Knirrie, Alkmaar, Netherlands

Cyn Posted Jun 16, 2012, 9:31 am	Hi guys!! My name is Knirrie and i'm a new TV!! Mom bought me 1,5 month ago and today she decided to make me a toyvoyager!! I'm not very big, and also not heavy. I found 5 life missions, and i hope i will complete them all! Are you going to help me? Love, Knirrie!
Cyn Posted Jul 27, 2012, 8:44 am	Yeah!! Im on my way to Germany now!! Hope to see you soon!
mcdaniels Posted Aug 1, 2012, 10:12 pm	Hello Mummy, today morning I arrived at Paderborn, Germany. I was very warmly welcomed by many stuffed animals, especially by three other ToyVoyagers, named Konsta, Walt Duck and Störte. After a few hugs we sat together and talked about our TV-life. I think we'll have a lot of fun together! I was also taken with Mademoiselle Poupoule, because in colour we go well together  In the evening Konsta and me went for a walk and Konsta showed me all his favourite places in Neuenbeken which is hostmum's homevillage and belongs to Paderborn. I was very happy to walk after sitting in the dark envelope for a few days. We saw lots of pretty flowers, sat on a bench, looked at a nice sunset sitting on an old tree and at last we saw the full moon...very romantic  And now we'll go to sleep. Good night, Mum, and all the best, yours Knirrie
mcdaniels Posted Aug 7, 2012, 9:29 pm	Dear Mum, last Sunday Konsta and me went to Paderborn city and visited "Libori", a big secular and worldly festival. What a fairground! Fantastic! And imagine, Mummy, we drove with a Ferris wheel! Wow! Every year the Libori-festival ends with a big fireworks. Unfortunately the pictures aren't really good, but the fireworks was super! And Konsta and me took a picture in front of a heart with the words "I love you"... ... Perhaps I've fallen in love a little bit  Yours Knirrie
mcdaniels Posted Aug 9, 2012, 9:14 pm	Hi Mum, imagine, today evening I completed one of my life missions: I ate a sausage! And the best was: it was a vegetarian sausage with no pork at all! Fantastic!!! Konsta and me ate it together and the sausage became shorter and shorter and shorter and shorter and...oh
mcdaniels Posted Aug 21, 2012, 8:34 pm	Hi Mum, unfortunately hostmum had some problems with the internet, but here I am again! On Sunday the 12th we had a very nice day: Konsta, hostmum, hostdad, the old dog ladies and me started with a great breakfast. And look, Mummy, what Konsta created for me: a butter heart  Then we explored the garden: apple trees, lots of flowers (some of them in pink!), tomatoes and so on...and I discovered a pink raspberry! In the early afternoon we drove to Paderborn city by bike for playing miniature golf. It was fantastic to help hostmum and hostdad putting the little balls into the holes  And for cooling off: a big ice cream! Yes, it was a very nice day! Best wishes, yours Knirrie
mcdaniels Posted Aug 22, 2012, 5:32 pm	Hi Mum, yesterday Konsta and me went into the garden and blew at a faded dandelion...and then we could wish something. I hope Konsta wished the same as I did...
mcdaniels Posted Aug 24, 2012, 3:38 pm	Hi Mum, yesterday a small parcel arrived. Störte, Walt Duck, Konsta and me were very courious about the contents, because we could here whispering in it. Störte took heart and opened it with a knife and two little monkeys came to light! After welcoming them, Joesy and 3*Euro showed us all the little things they've collected on their journeys so far, wow! And then we sat together and talked about our TV-experiences for hours and hours... I'm sure we'll have a nice time together! Yours Knirrie
mcdaniels Posted Aug 25, 2012, 4:27 pm	Hello Mum, yesterday we had to say good-bye to Störte who started to his next journey, a secret mission! And in the evening we went to hostmum's parents for watching football on TV. After fortifying ourselves with pizza and ice cream the match began: Dortmund against Bremen. Dortmund is hostmum's and her mother's native town, so we all shouted for Dortmund and Dortmund won! Best wishes, yours Knirrie
mcdaniels Posted Aug 27, 2012, 8:30 pm	Hi Mum, imagine, Joesy has learned how to drive a tractor! And then she drove and drove and drove...After a time we all felt dizzy and only 3*Euro continued watching her, because Joesy is his girl. Best wishes, yours Knirrie
