Tokki, Laufen, Switzerland

Cheshire Posted Mar 23, 2012, 5:25 pm	Hello! I haven't started traveling yet, but I decided to post some pictures of myself to show you what I look like. Here is a picture of me: And here is a picture of me with my brother Mao. He is a bit moody at times but also very playful, so I like to play with him (I have to be careful though because he bites sometimes! ). And this is me with my sister Gaby! She is really sweet and we like to sleep together. My mum says she will try to take me to a few places around here to take pictures during the next week, before she sends me to hosts around the world. So I'll probably update this travelog soon. Please PM my mum if you would like to host me for my first big adventure, I'm really excited to discover the world! :3 - Tokki
Cheshire Posted Mar 23, 2012, 11:38 pm	Hey, it's me again! I really wanted to go out today so my mum brought me to the park to play. It was really fun! I thought I should share these photos. Mum says there is usually snow here at this time of year but it has all melted about a week ago this year. Oh well, I had fun anyways, playing in the leaves! I needed help going up the stairs because I am too small for them... I like climbing to high places! I have to be careful not to fall though, because rabbits are fragile animals and I don't want to be hurt...says mum. I rested on a bench for a bit, enjoying the fresh air! This slide was high so I was a little scared... But I went down anyway and it was fun! This one was a okay because it wasn't as high. And of course I had to try the swings! I had a lot of fun at the park! I hope I will get to do more fun activities like this during my adventures! - Tokki
Cheshire Posted Mar 27, 2012, 4:28 pm	Hey everyone! I'm updating my travelog for the last time before leaving Canada. I was supposed to leave later, because my mum wanted to take me to a few places around here to take pictures, but I was so impatient to leave...so I convinced her to let me go earlier. I will be travelling to Finland. I'm sure it will be really fun there, I'm very excited! The lady at the post office said I was cute... it made me happy. I'm very excited to leave for my first adventure! My mum is a bit nervous to let me travel the world on my own, but I know my host will take good care of me so I will be fine. :3 So this is it, I'm leaving now! I hope I won't get lost on my way! Have a good day everyone and wish me a safe trip! - Tokki
mmm105 Posted Apr 3, 2012, 3:26 pm	Hi mom, Guess what? I'm here! I'm in Finland! I arrived here already! There's several small creatures to saying welcome to me, when I came out of my envelope. My hostmom said they all have waited for me. Awww, how nice is that! I'm feeling so welcome here. They all gave me a welcome hug! How sweet! Here's Sylvia from Germany ...and here's Porridge from Germany ...and Mo from Poland ...and Luna, hostmom's own travelling toy, who is home right now ...and here's hostmom's real living cat I told everyone that I'm from Canada, from North America. They all were exited about it. I also told that this is my very first time to visit abroud. Everyone said I must be very brave bunny, because I came to Finland, so far away from my own home, and in my very first journey. Well, I guess it is so. I asked hostmom to show me, how far away Finland is from Canada. Ooooh, did I really travel so MANY kilometres?  Mom, can you see Finland? It's right there... in Scandinavian. And Jyväskylä, town where I am right now, is in Central-Finland. Mom, you can find Jyväskylä, when you look the part of Finland where is so many lakes. And guess what? Hostmom told me there's about 188 000 lakes in total in Finland. Wow, is it incrediable!  Mom, there's small lakes just next to city center, too! Wow!  And my hostmom lives just next to other lake. When all these introductions had done, we decided to play little in the climbing tree of hostmom's cat. It was really fun! Cat came to play with us, too.  Then we all hear something weird sound from outside. We wanted to know, where that sound comes from. So, we all went to see trough the window... ...and we saw a big car, who removes snow. Awwww, we all stared that big car.      Oh no, hostmom's car is under the snow... We must do something about it... hmmmm... We all were thinking, how we can solve this problem.  We decided to go outside and clean hostmom's car out of the snow. Here I am, cleaning the car: And look mom, I'm here, in the middle of snow!!!  And look, how nice hole I made in the snow! As you can see, I'm fine. And I think I will have great time here. Mom, don't be worry at all. Ooooh, I'm so exited! Hostmom told me that she has very special plans for tomorrow. What would it be? Just can't wait! Lots of love, Tokki xxx
mmm105 Posted Apr 5, 2012, 7:36 pm	Hello mom, I had a wonderful day! Guess what my hostmom has planned for today? I can come with her in a postcrossing meeting. Wow, I meet new Finnish people there, and chatting with them, and offcourse write many postcards. (Mom, keep on eye in YOUR mailbox! ) The meeting was in Harjun Paperi, the wonderful little postcard shop in this town. You can see from the following pictures, that I had really good time there!  As you can see, there's something little to eat (pizza, Karelian pies, cookies, chocolate eggs etc.)  Here I am, eating a Karelian Pie with egg-butter. It's something really Finnish thing. It was good! The Wikipedia tells this about Karelian pies: Karelian pasties or Karelian pies (South Karelian dialect of Finnish: karjalanpiirakat, singular karjalanpiirakka; North Karelian dialect of Finnish: karjalanpiiraat, singular karjalanpiiras; Karelian: kalitt, singular kalittoa; Olonets Karelian: šipainiekku) are traditional pasties from the region of Karelia. Today they are eaten throughout Finland. The oldest traditional pasties usually had a rye crust, but the North Karelian and Ladoga Karelian variants also had wheat alongside of rye to improve the baking characteristics of the available rye breads. The common fillings of this era were barley and talkkuna. The 19th century first introduced potato and buckwheat as new fillings, and later due to trade, also rice and millet. Nowadays in the most familiar and common recipe the pasties are made from a thin rye crust with a filling of rice. Butter, often mixed with boiled egg (egg butter or munavoi), is spread over the hot pasties before eating. And here I am, drinking milk. Then it's time to write some postcards Mom look, how cute Easter things and postcards there was!!! Riding a bike, hi hiiii!!!!  Look mom!  There's flowers in shoes!!!  Here are we all toys. They are my friends! Love, Tokki xxx
