Excerpt
Münich can't decide if she is a sophisticated courtier or a boisterous village wench. Her architectural wardrobe is a resplendent array of royal cast-offs, and her jewelbox dazzles, but one whiff of hops and she's dancing on the table. Here is German high society, one of the world's great opera houses, transcendent art--and the Oktoberfest, the world's beeriest beano.