G's special day

A big event for Gerhard today. All holiday long since we've been in Germany, he's been at me to get him to a place where he can buy himself a set of lederhosen or German Bavarian costume pants and the getup. I kept telling him to wait until we were in the right spot. Well three weeks before we are set to come home, I am finally able to present him with three stores from which to chose his special gift. One of the stores - and again I say that you have to be prepared for anything - changed the price from 120 euros for the knee trousers to 180 euros just by walking down the stairs from where we tried them on. Imagine! The other store was just too expensive and the last store - really, the second that we visited in Munich - was just perfect. There were two lovely young things to wait on Gerhard and he was in his glory as they ran to and fro getting him what he wanted, or rather needed with his long body. We had such a fun time with them. We walked out with our purchase and fond memories of the event. He's so proud of himself and, actually, he's quite cute in his costume.
Then, to top of the day, we walked around the old town of Munich until we found the HofBrauHaus, or the very excellent beer brewery where you can sway to the live German beer music and drink and eat to your hearts content. We walked into a huge area just a brimming to the top with people and jolly beer talk and found ourselves a spot at a long table. At one end of the table was an older German gentleman, beside me, who did snuff all night. That great aroma of menthol wafted up to my nose just as strongly, I'm sure, as it was going into his. I tried talking to him but his mind must have been all confused or something. Across from us was a couple, not actually a couple but, a young Torontonian man and his father's friend whom he was visiting. It turns out that this young man is on his first week of his three-month European tour. That's right - see, we aren't the only crazy people on this earth. He just up and quit his job because he felt that he needed to see the world.
I don't think that I need to tell you that when a young man challenges Gerhard to try and finish their 1 liter beers together, Gerhard is going to say no. So..... watching them was hilarious. Naturally, G lost but it was in good sport and G said that he was just trying to give the younger fellow some good stories to tell about how he beat another man in drinking. Yup, right!
Munich city old town is a great place. Many museums, shops, parlours and cafes. Tomorrow we think that we will take the 3-hour free walking tour and then the 1 hour bus tour around the entire city. More to learn.