Tegernsee

August and September in Munich hosted some pretty nice weather. Much nicer, we were told, than June and July. So, whenever we found ourselves with great weather AND a weekend, we made sure to enjoy it!

One lovely Sunday we packed a picnic lunch and drove to Tegernsee. The weather was perfect, the town quaint, and the lake just beautiful.

We even went for a hike, but my cute husband wouldn't let this prego mama go too high in elevation!


After our beautiful hike, we needed to quench our thirst so we found the most awesome beer garden. It was packed! People were dressed in lederhosen and dirndls, their Sunday best, to celebrate birthdays, friends, or just a beer on a gorgeous Sunday! It was really fun to notice the traditional lederhosen amped up by the 20-somethings. The traditional shirt was replaced with pink Ralph Lauren polos, aviatar sunglasses, and/or converse shoes. The beer was great (or so Jeff tells me) and the atmosphere festive.

Mid-beer all attention in the beer garden turned to a loud rumbling coming down the street. To everyone's amusement it was a train of 8 large tractors being driven by lederhosen-clad guys. Apparently in Germany there are tractor clubs where guys who own tractors get together and go out for beers. Pretty funny. Here's a pic of a few of them exiting the parking lot with one of their own helping them with their parking stubs. Their tall tractors made it hard for them to do it themselves!