Looking for a place to live

yeah, happy times are ending so it is time for me to look for a permanent place to live in Bonn now.
any suggestions/recommandations about the area to live in is appreciated BONNERS!!

The water challenge

It is rainning almost every 2 days, but still the drinking water is more expensive than beer. They are serving every kind of beverage (coffee/tee/hot chocolate..) for free in the cantine or in the office floors, but not water. Finding the best taste was also a challenge, trying some unbelievably bad tasting brands, I decided one French brand "Volvic" to be the best for me. Something that makes the water challenge harder is that the boggest amount you can buy water is 1,5 liters. Which forces me to buy a 6 pack and return the bottles later on to the shop.

The bottle challenge

Yes, I have been afraid to buy anything that is sold in bottles since I arrived. Why? Because I have to take the bottles back to the shop!! Almost all the plastic/glass bottles have deposit (pfand) which is around 20/25 ct. This means you are throwing away 25 cents everytime you throw a bottle away. For me (no car no bike yet) it is already a problem to shop groceries (yes I am missing the grocery stores in every corner in Istanbul), so taking the bottles back is another.
It is the same issue in the office: since I have to buy my own drinking water (yes I am missing the water springs serving free water in the offices in Turkey) my desk is sometimes a bottle trash.

Alcohol paradise

I have just learned that the legal age limit to buy alcohol is 16, for the light drinks and 18 for the harder drinks. This explains why the German drink practically everywhere:) on the street, on the bus, in the train... I have no problem with that since it gives me the same freedom, but it also causes everywhere smell beer since the people get careless when they get drunk and the bottles are going all around .

Kölner Dom

yes, the famous dom. On saturday I was in Cologne for the second time, The first time I couldn't climb up the tower because there was a service going on. This time I didn't miss (!!) the chance and got a ticket for 2,5 euros and gave myself the opportunity to climb 500 steps up . After that incredible effort, I was expecting an extraordinary view or sth, but I was deeply frustrated. You can see all the city - that's the idea anyway- but there is nothing special on that. Still having the habit to compare everything with Istanbul, the view didn't satisfy my tired legs. On the other hand you can appreciate the architecture which I did.