ToyVoyagers - Travelling Toys - Little Things on Big Adventures

After a while we reached the eastern part of Berlin.

There we saw old houses combined with new and modern elements, we saw the East Side Gallery with the Berlin Wall, a Hostel at the Spree.

Isn´t cool? A hostel ship? Funny.

And the big O2 World is used as a concert hall and for many sport events like basketball and ice hockey. Around 17.000 visitors are able to take a seat. BIG!

The bridge is called Oberbaum Bridge and is connecting the east part Friedrichshain and the west part Kreuzberg. In the early history of the city Berlin it was a kind of a city gate where forgeiners have to pay entry fees to coming into Berlin.

The next photos show you the new Media Spree where several TV Channels have the offices.
And at the last photos you can see the Molecule Man. The Sculpture is 30 m high and has 45 tonnes. The three mens symolizing the three Berlin quater Friedrichshain, Kreuzberg and Treptow. They are meeting at this point.

So mommy now the time is coming that I will start my journey back home.
I had a lot of fun in Berlin, but I missed you much and I´m happy to be at home very soon.
Today afternoon I will be on the post office.

Kisses to you and see you soon.
Yours Suomi Girl.

mmm105 Posted Aug 6, 2012, 9:37 am	Hello everyone! My name is Suomi-girl. As you can see, I'm blue and white coloured. It's the colours of my homecountry, Finland. And guess what? My name is related to my homecountry, too. "Suomi" means Finland in Finnish language. Isn't that cool? I'm so exited, because mommy said I could be a ToyVoyager and travel in different places and countries. I want to see everything in the World (oh my... it's a big plan!). I have a brother. His name is Suomi-boy (take a look at the picture!). He is also a ToyVoyager! I'm ready for my first adventure. Just can't wait to start my first journey... Hugs, Suomi-girl
mmm105 Posted Aug 7, 2012, 3:55 pm	Hi! It's my last day at home, so I wanted to have a party. We toys were having a Tea Party, and it was fun! After the party, I watched some pictures of Germany. It's the country, where I'm going in my very first journey. Kurnau said goodbye to me. And then all others were saying it, too. I'm happy, because my brother Suomi-boy can start his very first journey in the same day as me. He will go to visit in USA. Then I climbed into my envelope, and I noticed there's soooo dark inside. I really hope my journey will be safe and fast. Hugs, Suomi-girl
Mandrara Posted Aug 14, 2012, 6:18 pm	Hallo Mum! I arrived safe and fast in Witten. Ranja I know but did you know that Imodra is much more taller than her? But she her Man and her oldest son Thorin are so lovely. But let me show you the first moments of my arrival. Imodra opened the envelope very fast but very very carefully. And then she gave me time to come out! After a few minutes she called for Feru and Thorin to welcome me. Thorin is so nice he hold me in his arms at the first time. Then Imodra invited me to snuggle with her and i give in. While we were snuggling the other TV guests came to welcome me. There is Rosalind a whoolmonster from great Britain and Karlos from germany. Imodra recommend to have a picknick and before I showed the postcards i had with me. So Mum thats allabout my first day here in Germany. I really like it and i like the Dragons!!! See you soon mum Yours Suomi-girl
Mandrara Posted Aug 15, 2012, 9:07 pm	Hallo Mum, wow it's my first real day and i was on a trip. mandrara invited us to come with her to a practise lesson of her gospel choir. She is a soprano and a guitar playerin and we had a lots of fun! Our journey was nice we traveled in Mandraras Guitar bag so we could see everything. Then we listened most of the time but at the end we were invited to lead the choir! So Thorin you came with us, Karlos and Rosalind took place on the piano! The song was "oh happy day" maybe you know and after finding a rhythm together it sounds very well. Because all of the members was so attired in seeing us we were allowed to play the contra bass and mandraras guitar. It was so cool, the whole evening. We had a lots of fun. Mum i love it Yours Suomi-girl
Mandrara Posted Aug 17, 2012, 9:39 pm	Hi mum! It was warm outside and we come along with Mandrara to take her kids home from the childhood. Our journey startet at the letterbox where Mandrara found a new envelope. At a playground near by the kindergarden Mandrara gave thorin the envelope to welcome the new guest! Drashuven comes form GB as Rosalind aswell and he is a dragonfly. How funny a dragonfly visits dragons!!! But we all welcomed him and then we entered the childhood. We waited untill the door was opened and then we run into the garden and the playground and we had a lots of fun!!!! Later Thorin introduced Drashuven to Imodra and Feru and.... Mum you can't imagine his face when he recognised that there is more then one dragon and after that we talked for a long time about our foreign journeys! It was nice Mum see you soon your Suomi-girl
