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Florazoom


Posted Jul 13, 2007, 11:41 am
Hello ! I'm new on this big adventure. I'm a French rabitt and I would like to travel around the world...

First I'll travel my own country, and in August I would like to go away in other places, and maybe I'll meet other ToyVoyagers !!!

See you soon, Bye,
Fusco
Florazoom


Posted Jul 16, 2007, 7:49 pm
I visited Avignon but my real house is in Arles, 40 km away.
Florazoom


Posted Jul 31, 2007, 11:23 am
I arrived to Deborah's office... in the morning...
Deborah


Posted Aug 1, 2007, 9:21 pm
I am very excited to be in London. I began my sightseeing straight away with a visit to Buckingham Palace. This is where the Queen of England lives. In France we are a Republic and we executed our Royal Family at the guillotine, but the English have kept their Royalty and turned them into a popular tourist attraction instead.

The Queen has some servants in strange costumes. Outside her palace are the Foot Guards. I wanted to go and look at them more closely but the policemen would not let me past the railings. The small red dot in the background is one of the Foot Guards. Can you see him?
Deborah


Posted Aug 1, 2007, 9:25 pm
Outside Buckingham Palace is a monstrous edifice called the Victoria Memorial. This was erected by King Edward VII as a tribute to his mother. She was another very famous Queen of England, who died in 1901.
Deborah


Posted Aug 1, 2007, 9:31 pm
All the hustle and bustle of other tourists made me feel a little stressed, so I went for a nice walk in St. James's Park, which made me feel much calmer.

In the distance I could see an enormous wheel towering over the skyline. I'm not sure what it is, but I think I will go and investigate another day.

As I left the park I had a bit of luck. I got to see one of the Queen's other servants up close. This one was one of her Horse Guards. He didn't have a horse, which seemed a little odd, but there was lots of poo around so I think the horse must have recently escaped.
Deborah


Posted Aug 4, 2007, 6:12 pm
After all that walking I was quite tired out and pleased to make my way to my new host's house. I felt a little shy as I arrived to meet Travel Ted but he was very nice and made me a lovely salad for my dinner and put me at ease by telling me silly jokes about the English humans.
Deborah


Posted Aug 4, 2007, 6:29 pm
On my first morning in London I got up very early as I couldn't wait to go out and see more sights. I took the train into the city centre where I visited Trafalgar Square. The square is very famous for its pigeons so I was rather disappointed not to see any at all. Perhaps they were all still in bed?
Deborah


Posted Aug 5, 2007, 10:36 am
This evening I was invited on a date by the extremely glamorous Pussy Galore! It was a very wonderful night as we both completed our first mission. She took me to a movie theatre where we watched the movie Goldfinger, featuring the famous British spy, James Bond.
Deborah


Posted Aug 6, 2007, 8:53 pm
I thought I'd do some shopping today. First of all I headed to Covent Garden as I had heard that there were all sorts of good market stalls there as well as street entertainers. Unfortunately in my eagerness I got there so early in the morning that very little was open.

Afterwards I walked over to Chinatown, which had lots of restaurants and stalls selling exotic fruit and vegetables that I didn't recognise at all.
Deborah


Posted Aug 6, 2007, 8:59 pm
My next stop was Leicester Square where all the big film premieres take place. Sometimes fans wait there from first thing in the morning to catch a glimpse of their favourite Hollywood stars arriving for evening events but it was all very quiet today.

From there I walked down to Piccadilly Circus. This noisy, fume-filled junction is one of London's tourist hot spots but personally I'm not quite sure why.

After taking my life in my hands to cross the road I headed up Regent Street, where I paid a visit to Hamleys, the world-famous toy shop.
Deborah


Posted Aug 6, 2007, 9:02 pm
I was starting to feel quite tired but after all that shopping but I thought I should make time for a litle bit of culture and so I made my way to the National Gallery which stands on the north side of Trafalgar Square. I kept my eyes open for the pigeons but didn't see any today either.
Deborah


Posted Aug 6, 2007, 9:09 pm
Today we said goodbye to Pussy Galore. She is travelling to my homeland of France. This is her first long distance voyage so she was feeling rather apprehensive as Travel Ted and I made her comfortable in her padded envelope. I am sorry to see her go as I had hoped to woo her with my gallic charm but I know that she will have a wonderful time in my beautiful home country.
Deborah


