Short visit to Munich

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  1. Snowcrash000

    Snowcrash000 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,041) Oct 4, 2017 Germany
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    The understatement of the year so far :grimacing:.
     
    #41 Snowcrash000, Mar 22, 2024
  2. Snowcrash000

    Snowcrash000 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,041) Oct 4, 2017 Germany
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    @shkin I'm having the hardest time figuring out your profile pic. To me it looks like a rotten banana with eyes that give me an accusing stare, while balacing precariously on a mountaintop. But it's probably something different :stuck_out_tongue:.
     
    #42 Snowcrash000, Mar 22, 2024
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  3. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,375) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    I laughed out loud as I read this.:grin:

    Hopefully we will get this 'mystery' solved.

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    Cheers!
     
    #43 JackHorzempa, Mar 22, 2024
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  4. shkin

    shkin Maven (1,305) Feb 6, 2011 New York

    I was contemplating keeping it a mystery, but... it is a crop from a photo I took of a sculpture by Joan Miró at La Défense in Paris.
     
    #44 shkin, Mar 22, 2024
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  5. steveh

    steveh Grand Pooh-Bah (4,174) Oct 8, 2003 Illinois
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    Very deep and obscure man, I like it!

    And here I thought it was something from a weird Sci-fi movie. :wink:
     
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  6. shkin

    shkin Maven (1,305) Feb 6, 2011 New York

    It's certainly weird, possibly sci-fi, and works well as an avatar on social media
     
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  7. steveh

    steveh Grand Pooh-Bah (4,174) Oct 8, 2003 Illinois
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    We have a Miró here in Chicago (or used to). It was one of my first introductions to abstract art when I was pretty young. Not sure if it made an impression, but I definitely remember the name.
     
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  8. WhatANicePub

    WhatANicePub Zealot (712) Jul 1, 2009 Scotland

    The Haidhauser Augustiner is only a block away from Ostbahnhof.
     
    #48 WhatANicePub, Mar 22, 2024
  9. hopfenunmaltz

    hopfenunmaltz Pooh-Bah (2,647) Jun 8, 2005 Michigan
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    Many Americans are clueless on this. Online they will argue about how it runs like clockwork when they were in Germany in the 1990s.
     
    #49 hopfenunmaltz, Mar 22, 2024
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  10. Snowcrash000

    Snowcrash000 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,041) Oct 4, 2017 Germany
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    Yes, it's really annoying how so many people still think the German railway system is great because Germans are so very punctual and efficient, when in truth it has been a complete and utter "train wreck" (hah!) for years.
     
    #50 Snowcrash000, Mar 23, 2024
  11. shkin

    shkin Maven (1,305) Feb 6, 2011 New York

    The first Miró sculpture I saw was Personage somewhere in Westchester, NY, but the one on my avatar was snapped during a very early morning walk on the first day in Paris from the center of the city to La Defense. These sculptures were more impressive than Louvre, Champs-Élysées, and Arc de Triomphe.
     
    #51 shkin, Mar 23, 2024
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  12. einhorn

    einhorn Savant (1,175) Nov 3, 2005 California

    Just reading about a new place in Munich called "Stehausschank" from Giesinger. Has anyone been there? The term Stehausschank means basically "standing around drinking" rather than the typical German way of sitting - kind of like an American dive bar.

    https://g.co/kgs/aHH7ozA

    On a side note, Löwenbräu is copying the format due to the quick success. Location will be called Tscharlie's and will be located on Lindwurmstraße.
     
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  13. Bierman9

    Bierman9 Grand Pooh-Bah (5,313) Dec 20, 2001 New Hampshire
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    Pretty close to the Vik Markt.. hmmm....

    Prost!!
     
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  14. dcgunman

    dcgunman Pooh-Bah (2,682) Jul 1, 2009 California
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    Might be heading to Munich in a couple of weeks. Is the original Lowenbrau cans in Munich?
     
    #54 dcgunman, Aug 8, 2024
  15. grantcty

    grantcty Savant (1,016) Feb 17, 2008 Minnesota
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    Yes.

    I was there in March 2023, and snapped a quick pic at the Aldi Süd near the Augustiner Keller:

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    #55 grantcty, Aug 8, 2024
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  16. einhorn

    einhorn Savant (1,175) Nov 3, 2005 California

    It sucks for the German brewing industry that beer prices are this low. But as a consumer, a 500ml can of fresh hefeweizen sounds glorious right now.
     
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  17. dcgunman

    dcgunman Pooh-Bah (2,682) Jul 1, 2009 California
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    Thx good to know. Love ALDIs US.
     
    #57 dcgunman, Aug 8, 2024
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  18. steveh

    steveh Grand Pooh-Bah (4,174) Oct 8, 2003 Illinois
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    But they don't have Löwenbräu. :confused:

    (or Paulaner, or Spaten. :confused:)
     
    #58 steveh, Aug 8, 2024
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  19. hopfenunmaltz

    hopfenunmaltz Pooh-Bah (2,647) Jun 8, 2005 Michigan
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    They do have Wernesgrüner Pils.
     
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  20. dcgunman

    dcgunman Pooh-Bah (2,682) Jul 1, 2009 California
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    No place here in US has Löwenbräu anymore. But Aldi’s is still good?
     
    #60 dcgunman, Aug 8, 2024
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