Mandrara Posted Aug 19, 2012, 8:11 pm	Hi Mum we have here 35 degrees in Germany, is it warm in Finnland,too?? We decided to stay in the flat this day and Imodra showed us her friendshipbook in which everyone who will visit the family will take place!! The second one is the one for the book! And mum look at my hair. Mandrara is a hairdresser and she made me fine for the shooting! It was funny to climb upon Thorins head. So it seems that I'm taler. See you mum and hugs and kisses Yours Suomi-girl
Mandrara Posted Aug 19, 2012, 10:36 pm	Hello again oh its so warm here. But Imodra and Mandrara had an idea. We went to Mandraras parents they have a wonderfull garden and in there we found a pool for children! But first we went to a towel where some lemmon cake and limo was served for us! And Imodra chilled meanwhile because she loved to go out and she took the time to read a book. That was nice and then we decided to do a little sport and run through the tunnel. Imodra said later that we all had the same time. but i think she wouldn't decide to favour one of us. Then we all took place on the deckchair and waited the BBQ to become ready and meanwhile we staid cool at the pool. And imagine oh mist we missed the BBQ because it was to genial to stay at the cool pool. And then we needed to go home it was a fantastic day here and i hope we can come back is the days will be so warm again! But... see how we leave Mandraras parents but they said it is ok! Hugs and Kisses Mum Love Suomi-girl
Mandrara Posted Aug 24, 2012, 12:58 pm	Hallo Mum, we've got new company this morning. BineHH arrived from the USA. Imodra and Feru were very carefully with the envelope and gave her a warm welcome, while Imodra called for Thorin and us to welcome her too. Mum, mum, mum have you meanwhile take a look a my hair??? Because the last days were so hot Mandrara offered me to get a swept-up hairdo. Look at me aint I'm pretty? But let me tell you more about the morning. Mandrara surprised us aswell with fresh baked cake and some Popcorn to have a little Picknick! After our little snack we decided to play one of the games of Mandraras children. And Thorin thought that "Looping Louie" was a good idea. You have to save chickencoins from a roatating plane! Some minutes later we smaller TV's thought to take a ride on "Louie" and so we did it! It was faster than i expected. Look at my hair. It was so windy that my hair went open! We have a lots of fun here all together. Mum Hugs and kisses to you Suomi-girl
Mandrara Posted Sep 17, 2012, 11:14 am	Hallo Mum Today happend something wonderfull. “Little Dragon” the youngest son of Imodra and Feru came home from his trip to the USA. We were playing a board game and we had a lots of fun. Mum look at my hairstyle, Mandrara loves it to create new ones! And i love it too. As he was guided in from Flocke one of the family cats, Thorin jumped down the table to welcome him. Then he went to Imodra and Feru. After that he came to us and we gave him a welcome hug. We all decided to pick up the game and listen to his stories! It was a great afternoon! Love and kisses see you soon mum! Suomi- girl
Mandrara Posted Sep 17, 2012, 11:20 am	Hi again, today Little invited us to see photos of his trip! It was great, because for us it was also yam yam. He visited with Shilo a M&Ms Shop in Las Vegas and as a present he got some M&Ms in his skincolour. And we eat them!!! But the picture he showed were fantastic. Greetings Yours Suomi-girl
Mandrara Posted Sep 17, 2012, 11:28 am	What a day. Hallo mum, today Mandrara decided to visit the „Wittener Streichelzoo“ in englisch it’s called petting zoo. After collecting her kids from the kindergarden we went there. It was nice we saw goats, guinea pigs, little rabbits, Deers and wild boars. We feed them, the guinea pigs, little rabbits goats and deers I meen. The wild goars were a little bit scary to me! And then we found something strange. There was a “Schnullerbaum” near by a Kindergarden. There the kids leave their comforter if they don’t need them anymore. At the end it got a little bit windy and cold and we all were happy to stay at home again. Greetings
Mandrara Posted Sep 17, 2012, 11:36 am	It’s a rainy and sad day mum. Today we listened to Imodra who read for us the fairytail puss in boots and we had sweets while she was reading. Then Mandrara came with an envelope and told us that Little has to move again. He is going to visit Vienna and we all huged him and waved our hands as he went into his envelope filled with sweet proviant for his trip. See you soon mum. Love you Suomi-girl
Mandrara Posted Sep 17, 2012, 11:41 am	Hallo mum, the next farewell came. Rosalind has to leave. Mandrara made a fresh chocolate cake for her that we could have a last tea time togheter. Then we helped her to pack the envelope. We snuggled all with her and wished her a save and fast travel. Hugs and kisses Suomi-girl
