Bike Rides in Bonn... Kinda Scary!

Don't let anyone tell you different, bike riding in Germany can be quite dangerous! Apparently Germans like to play chicken on bike trails... it really isn't a hard concept to grasp, you ride on the trail like you drive your car on the road. Our leisure bike ride turned into us dodging bike drifters, slow rollers, and random walkers that can't differentiate between walking/biking trails. We survived, but it was a bit stressful biking up to Bonn and back again.

Since our first attempt at a local festival didn't turn out so hot, we decided to go to the International Festival in Bonn (which was in Marketplatz). Well..... it was somewhat of a disappointment again. I guess we are just ready to be introduced to the German culture and with this festival being International (not sure we even saw a Germany tent), that didn't happen. Many countries had different food/drinks to purchase, but nothing really appealed to us so we decided to head over to Munsterplatz.

Munster Basilica has been in previous pictures and yesterday we decided to venture to the inside. It was just as breathtaking, if not more. I think the one of the most baffling parts of Germany so far is how old everything is. The church was done being built in the 13th century and at first glance you can tell it's old, but yet it's so clean and sturdy looking. Once done in the Munster Basilica we walked around the ceramic market which had some pretty interesting things. There is somewhat of a fascination of creepy faces in the art of ceramic we determined. The different styles of vases and pots were very cool though.

There was nothing left to check out at the city center so we grabbed an ice cream cone and headed back down the Rhine River, stopping occasionally to snap some photos. We concluded we will probably do more exploring the nights Andrew gets off work, in hopes the "weekend bikers" aren't out on the weeknights.

Well that's it for now, there will be a post coming soon of random things we have learned about Germany so far!