Bonn(ito) Bonn - Week 1

Hallo

So for our first week in Germany we were staying in Bonn. It is a lovely city. Everyone either walks or bikes everywhere. If the destination is too far then the locals would use public transportation (trams or buses) or cars ( which are all small). It is a lovely city. Well, everyone has said that we are luck to have come at a time that has the best weather. It has been 50-60 degrees F and been mostly sunny with only one or two times it has showered. 

Sunday was just a check in day. We got to Bonn and went to check in at the Hotel Bonnox and dropped all our stuff there. We got relax for a few hours before meeting up with our tour guide, Mira. She took us to a restaurant that had a all you can eat schnitzel. I had one with onion and bacon sauce.   

We did lots of things this week. Some of my favorite things were the visit to the Konig museum,  cologne cathedral and Cologne zoo.

In the Konig Museum, we got to go to the back of the museum and see all the reptiles and amphibians they had. They had an interesting collection of frogs (lots of poison darts) and their habitats looked good. They even had axolotls! We then went to see the reptiles and got to hold a bearded dragon, ball python baby, and a turtle.

The cologne cathedral was a treat because it housed the bones of the three kings. I was super excited not only because I am catholic, but because my family celebrates three kings day on Jan 6.  The cathedral was beautiful and big. We even got a chance later to climb the 530+ steps to the top of the right spire. It took me a bit but I made it to the top. I was surprised that even if it was tiring, it wasn’t that long of a climb. It was a nice experience to have.

The cologne zoo was later in the afternoon. We got to look at some of the animals but the main attraction was going into the elephant house and seeing the facilities. They had the elephants in these large iron bared cages. The zoo has protected contact with the elephants, they cant be in direct contact. But they were still able to target train the elephants to do certain tricks and movements that will allow them to check their health and if need to give medications or do procedures. I even got to feed one of the elephants. They showed us the rest of the facilities but I was impressed. At least the elephants were only in those cages for like 2 hours a day. Usually they are running around the the large enclosure.

Well, now to wait for next week and see what we will experience.