Mandrara Posted Sep 28, 2012, 11:32 am	Hallo Mum, It’s windy and rainy outside again and I think autumn is coming. We decided to stay in and play cards. It was Funny one of us tried to cheat ;-) but it wasn’t me I promise. And then Mandrara came and again she holds an envelope in her hands. But we didn’t get new company. Some of us had to leave and this time it was Karlos, his journey through Germany goes on. Mandrara brought him some sweets for his travel and we all helped him to bring it into the envelope. After that we all hugged him and wished him the best for his future and maybe one day we meet again. Then he went to Imodra and Feru and snuggled with them. They love us like they love their own kids and so for them every goodbye is hard. But they also wished him only the best and then we helped him to climb into the envelope. For a last time we all waved our hands for him. Hugs and kisses mum Yours Suomi-girl
Mandrara Posted Oct 13, 2012, 10:48 am	Hallo Mum Karlos left but we got new company! After Mandrara went to the post station to bring Karlos on his way she came back with a new envelope and gave it to Imodra and Feru. They opened it very carefully and out came another dragon, called Taja. She is form Vienna, Austria and after we welcomed her she showed us postcards she took with her. She explained us that in the castle, showed on the postcard, empress sissi lived. it was very interessted. Also she showed us her passport. There all host will sign in where and how long she stays at one place. Nice idea we all thougt. Then we all played together. Love you Mum Yours Suomi-girl
Mandrara Posted Oct 13, 2012, 12:32 pm	Hallo Mum, this weekend Mandrara had to work. She offers jewelery in silver and bronze in Celtic Style on medieval markets. She took us with her and we could visit her tent and others. Here you can see us watching her goods she is offering. Watching out of her Tent we could see a bakery, making bread in a way it was traditional in the medieval. Then we visited Petra she offers soaps and she mad them!!! I think this is very WOW! After that we needed to go back to Mandraras sales stall. After some Moments she took us to another booth where you could bought some oriental parfum or Stones which have healing scills, so they told us at least. It was so wonderfull to see how Mandrara works but its very exhausting too. We all were very glad to stay at home again in the evening! Hugs and Kisses Yours Suomi-girl
Mandrara Posted Oct 13, 2012, 12:47 pm	Hi Mum, Today Mandrara her kids, her husband and friends went to bowling. and she took us with her. After they finished we all were allowed to do it like them! Mum I didnt know how heavy those balls are. Each on of us got his own one and Mandrara explaind the rules to us! it was very funny! See you soon mum Yours Suomi-girl
Evenesca Posted Dec 20, 2012, 2:06 pm	Hey Mummy Today I arrived in Erfurt. Was a long trip. The ToyVoyager here are very nice to me. See you Suomi-girl
Evenesca Posted Jan 13, 2013, 12:36 pm	Hello Mummy sorry that I'm not as long reported. I'm fine. Today we got a new girlfriend. Her name is Reika. She is very nice and also had the same idea for ToyVoyagers without Traveltag. Then she went out first and has viewed the waterfront. Here it's snowing. Here it is very funny but I miss you. love you your Suomi-girl
Evenesca Posted Jan 27, 2013, 2:18 pm	Hello Mummy Today I step on my trip to Berlin. Host mom said that Berlin. Be a really nice city and the capital of Germany. Unfortunately, I have to say goodbye to my new friends here. I'll miss them. That makes me a little sad. But I'm sure I'll find lots of new friends in Berlin. If I think about it I'm looking right at Berlin. well I'll write again soon your Suomi-girl
Mareikingowicz Posted Feb 24, 2013, 7:41 am	Dear Mommy, I´m so sorry for my late upload. Host mommy had some problems with her internet access. But I saw already some great places in Berlin. But first see here some photos of my arrival. Can you believe it?! Host mommy has a blue-white striped sofa. And I can sit everywhere I want. hehe It is so funny. I even can jump from the top of the sofa to the seat. For my welcome host mommy bought me a very big Knoppers Box and as you can see it is blue and white. Kisses to you.... Greetings to Finland, yours Suomi Girl
Mareikingowicz Posted Feb 24, 2013, 7:47 am	Dear Mommy, today we did just a small trip to Friedrichshain. It was soooooo cold! You can see me in front of the Frankfurt Gate. The building is very imposing, because it is very big. Can you see the dome? From time to time there is a gallery with pictures and sculptures. Unfortunately we had no time to go up. Greetings dear mommy.
