I went to Munich with my friend A. for a long weekend. We drank beer. Plenty of it. And it was a great holiday. <a title="Hofbrauhaus in Munich by karolinka.sofia, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29050866@N06/8159032912/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7250/8159032912_3fa3bf2a65_z.jpg" alt="Hofbrauhaus in Munich" width="640" height="480" /></a> <a title="Hofbrauhaus in Munich by karolinka.sofia, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29050866@N06/8158999815/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8486/8158999815_698829cb52_z.jpg" alt="Hofbrauhaus in Munich" width="640" height="480" /></a> This past weekend we had four-days to explore Germany and Austria thanks to the Bulgarian Day of Enlightenment. It's a teacher-school holiday celebrating the teachers and writers in Bulgarian history who helped to generally enlighten the Bulgarian people.  So the schools close and I went on vacation with teacher-friends. Everyone else in the country went to work.<!--more--> <a title="Me drinking beer at the Hofbrauhaus in Munich by karolinka.sofia, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29050866@N06/8159035646/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8066/8159035646_2fd9811bb2_z.jpg" alt="Me drinking beer at the Hofbrauhaus in Munich" width="640" height="480" /></a> <a title="Beer at the Hofbrauhaus in Munich by karolinka.sofia, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29050866@N06/8159038068/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8209/8159038068_77c802cf59_z.jpg" alt="Beer at the Hofbrauhaus in Munich" width="640" height="480" /></a> <a title="Sausage at the Hofbrauhaus in Munich by karolinka.sofia, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29050866@N06/8159007185/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8349/8159007185_20c49349ab_z.jpg" alt="Sausage at the Hofbrauhaus in Munich" width="640" height="480" /></a> Here's to a holiday which celebrates teachers! <a title="Inside the Hofbrauhaus in Munich by karolinka.sofia, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29050866@N06/8159008803/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7140/8159008803_b80eb826a8_z.jpg" alt="Inside the Hofbrauhaus in Munich" width="640" height="480" /></a> <a title="Outside the Hofbrauhaus in Munich by karolinka.sofia, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29050866@N06/8159041966/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8341/8159041966_4db41d16bd_z.jpg" alt="Outside the Hofbrauhaus in Munich" width="640" height="480" /></a> We went to Munich and celebrated with a few beers and friends at the Hofbrauhaus. It's clearly a must when you visit Munich. The next dayd we got serious with sightseeing and shopping. <a title="In the Hofbrauhaus in Munich by karolinka.sofia, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29050866@N06/8159036778/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7267/8159036778_36cd4ae1fd_z.jpg" alt="In the Hofbrauhaus in Munich" width="640" height="480" /></a>