Destination Erdinger Sportsbar
By Lothar. Filed in Germany |
We are cruising the “Friendly Skies” again, on United 932 from Washington to Frankfurt, Germany. At 38000 feet, our 777 gets pushed by a 100 MPH tailwind and we have a bumpy ride across the Atlantic. I wake up as we fly over Cork and Limerick, Ireland. Time for another nap until Frankfurt. We arrive ahead of schedule and have no problem catching our Lufthansa flight to Munich. I see the snow-covered Alps, before we descend through the clouds into Munich’s Franz-Josef-Strauss Airport. The Airport is nicely decorated for Advent and Christmas, and nobody challenges the Christian symbols as unconstitutional.
It is December 5th and everything looks very festive for the Advent season. As we walk through the courtyard between Terminal 1 and 2, we already see our first Christmas Market. Wooden booths selling food, beer, Gluehwein (hot mulled wine) and hand-made Christmas decorations are surrounding an ice skating rink, complete with skate rental. The music and smells put us in a Christmas mood. We are too tired to dare going on the ice. Instead we head straight for our favorite restaurant in Terminal 2, the “Erdinger Sportsbar”.
Gabi and I share “Leberkaes,” “Weisswurst,” “Brezen” and “Erdinger Weissbier.”
We have arrived!