mmm105 Posted Apr 5, 2012, 7:44 pm	MOM, HAPPY EASTER HOLIDAYS! Hugs and kisses, Tokki xxx
mmm105 Posted Apr 7, 2012, 8:10 am	Hello mom! Easter is coming, so I made some Easter preparations with my ToyVoyager friends: Amie, Porridge, Luna, me, Niiskuneiti, Sylvia and Mo. I painted an Easter egg. It was nice! Then hostmom put all eggs (painted Easter eggs and chocolate eggs) to the nice yellow cup. I got hungry while painting eggs. Hostmom suggested me to taste and eat something really Finnish Easter thing: Mämmi. Mom, this Easter dessert looks very suspicious!!!    ...but it tasted yummy!  Now you might wonder, what Mämmi is... Well, let me tell you... Wikipedia tells that mämmi is a traditional Finnish Easter dessert. Mämmi is made from water, rye flour, and powdered rye malt, seasoned with dark molasses, salt, and dried powdered Seville orange peel. The mixture is then allowed to go through a slow natural sweetening process before being baked in an oven until set. Preparation takes many hours, and after baking the mämmi is stored chilled for three to four days before being ready to eat. Generally mämmi is eaten cold with either milk or cream and sugar, and less commonly with vanilla sauce. Happy Easter mom! xxx Tokki
mmm105 Posted Apr 8, 2012, 10:58 am	Hi mom, It's Easter now!  I found a small chocolate egg in hostmom's box between all strings. I decided to get the egg out off there. But what happened? I found the egg, but I'm in stuck myself...  hmmmm... what I can do now?  I decided to ask help from others.  Porridge, Amie, Sylvia, Niiskuneiti and Mo helped me.  It was really difficult, but together we did it!!!  Can I eat it? It looks so yummy!  Hostmom said no, not yet... First we need to help others to find their chocolate eggs. ...helping Porridge... ...helping Mo... ...helping Sylvia... Now we all can eat our chocolate eggs!!! Mmmmm, so delicious!  xxx Tokki
mmm105 Posted Apr 10, 2012, 3:12 pm	Hi mom, I was visiting my hostmom's work. She is a nurse, and she had a night shift last night. I was helping my hostmom keep awake the hole long night, I keeped a company to her. Look mom, I found new friends there! There's a small nurse doll and a small teddy bear, and offcourse ToyVoyagers Sylvia, Porridge and Mo were there, too. And there's me taking a little brake... my hostmom drank a cup of coffee while I was talking with friends. Hugs, Tokki xxx
mmm105 Posted Apr 10, 2012, 8:50 pm	Today I went outside to play with snow. It was so fun!  At first me and ToyVoyagers Amie, Niiskuneiti, Porridge, Sylvia and Mo cathered together to think what we would do. Then we decided to make a small snowman.  First need to make 3 big snowballs... And then we put those snowballs together The snowman is ready!!! Jey!!!    This snowman is funny, because he is going to sailing!!!    It was a nice day! xxx Tokki
mmm105 Posted Apr 11, 2012, 12:54 pm	Hi mom, Today I learn some Finnish language. My hostmom teaches me. And I teach my language to my hostmom. Mom, you can learn Finnish now!!!  Love and kisses, Tokki xxx P.S: Mom, guess what?  Hostmom has planned something special thing for the end of this week! Ooooh, what it might be? I'm so exited!
mmm105 Posted Apr 12, 2012, 8:01 pm	Hello mom! Today I walked soooo many kilometres!!! Ooooh, my legs... Hostmom show me Jyväskylä city. There's hostmom's home, on the second floor. This is a nice statue. It looks like two humans are flying!  This is very usual view of this town at this time of year. Isn't this big one? This is the orthodox church of Jyväskylä. And this is the evangelical lutheran church of Jyväskylä (Taulumäen kirkko). Hih hii, here I am!  ...and walking continues... We found stairs. There's a small river inside of the town, named Tourujoki. Look mom!!! Animal friends!!!  Nice statue, isn't it? Look mom!!! The bear!!! It's lucky that it's not a real living one... This is also quite pretty statue. What do you think it is? Look mom, how funny sign I saw!!!    Do you think those humans are going to crash? I made this snow-heart to you, mom! <3 We all are friends! Mom, look how far away I am from some other countries! Wow!  This place is Harju. It's just in the middle of Jyväskylä. It's famous sport center. ...and walking continues... This old war machine is a statue nowadays. It reminds and respects all Finnish soldiers who were in the war many many years ago. So long stairs... Mom, you can see the city center down there! This is the town hall of Jyväskylä. I went to library, too. Look, there's a table for Titanic books! Soooo many books...  Look mom, this funny art sculpture is in the library. It's "Tiedonpuu" in Finnish, "A tree of knowledge" in English. How many Jyväskylä flags!!! Hostmom told that Jyväskylä has 175th anniversary in this year. This is another church of Jyväskylä. Look how funny tree there was! Can you see me in the picture, mom? I found very old train!!! Can you see me in this picture? "Mitä kello on?" (How much the time is?) Oh, there's a new train! it's leaving! This is the Matkakeskus. There's the bus station and the train stations in the same building. This moose was in front of the Matkakeskus building. This is the main street. It's the street, where the most of shops are. It's kävelykatu in Finnish. And this is the plaza ("tori" in Finnish) It was nice to see this city, and different places in it. Tomorrow I will have an exiting day... just can't wait... You might wonder now, why tomorrow will be exiting. hih... well, I don't tell you that yet. It's a surprise. Lots of love, Tokki xxx
