Ah…Munich. Dunkel beer, plump bratwurst sausage and huge pretzels.
The Marienplatz had changed considerably from the time I visited in January 1990, at the tail end of a ski trip in the Austrian Alps. The old gothic/baroque buildings were still there – but now those historic structures are a backdrop to the extensive commercialization of all of the plazas throughout the city. The Hofbrauhaus was not quite as I remembered it – but the atmosphere was still lively with a great oom-pah band.