mcdaniels Posted Aug 27, 2012, 8:56 pm	And now we had to say goodbye to Walt Duck who started to his new host. In the evening Konsta, Joesy, 3*Euro and me went to an open-air theatre, watching "The murderer of women"...it was very thrilling and I was thankful having Konsta next to me... Yours Knirrie
mcdaniels Posted Sep 1, 2012, 9:36 pm	Hi Mum, yesterday it was hostmum's birthday. In the early morning Konsta, Joesy, 3*Euro and me surprised her with a nice birthday song and I think she was very delighted at our quartet  Unfortunately she had to go to work, but in the afternoon we had a birthday teatime in the garden of hostmum's parents. We were allowed to eat as much cake as we could, wow! And in the evening we had a party at home with chocolate for the TVs, candlelight and a table fireworks: you had to light a fuse, then a firefountain lighted eight candles and the melody "happy birthday" rang out...very special  Bye, yours Knirrie
mcdaniels Posted Sep 3, 2012, 4:57 pm	Hi Mum, yesterday we drove to Paderborn city by bus. First Konsta showed us the cathedral and the "window of the three hares", a part of the cathedral and landmark of Paderborn: three hares and only three ears , but every hare has got two ears! Then we went to hostmum's favourite café for drinking coffee and tea with some of her friends on the occcasion of her birthday. We got to know Willibald the turtle who was given to hostmum as a present. Welcome, Willibald! All the best, yours Knirrie
mcdaniels Posted Sep 9, 2012, 8:49 pm	Hi mum, yesterday we had a romantic evening watching a very beautiful sunset  Best wishes, yours Knirrie
mcdaniels Posted Sep 12, 2012, 9:20 pm	Hi mum, today morning Joesy and me went to a hairdressing salon. Next week we'll go on holiday, so it was VERY important to get a haircut. The boys stayed at home...typically male... After washing our hair and cutting with the aid of hair slides we had to sit under a gigantic hairdryer. Our new hairstyle is fantastic, isn't it?
mcdaniels Posted Sep 16, 2012, 10:04 pm	Hi mummy, today afternoon we went on a bike ride to Altenbeken, that is to say Konsta, 3*Euro[tv] and me drove by bike and Joesy[tv] drove by tractor! On the way there we watched the Beke river and the "little viaduct" and took a rest at the bank of Beke river (a very small river, I think...) Then we reached Altenbeken with it's landmark, the "Big viaduct". Though Altenbeken is a small town it is also a junction of German Railways. So in the middle of the town there is standing a very old steam engine. Wow! On the way back home we took a rest again, very comfortable  Best wishes, yours Knirrie
mcdaniels Posted Sep 21, 2012, 7:47 pm	Tomorrow we'll go away on holiday to the North Sea for two weeks! A journey together with Konsta  All the best, mummy, yours Knirrie
mcdaniels Posted Oct 7, 2012, 5:48 pm	Hi mum, today morning Konsta, Joesy, 3*Euro, Mary, hostmum, hostdad, the dogs and me started our holiday trip to Friedrichskoog, North Sea. Mary the sheep came with us, because she was born in Friedrichskoog and wants to be our tourist guide. We drove by car...and suddenly somebody switched off the light! Mary calmed us down explaing that we were driving through the long tunnel underneath the river Elbe. Arriving in Friedrichskoog we first went to the dyke that protects the dry land against the sea. Climbing up the dyke we saw a nice sunset. I'm looking forward to our adventures, mummy! Best wishes, yours Knirrie
mcdaniels Posted Oct 8, 2012, 6:37 pm	Hi mum, in the morning we went to a baker's shop by bike for buying some rolls. Joesy had taken her tractor with her on holiday, so she could drove on the way back. It was a sunny day, so we had a breakfast outside. Later we had a walk (Joesy of course drove by tractor) along the coast to the lighthouse of Friedrichskoog. Suddenly Joesy had an accident! Luckily Mary helped us pulling the tractor out of the hole! Near the lighthouse we explored the environment, especially the gaps between the stones, and suddenly a gigantic crab stood in front of us  , but luckily it was a very peaceable crab. All the best, yours Knirrie
mcdaniels Posted Oct 8, 2012, 8:28 pm	Today it's been a very rainy day, so hostmum and hostdad have read almost the whole day... Reading is boring, so we've studied the television program and have made ourselves comfortable in front of the television...