Posted Aug 7, 2007, 7:52 pm
Today I went for along circular walk by the River Thames. First of all I went to see what the big wheel was that I saw on the skyline last week. It is called the "London Eye" and has big pods holding lots of people who ride in them in order to see panoramic views across London. Apparently it's very popular.
Deborah


Posted Aug 7, 2007, 7:55 pm
Walking along the Victoria Embankment took me to Westminster where I saw the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey. It was all very impressive indeed.
Deborah


Posted Aug 7, 2007, 7:57 pm
Crossing over Westminster Bridge gave me a good view of Big Ben. From the Southbank I looked back on a panorama of Westminster.
Deborah


Posted Aug 7, 2007, 8:05 pm
The Southbank was very busy with lots of tourists. I had to be careful that nobody stepped on me by mistake because I am so little. Outside County Hall there was a man playing bagpipes, which made a dreadful noise. County Hall houses museums including the London Aquarium so it was extremely popular. I was puzzled as to why it was guarded by so many stormtroopers on the terrace until I heard someone say that there was an enormous Star Wars exposition there.

Continuing further West along the river I walked right underneath the London Eye. It looked a very impressive feat of engineering and I could hardly believe how enormous it was. There were some good views across the river too. On the other side of the Golden Jubilee Bridge I could see Charing Cross station where I needed to go to catch the train back to my lodgings.
Deborah


Posted Aug 8, 2007, 8:18 pm
After an all too brief stay in London it was time for Fusco to take his leave. As he was helped into his padded envelope he looked forward to a getting a long sleep and waking up fully refreshed for the next stage of his European adventure.
niftylite


Posted Aug 12, 2007, 4:12 pm
hello!!!! i'm checking in to let you know i'm safe and well, still in england - in banbury, oxfordshire!! my host, niftylite was very happy to find me in the front porch yesterday morning!
we've got a lot to do in the next few days! niftylite is a very busy girl right now!!! O____O hah! sounds like fun though! today i'll travel with her by train to see her friend ~ then tomorrow she has a big interview!! i'm going to help!!  B)

see you soon!!
annbear


Posted Sep 18, 2007, 12:52 pm
I have arrived here in Switzerland ready for adventure. Sadly it´s pouring with rain at the moment but when the weather improves, off I go.... B)
annbear


Posted Sep 22, 2007, 12:53 pm
Wow! What a place - it really is the land of lakes and mountains. Here you can see some lovely pictures of me enjoying the views. Lilabuns, Picado and I decided to have a fondue. Not quite sure if we did it right but it was good fun  :p
annbear


Posted Oct 9, 2007, 7:35 pm
Hi,
I´m having an amazing voyage! On Sunday I went for a walk in the mountains - look at the cool photos. I like the Swiss Alps. We went to a mountain hut and ate rösti which is a Swiss specilaity - shredded potato fried in butter. Yum!
annbear


Posted Oct 13, 2007, 9:36 am
This is me on the way down the mountain - the sun is nearly disappearing behind it and I think it looks pretty cool. I´m going to practice my yodelling now. :D
annbear


Posted Oct 16, 2007, 11:07 am
Got a bit lost on a walk, luckily there are some signs to follow. Where´s the nearest Alpenhut? I´m hungry!
annbear


Posted Oct 25, 2007, 10:28 am
And now I have said farewell to Annbear and I am off for further adventures.....
swiss_sunshine


Posted Oct 31, 2007, 12:23 pm
Hey Mummy and everbody!

I've been in Switzerland for almost one week. Pictures of my adventures here will arrive soon!
swiss_sunshine


Posted Nov 4, 2007, 10:04 am
Here in Fribourg, the mountains are lower than at Annbear's but I like it too. I arrived some days ago welcomed by Robinson. To recover from the travel, we had some tea and biscuits!
swiss_sunshine


Posted Nov 4, 2007, 10:07 am
This morning Sunshine has made us a great breakfast: milk, swiss cheese, honey and a typical swiss sweet bread called Tresse! Miam miam! I don't know what we're going to do with her but I am alread looking forward to having fun with her and miss Lila.Bunz
Pandamao


Posted Jan 18, 2008, 4:56 pm
I arrived finally in München. I'm a bit tired but happy.
Pandamao


Posted Feb 3, 2008, 8:43 pm
Today the weather was really nice so we all went to Munich's city center, Marienplatz and Neuhauser Straße. Lots of people were out to celebrate carneval - it's called "Fasching" here.
Pandamao


