Bonn (Day 1): Travel along the Rhine

It was the kids' autumn break last week, and we visited Bonn - the city where Ludwig van Beethoven was born and Robert Schumann was buried - for a few days. We took the InterCity Express and InterCity trains from Karlsruhe on Thursday afternoon (10.30). It was the first time Gabriel traveled on a high-speed ICE train and was so excited to see the display showing the train speed at ~200 km/h. We transfered to a slower IC train in Mannheim. From there, it was a pleasant ride to Bonn as the train cruised along the bank of Rhine. We checked into our hotel in Altstadt in late afternoon. We strolled around town center for a couple of hours, had dinner, then headed back to the hotel for the night.