Sunday in Bonn, Germany

Today we visited Bonn, our last stop in Germany. Bonn was founded by the Romans, and was the provisional capital of West Germany until reunification in 1990. The cities of Bonn and Beuel,agreed to build a new bridge, called the Kennedy Bridge, together. Beuel backed down when it came to paying their share. So, Bonn built the bridge itself. This is a statue on the Bonn side of the bridge mooning them!

This was one of the residences belonging to Archbishop Clemens August, the powerful Archbishop of Cologne. It is now part of the university of Bonn.  Some of the folks graduating from here are the guy responsible for the "hertz".  Don't remember his first name but his last name was "Hertz".  Another famous person was eventually Pope Benidict.  There are 8 Nobel prize winners from this university.

ABC; another bloody church!

These heads were moved to the outside of this church recently. They represent two Germans who fought for Rome until they refused to fight against other Christians. They were then beheaded,  I don't recall their names but I thought he said they were Boudreaux and Thibodeuax!

This is the City Hall. Many famous people have stood at the top of those steps including John F. Kennedy.

Bonn is the birthplace of Ludwig Beethoven. This is a statue of him.  He went deaf at around 30 years old and continued to write music that still thrives today.  He wrote an opera after being deaf that was 72 minutes long.  There is a Beethoven museum around the corner from here. There is also a church around the corner from here where Beethoven played on Sundays.

Wayne and I (Debra) visited Augustusburg Palace in the town of Bruhl. It was built in the 18th century for Clemens August, the Archbishop of Cologne.  He died before its completion.

We were not allowed to take pictures inside the Palace. This picture is looking at the gardens from the back patio of the Palace.

This is looking from the gardens to the back of the Palace.

Of course, there are ponds. This is the largest one.

DeeDee and Kim went to Cologne up the river about 15 miles from Bonn and visited the Cologne Cathedral.  This building is huge.  

This is the alter in the Cologne Cathedral.

This is the back side of the Cologne Cathedral shot from the River Rhine as we travel on to the Netherlands.

The sun setting on the Rhine as we move toward the Netherlands.