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Our visit to Southern Germany and Austria,(Munich, Fussen, Regensberg, Salzburg and Dachau)

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This was our first trip to Europe and we loved it! We have already decided to make another trip: however, to an English-speaking country, particularly England! We struggled with the lack of answers to questions we posed as we needed guidance on trains, buses, and cabs. I felt our lack of German and the German's lack of interest in speaking English made for uncomfortable situations when we needed help!

We were also surprised by the number of bees we encountered everywhere we dined and in every town we dined! it appeared this nuisance put nobody off.
We also were intrigued that windows were open with no screens in place, we were not sure why.
The countryside was beautiful, the food was good and fairly priced, historically we were in awe of the buildings and museums and we met some wonderful people along the way!

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Great deal of European countries don’t put screens on their windows. In travels to France, Belgium, England, Austria, Ireland, Netherlands, Germany rarely encountered window screens.

Had a very different experience in Germany. It was decades ago but when in Munch in 1972 a woman on the tram heard us discussing which way we thought the Hofbrau house would be. An older woman had heard us. When we came to stop she touched my arm, smiled and gestured. A universal gesture of “ follow me.” My boyfriend and I did.
10 minutes later we were at the entrance to the Hofbrau House. She smiled again, we tried to get her to join us but she shook her head and walked away.

That was 52 years ago and I still remember the kindness. That and fact I bought a Hofbrau mug that I lugged around for the remainder of the trip. Still have it. Filled with pennies.

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I first went to Hofbrauhaus as a college student in 1970. That was back when the locals spent nights there with tourists. We all locked elbows and rocked back and forth to the oompah music. And we only bought one beer (en mass) the whole night. It was one of the great nights of my life.

That was in kinder, gentler times. I still want to get over to Andechs to toast a few with "the brothers."

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