Today we (first-year students studying German and second-year students studying German as an additional language) went on a one-day trip to
Bonn, in Germany.
I had to wake up at 5.50 am to have breakfast and then go to Namur on my moped, and meanwhile filling the fuel tank. We all had to be there at 7.20 pm, and we left round 7.35. We were using a coach, for taking the train would have been less useful. Our group sat at the back, just because it's kind of cooler.
We chatted a little, then we listened to music while working on
Konnex, our
beloved Dutch vocabulary book… (Do you see what it means: we cannot even fully enjoy such a school trip!! Always something to do! I hate it!)
On the way, we drove by our (Anne-Sophie, Marie and me) homeland,
le pays de Herve and several kilometres further we entered Germany. We arrived in Bonn at about 10.15.
Then we walked to Der
Haus der Geschichte (House of History), a huge museum that brings you back to 1945 and shows you the
evolution of the German society from then onwards. There were many historical documents and pictures, but also very collectible items, such as
Kennedy's speech in Berlin in which he said "
Ich bin ein Berliner", originally written "Ish been ein Bear-lee-ner" on his notes…
After that, the coach took us closer to the city centre, and we had about an hour to get some food and discover the city on ourselves. Some of us went directly to our meeting point (the
Münster, a cathedral) and we bought sausages on the
Christmas market (
Weihnachtsmarkt): that was delicious!
Round 2 pm we started a short sightseeing of the city centre, with a local French teacher as guide. She took this picture of our group in front of the statue of
Beethoven.
And precisely we walked to that house where he was born.
We also went to the Town Hall, an impressive building. Unfortunately, we couldn't visit it because a ceremony was taking place.
Then we had another hour to spend on ourselves in Bonn. We went once more on the Christmas market, buying several things. We also went to a
T-Mobile shop, for there were actual brand-new
iPhones to be seen!!! A girl was appointed to answer all questions from customers, so I started mumbling some words to say that we were from Belgium and that it was the first time that we got to see the iPhone. But apparently my German was terrible and she said we could speak English. So that's what we did. She showed us all the
abilities of that brilliant smart phone. It's a shame that it's not yet available in Belgium… (Of course, it doesn't mean I would buy it: I hardly ever use my mobile, and it's rather expensive.)
A bit later we walked back to the couch and we left Bonn round 4.30. We were planning to study the rest of
Konnex on the way back, but
M. Bertrand (our teacher) came and sat with us and talked with us about the real German
saunas, nudity and about many other things…
We arrived in Namur at 7.15 pm. We were all exhausted, but this day had been great fun for all of us!
