Bonn: The Ex-Capital of West Germany

Bonn Cathedral

So we took a day trip to Bonn. By “we” I mean several students on an organized trip. What to say about Bonn…well, there’s not much. Bonn was an old Roman outpost along the Rhine River Some of the soldiers were Christian and were killed because of it. For a while, there was a grave yard where they were killed, then a little church next to it. Then it grew into a bigger church, then a cathedral which took over the whole space that was once the graveyard. Now the remains of the martyrs are entombed in the cathedral. The city of BonnCologne (actually they were angry because they couldn’t have there way and went to Bonn, very prince like). There’s the old town hall which is pink to be seen and there is the birthplace of Beethoven too. Bonn was made the Capital of West Germany because there really was nothing of interest there. Thus the city filled with old Politicians for many years. Then Germany re-united and the capital moved back to Berlin. The old Palaces were converted to the University and now the population is much younger. There was some not too bad shopping to be done, and a decent cup of cocoa was pretty easily found at a little café across from the old town hall. In total, I bought a sweater from Beneton, a few balls of yarn so I can start learning to crochet, and a cup of cocoa and a cola. Yup, a memorable trip indeed. Though I must admit, the tour of the modern German history museum was really was interesting, even if it had very little to do with the city of Bonn at all. But it was Germany’s history for the last 60 years or so. I enjoyed that. If my brother comes to visit me, I’ll probably take him to the museum. But honestly, people, I was not all that impressed with the city itself, just the museum. back in the day. grew up around the cathedral and drew a few princes away from