Posted Feb 3, 2008, 9:13 pm
When we came close to the Stachus we saw a strange creature flying --- we had a nice chat and talked about toyvoyaging. But no way this creature will become a toyvoyager, the postage would be enormous  :(
Pandamao


Posted Feb 5, 2008, 8:52 pm
I passed the German Museum (a science museum) when I went shopping with my host. We all sat in front of a big part of a turbine which is used in hydro power plant. Imagine, how big this plant is!
Pandamao


Posted Feb 8, 2008, 6:49 pm
There was a knock on the door and when we looked outside there were two little packages sitting on the doorstep. Visitors! Sylphide, Tenderheart Bear and Snegovik!
Pandamao


Posted Feb 10, 2008, 11:42 pm
Today Barthélémy wanted to visit the "Alter Südfriedhof" (Old South Cemetery) so I just came along.

This is what I read about the cemetery:

It is a little known fact that Munich's oldest green area is 450 years old, that it's in the heart of town and that it's a cemetery - the Alter Südfriedhof. The cemetery is something of a conservation area and bears unique testimony to the city's cultural history. Its romantically overgrown graves, tombs and mausoleums pay homage to distinguished Munich figures - artists, architects, master builders and scientists.

In the plague year 1523 graveyards within the city walls were so overfilled that a new cemetery - the "Äußerer Freithof" - was opened outside the city gate at the Sendlinger Tor. The cemetery wall and all the buildings were later destroyed as a preventative military measure in the Thirty Years War. Well into the 18th century the cemetery was looked on as a poor man's burial ground. In 1844, a new section designed by Gärtner was added and it continued to be Munich's central burial ground up to 1868.
Pandamao


Posted Feb 11, 2008, 12:11 am
The cemetery suffered severe bomb damage in 1944-45. Today, only a quarter of tue graves are identifiable and many are in urgent need of renovation. Work is underway.
Pandamao


Posted Feb 11, 2008, 12:48 am
Even if the cemetery is not in use anymore many people were walking there. It is like a park nowadays. We saw little spring flowers blossom and sat on a bench in the sun.

Some of the graves are inside the back wall of the houses. And windows pop up between the statues on the graves.
Pandamao


Posted Feb 11, 2008, 2:48 pm
Our host had bought red cabbage ... because she could hardly eat 2 kg of it on her own we decided to prepare and preserve it. Sylphide did the research and found a nice recipe. Then our host had to cut the onions and red cabbage. We sprinkled everything with salt and now it has to rest for a whole night.
Pandamao


Posted Feb 12, 2008, 9:02 pm
After one night we washed and dried the cabbage, filled it in glass and filled the glass with vinegar (prepared with oranges and spices - mmmh, great smell). I helped to close the lids. Now the cabbage has to rest for 3 or 4 months - too bad, because I'll travel and not be able to test the taste.
Pandamao


Posted Feb 16, 2008, 9:42 pm
For the weekend we visited our host's dad. He lives in a small town in the North-East of Bavaria. I took a walk in the city center - nice houses. The battery of the camera was low so I only took photos of the houses.
Pandamao


Posted Feb 18, 2008, 7:18 pm
The weather was sunny but cold. We went for a walk (together with half of Munich's inhabitants) to Nymphenburg Castle and park.

Pandamao


Posted Feb 18, 2008, 7:21 pm
Time's up in Munich and I continued my travels. A box was going to Bruchsal to fam-united so I joined (Playmo) Bill and Amara Anthea.
fam-united


Posted Feb 20, 2008, 3:19 pm
The group tour arrived at Bruchsal and I had been a member of it together with Amara Anthea and (Playmo)Bill. Let's see, what the time here will bring. Right now it seems like we brought rainy weather with us.
fam-united


Posted Feb 23, 2008, 10:49 pm
It is still raining outside and so we were happy, that Petra found a new handicraft, that is called Kumihimo. She ordered it from a catalog and I asked her, whether I can try it. I'm not so sure, whether I will be great at Kumihimo, but the result looks great, if you know, how to do it.
fam-united


Posted Feb 28, 2008, 8:43 pm
Sabrina and her friend Cara wanted to spend some time with us today. I was a little excited, when I jumped on the dogs back, but the dog was a really nice one and at once I felt at home.
Later we went to the playground. Especially I enjoyed sitting there with my friends and talking about this and that.
fam-united


Posted Feb 29, 2008, 9:14 pm
The next day Petra thought, that it is a good idea to show us a part of the palace garden, but we only had a little time and we still hope for better weather. So you only see me with the backside of the palace and with a statue.

