Bonn (Day 3): Expressionism and Deutsches Museum Bonn

After another frühstück (featuring the same variety of cold cuts as yesterday) we walked to August Macke Haus. We were surprised by how few people there were in the town center. Here you see Jocelyn in front of the old city hall around 10 AM. We later found out that it was a public holiday (All Saints' Day). Although Starbucks would not open until noon, museums were open by 11 AM. The expressionist August Macke spent his most productive years in Bonn. August Macke Haus, where he used to live, is now a museum. Jocelyn took keen interests in some of the art shown there, and urged us to buy her paint for her own drawings upon our return to Karlsruhe.

In the afternoon, we went to Deutsches Museum Bonn, where exhibits of German scientific research and technology in the post-war years are displayed. There are a number of displays on Nobel Prize winning discoveries, such as the Mössbauer effect and ion trapping. Gabriel was particularly interested in magnetic levitation. Why? He was trying to understand how mag-lev trains work. Gabriel also spent a lot of time trying to understand how friction is reduced in magnetic bearings through a very good hands-on display in the museum. Meanwhile, Jocelyn was intrigued by a display on how to locate kidney stones and then blasting them with shock waves. Here is a picture of Gabriel playing with the mag-lev train hands-on display in the museum and another one of the kids in front of the Transrapid 06 mag-lev prototype train. I am sure they are looking forward to visiting the Deutsches Museum in München next year.

Continuing with the theme of Japanese cuisine for dinner (in Bonn!), we went to Ichiban Noodle Bar, the sister restaurant of Ichiban Sushi Bar where we had dinner last night. The ramen was good.