Biergarten = fun times

PG-13 rated:
wow...so there were only five rules on the pub crawl: 1.) must stay vertical 2.) must stay awake 3.) all beer must stay down once it goes down 4.) no dropping a beer and 5.) no making a complete idiot out of yourself. Well, I came close. Carlyn estimates I consumed 3.5 liters of libations last night, quite a feat. We started the tour with some friendly bonding at the Euro Youth Hostel bar, where we met up with about 20 other eager drinkers from the US. a group from Missou, a couple Purdue grads and some SoCals. What a fun group. Everyone was itching to drink so after an hour in the bar, we walked to the Augustiner biergarten, the third largest biergarten in the world, about 5,000 people! It was packed, even though it was a tuesday. 2 liters later, we hobbled over to a second biergarten, I can't remember the name, and chilled for another hour and a half while feasting on pretzels and drink. Because Munich does not have an "open container law," Carlyn was able to carry her drink around from bar to bar without fear: geeze, why can't Charlottesville be as accomodating?
the night ended around 1, and tired and tipsy we found our way back home...quite the night!
This morning, we walked around town once more. They have to change the tune on the Glockenspiel chimes in my opinion, it gets a bit old! Hilarious though how everyone stands around watching these tiny figurines dance around the clock! You would think someone was performing some death defying stunt on top of the building, and everyone was waiting for the splat! But no...just a bunch of tourists staring in wonder at a large clock, kind of odd. We got lunch at a GREAT shop in the "rich part of town". I'm out of time on the comp. Off to Venice! Hope everyone is doing great!