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Frankenmuth, Michigan

Frankenmuth is a wonderful German themed town in upper Michigan. Its traditional styled Bavarian architecture is truly stunning. One of their claims to fame is the .

largest Christmas store in the world, Bronners. Sorry I didn’t take any pictures in Bronners, to be honest with you I didn’t even go in the store, my main focus was trying some German beer and German food. Strolling the main street and looking at restaurant menus, I came across the Bavarian Inn. They served one of my favorite German dishes, Jager Schnitzel. Jager Schnitzel is tenderloin of pork that is layered in breadcrumbs and cheese and than pan-fried to a golden brown and smothered in mushroom gravy. The real clincher was the Original Hofbrau (Munich) on draft. Hofbrau is a great Lager beer that would go great with my meal.
The meal was unbelievable, it came with soup, 3 different kinds of fresh baked bread, coleslaw, bean salad, cranberry salad, some other kind of salad, dressing, mashed potatoes with gravy, buttered pasta, hot vegetables and ice cream (I passed on the ice cream). Since I was here by myself
on business, the other patrons of the restaurant must of thought I was a bit strange taking pictures of my food and beer. Believe it or not all that food was for one person. The picture on the left was the first round of food, and the picture on the right was the second round, unbelievable! If you ever find yourself in upper Michigan, you’ve got to check out Frankenmuth and the Bavarian Inn.
Oktoberfest

Munich, Germany 

Although it’s been a few years since I was at the Oktoberfest, it’s is definitely one of my fondest memories of my stay in Germany. The Oktoberfest in Munich is the granddaddy of all beer fests. The fest, or as the Germans call it the Wiesn (short for Theresienwiese which means festival grounds), starts in mid September and concludes on the first Sunday in October.

Even though there is much to see and do at the Wiesn, like carnival rides and games, the biggest attraction is the big beer tents. Even though I didn’t hit all the tents, I visited most of the big ones and the atmosphere in every beer tent was festive with a good time had by all. The German bands keep the crowd’s upbeat and drinking a lot of beer.

The beer as you might of expected was superb; I didn’t have a bad beer in any of the tents. All of the tents I visited served huge litter mugs. The food was also excellent with many tents offering traditional German fair like roasted chicken, wiener schnitzel, knuckle of pork, suckling pig, huge pretzels and of course bratwurst.

The first tent we visited was the Hacker tent. The people at the table we visited treated us like family. The mood got so festive that people were standing arm and arm while swaying to the music. Every time the bandleader would raise his litter of beer and shouted prosit, the crowd would take a huge swig of beer. To give you an idea of the immensity of the beer tents, I’ve listed all 14 of the big tents with seating capacity and the brewery that serves the tents.

Read more about Oktoberfest History & Beer Tents
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