taken into consideration upwards pointing jets. I squenched my eyes and RAN LIKE HELL!!!! I figured the lack of water would indicate I could open my eyes. well... one of those damn concrete things did so first! I hit that thing at full tilt and it comes up to mid shin level. I went flying through the air, hit the ground on my belly and slid kind of beached porpoise like across the wet pavement, coming to a finish right at the door of a tourbus full of Japanese tourists.

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Oh, thanks so much for sharing this one kindlekitten. I needed a laugh. On top of it, it sounds like something I would do
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Now I know what not to do if I am ever in Muenchen again!
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What, going to a pub?
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Well, I might go to a pub, but I'll be the one to stay sober and talk my friends out of doing silly things. I'm the partymuffel.
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