The third photo shows the jailhouse ahead. It is a very interesting building, but hard to take photos of it, that's what Petra told me. There are "famous" murderers in this prison, what made me really feel unwell for a moment.



fam-united


Posted Mar 1, 2008, 10:10 am
Today was a wonderful day.
Petra told me, that we will drive to Mannheim to visit the Planetarium and see a show there. Unhappily she wasn't allowed to take photos in the hall and she forgot to take a photo with me with the Planetarium.
fam-united


Posted Mar 7, 2008, 2:20 pm
Tomorrow we will go to a birthday party. So I helped Petra to bake a biscuit cake. The whole family loves it, because it is easy to make and really tasty with the butter cream layers.
fam-united


Posted Mar 7, 2008, 4:00 pm
I had a little sightseeing tour through Bruchsal today. Petra showed me the palace again and told me a little bit about the history of Bruchsal.
Bruchsal was first named in 976 A.D, although the oldest settlement was discovered dated back to 640 A.D.. located near to the St. Peterskirche. Since then Bruchsal had been a place for Kings to visit and for Prince Bishops to live. 
In 1rst March 1945 during the second world war about 1000 people lost their lifes. The inner city and baroque palace were destroyed and the palace was rebuilt during the 70th.

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church tower of the catholic church St.Damian and Hugo, which was also baroque until 1945, but was rebuilt rather modestly. The part with the three dormers is the church.


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On the left side you see the gate St. Damianstor, next to it you see the big red tower of the jailhouse. The building on the right side is the county court.


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While the palace is in the flat area of Bruchsal, which belongs to the Rhine valley, the Belvedere is at the edge to the Kraichgau. It was a former hunting lodge and is now used as theatre platform during summer. Close to it a few clubs celebrate garten parties in summer too. My hosts like to go there, when there is a party of a choir, in which some members of their families are singing.

Next to the Belvedere is the oldest grammar school of Bruchsal, which uses the Stadtgarten, the park next to the Belvedere, as a school yard.


Only a few stairs down from the place before, Petra showed me some views over Bruchsal.


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I just will try to remember the towers names, because I think, I forgot everything else.
The tower on the left side is the old tower of the old castle of Bruchsal, which is called Bergfried. I remember, that there is the Bügerzentrum, where citizens meet for cultural events and where also is a restaurant. Then you see the tower of the city church, which is in the inner city, where the market place is located. And at last you see the Lutherkirche, which is one of the two evangelic churches of Bruchsal.


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On this photo you see the two towers of the baroque church St. Peter. And maybe you see a big building right under the crane. This building is called Sancta Maria and it is close to where I live right now.


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Next to me you see the older people houses, a new one with the orange colour and the roof in the right corner and the white building behind it is the old part. Behind this white building you see the grey building of St. Paulusheim, which is a private catholic grammar school, only open for Christian pupils, because they do many religious things in their free time.


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Now I'm in front of St. Peter. It is only a few metres from my hosts home to go. Petra told me, that this church is also baroque inside, but mostly it is closed.

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Standing nearer to the church I had this view to the grey building of St. Paulusheim again.


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Another view to St. Peter. I'm on the area of the graveyard right now. The graveyard is a very silent place with a wonderful view over Bruchsal, but it is hard for older people to walk there, because it always goes up and down.



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Maybe you remember, that I mentioned Sancta Maria. This building with its nice garden is on the left side of the photo. The left tower is the City church tower and the other tower is the one of St. Damian and Hugo.
fam-united


Posted Mar 8, 2008, 10:52 am
Because the weather was much better than the days before, Petra took us to her school, where we had to wait for her in the car for hours. Then she drove to Untergrombach, which is one of the suburbs of Bruchsal. The Michaelsberg, a small hill - only 296m high, belongs to Untergrombach. You have a wonderful view over the Rhine valley and if the weather is very very good, you can see the Palatine Mountains in the far.
3500 - 2600 BC first signs of humans had been found on this place, the "Michelsberg culture".


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Here you see a part of Bruchsal .


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The quarry pond belongs to Untergrombach, which you see on this photo. This is the best view to see the Palatine Mountains on the horizon, but today we had no luck.


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You see another part of Untergrombach. You see, that it is also to the border of the Kraichgau, just the same as Bruchsal.


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This nice chapel is called Michaelskapelle and it is on top of the Michaelsberg. Petra told me, that there are many couples, that want to marry in this chapel.