Mareikingowicz Posted Feb 24, 2013, 8:00 am	Hello Mommy, I had a bad hair day today. It was so windy that I couldn´t manage my hair and so my photos doesn´t look very well. We were at the "Alex" today and you can see me in front of the Television Tower and the World Clock. See even Helsinki is noticed there. You can see the time of almost all places in the world. Even if you are far away from home you know how the time is there. Isn´t great?! Two other photos show me with the Fountain of peoples' Friendship. It´s a famous meeting point for tourists and the youth during the summer months. But today?! Snow! I´m not sure if you can see it on the photos. Still no spring in Berlin and I thought that it is a bit more brighten in Germany then in Finland... but no. Grey in grey all the days. But don´t worry mommy I´m fine and doing very well. The next photos coming soon. Greetings and a big kiss. Suomi Girl
Mareikingowicz Posted Mar 5, 2013, 9:38 am	Hey Mommy, how are you doing? I hope you are fine. I´m doing very well here in Berlin. Today I helped host mommy with her job. Because we are going on holiday on Saturday and so I supported her a bit. We had to put some content on her webpage. : ) During our lunch we had some healthy apples and some café. And look out of the window. Isn´t it a great view??? Your can see the St. Nicholas' Church in Potsdam and a very small part of the Garrison Church (in front). On Saturday we will go to the Baltic Sea. I heard that there is a butterfly farm and I really hope that we can find time to go there. This would be such a great thing. But we will see. I guess that host mommy is doing her best to arrange it. Greeetings to you my dear mommy. P.S. Finally we have the first sunny days here. Yeah!!! It´s getting spring.
Mareikingowicz Posted Mar 18, 2013, 10:36 am	Dear Mommy, today we were going to the Baltic Sea (Island Usedom). I´m very exited about the journey and how it will be at the sea. Host mommy told me a lot about Heringsdorf, because she travels there every year for some days. At the photos you can see me at home and in the train. We had a small stop at host mommy´s hometown Eberswalde. Can you see it? The countryside was very nice and I saw some cranes and deers. When the sea was getting nearer I saw seagulls also. I think you can see them as the photos as well. The weather was very good, the sun was shining and it wasn´t to cold. So we hoped that it´s going to be good for the whole stay. And you won´t believe it. At the island they have blue white trains. YEAH mommy that are my colours. So dear mommy I will write you tomorrow again. Kisses to you. Suomi Girl
Mareikingowicz Posted Mar 18, 2013, 10:43 am	Hello Mommy, we already have the next day. We couldn´t do more photos yesterday, because we were tired after the long trip. You can see me in my small TV bed in the hotel. And we were a bit shocked after looking out of the window. SNOW! And a lot of it. Even higher then I am. After my snow bath host mommy put me into a warm towel. In the afternoon we tried to go out, but it was sooooo windy. So we decided to go to the sauna and pool area the rest of the day. Tomorrow is the big day mommy. We are going to the Butterfly farm. Kisses to you mommy, yours Suomi Girl
Mareikingowicz Posted Mar 18, 2013, 10:50 am	Mommy, Mommy today was THE DAY. We went to Trassenheide where the Butterfly farm is. Just see the great photos. I was sooooo happy and you can imagine it was a wonderful day for me. Greetings to you Mommy Kisses Suomi Girl
Mareikingowicz Posted Mar 18, 2013, 10:57 am	Hello my dear mommy, today was our last day and we had luck with the weather today. The sun was shining, but it was a bit cold nevertheless. We saw big houses, villas and the beach. Great! Host mommy told me today that I can stay with her as long as I want. This is cool dear mommy. Thank you that you allow me that. Because it is getting spring in Berlin I hope to see more interesting places. Of course I will let you as soon as possible when I want to get back home. Kisses Suomi Girl
Mareikingowicz Posted Apr 2, 2013, 11:48 am	Happy Easter dear mommy. Is everything fine at home? I hope so. Today is Good Friday and host mommy is going to the sea again and takes me with her. Each year at Easter she travels to the sea for one day with her parents. This is a nice tradition I think. But - the weather was not very good and so we took just some few photos. I´m still fine here in Berlin, but from time to time I feel a bit homesick. I miss you mommy. And I think that I will come back home soon. I still hope to have some sunny days here to make some more great photos, but the forecasts are not so good. So we will see. But I will let you know as soon as possible when I know my travel dates. But first see these great Easter photos. Yummy chocolate. I found my Easter Egg very fast. hehe Kisses to you, Yours Suomi Girl
