Intellectual Ferment of a Different Kind
Introducing Garmisch-Partenkirchen Down south in Bavaria the ice-blue lakes amid contoured hills collide with the rugged and craggy Karwendel and Wetterstein massifs, jagged peaks that are among Germany’s highest. The result: grand landscapes with verdant foothills and geranium-bedecked chalets against a backdrop of limestone …
~The Lay of the Land~ Munich. Beer gardens. And beer hiking. Three things I can’t get enough of. Put them all together and you have a ramble that takes you to some of Munich’s most beloved and most illustrious beer gardens. For years I’d …
The rush of cool mountain air was bracing as I stepped off the train on the banks of the Schluchsee. A short bus ride later and I’d be in front of an old beer wagon laden with barrels, the coral-coloured Rothaus brewery rising up in …
Suppose you have finally made your way to Munich to try all of those harmoniously brewed helles lagers, Bocks, and Hefeweizens. Supposing, too, that you ventured further afield to the iconic breweries that ring Munich, such as Kloster Andechs, Weihenstephan, and Ayinger. What’s the next …