mmm105 Posted Apr 15, 2012, 9:36 am	Hi mom! Today I had a nice day. Hostmom has many ToyVoyagers with her, and she was thinking it would be nice if all can meet other ToyVoyagers, too. So, together with her friend Reissari, they planned a ToyVoyager meeting! They decided to meet with all their travelling toy friends in the Natural History Museum of Central Finland... The Natural History Museum's website (click) tells that "The Natural History Section serves as a preservation unit for natural scientific research, and displays environmental subjects and research material. It takes care of the living plants of the botanical garden on the campus. It also receives wild animals found dead and prepares scientific samples of them. The section has a collection of over 250 000 samples, the most numerous being invertebrates, plants and moss." I met many other ToyVoyagers, and we all became friends. How nice is that! Here we are... all sitting together in front of the big sized bear. This place was really exiting!!! I saw many animals. There were some flowers, too. Mom, I'm top of the World!!!  It might looked funny to be on the planet Earth ball, because others came on it, too. Mom, look, I'm sitting on Finland!  Hugs, Tokki xxx
mmm105 Posted Apr 15, 2012, 9:44 am	TOYVOYAGERS MEETING, PART 2: Hi mom! After visiting the Natural History Museum of Central Finland, I was really hungry. So, we all went to eat something at the restaurant named Food. It was nice place. There were small sized menus for me, too! Hmmmmm, let's order something...  Here we are, waiting to have something to eat. Here we all are eating some nachos, mmmmmmmm, yummy!  I like nachos!!!  Mom, do you want them, too? Ooooooh!!!  Soooo big portion of food! Jey! Yummy!  Oh, my tummy! I'm so full! After eating I wrote a postcard to you, mom!  ...and clued the stamp on it... ...and mailed it.  Mommy, look carefully your mailbox!!!  This day was a FANTASTIC day!  Kisses, Tokki xxx
mmm105 Posted Apr 15, 2012, 9:49 am	TOYVOYAGERS MEETING, PART 3: Hello mom! Here I am, in Kirkkopuisto (= a church park). ...And here I am again, sitting with ToyVoyagers friends on the stairs of that church. There's Sylvia, me, Sweetheart-, Krok Little, Mo, Ape Apina, Bzzzzz, Porridge, Amie and Niiskuneiti. This day was a FANTASTIC day! I really liked this ToyVoyagers meeting! I just wish you were here, too. Hugs, Tokki xxx
mmm105 Posted Apr 15, 2012, 1:56 pm	Hi mom! Yesterday I was in ToyVoyagers meeting (as you already knew), but guess what I did today? I was in postcrossing meeting!  The meeting was in the café named Wilhelmiina, in Jyväskylä city center. Mmmmmmmm, I tasted a piece of cheece cake and hot chocolate. Yummy!  Oh, my pour tummy! It was so yummy! Mommy, look how many postcards!!!  Other ToyVoyagers were there, too. And then it's time to mail all those postcards. We went to the local post office. Post office is posti in Finnish. Behind us there's a Hockeybird flyers. The charachter Hockeybird is the official mascot of ice hockey World Championships in this year. Love, Tokki  xxx
mmm105 Posted Apr 15, 2012, 3:46 pm	Hello mom! I visited in one shopping center of Jyväskylä. The shopping center's name is Forum. In this first photo there's a text "Forum keskipiste". It means "the center point of Forum". Text is written with big letters on the floor. There's many shops in this shopping center building. Hih, I really like these moving stairs!    This is me going up... ...and going down Oh, I found a funny place inside of the shopping center building.     CONGRATULATIONS TOKKI FOR HAVING ONE PART (1/5) OF ONE LIFE MISSION COMPLETED!!! (Go shopping centers from 5 different countries)     Mom, I'm so happy!!! xxx Tokki
mmm105 Posted Apr 15, 2012, 4:19 pm	Hi mom! Guess what I did today evening? It was really fun! One of hostmom's friend has a birthday party today. Hostmom asked if I want to come to the party with her. Offcourse I want that! Before going to the party, I made some preparations to having party mood. So, I did a party hat for me. First need to cut one peace of paper. Then I used a clue stick. Hurray! It started to look like a party hat. Mom, do I look nice? Look, this chrocheting rose with a small butterfly on it (hostmom has made it herself!), it's a birthday present to hostmom's friend. Isn't it beautiful? Do you think she is going to like it? Oh, I think so!!! Just putting the present to the gift bag, and we are ready to go. I asked hostmom if someone else ToyVoyager could come to the party with me, so that I wouldn't feel like outsider to being only toy there. Hostmom asked from other toys, and Niiskuneiti came with us. Here we are, in the birthday party!  First some little snacks... chips... ...and pop corn... ...and some grapes... ...and lollipop... Then it's time to eat birthday cake, yummy!!!  ...and some drinks, too! by saying "kippis!" (it means "cheers!") ...hih, and eat more cake, this time a chocolate cake with vanilla sauce, mmmmmmm...  It was really nice party! I had lots of fun!        CONGRATULATIONS TOKKI FOR HAVING ONE LIFE MISSION COMPLETED!!! (Go to a Birthday party in another country)     Mom, I'm so super happy now!!! Love, Tokki  xxx
mmm105 Posted Apr 15, 2012, 6:05 pm	TVs are eating TVs and watching TV, and there's a picture in TV where are TVs eating TVs and watching TV.  There's Ape Apina, Bzzzzz, Porridge, Niiskuneiti, Mo, Sylvia, Tokki and Amie. I celebrated my completed life mission by eating TV-candies!  Love, Tokki
mmm105 Posted Apr 16, 2012, 11:44 am	Hi mom! Today I said goodbye to 3 ToyVoyagers. They leave from home today. Bzzzzz goes to Austria. I gave her a goodbye hug. Amie goes to Germany. and Niiskuneiti goes to Germany, too. I hope they all will have a great journey! xxx Tokki
mmm105 Posted Apr 17, 2012, 6:37 pm	Hi mom! Today I learned to make origami. It was fun! It is a cat. Is it nice, mom? bye, Tokki xxx
mmm105 Posted Apr 18, 2012, 5:32 pm	Hello mom! I watched through the window that it's snowing outside. So, I asked hostmom if I can go outside and maybe playing with snow. She smiled and said that off course I can go. Mom!!!! Guess what I did? You can't believe this, but I was skiing!  Others were there, too. There were skiing: Ape Apina, Luna, Sylvia, Mo, Porridge, Hipsu and offcourse me. It was really fun! Lots of love, Tokki xxx
