Weißwurst for Breakfast

On our first weekend back in Munich Nathan and I decided to take it easy. A leisurely traditional Bavarian breakfast, walk along the river Isar in the rare winter sun and grocery shop together.

First, breakfast. The traditional Bavarian breakfast is weißwurst (white sausage), a pretzel and weißbier (white/light beer).

We didn't have pretzels, so I just made toast. In this montage, Nate is demonstrating how one properly eats a weißwurst. First you slice it lengthwise, then remove the outer casing carefully (which looks really disgusting, I'd tell you what I think it looks like, but this is a family blog, not appropriate).



Slice and eat. Of course TRUE Bavarians say you must actually SUCK the meat out of its casing. We haven't mastered that yet, we'll get back to you.

Then came our walk past a portion of the English Garten and the river Isar.

And finally, grocery shopping. Saturday being the last day you can shop since the stores close on Sundays. I decided to document the "American" section.

Love that 6.59 euro Pam. Approximately $8.50.

And this random last picture is from the Underground. This is the ticket machine you use to buy tickets for the public transit. Can you count how many buttons? Germans like to complicate things. Thankfully, we had friends and colleagues help us figure it out.