These pretty yellow fields will produce canola oil. This time of year they are beautiful.
Another reason why riding the train is fun...more space to play!
This is the Bibelseminar Bonn. The property used to be a hunting lodge and then belonged to a government party.
This is the main building of the seminary that houses the administrative offices as well as classrooms.
The Bibelseminar has a close relationship with SWBTS.
This is Dr. Friedhelm Jung who works with Southwestern and the Bibelseminar. This is one of the classrooms.
Dr. Jung took us to Bonn.
Bonn, Germany is the birthplace of Beethoven.
A painting of Ludwig van Beethoven on the side of a building.
The birthplace of Beethoven.
A piece of the old city wall.
The Bonn Rathaus where many political leaders have visited including President Nixon and Carter.
Dr. Jung showed us The University of Bonn.
Dr. Jung is such a kind man. We all really enjoyed his company.
We had lunch with his family in their home. He has another daughter who is currently in Fort Worth attending SWBTS.
On Saturday we spent the afternoon with Dietmar and Deseree. They are from Germany but lived in Ft. Worth while Dietmar taught at Southwestern. Joshua was sad when they left SWBTS. He had enjoyed reading German with him. This is the famous Köln Dome. It is a huge church.
Deseree entertained Luke with candy and stories of aliens. So, so fun to spend time with Dietmar and Deseree.
In the past people did not learn to read so they used pictures to tell the stories from the Bible. There were several stained glass windows in the dome.
Then they took us to the Chocolate Museum. The kids are watching how some small chocolate bars are made.
This is a huge chocolate fountain. It is filled with Lindt chocolate and they give out small wafers dipped in the chocolate. This entire room that overlooked the Rhine River smelled like chocolate.
Seth and some impressive chocolate made out of various molds.
Lindt truffles and how they are made.
You could get your own Lindt candy bar made. You chose dark, milk or white chocolate and 4 toppings. This happy lady is making Joshua's chocolate bar.
Joshua and Dietmar with their made to order chocolate. It was really good!
Sunday, Joshua preached at a local church. He did his introduction in German and preached the rest of the sermon with a translator. After the service we met a young German couple who will be moving to Fort Worth in August for the husband to attend SWBTS! It was very exciting to meet them.
Sunday afternoon we drove a short distance to Brühl to see the Augustusburg Castle.
There was a pretty garden and forest area surrounding the castle.
Chapel Monday morning
It was an encouraging weekend for all of us. At one point Seth asked me why they were so nice to us. My answer was they were Christians acting like Christians. It was a great testimony to our children.
I recognize Dr. Jung from when he stayed at the SWBTS hotel when I worked there! Also, the chocolate factory... I die. They'd have to roll me out of there! ;) I'm so glad to see you are getting to see so many things in Germany and having amazing experiences as a family. Now, come home! :) -Kim Nev.
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