Sunday, 11 December 2011

City of Beethoven - Bonn, Germany





Bonn City website.
Bonn at Wikipedia

24 comments:

Sylvia K said...

A wonderful look at Bonn, Leia! Your photos brought back lots of memories of the years I lived in Germany! Your header is beautiful and so full of the spirit of Christmas! Have a lovely week ahead, my friend!

Sylvia

Magpie said...

Love the pictures in your header!! So festive. The first picture in the post just makes me want to relax and soak it all in. Truly beautiful.

imac said...

Beautiful Beethovens Bonn.

Love the seasonal Header too.

cieldequimper said...

It has been 15 years since I went to Bonn, former capital of Western Germany. It was a business trip so I didn't get to see much of the city, I enjoy your lovely pictures all the more!

Doug Hickok said...

What a coincidence... I woke-up this morning listening to a Beethoven concerto on the radio. Wonderful post today! Hope you have a splendid day full of good music :^)

Carver said...

You have visited so many beautiful cities. Wonderful shots.

Halcyon said...

Very cool! I had no idea Bonn was Beethoven's hometown. :)

Snap said...

Beautiful!

Κωστής Τζαγκαράκης said...

Great shots from Bonn.
Love your Christmas banner also.
Costas

Gattina said...

Now this brings back memories ! That's where I lived before moving to Brussels, went to school and had my friends !
At that time you even could swim in the Rhine !

VP said...

One more interesting discovery, nice set of pictures from a lesser known city.

Francisca said...

There is something special about cities on big rivers and Bonn is no exception. I like your shot of the playful fountain with the children statues on the cobblestone street. Saw something similar in Gengenbach, although there the kids were not in a fountain. Nice!

Lowell said...

I think I've said before that you are very fortunate to be able to travel and visit so many wonderful cities like Bonn.

Thank you for sharing these journeys with us through your wonderful photography.

I thought the word, "bonn," might have the meaning of "good" in German. But so far as I can tell "bonn" refers only to the city.

Shows how much I know!

It's interesting that so many great composers, such as Beethoven, came from Germany!

Dianne said...

Wonderful photos of Beethoven's
home city - I passed through here a few years ago and loved the ambiance of the place - wonderful architecture and steeped in history,
Your header is so pretty!

ρομπερτ said...

Never seen before, I thank you very much for this nice journey. Please have you all a good new week ahead.

Woody said...

Hello Leia and Cezar! I love the shot with the fountain, the curves of the building are wonderful and those cobblestones make great patterns.

My youngest son would be in heaven as he plays the piano. Stop by Friday for a photo of him in action :-)

Scott said...

Never spent much time in Bonn, even though it was only a couple hour drive, but I always remember the tall steeples we'd see when we drove past it. Great shots. Thanks for the memories.

Jack said...

I was supposed to pass Bonn on a river cruise a couple of weeks ago, but the water levels were too low so we moved by bus instead and skipped Bonn. Disappointing.

Randy said...

How wonderful. Such a lovely place.

Peter said...

Just to complete a comment above: Bon(n)a was a celtic name for village. You find ... bon in many city names. So, this was obviously THE village! :-)

I guess you are really longing now for your piano! :-)

James said...

What a beautiful place and the fountain is really cool.

Betty Manousos@ Cut and Dry said...

bonn is a really magical city!

thanks so much for sharing your gorgeous photos!

EG Wow said...

Super shots of Bonn. I especially love the colors and composition of the fountain photo.

Cildemer said...

De bien jolis clichés! J'adore celle de la fontaine! Très belle prise! Bravo!