Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Munich-Louie's 65th birthday at Dallmayr, spargel, and George William



The dinner celebration of Louie's 65th was at the famous Munich food purveyor, Dallmayr, in their Michelin-starred restaurant upstairs. The formality of the place limited the number of photos we felt comfortable taking. Sorry about that. Nevertheless, it was an unforgettable celebration.
It's spargel (asparagus) season! The farmers' market near our hotel was just the beginning of two weeks of spargel almost every day. Yippee!!
The major highlight of this trip was meeting George William Vernon, 5 months old. George is the third child of Chuck and Alina Vernon. Chuck is the youngest son of my dear departed friend, Christie Vernon. Happily he and his wife, Alina Horotan, have always kept in touch with us and we've exchanged visits almost every year since Big Christie died in May, 2002. George has sister Christie (7) and brother Andrei (5) to read to him and satisfy his alert curiosity. Naturally, we took him a copy of the collected works of "Curious George."


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Munich-Viktualienmarkt




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Munich-Viktualienmarkt maypole and vendor stalls





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Munich-Lunch at Augustiner Brau-a MUST





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Munich-finishing lunch at Augustiner Brau and stroll home through cemetary



Alina with spargel soup and Louie with weisswurst and mustard. Standard Munich fare in May.

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Mothers Day at a neighborhood place in Schwabing




Lilacs were in full bloom.
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Munich-George in a happy mood and Englischer Garten walk





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Munich-typical day-fine subway system, beautiful streets and parks





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Rene and George two happy boys after brunch


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Munich-Neue Pinakothek Gallery


duckies with a ramp to help them in and out of the pool
King Ludwig (yep, he was the mad one)
Millet farmers
a REAL kinder garten
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Munich-top of the famous old Bayerischer Hof Hotel




Christie Vernon, my dear departed librarian friend, always wanted to go to the top of things. She told me about this bar at the top of the hotel. This one's for you, Christie
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