We left Hamburg early loading up on our Franzbruchens and hopped on an IC train headed to Bonn. We arrived at about 3:30 and debated leaving our luggage in a locker but the train station was probably the sketchiest we had seen our entire trip. Wanting to get a town map we followed signs to the local tourist information centre which actually also happened to be Beethoven's house. I was reminded that Bonn was the birth place of Beethoven and I wasn't entirely sure but seemed to recall the Amazing Race making a stop over in Bonn several years back. I got a map of the town plus a regional train schedule.
We were to meet up with my friend Jeramy around 7 PM so we had three plus hours to kill. We had a google map printout with the address of Jeramy's flat and when we found the Starbucks we knew we were close. We made arrangements to meet near the Starbucks around 7 PM, after struggling to explain to a Barista that I wanted real cream in my coffee and not a cafe misto or whipped cream we made our way to a local internet cafe to check our email. Finally 7 PM rolled around and we met up with Jeramy. Jeramy and I became friends working in a call centre for "Mr. Suspenders" who motivated callers by offering them spins on the wheel with prizes varying from chocolate bars to an extra half hours pay. I eventually quit and was a bit surprised when Jeramy called me unexpectedly a year later. We went for coffee and kept in touch our friendship was largely based on a shared sense of humour.Jeramy graciously offered us her King size bed for the duration of our stay she would stay upstairs in her spare room. She made us a Fillipino Chicken dish and basmati rice for dinner we had our first taste of wine our entire trip . Having a bit of energy Jeramy took us out to a local Bonn beerhouse. Cologne is famous for it's Kolsch beer, in response to the Kolsch the beer hall we went to served a beer called the Bonnsch it is a light yellow colour, similar to Hoegarden in flavour and it is frequently served in an ergonomicly shaped glass as shown above. The server and his method for tracking our alcohol consumption was I thought pretty efficient. Basically the bar serves 1 type of beer the Bonsch in .3 litre glasses. Every time you order the server would just mark on a coaster based upon your seat how much you had drank. It was pretty efficient and the guy served the entire bar no one was ever left wanting a beer, just phenomenal.
After a long days travel and a few drinks we decided to call it a night.
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