mmm105 Posted Apr 18, 2012, 6:33 pm	Hi mom! Today we got more company here. Two ToyVoyagers came here. PinkLady-bunny and Finfin-ladybug. I gave them both a welcome hug.  Hugs, Tokki xxx
mmm105 Posted Apr 19, 2012, 9:48 pm	Hello mommy! Today was beautiful day, so I was outside. Hostmom showed me more this nice town. We visited in the harbour of Jyväskylä. But hey, mommy!!!! Where are all boats? I can't see any of them!  Ooooh, there they are. We all went to see boats little closer. There's Finfin, Sylvia, Mo, Porridge, PinkLady and me. The ice looks cool!  Is there anyone who need help? I'm here! Count on me, the lifesaver Tokki. Mom, do you like this building? It's cute, isn't it? Here are some views from the harbour This is the bridge of Kuokkala (Kuokkalan silta). It starts from the harbour area and ends in the neighborhood named Kuokkala. Ooooh, what on earth that human is doing?      It must be dangerous to swinging under the big bridge. Hih, hostmom told me that it's not a real human. It's art sculpture. Wow!!! It's the one I never forget.    It's very cool! This nice signs is in the harbour. Finnish text means: "Keep the archipelago clean - On behalv of clear lakes/water." It's nice!  The harbour area of Jyväskylä is quite pretty, don't you think? Hostmom told me that the area is even more pretty in summertimes. But I think it's nice at this time of the year,too. Love, Tokki xxx
mmm105 Posted Apr 20, 2012, 3:22 pm	Hi mom! I was walking just next to the lake Jyväsjärvi. The lake is quite small, and there's a nice little street for pedestrians around the lake. All these photos are from next to that lake. I climbed on the birch (koivu in Finnish). Birch is a very common tree here in Finland. Look mom, how beautiful the nature is! That white building is one part of the Jyväskylä University. It's the apartment of the math and science. The famous architect Alvar Aalto has designed it. Hhmmmm...  What is this? Hostmom told me it's an art sculpture, named Suuri Kompassi (the big compass). Artist's name is Markku Hakuri. And it has made in the year 1991.  And this is also an art sculpture. The name is Exit. The artist is Reijo Veijalainen, and it has made in the year 2002. Ooh, even more art!!!  This one's name is Tähystäjät. The artist is Virpi Lehto. It has made in the year 2002. It's a nice view... And here's more art. This one's name is Kakophone. The artist is Harald Karsten. It has made in year 2002. "HELLO MOMMY, CAN YOU HEAR ME?" There's nice buildings, and so funny small trees (the small ones!) in front of the building. This is quite cool bridge!  The white building is one part of the Jyväskylä University. I'm on the bridge now. This is the one view from that bridge. There's little part of the city center and the harbour of Jyväskylä, and the bridge of Kuokkala. Just in front of the Jyväskylä University building there's this art sculpture. This one's name is Hyöky. The artist is Kimmo Schroderus. It has made in the year 2006. And what are those weird white things there? Ooh, more art, offcourse. I should know that...  The name of this art sculpture is Weimar-Chicago. The artist is Jaakko Valo. And it has made in the year 1991. Mom, look!!! Another bridge! Well, this one is quite small one... but cute! Mommy, I got new friends! How cool!  The footprints of those wild ducks! Have you seen them before? Me and other TVs Mo, Porridge, PinkLady, Sylvia and Finfin were all watch them very carefully. bye for now, Tokki xxx
mmm105 Posted Apr 20, 2012, 5:02 pm	Hello again mommy! Guess what? Hostmom just told me, that I can come with her for a little journey. Hostmom will go visit her parents in North Karelia, Eastern Finland. It's over 300 kilometres away from here.  I can see the other side of Finland, and I will spend the next few days there! So, because we will leave tomorrow morning, I decided to pack. Hmmmm... what should I take with me?  a toothbrush, a mirrow, clothes..... hmmmmm....  Ok, things are packed now. I'm ready to go! Hugs, Tokki xxx
mmm105 Posted Apr 24, 2012, 6:57 am	Hello mom, I had a nice weekend. I was in a village named Ilomantsi, in North Karelia, Eastern Finland, visiting hostmom's parents and her godchild. In Ilomantsi there's living about 5 000 people, and there's many sub-villages there. There's also the easternmost point of Finland, and the easternmost point of the continental European Union in Ilomantsi. This village located so east, that it shares about 100 km long border with Russia. Well, here I am, in front of the house of  hostmom's parents. After long drive a car, we were so hungry. So, we decided to cook. And I was there helping to barbeque! Yummy!  There's sausages, beef, chicken and apple slices... ...and offcourse some salad, too. ...and for dessert BIG sized pancakes (in Finnish: lettuja). It was really good!!! And I ate a lot!!!  After eating I had enough energy to help changing tires of the car. There's no need to use winter-tires anymore, it's already time to use summer-tires. That was little dirty work, so we all went to wash ourselves. Look, I am in the sauna. This is very Finnish thing.  There's so warm and relaxing!!! Awww!!! I'm in heaven!!! It's so nice to become clean again. Look mom, I met so many new friends!!! Many toys of hostmom's godchild came to meet us and play with us. It was really fun!  Look, I met MANY other bunnies there!  We were sailing! And we had a party! This instrument is kantele. It's the national instrument of Finland. More infos about kantele you can found for example from here: (click). I want to mention that kantele exist also in Finland's national epic Kalevala. Then hostmom showed me this village, Ilomantsi. the main street the town hall of Ilomantsi a dog statue in the park lots of trees! pitkospuut (a way for pedestrians to be able to walk through the swamp) There's a bird's nest in the tree. The small ladybug was our guide and she showed us places of Ilomantsi. We all followed her. The evangelic lutherian church of Ilomantsi. It has buildt in 1796. Some nice landscapes The lake is still frozen and there's snow on the ice. This is the swim hall of Ilomantsi. Spring is here! Look, those little soft round things in the branches, they are in Finnish pajunkissa. Awww! I'm chilling in the sun!  This place called Sankarihautausmaa. It's a cemetery for those people who fighted in war many many years ago on behalv of Finland.  Hostmom told that there was a storm last winter, and the wind was so strong that some of these big spruces fall down then. And guess what? I am sitting right now on the root of one of those fallen tree. It's quite big, isn't it? This is the orthodox church of Ilomantsi. It has buildt in 1892. It's the most biggest wooden orthodox church in Finland, and it is dedicated to the prophet Elijah. After long time for walking outside, I need some sleep. Love, Tokki xxx
