Eating (and drinking) our way around Munich!

In September of 2009, Chris and I traveled to Munich, Germany, for Oktoberfest. We LOVED it. We not only went to Oktoberfest, but we also explored Munich and a few small places outside the city. The food, and of course the beer, really stood out. I love German beer, especially weissbier, or wheat beer. Most of the German breweries offer a weissbier, and it is typically served by the half liter. Regular German beer is usually served by the liter.

At Oktoberfest, they do not allow people to walk around with beer. This is most likely because all the beer is served in glass mugs or steins, and therefore they want you to keep those within each beer tent. Stealing of these glass steins is common, but private security is tough watching over the exits of each beer tent.

In addition to the many large beer "tents" (they are really like big convention halls with bare wood floors and lots of picnic tables), Oktoberfest is filled with amusement rides and many, many food stalls. There were so many great treats from the giant donut I'm eating in the picture above to a variety of brats (including those sold by the 1/2 meter) to candied apples and chocolate covered fruit.