Ammersee and Andechs

June 11, 2007

While Mike was in class, Lisa and I headed over to Ammersee. It is a big lake southwest of Munich. There are ferries you can take to other villages, swimming, and hiking. We couldn’t figure out the ferry schedule because there were all these random options that made no sense, so we decided to just walk along the lake. To walk/bike around the whole thing is about 30km, which was way more that we wanted to do, but a little bit was great. It rained a bit while we were walking – and we had of course forgotten rain coats – but other than that it was a great hike. We were able to see the mountains off in the distance and the rain pouring down on them. The path stops when you hit the wetlands though. And we had no desire to walk along small roads, so we headed back to the town of Herrsching to met Mike and head over to the town of Andechs.
Andechs is a little town known for its church and beer hall. The Braüstüberl (beer hall name) is located within the same complex as the church, which is a little odd. But the beer has been brewed by the monks here for ages. Maybe that makes it okay. Either way, the beer was pretty decent. The light and dark beers were both great, but the wheat beer tasted a lot like cloves. Cloves are not bad when in the proper recipe, but it was an interesting taste in beer. Definitely not my favorite at all.