Drink to the great outdoors.

nkers in Toast Munich's great invention this summer - thebeer garden. Drinkers in the Bavarian lager-loving city arecelebrating the 200th anniversary of the law that allowedoutdoor drinking.

Before 1812, the beer brewed was stored in cellars alongthe River Isar Isar (?`zär), river, 160 mi (257 km) long,rising in the Tyrol, W Austria, and flowing NE through Scentral Germany, past Munich, to the Danube River. There

are more than 25 large hydroelectric plants below Munich. . These became popular spots to samplethe beer, so King Max Joseph I passed a law to let these places serve both drink and food - the birthof the beer garden.

and beer gardenssmc Nowadays, there are more than 180 beer gardens throughout Munich, servingsteins of lager and snacks such as grilled mackerel mackerel, common name for members of thefamily Scombridae, 60 species of open-sea fishes, including the albacore, bonito, and tuna. They arecharacterized by deeply forked tails that narrow greatly where they join the body; small finletsbehind both the dorsal and , spit-roasted chicken and pretzels. d h hbpMB German Travel Centre hastwo-night B&B Munich breaks from pounds 249 per person from Heathrow, ManchesterManchester, city, England

Manchester (m?n`ch?st?r, -ch?s't?r), city and metropolitan district (1991 pop. 397,400), NWEngland, on the Irwell, Medlock, Irk, and Tib rivers.  and Birmingham.www.germantravelcentre.co.uk, 020 8429 2900. www.200yearsbeergarden.com.

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