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Here you see so-called "Steinriegel" (field clearance cairn), made by people working on their fields a long long time ago. They threw the big stones from their fields to the border of the neighbour's field, so that in the middle all stones were accumulated. Many animals and flowers love this gaunt places and that's why a few weeks ago, people cleaned the Steinriegel from all the earth, that came between the stone during the many many years and from all the other plants, that love to grow in earh.


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Another word I learned is "Magerrasen" (neglected grassland), which is typical for the Michaelsberg.


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Here we are still standing at the same place like before with view back to the chapel. You see the "Magerrasen".


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The Michaelsberg is nature reserve area, I'm sure, you already realized this too. Soon there will be beautiful seldom flowers and animals.



We all wanted to go into the chapel and take some photos there too. It is nice baroque, not too many paintings or golden things.

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fam-united


Posted Mar 16, 2008, 4:23 pm
Today we had to say Goodbye to some of our friends:

Elle travels to Munich now and Lucky Bunny to India. Mocke, a really new toyvoyager, travels to England and Chocolate Moose will stay at the German border to the Netherlands. I feel like traveling soon too.
fam-united


Posted Mar 18, 2008, 9:10 am
Hi mum
Today two new toyvoyagers arrived and Petra said, that they - AliG and Curly - brought sunny weather to Bruchsal.

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We already had some fun together. You know, it is springtime and we all are a bit hilarious. I'm not sure, how Petra will handle this ;)

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After we built this toyvoyager pyramid (have I every seen another here???), we sat down - yes, we really just sat down quietly- and listened to Holiday Harry, who told us many things about Bruchsal. It was kind of sitting in school and listening to a teacher. Petra said, that she really wondered, how Holiday Harry, this crazy monkey, remembered so much about this place.

First Petra told us everything and HolidayHarry jumped behind our backs like crazy.
This photo shows the Damian's Gate. It's the northern entrance to the palace area.
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This photo shows the palace and the rooms inside. The palace was destroyed during the second world war, 80% of Bruchsal's buildings had been destroyed. The palace was rebuilt during the 70th. In the south wing of the palace the parish of St.Damian and Hugo has its church with a modern interior.
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We all thought, that it is silly to take photos, where everyone can see only us toyvoyagers and the real photos only while making a handstand, so we asked Petra to take the photos standing behind us and letting Holiday Harry explain everything. He just couldn't sit quietly enough, so he had something to do now and he seemed really proud of it.
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HolidayHarry told us, that there are concerts in the palace sometimes. And there is an exhibition of Mechanical Musical Instruments.
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There are several events in front of the palace during spring and summer.
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One of these events is the summerday procession in May, when they burn the snowman in front of the palace.
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The carnival procession is especially interesting, because you can listen to the crazy music called "Guggemusik" - a music, which even Holiday Harry had been unable to explain. On the right page you see the baroque church St. Peter and the arm of Bruchsal. The flags of Bruchsal are in front of the old town hall.
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Each Wednesday and Saturday there is a market in Bruchsal, where you can buy fresh fruit and vegetables and flowers. You can also buy plants for the garden.
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On the left side you see the limestone building of the Pallottines' private grammar school St. Paulusheim, built in 1923.
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The Belvedere, a former hunting lodge, was built in 1758. It serves a very fitting background for open-aur plays.
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This left building is really interesting, but not easy to take a photo with it. It is the men's prison of Bruchsal, built in 1841 and called "Café Octagon".
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The baroque church St. Peter: Cardinal Schönborn began the building in 1740 and Cardinal Hutten completed it and had the interior finished. The architect was Balthasar Neumann from Würzburg. The church holds the remains of the last prince-bishop in a cryp.
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I realized, that I already knew some parts of it, because I heard them on our tour through Bruchsal
fam-united


Posted Mar 24, 2008, 4:59 pm
Happy Easter to you!!!


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fam-united


Posted Mar 24, 2008, 5:55 pm
Hi mum!

We all thought, that we maybe would have better weather now. It started to be so nice, when we arrived here in Bruchsal, but I think, that I have to travel to a far away place to stay in the warmth. It is only warm in the house, when Petra heats the oven in their livingroom. Yes, and today it was really warm in the kitchen, because we all helped to bake a biscuit. It was really crowded in the kitchen.

This was the place we had to sit down at first, because Petra had to get everything prepared.