mcdaniels Posted Oct 10, 2012, 8:08 pm	Hi mummy, today we drove to Meldorf, a little town near Friedrichskoog with a cathedral and nice street cafés. First we went into a bookshop (the boys saw a poster in front of it and studied enthusiastically the "chests of the coast"...typically male...) and while hostmum and hostdad were searching for books and calendars, Konsta, Joesy, 3*Euro and me rummaged around a bit...and imagine, suddenly we heard somebody calling! Looking around we discovered a little elk who said his name was Soeren and he would be bored and wanted to experience adventures. We all had the same idea: "Come with us", we said, "and become a ToyVoyager!" And so he did! We four kept an eye on the entrance and Soeren came out carefully. When hostmum found us outside the bookshop and saw we suddenly were five, she went back and bought Soeren, because it was love at first sight! In honour of the occasion we went into hostmum's favourite café...yummy! I'm sure we'll have a lot of fun together with Soeren! Best wishes, yours Knirrie
mcdaniels Posted Oct 11, 2012, 10:58 am	Today hostmum and hostdad borrowed a bike on which two old dog ladies can be transported. On the way back we saw an old cannon and entered it...I asked myself whether it was a good idea to look INTO a cannon...
mcdaniels Posted Oct 11, 2012, 11:35 am	Today we saw a sign that explained that latitude 54th runs through Friedrichskoog. And we watched the North Sea through a pair of binoculars. Great!
mcdaniels Posted Oct 11, 2012, 9:05 pm	Today we got to know the "Trischendamm", a dam built of stones that goes above two kilometres into the Sea. You can walk on it with water all around. Joesy wanted to drove by tractor, but after a few metres it became very very windy so she couldn't drive on and hostmum had to hold us in her hands so that we didn't fly away. Hostmum said that our mums wouldn't be amused if they had to search us at the coast of England or somewhere else... Back at the start we played sea voyage on a little ship standing there for children. The ship was called "Hoppe Tosse" like the ship in the book "Pippi Langstrumpf".
mcdaniels Posted Oct 13, 2012, 7:09 pm	Today it's been hostmum's and hostdad's wedding anniversary. So they showed us the mill in which they married a few years ago. In front of the mill there is a big heart made of iron...we made a nice remembering photo... In honour of the occasion hostmum and hostdad wanted to eat out...without us...but we four creeped behind into the restaurant...I'm sure they haven't discover us
mcdaniels Posted Oct 13, 2012, 9:23 pm	Today morning we drove to the dyke by bike together with the old dog ladies. Mary showed us some of her many cousins grazing there...
mcdaniels Posted Oct 13, 2012, 9:51 pm	Today we went to Brunsbüttel, a town that is divided by the Kiel Canal. Every 10 minutes two ferries cross the canal transporting cars, bikes and persons free of charge. And so we cross. Though the crossing was short we were happy to have a lifeboat on the ferry. Then we visited the lock and a very big ship leaving it. Wow!
mcdaniels Posted Oct 14, 2012, 4:44 pm	On the way to the little fishing port of Friedrichskoog we saw a worrying sign: a car flying into the water  We were glad to be on the way by bike. Unfortunately there was no fishing cutter in the harbour, only one in the shipyard.
mcdaniels Posted Oct 14, 2012, 5:32 pm	Look, what we experienced and SURVIVED in the seal station (a station in which orphan seal pups are reared and later brought back into the North Sea) of Friedrichskoog:
mcdaniels Posted Oct 14, 2012, 5:35 pm	And of course we smuggled one of the seals out the station...
mcdaniels Posted Oct 15, 2012, 8:40 pm	Today we went to the Trischendamm again, it was low tide. Konsta, Joesy and 3*Euro were totally out of their mind, because they thought somebody had stolen the water! I calmed them down by telling them about the tides. And I said low tide is the best time for searching for shells. So we did and look, what we found:
mcdaniels Posted Oct 15, 2012, 8:57 pm	Today it was our last day at the North Sea. So we went to a café for having a goodbye-teatime. While hostmum and hostdad were drinking their tea we four explored the café and found a nice old ship and a lighthouse. And outside we sat in a wicker beach chair with a hood...very comfortable. Goodbye, North Sea!
mcdaniels Posted Oct 15, 2012, 9:32 pm	On the way back to Paderborn...traffic jam...
mcdaniels Posted Oct 16, 2012, 7:09 pm	Today morning we had to say goodbye to Soeren who started to his first hostmum. Bye bye and good luck, my friend!
