St Frideswide

While visiting the cathedral, I noticed this stone of rememberance. My friend talked about Frideswide with such familiarity as though … More

Small cathedral

Most colleges that make up the University of Oxford have their history as monasteries or convents. I only learned this … More

The next stop on my journey was well signposted in Bonn. Next to this post pointing at the three partner … More

Having been the palace, the yellow university buildings stretch to the point on the banks of the river Rhine where … More

The colour of the building behind the Studentenbrunnen has become the iconic colour of the University of Bonn. The building … More

Below the Bonn Lion, on the column which supports it, there is a small fountain in the shape of another … More

Rather than being a science fiction artefact that connects researchers and warriors with distant planets, the Sterntor (Star Gate) now … More

Bonn’s most famous resident over time must be Ludwig van Beethoven. The city was proud of him before it became … More

The Zeitungsmuseum in Wadgassen is located in a beautiful former abbey building. The building allows for generous exhibiting of both … More

As a child growing up in the Rhein-Main region of Germany, I learned many of the myths and tales told … More