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Then everyone was allowed to hold the stirrer for a while. Wow, I think, if Petra wouldn't had been there to help me, it could have been really dangerous for me. I had been trembling from head to toe.
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Then I wanted to help to stir the flour under the dough.
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While we waited for the cake get ready in the oven, we wanted to walk into the garden to take a look at the flowers there.
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This is the basket, in which Petra carries us around, when she takes us to other places in her house. She says, it is the only way to carry so many toyvoyagers. If you wonder about the amount of toyvoyagers, that are here right now: Petra just started to find several hosts in Asia, Africa and South America. And now she activated many toyvoyagers and of course she wants to make some updates, before they start their travels. It is really exciting to hear about the places, which they plan to visit soon.
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Finally the cake was ready - ok, not really ready, I suppose. Petra talked something about butter cream and chocolate icing. So I will see, how the cake looks like later.
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ChristinaB


Posted Mar 31, 2008, 3:54 pm
I safely arrived in Austria today. I'm staying with a funny family with 3 little boys so I guess I will have an exciting time here.

I'm a bit tired from the long journey but I was told that we will start sightseeing soon!

Too bad that I missed Sputnik and Eldon which left just this morning but I think I will have fun anyway and my host told me that she is waiting for another TV to come here.
ChristinaB


Posted Apr 10, 2008, 11:57 am
Fortunately I found some new friends here in Austria: Cekelat the funny bear from Malaysia and PampleMoose arrived here and we are having a great time together.

We had to spend a whole weekend at a hospital. Oh, don't worry, noone of us was ill and nothing serious happened. But our host had to work there all weekend and we joined her. We had great fun playing "doctors" - the 3 of us quickly found out that we are all healty toyvoyagers. PampleMoose examined me and as you can see I took some blood of Cekelat.
ChristinaB


Posted May 2, 2008, 2:02 pm
We made a little walk on a hill outside of Vienna. The weather wasn't so good but we had a nice view down to the city anyway...
ChristinaB


Posted May 2, 2008, 2:13 pm
Today something really exciting happened. Our host woke us up very early in the morning and put us in her bag. PampleMoose, Cekelat and I were a bit frightened at the beginning because we didn't know what was going on there but then we were told that we were about to go to the airport because we went on holiday!! Imagine, I've already travelled alot in my exciting toyvoyager life but I never had the chance to look out of the window of the airplane so far. What a great feeling - and what a nice view down to the clowds! We had no idea at this time where we were going to - otherwise I would maybe not have been able to stay that quiet in the plane.

ChristinaB


Posted May 2, 2008, 2:44 pm
When we got out of the envelope we soon recognized that the place where we arrived wasn't in Austria anymore. We have already learnt some German and the people here were talking completely different. I don't know why it took me that long to notice it but suddenly I realized that I was back home!!! We were in France again! Nobody can imagine my feelings at that time!! I was sooo enthusiastic and happy and I talked and talked and talked without thinking that all the others weren't able to understand any French. But it was sooo nice to be at home again!

We did alot of sightseeing in Paris! Have a look what beautiful buildings we saw. But it wasn't important for me what we visited just the fact that we were in France was important. So we passed by Louvre and visited Eiffel tower...
ChristinaB


Posted May 2, 2008, 2:50 pm
Since we only stayed in Paris for 2 days there was really alot to do for us. We visited the famous Arc de Trioumphe (we even went up there -more than 280 steps, but the view was really beautiful) and saw "Moulin rouge" the famous night bar. Fortunately the métro in Paris is very fast so we were able to get everywhere easily
ChristinaB


Posted May 2, 2008, 2:55 pm
We even went up to Montmatre where we saw this beautiful church "Sacre coeur" and from where we also had a very nice view down to the city. We also visited the "Place du Bastille" where this column reminds to the old castle which was built there a long time ago.

ChristinaB


Posted May 2, 2008, 3:02 pm
It was just a short trip to Paris - but it was great to be back at home again. We had great fun there and saw sooo many new things and it was really nice to show my friends a bit of home.

