Thursday, September 06, 2007

Deutschland Day 1: Bonn

Britta and I at the Bonn Hauptbahnhof


Smartcar


Some of the lovely architecture in Bonn


More architecture



After a brief, post-flight, jet-lagged nap, Britta took us on a walking tour of Bonn. This is us on Poppelsdorfer Allee, in front of the Summer Palace (either that or the Winter Palace).



The Winter Palace that is now the home to the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.



Sculpture inside the University



No caption necessary




Stumbling upon the first day of the Wine Festival in Bonn. What luck!

Listening to the sounds of Captain Moonlight. What luck!
The wine festival was held right in front of the Münster Cathedral



Heads of the martyrs Saints Cassius & Florentius, whose legs are supposedly buried in the cathedral's crypt


Another view of the cathedral




Statue of Beethoven




Post office




Downtown Bonn




Mmmmm...bread...






Mmmmm...cheese...and meat






Mmmmm...Heh





Bonn's Old Town Hall






Beethoven's birthplace




lovely clouds along the River Rhein
The River Rhein
We managed to magically overcome our jet-lag enough to participate in the wine festival

People "schunkeling" at the wine festival. They really do that!

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