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Munich "Bavarian" culture evening

Posted by (Stockbridge, GA, USA) on

I am planning a trip for high school students to Munich, most likely in April for spring break, and am wondering if anyone could recommend one of those Bavarian folk evenings in the city. When I went to Munich for the first time as a student, we went to one of those and I enjoyed it.

I know in one of Rick's shows, he went to a folk evening in the Tyrol, that's the sort of thing I would be interested in: Lederhosen, playing a saw like a musical instrument, that slap-dancing that they do. Any recommendations?

Posted by
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David, I don't know how long ago you were a student - do you really think today's teenagers would enjoy something corny like that? Maybe for about 10 minutes....and they wont even be lubricated with beer. I have four teenage grandchildren, I simply can't picture them enjoying this kind of entertainment. Maybe if it were part of an outdoor festival someplace where you could stop for a few minutes and watch - but in a Gaststube crowded with beer drinking tourists? My recommendation is to rethink the whole thing. I can totally understand your problem on what to do with the kids of an evening but there's got to be something better than folk dancing. Also, April is not that far away for planning a trip like that....I bet the Munich website has an event calendar for next year already. Does someone in your group speak German? Good luck with your planning! Anna

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I'd suggest a side trip to Garmisch and maybe Mittenwald. Many sights there of course, among them the Fraundorfer Inn, where Bavarian Folk Evenings take place every night but Tuesday. Round trip by train from Munich on a Bayern ticket daypass for 5 people would cost about 6 Euros per student.

http://www.gasthof-fraundorfer.de/englisch/Restaurant_e.html

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Thanks for the input so far.

Yes, we have a German speaker in the group (I'm the German teacher at my high school). So navigating some of the smaller sites or off-beat locales shouldn't be a problem.

Anna; you have a point about the folk thing. I ate that stuff up, but then again, I was mildly obsessed with German culture. Hence, the major in college and now teaching it. I think you might be right about doing something more low-key, such as finding something outdoors that we could pop in on and then leave after about a half hour.

Russ; I like the idea of side-tripping. Maybe dropping in on one of those small towns would be the way to see "typical Bavaria," and give them some photo opportunities.

Anyone else with Munich advice, especially for a group of high school aged travelers? My main goal is to do a lot during the day so that by the evening they're ready to retire to the hostel and write postcards or play cards by about 9-10pm.

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Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right? So go online, so what the companies advertising HS-age tours to Germany do, and copy it.

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