Bonn

The hotel Concert Hall the seminarys former Alte Kirche COURTESY Hotel Collegium Leoninum

By Monique Burns Halfway through a trip to Germany’s Rhineland, I find myself in Bonn. I’ve stood at the meeting of the Rhine and Moselle in Koblenz, wondered at Roman ruins in Trier and been dazzled by Charlemagne’s golden cathedral in Aachen.  Finally, I’ll head south to Wiesbaden, with its

Beethoven carnival float in Bonns Marktplatz PHOTO Michael Sondermann Bonn Tourism

By Monique Burns                                                                               Bonn has never really chased the tourist trade. Frankly,

Joseph Stielers iconic Beethoven portrait

By Monique Burns Relatively few Americans have ever visited Bonn. You might have heard about the former West German capital on the news. But chances are you’ve never experienced the city unless you were a German bureaucrat in a past life. That’s all about to change. For a full year,