Initially it was planned to go to Disneyland, too, but unfortunately we Toyvoyagers were a bit confused and sat in the wrong backpack on Sunday evening. The Dad of our host family had to go back to Vienna while the rest of the family still stayed there to visit Disneyland. But being in the wrong backpack, we went back to Vienna, too. What a pity, but maybe we'll have the chance to go there another time... I'm ready for travelling again after this short stop at home!
ChristinaB


Posted May 2, 2008, 3:09 pm
Back in Vienna we had to buy some food again so we went to "Naschmarkt" which is the largest and most colourful market in the city.
ondrejliska


Posted Jun 19, 2008, 7:47 pm
Hurray!
I arrived to Prague today. Robinson helped me get from the parcel.
http://neprilis.kvalitne.cz/fusco-prague-arrival.jpg

Czechia is the fifth foreign country on my voyage. So I only need fifteen more to fulfil one of my life missions  ;)
ondrejliska


Posted Jul 8, 2008, 12:42 pm
We (that means Robinson and me) decided to visit the belfry of St. Nicholas' Church.
http://neprilis.kvalitne.cz/fusco-prague-st_nicholas.jpg

The view was magnificent. Between my ears, you can see Old Town Hall. (Its English name is a bit confusing - it's not just a town hall which is old, but the town hall of the Old Town; maybe it should be rather called "Old Town Town Hall".) On my left side, you can see Lesser Town Bridge Towers - they belong to Charles Bridge. Who finds the Žižkov TV tower? (Clue: It's REALLY tall.)
http://neprilis.kvalitne.cz/fusco-prague-towers.jpg

This is St. Thomas' Church.
http://neprilis.kvalitne.cz/fusco_robinson-prague-st_thomas.jpg

We were also sunbathing for a while. The out-look tower on Petřín hill is very similar to the Eiffel Tower of Paris.
http://neprilis.kvalitne.cz/fusco_robinson-prague-petrin.jpg

Inside the belfry, we found this etching, which was originally created in 1740 - a few years before the belfry was build.
http://neprilis.kvalitne.cz/fusco_robinson-prague-etching.jpg
ChristinaB


Posted Jul 20, 2008, 9:14 am
I did alot fo sightseeing during my stay in Vienna. My host took me downtown and we saw the Cityhall with its large square where always some events are taking place. I discovered a big clock there counting down the days and hours until the European soccer championship takes place here in Vienna.

Just opposite the Cityhall there is the old imperial theatre and not far from it we saw the Austrian Parliament.
ChristinaB


Posted Jul 20, 2008, 9:17 am
I did alot fo sightseeing during my stay in Vienna. My host took me downtown and we saw the Cityhall with its large square where always some events are taking place. I discovered a big clock there counting down the days and hours until the European soccer championship takes place here in Vienna.

Just opposite the Cityhall there is the old imperial theatre and not far from it we saw the Austrian Parliament.
kristl


Posted Jul 28, 2008, 5:45 am
Hello there!! I'm in Moscow!! Arrived safe and sound and quite comfortable with Robinson :)

More news a bit later - it's still quite early here :)
kristl


Posted Oct 6, 2008, 6:17 am
Today we visited the centre of Moscow.

Here's Zhukov monument:

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Me near the State Historical Museum:

http://static.zooomr.com/images/5763063_0657a96672.jpg

and on Manezhnaya Square:

http://static.zooomr.com/images/5763064_af8bc182c0.jpg
kristl


Posted Oct 6, 2008, 6:28 am
These gates are leading to the Red Square, but they were closed :(

http://static.zooomr.com/images/5763065_d72b0aca7d.jpg

There were some preparations for the Day of Moscow:

http://static.zooomr.com/images/5763080_5c6c462491.jpg?r=270

Walking to the other side of the Red Square we saw nice calm places just near Kremlin:

http://static.zooomr.com/images/5763081_8d59b15cde.jpg

http://static.zooomr.com/images/5763082_6382738dc1.jpg

and we found a post office right there!

http://static.zooomr.com/images/5763083_b6cb44a824.jpg
kristl


Posted Oct 6, 2008, 6:38 am
Then we saw GUM - the most famous shopping centre and even walked through it!

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kristl


Posted Oct 6, 2008, 6:45 am
And then we came to the Red Square, though could not walk on it, it was closed, but we could watch everything:

http://static.zooomr.com/images/5763090_e44f9d2683.jpg

Spasskaya Tower:

http://static.zooomr.com/images/5763107_2c97672209.jpg

St. Basil's Cathedral:

http://static.zooomr.com/images/5763108_96a2392db8.jpg

http://static.zooomr.com/images/5763125_a23d60ec5e.jpg

Some church:

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Moscow in twilight:

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http://static.zooomr.com/images/5763120_a6faaa6547.jpg

