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Monday, August 18, 2008

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10000 people when Beethoven born;now 314,000	1738 Town Hall;JFK spoke here in 1963	1870s Art Nouveau homes line Poppelsdorfer Allee	Academic Museum of Art; college town
Ancient Roman walls nice centerpiece for plaza	Beethoven born in attic room;lived 7yrs. here	Beethoven lived in 5 different Bonn houses	Bonn is 30km south of Cologne on Rhine
Bonn University housed in great old buildings	Bonn,like Cologne, lies on both banks of the Rhine	Botanic Garden even better since it was free	Botanic garden staff doing super work here
Botanic Gardens in better shape than Poppelsdorf	Circular courtyard at Poppelsdorf now parking	City was capital of West Germany 1949-1991	Excellent botanic garden proved enjoyable
Favorite son Beethoven;born here in 1770	Germans never jaywalk;always wait for the green	Giant sequoia doing great living in Germany	Gloomy weather continues;car-free old town
Great mix of different plant environments	I am SO envious of their grass!	Large number of music festivals&Beethoven events	Long promenade leads to Poppelsdorf Palace
Lots of yellow plants to complement palace	Montana roses;may translate as mountain	No sign of any tourists in Bonn	Old toll station on Rhine;also longest promenade
Opera House shaped like a piano	Palace has toilets next to front door&full trash	Palace houses university mineral collection now	Planned to visit Math Museum but closed Mondays
Pretty obvious what the best way to travel is	Rococo palace completed in 1753;now univ bldg	Seems like every sight has scaffolding on it	Signs on every plant; from all over the world
This is a different variety of hibiscus	Town had many streets lined with old trees	Town's biggest church;built between 11th&13th c.	Train tickets not checked coming or going
Turtle population thriving in botanic garden	Unfortunately all of the signs were in German	University has some huge bldgs in town center	Wanted to take Rhine cruise but times didn't work
Wonder what the average Joe thought of palace	Work on JFK Bridge;current makes rafting exciting

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