mmm105 Posted Apr 24, 2012, 4:27 pm	Hey mom! Today we got company. A cute frog Telie arrived here from Luxembourg. We all gave Telie a group hug as a welcome. And here we all are: Ape Apina, PinkLady, Hipsu, Telie, Finfin, Sylvia, Mo, Porridge and me Telie showed us some pictures of Luxembourg. I think it is a beautiful country. Hugs, Tokki xxx
mmm105 Posted Apr 25, 2012, 7:33 pm	Mommy hello! Guess what? There was an envelope today, too! And there came a cute teddy bear Ronja from Germany from that envelope. There's starting to have so many TVs here right now. But I think that the more, the more fun we all have!  We gave a group hug to Ronja as a welcome. Love you mommy, Tokki xxx
mmm105 Posted Apr 25, 2012, 8:26 pm	Hey mommy! In the morning I watched through the window, and I noticed there were so many clouds in the sky. Everywhere looks blue and gray, and that was so sad... I was thinking that there must be at least one way to feel better, and bring sunshine and happiness inside. So, I decided to make a sun myself. Maybe my sun will bring some light here... And I did it!  Others did, too!      And it worked, we all feel much better now. xxx Love, Tokki
mmm105 Posted Apr 25, 2012, 9:01 pm	Hello mommy! The making own sun was really powerful thing, because in the afternoon it was sunny weather outside! How cool! We had sunshine inside and outside, too! Because it looked so nice outside, I went there, and relax in sun bath.  Look mommy, so much of snow has already melted away. Spring has come, and snow is dissapearing really fast. And the ice on the lake is melting, too. Yeah, summer will come soon!  xxx Hugs, Tokki
mmm105 Posted Apr 26, 2012, 8:47 am	Hey mommy! Smile, please! Say cheese! Thanks!  xxx Tokki
mmm105 Posted Apr 26, 2012, 9:26 pm	"Hi mommy! ... Hello! ... Are you there? ... It's me, Tokki, I'm here. Wow, this macine is amazing! I can chat with you, even though I'm so far away from home. It's so nice to talk with you, mommy! Hostmom told me this small macine is a phone, and in Finnish it is puhelin or kännykkä. Well, let me tell you something, mom. Today was quite boring day, just because it was raining outside during the hole day long! So, I couldn't go outside to play or see places at all today.  We all were inside and tried to think something nice things to do. But guess what? None of us has any idea, and it made us all very sleepy. And we went to sleep... Quite boring day, isn't it? Hmmmm, nothing else to say for today. I hope tomorrow is the better day, and fun. Bye for now, mommy! Love and kisses! Tokki"
mmm105 Posted Apr 28, 2012, 10:14 am	Hey mom! Today was much better weather outside than yesterday, so I went to outside to play in the evening. It was really fun! I was in the playground to have some fun time there. The place's name is Eilan puisto, and it's located very near of hostmom's home. I was swinging. It was really fun!  Others came, too!  There were Ronja, Telie, Mo, Sylvia, Porridge, Finfin, me and PinkLady. Then I was swinging in other swing! I was in the same side of the swing as Ronja, Mo and Porridge. Then we all decided to go to slide. First must climb the stairs... ...and then it's time for the funniest part! We decided to slide all together in the same time. Oh, how crazy idea!  But before that, we must climb the stairs once again. Paikoillanne, valmiina, hep! (Ready, steady, go!) It was fun!  Look, mommy! We all are having really much fun together! Look mommy, I'm here top of the bird!  Others came, too. We wanted to go flying... While walking back inside, hostmom took some other photos, too. It was a really nice day!  Love, Tokki xxx
mmm105 Posted Apr 28, 2012, 8:44 pm	Hello mommy! I really like music! Did you already know it, mommy? Yeah, I listened a lot music today!  And later in the evening I got hungry, then I made a funny sandwich with a smiley face on it. Yummy! Love, Tokki xxx
mmm105 Posted Apr 29, 2012, 4:48 pm	Hey mom! I was outside today, because there's so nice sunshine there.  It was nice to walk next to the lake and see how spring is totally here.  I saw the first small flowers of this year's spring, and first leaf in the trees. Also some birds and beautiful landscape! Hostmom is living just next to this beautiful lake. Oh, she is so lucky! Love, Tokki xxx
mmm105 Posted May 1, 2012, 6:56 pm	Hey mommy! I have had such a great time today!  It's a day before the May Day, so it's time to celebrate and have a party!  In the May Day Eve (April 30th) and May Day (May 1st) Finnish people are celebrating, too. May Day is almost like a spring carneval or festival in Finland. We decided to have a fancy dress party. It was really fun! We dressed ourselves as ourselves. Mommy, I'm here!!! (No, I was only kidding!!!  It's Sylvia, who has dressed and now pretending to be me!)  But here are we all: Mommy, guess who I'm pretending to be. Yes, I'm like Ronja  We all have so much fun!  Telie is pretending to be Mo, Mo is pretending to be Porridge, PinkLady is pretending to be Finfin, Ronja is pretending to be Sylvia, Finfin is pretending to be Telie, Sylvia is pretending to be Tokki, Porridge is pretending to be PinkLady.      Love, Tokki xxx
