Bonn (Day 4): Akademisches Kunstmuseum, StadtMuseum Bonn, return

This was our final day in Bonn. We checked out at the hotel in the morning, left the luggage there and went to the Akademisches Kunstmuseum at Bonn University. This museum has a large antiquities collection. We were surprised by how much the kids enjoyed looking at old Greco-Roman artifacts. But kids are kids...they wanted to spend some time at the playground near the museum afterwards. Here they are at the see-saw.

After a hearty German lunch (Glenda will write a blog entry on this later), we decided to visit the StadtMuseum. We learned a lot about life in the city of Bonn. There are pictures and artifacts on the Holocaust, the devastation of the city after WWII, JFK's visit and the Cold War era. I was hoping that I could read more German to get better understanding of the materials as they are mostly in German. Robert Schumann spent his last years in Bonn, and the StadtMuseum is part of the Schumann network. It is using a virtual portal to commemorate the work this great German composer.

While most of the stores were closed yesterday, all of the stores were open today (yes, on a Sunday, which was unusual as all German shops are usually closed on Sundays)! There were so many people in central Bonn that it was a battle for me to get back to the hotel to pick up our luggage. After another battle to the train station, we took the train to Mainz where we transfered to another regional train to Karlsruhe. We were lucky to have boarded the regional train early, as it was completely packed with no standing room to spare (some passengers could not even get on)!

Overall, it was a great trip.