And it seems like it's time to travel further ;)
Mood


Posted Feb 7, 2009, 10:41 am
After a few days, Fusco took his private plane from Russia to France. He landed in Toulouse, hisn new home port for some months.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3230/2905295830_fb2feb95b4.jpg?v=0

Mood


Posted Feb 7, 2009, 10:52 am
He began his sightseeing of the town by a walk along the Garonne:
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Tounis embankment...
And look at the balcony, this is Claude Nougaro (famous french singer) house (O toulououououououuuuuuuuuuse!!!)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3042/2971495124_4e19cb7c2d.jpg?v=0

Nice sunset in front of the new bridge
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3218/2971495120_732d432933.jpg?v=0

During his walk around the town, Fusco also met strange people:
frightening ...
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3166/2971495112_5f8eb7e28c.jpg?v=0

... and friendly people
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3218/2970656837_733ffe6ef1.jpg?v=0

Then he made a detour through Albi
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3251/2971495104_abccf6be3f.jpg?v=0
where he stayed a few days...
Mood


Posted Feb 7, 2009, 11:20 am
As he wasn't in France for a long time, Fusco was keen on watching the latest french TV news:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3232/2970656841_a75372b7a9.jpg?v=0

a new french president
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3221/2970656847_e6a2a69fd6.jpg?v=0

the fabulous Picasso exhibition (where he'd love to go...)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3224/2970656859_01e85309a9.jpg?v=0

next american presidential election

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3210/2970656861_b028a3d184.jpg?v=0

But it seems the biggest SCOOP was last Bernadette's capillary movements :

Before:
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and then

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And in the end, french weather forecast:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3065/2970656869_17418c160d.jpg?v=0

In fact, this is a special wink for Florazoom who is now far from France

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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3148/2970663665_7b0e71370c.jpg?v=0

Sometimes, Fusco dreams he wins jackpot, so, of course, he tried his luck to the new national lottery

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suspens!!!!
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3253/2970663677_99550096d7.jpg?v=0

But ..unfortunately ...
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It seems Fusco won't be able to meet Flora for a long time!
Mood


Posted Feb 7, 2009, 11:24 am
Computer crash in Mood's house ...................................

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Mood


Posted Feb 7, 2009, 11:36 am
(Mood's commputer is still out of order),but here are a few pictures of Fusco french winter holidays:

Ice rink on the Capitole place, youpiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!!!
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Drive on the Basque coast (in Hendaye)
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hey? look on the right, is this Long John Silver haunt???
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and here is Long Fusco Silver treasure:
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Subliminal message for Florazoom:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3463/3241020455_e487e9554b.jpg?v=0
Mood


Posted Feb 7, 2009, 11:44 am
It wasn't time to go for a walk these last 24 hours as the weather got completely mad...
But today Fusco, our special correspondant, went back along the Garonne, and here is what he saw:
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véron


Posted Jun 9, 2009, 1:25 pm
2nd journey in Avignon
véron


Posted Jun 10, 2009, 7:09 am
  life mission : TRAVEL ON A BOAT
Usualy , every boats are unsuitable for rabbit !
véron


Posted Jun 10, 2009, 7:26 am
but they have accept me !
in the beginning i was a little sick ...
véron


Posted Jun 10, 2009, 7:33 am
le Rocher de Doms


et le fameux Pont d'Avignon !
véron


Posted Sep 6, 2009, 8:38 am
not any  carot here !
véron


Posted Sep 6, 2009, 8:46 am
FLY TO POLAND
véron


Posted Sep 6, 2009, 9:11 am
   
I stayed in the Wawel Royal Castle. fantastic !
véron


Posted Sep 6, 2009, 9:38 am
visit of the ancient salt mine.     Really a very deep hole....
véron


Posted Sep 6, 2009, 10:18 am
The trip ends in Poland. I do not return to Avignon   
balloon !!!
I'll make my next adventure ... and a wonderful meeting.SURPRISE !
véron


Posted Sep 11, 2009, 7:32 am
   
I'm going a long journey
véron


Posted Sep 11, 2009, 7:41 am
   
groundhandling

véron


Posted Sep 11, 2009, 8:10 am
   
I met my first friends in Australia....   
they are strange !
véron


Posted Sep 11, 2009, 8:33 am
   
after a stay in Sydney, I visited the Blue Mountains


Long walks, giant ferns, waterfalls, rock paintings were discovered in the program.
véron


Posted Sep 11, 2009, 8:56 am
I am very happy! Guess who I'm going to join?



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