mmm105 Posted May 1, 2012, 8:29 pm	Hello mom! Party goes on! How cool!  It's May Day Eve today, and I tasted something Finnish May Day sweet. They called it as tippaleipä (=funnel cake). Wikipedia says this about funnel cakes (click) "Funnel cakes are made by pouring unleavened batter into hot cooking oil in a circular pattern and deep frying the overlapping mass until golden-brown. When made at concession stands, a pitcher with an integral funnel spout is employed. Funnel cakes are typically served plain with powdered sugar." And a drink is sima. Wikipedia says this about sima (click) "Sima is a sweet mead, still an essential seasonal, sparkling brew connected with the Finnish Vappu festival. It is usually spiced by adding both the flesh and rind of a lemon. During secondary fermentation raisins are added to control the amount of sugars and to act as an indicator of readiness for consumption — they will swell by absorbing carbon dioxide and rise to the top of the bottle when the drink is ready." It was so yummy!  Every year in May Day Eve, the statue of Minna Canth has got a special hat, ylioppilaslakki (=white cap). It's always few students, who can put the hat on the Minna Canth's head. Here's some pictures about that seremony: Hostmom told me, that not all can own this special white cap. Only they, who has successfully completed the upper secondary school final exams, matriculation examinations, can have those white caps. And this time of the year, Vappu (May Day), is the time for celebrate this.  When we were back inside, I could try hostmom's white cap. Do I look cool, mom? Love, Tokki xxx
mmm105 Posted May 1, 2012, 9:51 pm	Hi mommy! Because it's May Day, there was a flag of Finland in the flagpole. The flag looks quite nice, when the sky is so blue (today it was!) Today I did also something exiting! I went to see some very cool cars!  There was a Car Show in Jyväskylä, so there were SO MANY old and new, and cool cars there!      Love, Tokki xxx
mmm105 Posted May 3, 2012, 9:49 pm	Hello mommy! Ooooh, I found a picture of a cow who slides!  The picture is in a milk carton. Mommy, do you think they got milkshake in Finland by shaking cows by letting cows to slide?    Well, I was kidding!!!    It's only a picture. But I think it's a cute one. Love, Tokki xxx
mmm105 Posted May 3, 2012, 9:53 pm	Hello mommy! I found this cute thing today. It's quite interesting... What it might be? Mommy, is this thing perhaps a rocket? Is it going to space?    Can I go in? Mommy, can I go to travel in space? I would visit the Moon, and many planets, and I want to see the black hole, asteroids etc... (I'm dreaming...) Ooooh, mommy! Look!  There is happening something! The white part on the bottom is being bigger!!!  Hmmmm...  ...maybe it is not a rocket... This is so exiting! The white thing is moving, and it changes its shape all the time!  I have to take a look little closer. How cool!  Hostmom told me that it is laavalamppu (= a lava lamp). It's magical, isn't it? I could stare it the hole day...  Love, Tokki xxx
mmm105 Posted May 4, 2012, 9:18 am	Hello! We got some company today. There were an envelope in today's mail. And yes, there was a ToyVoyager inside!  We all were wondering, who this new TV might be.  We only saw a brown head and two big white teeth peeking out of the envelope. I haven't ever seen that kind of creature before.  The new TV came out of the envelope, and introduced as a B.o.B. the beaver. B.o.B. gave us some candies.  I gave B.o.B. a hug as a welcome. And then we had a welcome party for B.o.B. Love, Tokki xxx
mmm105 Posted May 6, 2012, 5:02 pm	Hi mommy! At first, I want to say this warning to everyone, who is reading this... IF YOU ARE AFRAID OF SPIDERS OR SOME OTHER SMALL BUGS, DON'T READ THIS UPDATE! Well, now it has been said, and I can continue to tell you, what I have done. I did today something really exiting! Mommy, can you guess what I did? It's related to spiders!!! How cool!  I tell you that little bit later... First, I need to go outside, because we all walked to this "secret-spider-place". But, it was raining, and it wasn't quiet raining. It was raining a lot! But don't worry mom, I didn't get wet, I got my umbrella with me.  And now it's time to tell you, mom, where I was going. I visited to see the Tarantula Birdspider Exhibition (more info: click here ) <--- I'm sorry, it's Finnish There were many different big spiders, tarantulas, and other bugs and butterflies, too, showed from all over the World. First, I saw some really beautiful butterflies. Some of them were SO BIG sized. ...And some bugs... ...And some cool and BIG sized spiders! This one was the biggest tarantula in the exhibition. I'm sorry about the quality of photos, but there were difficult lights for taking photos in that exhibition room. I saw a real living scorpion! And here are the most beautiful butterflies of the exhibition in closer look: Love, Tokki xxx
mmm105 Posted May 6, 2012, 9:40 pm	Hello mommy! I was watching the really B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L sunset in hostmom's backyard today. I think the nature in Finland looks very beautiful, indeed! And I think my hostmom is really lucky to live in this environmental, just next to this small lake. Love, Tokki xxx
mmm105 Posted May 7, 2012, 10:06 am	Dear mommy, Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear mommy, happy birthday to you! Hugs and kisses, Tokki
mmm105 Posted May 7, 2012, 8:54 pm	Hi mom! Guess what? Another ToyVoyager arrived here today! He is Erol the Pirat from Germany. We all gave him a group hug as a welcome. He showed a postcard from his hometown, and we ate candies what he has brought from his home. They were so yummy!  Hostmom's cat came to say hello too!  Love Tokki xxx
mmm105 Posted May 8, 2012, 7:33 pm	Hi mommy! I had a fantastic and so funny day today!!! I visited in the amusement park named Suomen Tivoli!!!  I was there with all other ToyVoyagers. And guess what? We met a new puppy toy (look the second photo).  He wasn't a ToyVoyager, he was with one employer of the amusement park. He came to sit next to us to the bench, and he was in the same photo with us!  There were so many crazy things in that amusement park. And I was so brave, because I went to The Giant Wheel. It was so exiting, but I really liked the views. Hostmom took good care of me, I was in her lap or in her hands all the time. Hostmom told me this Suomen Tivoli is the travelling amusement park. It stays some times in one city, and then it travels to the other city, and it travels in different parts of Finland. I had a really great time today!  Love, Tokki xxx
