Docking Location in Cologne: Pier 5
After breakfast, we boarded the coach to Bonn. As a musician, I was really looking forward to visiting Beethoven the famous composer’s birth place. It was unfortunate that his house was under renovation so we were not able to go inside. Many people did not take part in this excursion because there was not really much to see without Beethoven’s House.
After an hour’s drive, we arrived at Bonn. Sebastian was our guide and he was very good, very fluent in English. Originally we were going to look at the recital hall with some exhibitions and explanation, but the hall was only going to open at 11 am, so we had to do the Beethoven’s Walk in the area first.
Then we went to a local church where Beethoven’s baptismal font was housed. It was moved there from the old St. Remigius Church.
Next we walked to the Market Square.
Then we walked to Bonn University.
No Beethoven Walk is complete without seeing the statue of Beethoven. Here is one in front of the Post Office:
Beautiful flowers were grown around the statue.
We walked to the Bonn City Wall before going back to Beethoven’s House.
This was the recital hall inside Beethoven’s House.
After buying some souvenirs from the official Beethoven’s store, we walked around the area before having some snacks at the restaurant nearby.
Another unfortunate incident was that the pianist who was supposed to do a mini recital at the restaurant had train problems so she could not get to us on time. We were just having complimentary German sausages, apple strudel, coffee or local beer as snacks.
We left Bonn at 12:45 pm and got back to the ship for lunch at 1:30 pm. It was a pity that we did not have time to walk around the area as we had to set sail for Amsterdam at 3 pm. I went to Ana, the Crystal Society Hostess to book our next cruise. This time cruising the Netherlands and Belgian waterways in late March, so I can have more time at Keukenhof to see tulips and other blossoms.
We were tired after a lot of walking, especially a super late night in Cologne, so we did not even go to Palm Court for the Irish Pub Night with Joe & Liv. How we missed the Irish Guinness & the folk tunes!!
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