Day 3: Munich and Dachau

John and Peg rented a car with which we drove 30 minutes to Dachau to see the house where Mom and Dad lived in 1947. It was fun to see Dad gradually remember specific places: where he had an office, the butcher up the stream, the stairs to the building housing the local HQ. We said, "It must have been nice for Mom to be able to walk right into town from here." Dad chuckled and said, "You have to remember: there weren't any shops open then! There was no activity like that at all!" Amazing to contemplate.

We drove on to Freising, home of the Weihenstephan Brewery, which is credited with the first ever addition of hops to boiled malt, i.e. just a little thing called THE INVENTION OF BEER AS WE KNOW IT. (Yay!) All around the campus there was the most wonderful scent of wort in the air. At the restaurant I had a Tafelspitz (boiled beef) that was the meal of the trip so far. And we had some beer: in addition to the standard excellent weizen, there was a Winterfest, a Weizenbock, and a Doppelbock: all delightful.

The "Mae West" statue in Munich. I like it!

Three words: "Liquid Strudel Cocktail". How can you not??