mcdaniels Posted Oct 22, 2012, 8:17 pm	Yesterday we went for a farewell walk, because Konsta, Joesy and 3*Euro will travel to their next hosts... It was a very nice autumn day, and the three said goodbye to the surroundings of Neuenbeken accompanied by sunshine and coloured trees... And tomorrow Joesy and 3*Euro will make their things up into a parcel and then we have to say goodbye... Best wishes, yours Knirrie
mcdaniels Posted Oct 24, 2012, 4:14 pm	Now we had to say goodbye to Joesy and 3*Euro  Bye, my friends, take care and have a good journey! Knirrie
mcdaniels Posted Oct 27, 2012, 6:05 pm	Dear mummy, at the moment there's an autumn fair in Paderborn and so hostmum, Konsta and me drove to Paderborn city for visiting it. First we ate a chocolate banana, very yummy! And then we drove in a Ferris wheel again, Konsta was totally out of his mind! We had a fantastic visibility, but it was very cold! For warming ourselves up we went into a comfortable café, a friend of hostmum had opened one week ago. All he best, mum, yours Knirrie
mcdaniels Posted Nov 15, 2012, 6:47 pm	Dear mum, today evening Konsta and me have started to bake a buckwheat bread. First we collected the ingredients and then we've got going: weighing out the buckwheat - adding amaranth - adding sesam - adding salt - measuring mineral water and filling it into the bowl - and at last mixing all these things...heavy labour! And now the dough has to 'rest' until tomorrow...very good idea! Good night, dough, see you tomorrow
mcdaniels Posted Nov 16, 2012, 7:35 pm	Good morning, dough, now we'll carry on: adding kernels of sunflowers - adding baking powder - mixing - filling the dough into a baking tin - putting the baking tin into the oven - heating up the oven....and then waiting...and waiting... And ready!!!
mcdaniels Posted Nov 20, 2012, 6:43 pm	Hi mum, hostmum has got a new own TV, Lille who wants to go in search of her brother Frederik who seems to got lost on journey. But before starting her journey she asked Konsta and me to tell her about our experiences of travelling. So we went for a walk talking about our journeys. And look, mum, we have the same noses, but only the other way around  Best wishes, yours Knirrie
mcdaniels Posted Dec 3, 2012, 3:56 pm	Hi mum, a few days ago Konsta, Lille and me created an Advent calendar for hostdad: we packed 24 surprises into 24 small parcels, numbered them and then we climbed up the Advent branch and fixed the parcels. From December 1st until December 24th hostdad can open one of it every morning! And we decorated the Advent wreath or rather hostmum's Advent plate with four candles, fir trigs, nuts, cinnamon and so on. Now we can light one more candle every Sunday...and then it's Christmas! I wish you a nice Advent, mummy, with many yummy cakes, yours Knirrie
mcdaniels Posted Dec 7, 2012, 7:38 pm	Imagine, mum, St Nicholas was here!!! The evening before December 6th Konsta, Lille and me put up a big boot. We put it outside hostmum's flat and wanted to wait and look what would happen, but hostmum said if we didn't come in, shut the door and go to bed St Nicholas wouldn't come. So we did... The next morning we raced to the boot and IT WAS FILLED! Wow! We climbed up and knocked it over and look! Yummie! Thank you, St Nicholas!!!
mcdaniels Posted Dec 8, 2012, 9:01 pm	Hi, mum! Today morning a small parcel arrived: Soeren's hostmum sent some cookies to us  We immediately wanted to try some, but hostmum showed us Cookie, Soeren's girl and we had to promise to eat her on no account! Of course we won't!!! Look, Soeren, your girl is all okay and has got a place of honour. By the way, the other cookies were very yummy, many thanks to Yosemite! Bye, mummy, yours Knirrie
mcdaniels Posted Dec 10, 2012, 7:02 pm	Hi mum, yesterday morning we looked out of the window and everything was white! We ran out immediately and started building a snowman. Look! Back in the kitchen hostmum made us sitting on the radiator so that we didn't catch a cold...
mcdaniels Posted Dec 18, 2012, 5:36 pm	Hi mum, a few days ago Störte came home for a flying visit. We all hugged him being glad that he came home safely. And today the postman brought another envelope with Yuma and a lot of chocolate in it! The rest of the evening we sat together in the Advent wreath, eating chocolate (don't worry, Soeren, we didn't eat your Cookie) and talking about TV-experiences. Best wishes, yours Knirrie
mcdaniels Posted Dec 27, 2012, 5:46 pm	Merry Christmas, mummy! On Christmas Eve we all went to hostdad's daughter. After a yummy dinner the giving out of Christmas presents began: we sat next to the Christmas tree and unwrapped presents. So we got to know Elvis, the singing little Christmas tree, a very nice guy. And we played some games, hostparents gave as a present to each other: "nine men's morris" and "4 will win". Lille and Yuma against Konsta and me. After watching "The Lion King 2" on TV (another life mission completed  ) we went into church (unfortunately I have no photo from it). Yesterday we drove to hostmum's parents. We sang some Christmas songs and performed two songs by piano and trumpet! After that we needed a refreshment: some chocolat! And we got to know a very nice giraffe who lives there on the piano. Best wishes, mummy, yours Knirrie
mcdaniels Posted Dec 27, 2012, 6:06 pm	Sorry, I've forgotten the photo of the refreshment...
