1.jpg | Glockenspiel in Marienplatz, Munich Germany. It chimes at 11am, noon, 2pm and 5pm daily. 2.jpg | Close up of the clock showing the jousting knights. They are reenacting a famous tournament that was held for the royal weddings that took place in Marienplatz in 1568. 3.jpg | Second stop was a Brauhaus in Munich. Beer and soup. 5.jpg | Jay bonds with the Weiss, an instant love relationship. German brewery laws limit the brewers to 4 ingredients barley, hops, yeast and water. 7.jpg | Beer and brats can be found anywhere and everywhere in Germany. 11.jpg | Religious and German related gifts in a shop window. 12.jpg | A rainy Munich city street. 14.jpg | A route leading to the symbol of Munich, the green topped towers of Frauenkirche. 16.jpg | Just outside of the the Residenz, a magnificent complex of buildings constructed by the powerful Wittelsbach family who ruled Bavaria for 800 years. 17.jpg | The opera house in Munich. 19.jpg | Inside a warm friendly pub. 20.jpg | My favorite beer maker. Bottled water cost nearly as much as a beer in Munich. 21.jpg | We spent a day at Dachau, Germany's first concentration camp. The words in the entrance gate read, "Work Makes You Free". 23.jpg | A preserved uniform that belonged to a prisoner of Dachau. 24.jpg | One of several furnaces, equipped with a gurnee. 30.jpg | Not the best picture of one of the interesting 'Smart Cars' seen in many places throughout the city. 002.jpg | Is it really hard to tell who is and isn't blood related in this picture? 31.jpg | Fish on the bar-b. 31b.jpg | A close up of the fish- I couldn't bring myself to try one of these. 33.jpg | People outside at Oktoberfest. 35.jpg | Inside one of the many tents on a slow night- thats the truth! 38.jpg | The band that played hour upon hour for me and my dancing family. 39.jpg | My dad... completely in his element. 5.9 Million people visited the Oktoberfest in Munich and consumed more than 5.7 Million liters of beer. 43.jpg | You dance, drink, sing and eat. What more is there? 001.jpg | Jay with Monica and Max, our friends in Munich. 004.jpg | The true warriors at the fest. The ones who battle through the trenches to bring you nourishment in a glass. 005.jpg | Jay and my mom, who both got invitations for dates that night. 006.jpg | What the exit of the U-bahn tends to look like on the way to Oktoberfest. 008.jpg | The escalator rises to the light of Theresegarten, where the fest is held every year. 007.jpg | Many look for love at the fest and often find it. 010.jpg | Lost in the music. Singing along makes the experience. 009.jpg | A small distance from the fest people are meeting over beer, and conversation in Marienplatz.