mmm105 Posted May 9, 2012, 4:33 pm	Hey mommy! Because hostmom feels like she propably going to have a flu, we all stayed inside today, and just relax. I found today's newspaper Keskisuomalainen, and I read it. But mommy, all is written in Finnish! So weird language!!! So, I concentrated to watch the pictures, and offcourse the weather forecast. Love, Tokki xxx
mmm105 Posted May 10, 2012, 1:20 pm	Hello mommy! I had a fun day today, as you can see from the pictures. Love, Tokki xxx
mmm105 Posted May 10, 2012, 8:09 pm	Hi mom! Hostmom told me, that I will soon continue my journey. It's nice! I have had great time here in Finland, but it's always nice to see different places and countries.  Hostmom told me there's already someone waiting for me in Germany. Wow! I searched some info about that country from the Internet. Maybe I can start travelling tomorrow, when post offices are open again. It so exiting!! Love, Tokki xxx
mmm105 Posted May 11, 2012, 12:33 pm	Hi mommy! It's time to say goodbye to all my friends here. I'm going to start travelling again. First hostmom's cat came to say goodbye to me and Porridge, who is leaving here today, too. Then other ToyVoyagers say goodbye... ...and give a goodbye group hug. After that I went into my envelope. Love, Tokki xxx
mmm105 Posted May 11, 2012, 12:35 pm	Oooooh, it's so dark here... I can't see anything... But maybe now it's perfect time to get a sleep and dream about what kind of place I'm going... Germany, here I come!!! xxx Tokki
beelicious Posted May 17, 2012, 7:30 am	Hello mum! Today I finally arrived in Germany! I was very friendly welcomed by Bobi and Buddy! I like it here! I site in the grass in the sun and... I allowed to nibble on lettuce. All the best, Tokki
beelicious Posted May 18, 2012, 4:10 pm	Hello mum! I had a great day! Adventure-day! The wheater was wonderful, not too cold, not too hot, so we take a little trip around my hosthome. We are ready! First we were on the river "Main"  at a lock. Look, just driving a boat through it! Then we were in a large meadow. Do you see me? I'm here... like in the jungle! At a lake we made a break. Isn't it beautiful here? Look, behind me are geese! Here it is comfortable - on the belly of my host-dad. Then we were on the "Altenburg". It isn't really  a castle, only a tower. I meet sheep! The view is fantastic! Then we drive to the Main again. Look, a big ship comes! It is so wonderful here! I'm brave and climb on trees. Buddy, Bobi and I are very brave guys! Can you see us? Here we are: Puh, after this test of courage I need a reward. How about an ice cream? What do I take? Yummi! I take a Bounty-Cup with Coconut. On the way home we see this. It looks realy cool! Back at home we made a little barbecue. Yummie! Sausage with pumkin. So, this was my day. I hope you like it! I kiss you! Tokki
beelicious Posted May 21, 2012, 3:12 pm	Hello mum! Today the postman gave us a big envelope. Look! It's Batty! He was in the USA but his home is in Germany. My hostmum says that we go to a beautiful city tomorrow. I'm so excited! Bye, Tokki
beelicious Posted May 25, 2012, 7:58 am	Hi! Today we made a little trip  to Wuerzburg. This is the "Residenz" and.... the "Franconia fountain". Behind me the fortress "Marienburg". This is the pilgrimage churche "Maria Heimsuchung" but all say "Kaeppele" ("little church"). Then we went to the "Steinburg". From there I have a fantastic view over Wuerzburg. When we were at home again there was an envelope. A new TV? Who's inside? Look! It's Leooo! He looks very nice and a little bit crazy. He is from the netherlands. Kind regards, Tokki
beelicious Posted Jun 2, 2012, 6:21 am	Dear Mummy! Today there was an envelope in the mailbox... All TV's are curious who's comes... Look! It's Kasimir Kashmir! We welcome him very friendly - group hug! Kind regards, Tokki
beelicious Posted Jun 9, 2012, 8:43 am	Hey mum! Today we made a short trip to Bamberg. On the way to Bamberg we met sheep. On the hunter seat we keep on lookout for forest animals. Isn't that a beautiful poppy field? This is the "Altenburg". The highest point in Bamberg. It's starts to rain.... Because the rain was very strong we returned home... Bye, Tokkii
beelicious Posted Jun 9, 2012, 8:44 am	Hello! A new envelope? Who might be inside? We're very excited! Look! It's Hippy from England! We give him a warmly welcome! But today we not only say "welcome",  we say "goodbye" too. Buddy is leaving us. He travels back to Switzerland. Good luck Buddy! Kiss, Tokki
beelicious Posted Jun 12, 2012, 12:18 pm	Hi mom! Here in Europe the people and TV's are crazy because the European Championchip in soccer begins... I celebrate with the other TV's and  I'm impartial  ... Kiss, Tokki
beelicious Posted Jun 18, 2012, 9:39 am	Hi! Today we've looked the match between Germany and the Netherlands on the TV. The Dutch fans are very funny! The German too. The German TV's sing the National Anthem. They are not the best singer ... Leooo sings the Dutch national anthem. He sings very nice.... Good luck and fair play! Goal for Germay! Goal for Germany again! Now goal for the Netherlands! Final result  2:1. Germany wins! Kiss, Tokki
beelicious Posted Jun 19, 2012, 3:55 pm	Hello mummy! This afternoon we made a spontaneous trip to the  "Brombachsee". It isn't a natural lake but it's still very nice there! It was too late for a boat trip... On the way home we've stopped in Bamberg and went to a beergarden. The people in Upper Franconia called it "Keller". Kind regars, Tokki
beelicious Posted Jun 26, 2012, 8:33 am	Hi! Today Hippy and I had a great idea. We want to see real rabbits...  so we made a poster! We demonstrated until our host said "Ok! We drive to real rabbits!". So we went to Schweinfurt to the "Oaks", a little park with animals. Finally! I meet a real rabbit! I can't read the sundial but it's time to go back at home. It was a great day  ! Bye, Tokki
beelicious Posted Jul 2, 2012, 9:15 am	Today I baked cheesecake muffins. Yummy!
