007 Book location: Ex Franziskaner Keller, Munich, Germany / On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1963)

Bond book: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1963)
Place and location in the book: Franziskaner Keller, used to be at Hochstrasse 7, Munich, Germany (now the office of “Selected Events” there)
What happens here in the book: Bond and his taxi driver found a wedding ring to Bond and Tracy di Vicenzo and Bond and taxi driver go to celebrate at the Franziskaner Keller, where they ate mounds of Weisswurst and drink four steins of beer each and swore they wouldn’t ever fight each other again.

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“The next day was occupied with hilarious meals with Marc-Ange, whose giant trailer had come during the night to take up most of the parking space behind the hotel, and with searching the antique shops for an engagement and a wedding ring. The latter was easy, the traditional plain gold band, but Tracy couldn’t make up her mind about the engagement ring and finally dispatched Bond to find something he liked himself while she had her last fitting for her ‘going-away’ dress. Bond hired a taxi, and he and the taxi-man, who had been a Luftwaffe pilot during the war and was proud of it, tore round the town together until, at an antique shop near the Nymphenburg Palace, Bond found what he wanted–a baroque ring in white gold with two diamond hands clasped. It was graceful and simple and the taxi-man was also in favour, so the deal was done and the two men went off to celebrate at the Franziskaner Keller, where they ate mounds of Weisswurst and drank four steins of beer each and swore they wouldn’t ever fight each other again. Then, happy with his last bachelor party, Bond returned tipsily to the hotel, avoided being embraced by the taxi-man, and went straight up to Tracy’s room and put the ring on her finger.”

Ian Fleming: ”On Her Majesty’s Secret Service“ (1963)

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