Thank goodness for zoom lenses.  I could get a shot of Bonn’s Lord Mayor Ashok Sridharan opening the Kessenich Autumn Market (Kessenicher Herbstmarkt) without leaving the dry safety of the nearby beer stand.  The Mayor himself though had to make a short journey through the raindrops to kick off this years event and introduce opening band DELUXE the RadioBand.

All credit to the band themselves for making frequent forays from the stage down into the audience and managing sunny smiles despite the weather as my PICTURE GALLERY shows.