beelicious Posted Jul 2, 2012, 10:15 am	Today  was an envelope in the mail. Maybe a new friend? We're so excited! Look! It's Cherry Lola, a real california girl! We gave her a warmly welcome!
beelicious Posted Jul 2, 2012, 10:39 am	Hi mum! Last night was a terrible storm! Thankfully I wasn't alone! This morning we saw the damage. Twigs and branches everywhere on the streets ... broken trees ... and the tomatoes are a little bent. But don't worry! I'm fine  ! Greetings, Tokki
beelicious Posted Jul 10, 2012, 8:30 am	Hello mummy! Today we were in the beautiful city of Bamberg. We wanted to the cathedral but unfortunately there were all the roads blocked ... A view of St. Michael. We are then in the historic Old Town. They is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This is "Little Venice." The river is the "Regnitz". It is not beautiful? This is the "Old Town Hall". It's really magical here! Best regards, Tokki
beelicious Posted Jul 12, 2012, 1:38 pm	Hi! Today we got a parcel!. Yeah! A new TV! We're very excited! Look! It's Wolley from Guinea!  We welcome him friendly! We also said "Goodbye!" to Kasimir Kashmir. He travels to England! Good luck, Kasimir! In the evening we visited a friend of my hosts. The boys are Ismael and Ilias. Bye, Tokki
beelicious Posted Jul 26, 2012, 7:16 am	Hello! Today was Cherry Lolas birthday. We made a little birthday-party for her! We sang "Happy birthday!" She blow out the birthday candle. I hug her. Then we ate birthday cake and... drank Cherry Cola. We had a lot of fun together! Bye, Tokki
beelicious Posted Aug 8, 2012, 8:57 am	Dear Mum! Today we visited Koenigsberg i.Bay. (in Bavaria). Koenigsberg is a very romantic village. Thera a many smal alleys with beautiful half-timbered houses. Come on! Go with me on my walk through Koenigsberg! Behind us is the town hall. Unfortunately you can't hear it, but we hear a nice ring of bells. I hope you enjoyed our little walk! See you soon! Your Tokki
beelicious Posted Aug 17, 2012, 9:36 am	Hi mum! Today I had a lot of fun! In the morning  we  drove to a little lake. With our new guest manager Fanny we built a beach shelter. Together we can do it! Done! It's so nice here! We rest a little at the lake then we must go home. I made radish salad because we were invited to a  birthday party with barbecue at the afternoon. First boil some eggs.... .... then peel and cut. Also cut radishes... cheese.... and scallions. Put all into a bowl and  add yogurt and... vinegar. Done! Ismael, the godson of my host mum is today 10 years old. Happy birthday! Ismael with his best friend Noah. Bye, Tokki
beelicious Posted Aug 30, 2012, 8:18 am	Hello mum! How are you? I hope fine! Today Fanny had a funny idea. She gave us a lesson in the Franconian dialect. The weather was fine so we could go outside. First we learnd food-words like eggs (Äer) or potato (Grumbern). I was able to wipe the blackboard. Then animals: Hua, that means chicken or hen. Gögger: cock And Fannys favorit word because she is one: Bätzer - sheep. Things: Emer =  a pail Lädder = ladder Then we learnd some other words like... Simbl (idiot, jerk) Towd (godfather) Wengert (vineyard) I've taken notes. The lesson had just ended when Lumpi came to visit us. He is the dachshund from the neightbours. It was a great day! Love, Tokki
beelicious Posted Sep 1, 2012, 3:40 pm	Hi! Today was an envelope in the mail. Maybe a new guest? Hello? Is anyone there? Look! It's Herlinde  from Remscheid in Germany! She looks so cute! I received her very friendly. Cheese! Take care! Tokki
beelicious Posted Sep 6, 2012, 9:55 am	Hello Mummy! The summer is gone.... The autumn is  now... And what we do in the autumn? Fanny had a great idea. We make kite and let them fly! At the afternoon the weather was  sunny  so we go outside. Fanny showed how I can make a kite. Then I made my own. Done! I sign it. Only for you  ! I hope you like it... All kites are very nice! In the evening blew the wind so I let fly my kite. What a fun! Fannys kite was blown into a tree! She was very sad... So we helped her to get her kite back! We're a fantastic team! It was a great day! Lots of love, Tokki
beelicious Posted Sep 7, 2012, 11:19 am	Hey mum! I stay here for 4 month - it's time to travel again! I heard that Switzerland should be wonderful. I think, I travel there! On the PC, I find out about my new home. There are about 500 km/310 miles. I say "Goodbye" to my TV-friends. Fanny wish me a good journey. See you soon!
melik90 melik90@gmx.ch Posted Sep 19, 2012, 8:42 am	hi mom, After my long trip suddenly I heard some voices. Gently my parcel got opened and there I was! I got welcomed by NicePeter, PieksiHH and Finfin Lots of love, Tokki
melik90 melik90@gmx.ch Posted Sep 20, 2012, 1:51 pm	Hi mum, Today we watched a movie called Changeling. It's a drama with Angelina Jolie based on a real story. It made us a bit sad but we all got chocolate to cheer us up again! Lots of love, Tokki
melik90 melik90@gmx.ch Posted Sep 21, 2012, 6:53 am	Hi mum, Today we received a new visitor, Ape Apina. He's a monkey originally from Finland and came to us from Spain. Concidentially he's not a stranger to me, we've been together in Finland in Spring 12 already! We all gave him a big welcome hug! He showed us the route he took from Barcelona, where he was last. Lots of love, Tokki

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