Germany - and specifically Munich - was Patrick's favorite part of the trip, as you may see in the trips for the next few days as we go on a "beer tour" around Munich. Weltenburg Abbey was one stop on our tour, and it has the reputation of potentially being the oldest monastery brewery in the world. (We intended to go to the other monastery brewery that contests this, but spent too long drinking at Weltenburg to make it...)
This was also our first day with our rental car (Patrick's new favorite thing: a beautiful 4-series BMW convertible) driving on the autobahn. Unfortunately the driving itself wasn't so much fun today: the entire distance we needed to go was under construction and took us a LONG time. Weltenburg was a pretty place, though, and we enjoyed the walk around the abbey. I'm told the beer was good, although not quite as good as Andechs the day before. Also, a tip we learned here for anyone who may be making a similar trip: "raddlers" are currently in style here. It's not an obscure style of beer like we thought it was; it's a beer mixed with Coke, Sprite or some other soda. Its very strange.
We also spent a little bit of time wandering around in Munich, and saw the famous Glockenspiel.
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