Tag: Bavarian food

Ambling for Beer in Oberammergau and Kloster Ettal

Ambling for Beer in Oberammergau and Kloster Ettal

  An Upper Bavarian Idyll   Rays of sunshine pierced the clouds above the marshlands of Murnau as the train trundled along the Loisach valley. As we dipped into the basin that cradles Oberammergau, the sun emerged in full splendour, illuminating the tusk-shaped Kofel that 

Kloster Andechs: And Blessed Be Thy Beer

Kloster Andechs: And Blessed Be Thy Beer

Kloster Andechs occupies a central place in the pantheon of German brewing. Founded by Benedictine monks in 1455, Kloster Andechs has been offering hospitality to weary pilgrims ever since. Now run by the Benedictine Abbey of St. Boniface in Munich, Kloster Andechs is the largest