Ach! Bavaria. For the average Hong Kong Chinese, Bavaria is Germany: beer, sausages, the Alps and covered in endless forests. (Oh and leiderhosen) German restaurants in Hong Kong also feed the stereotype, with inventive names like "Biergarten" and "King Ludwig Beer Hall." As Time Out Hong Kong commented,
It’s difficult to know whether King Ludwig is going for the genuine beer hall experience or a piss-take of all things German.Last time I was in Munich, the capital of Bavaria, was August 2007, as the final stop of a huge Germany round trip. Exhausted and having eaten one too many wurst, I didn't care much for the city. There were photos of me holding a litre of beer in Viktualienmarkt but I don't remember that at all (something to do with the beer I reckon). Rather Munich was used as a base for venturing to Dachau (the camp, not the town) and Schloss Neuschwanstein. I was also in Nuremberg but only to visit the Zepplinfeld (part of thge Nazi Party rally grounds)
This time I will head first to Bayreuth during the month-long Bayreuther Festspiele (Bayreuth Festival) which is a celebration of Wagner's operas. Then I will return to Nuremberg to see the historical city walls and gates, before crossing into Baden-Württemberg.
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