May first is a holiday in Germany (one of about 15 fixed ones). We slept in a bit and left the house at 10:30 headed for a little adventure.
First we hit a Renaissance Fair near Heilbronn at Burg Stettenfels. It was super crowded and somewhat expensive, so we just looked around and left. We had already walked around that caslte once, but it was neat to see the people dressed in period costumes with tents and stuff around a real castle.
Next we hit Nürenberg. As we came into town, some protesters were protesting so the cops detoured us. The leftist/communists/socialists/europeans love to protest on May 1. We toured the castle and saw the deep well demo, then walked downtown a bit. Then we went out the the Zepplen field that was Hitler's rally spot. You know this one from the big Nazi symbol that was taken down in WWII.
Then we headed over toward Munich to the oldest brewery in the work, Weihenstephaner in Freising. They had a nice little beergarden terrace with good food and great beer. We liked the food and I liked the beer.
Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier : tasty, one of the better ones. Andi says "Not too memorable, not a standout, not my kind of beer." I say it was fine.
Weihenstephaner Dunkel : Ok, but nothing super terrific. Andi says " It was wet" whatever that means. "Not dry, thirst quenching, and wet" ???
Weihenstephaner Original Helles: Ok, but the hefeweissbier was better.
Weihenstephaner, the oldest brewery in the world.
The brewery was really not much to look at from the outside.
