Thursday, September 18, 2014

Letze Tag in Bonn

Friday the 29th of August was our last day in Bonn and we went on a fantastic excursion! We started with a cruise on the Rhein from Bonn to Köningswinter and then began our hike to Drachenfels!



The hike would take about 4 hours, which seemed intimidating when we started climbing a very steep mountain.
View while hiking

Drachenfels Castle

 
The view was absolutely gorgeous, and this wasn't even the top yet!


Morgan and I

JT and I

Once we reached the top the view was marvelous!


 
After an hour of our hike we made time for Eis (icecream)!

 
Post Eis we went a little higher up the mountain to the old ruins of Drachenfels Castle where a legendary princess saving, dragon fighting battle went down.




Mira and I
Then we began our hike in search of a Monestary. We walked and took breaks and eventually it started to rain. We got lost, and hiked some more. I really enjoyed having the chance to talk to new people such as host parents and siblings, and also my CBYX friends that would soon all be parting. The hike, I thought, was very nice and fun. Getting lost made it more of an adventure:)
 
There were a lot of cut trees piled along the paths in the forest

Jonny brought cake






After hiking we took a tram to Oberdollendorf and went to a restaurant. All of our host families were there and we all talked and had a nice time:)
 

Saying good bye was bittersweet but I knew that everyone was going to have a great year in their own cities with their host families.
 
The next morning Rosi drove me to the train station and we said good bye. We had many adventures together and I look forward to visiting her again for Karneval in Köln later this year!
 
 Then by 11.45 the 6 of us were on our way: Freiburg bound!
 
 
Tschüss Bonn!
 
~Alexandria~
 

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