mcdaniels Posted Jan 1, 2013, 4:53 pm	Happy new year, mummy! We had a wonderful New Year's Eve party. First we watched TV: "Dinner for one", this old and very funny sketch is sent every last day of the year on many TV channels. Oh, what a joke! Then we had a very yummy dinner: Raclette. Mmmmhh! After that hostparents and their friends made strong things, in German it is called "Bleigießen": In former times some lead was melted, now you use tin. They melted the tin and poured it into cold water. A curious thing came into being and everybody guessed what it showed (an anchor, for example) and looked up in a book what it means to the future...I have to admit me and my friends couldn't identify anything... At midnight we all went out and watched many fantastic fireworks all around. Lille, Yuma, Konsta and me had a very big sparkler together and each of us a little one. Back in the house a very old little bear gave us a lucky four-leaf clover. And of course we drank sparkling wine and sat together up to the morning... All the best, yours Knirrie
mcdaniels Posted Jan 20, 2013, 5:34 pm	Hi mummy, hostmum had to go to hospital for one week and Lille went with her. So Yuma, Konsta and me stayed at home and helped hostdad running the household: we cooked, whashed up and made some food for the old dog ladies. And of course we had enough time to amuse ourselves: playing the piano, making sudoku, discussing about the television program, watching TV and dancing with Ulf, the disco-elk. So we weren't bored, but nevertheless we were glad when hostmum and Lille came back home... Best wishes, yours Knirrie
mcdaniels Posted Jan 21, 2013, 8:04 pm	Today we had to say goodbye to Yuma and Konsta! Konsta, my love, I'll never never forget you and I hope we'll meet again anywhere in the world...and I hope this goodbye won't break my heart... Take care, Konsta, forever yours Knirrie
mcdaniels Posted Feb 13, 2013, 7:25 pm	And another goodbye... Now Lille will start her journey. Hope to see her again and hope to say hallo to somebody next time...
mcdaniels Posted Feb 15, 2013, 5:19 pm	Hi mum, today afternoon we welcomed Twixx. Cause of his name we thought it was a good idea to welcome him with some twix. And it was! So we'll sit together the whole night eating twix and talk about this and that...and perhaps I can forget my lovesickness for a while... yours Knirrie
mcdaniels Posted Feb 18, 2013, 7:15 pm	Dear mum, yesterday Frederik, Twixx and me went out for a walk looking for signs of spring...and look what we found:
mcdaniels Posted Mar 19, 2013, 6:12 pm	Dear mum, now hostmum and hostdad are on holiday...at home. But so they have time to do nice things like wandering: today we walked round Neuenbeken, hostparent's homevillage that belongs to Paderborn. The weather was really nice...I believe springtime is near. We discovered many things above all many stones, it is a chalky soil in and round Neuenbeken. The strangest thing we discovered was a ball from a Christmas tree in the middle of a wood  We entered a raised hide and visited "Hindahl's cross", a landmark of Neuenbeken. On the pannel you can see where it is. Bye bye, yours Knirrie
mcdaniels Posted Mar 19, 2013, 6:50 pm	Hi mum, today we wandererd again, this time on a route called "old way of pilgrims" with funny signs! And of course we went into a café and Twixx and me drank a big glass of self-made-cocoa. Yummy!!! After that we visited a little farm and imagine, mummy, I completed another life mission: I met a real pig! It was great to see and sit on such a big relative! All the best, yours Knirrie
mcdaniels Posted Mar 21, 2013, 11:16 am	Dear mummy, yesterday it was our farewell day, because I'll travel home and Störte and Frederik will travel to Morocco on Saturday. First we drove to Paderborn city and showed Twixx the sights: the town hall, the cathedral with the window of the three hares and the Neptun fountain. And in the evening we had a wonderful farewell party  Bye, my friends, it was a nice time in Paderborn! Mummy, I'm coming hoooooome!!!!!!!
Cyn Posted Apr 20, 2013, 10:24 pm	I'm home for now.. Thanks for hosting me mcdaniels!!!

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