Mareikingowicz Posted Jun 29, 2013, 3:50 pm	Hello dear mommy, as I wrote you already via email it was sooo busy the last time, so that we hadn´t time to take some photos. We are so sorry!!! Really. But some days ago we visited the Gardens of the world in Berlin. It was an amazing day and the weather was perfect. The Gardens of the world are located in Berlin Marzahn and it took us 1 hour to go there. But it was worth. I really liked the trip. You can see different kind of garding traditions and you can feel like on holiday. The first garden we saw was the Italian Renaissance Garden. This garden was opened in 2008. Can you see the high house in the bakground of one of the photos? It´s a crazy contrast. Isn´t?! After the Renaissance Garden we arrived the Labyrinth. How exciting. But we did it and reached the center point. The evidence are the photos from top of the viewing point.
Mareikingowicz Posted Jun 29, 2013, 3:55 pm	The next garden we visited was the Chinese Garden - it was the biggest garden and for me the most impressive. Everything was so well decorated and liked it very much to go there arround. I did a small break in the shadow to refuel some energy, because the walking was a bit exhausting.
Mareikingowicz Posted Jun 29, 2013, 4:12 pm	The Christian Garden was one of the smallest, but the shadow play was sooo beautiful. Can you see this mommy? In the Gardens of the world you can see a lot of Asian Garden Cultures and so the owners thought about an European Garden too. And so they created the Chrsitian Garden. The letters you can see are words and sentences from the Old and New Testament. It´s a good idea. After that our way brought us to the Japanese Garden also called as the "Garden of Merging Water". The garden sent out a big silence, because everything was so clean and straight. The initiation was in 2003 and Berlin was supported by the Japanese Embassy for finance the project. Especially the Zen Garden I liked.
Mareikingowicz Posted Jun 29, 2013, 4:42 pm	Another Asian Garden was the Seouler Garden. Here we could see a typical pavillion and some sculptures too. The last Asian Garden was the Balinese Garden. The plants need a special climate and so the garden was in a small tropical house. It was so hot mommy you won´t believe it. I began to sweat immediately. Puhhh. But the Balinese houses and the plants were so great. Can you see the big black flower? Isn´t amazing? At the end of a wonderful sunny day we visited the Oriental Garden. There we saw some fountains and some lemon trees as well as other fruits and vegetables. Yummy. But I couldn´t steal something because it looks so great. So mommy, as you know I will come to you very soon. I´m not sure yet if we can take some more photos in Berlin. We will see. My dear mommy it was such a long time away from home and I miss you very much. I can´t await it. I will let you know as soon as I´m on the way. Kisses to you. Greetings yours Suomi-Girl
Mareikingowicz Posted Jul 25, 2013, 6:51 am	Hello mommy, this will be my last update before I´m coming back home. And so host mommy and I took a boat tour through Berlin. It was very sunny and hot and the photos are great. As I think. The City Boats tour was a good way to see different parts of Berlin. I will split the posts so that you have a better overview about my explanations and the photos. The tour starts at the Berlin Cathedral and you can see the TV Tower, the Cathedral and the Nikolai Quater. The Nikolai Quater is one of the oldest in Berlin and it was refurbished during the 1980. The oldest parts of the church are from the 1230. Isn´t old? WOW!!! After that we saw a part of the Museum Island with the Pergamon, Bode Museum and the Gallery.
Mareikingowicz Posted Jul 25, 2013, 7:03 am	On the next photos you can see and old building used as a restaurant. The name is "Staendige Vertretung". Then we reached the German Bundestag and the Bundes Kanzleramt where Angela Merkel works. Furthermore you can see the new Main Station in Berlin (the two photos with the cranes).
Mareikingowicz Posted Jul 25, 2013, 7:20 am	After a while we reached the eastern part of Berlin. There we saw old houses combined with new and modern elements, we saw the East Side Gallery with the Berlin Wall, a Hostel at the Spree. Isn´t cool? A hostel ship? Funny. And the big O2 World is used as a concert hall and for many sport events like basketball and ice hockey. Around 17.000 visitors are able to take a seat. BIG! The bridge is called Oberbaum Bridge and is connecting the east part Friedrichshain and the west part Kreuzberg. In the early history of the city Berlin it was a kind of a city gate where forgeiners have to pay entry fees to coming into Berlin. The next photos show you the new Media Spree where several TV Channels have the offices. And at the last photos you can see the Molecule Man. The Sculpture is 30 m high and has 45 tonnes. The three mens symolizing the three Berlin quater Friedrichshain, Kreuzberg and Treptow. They are meeting at this point. So mommy now the time is coming that I will start my journey back home. I had a lot of fun in Berlin, but I missed you much and I´m happy to be at home very soon. Today afternoon I will be on the post office. Kisses to you and see you soon. Yours Suomi Girl.
mmm105 Posted Jul 31, 2013, 3:04 pm	Hello! I'm home, and ready for new adventures!
Emjay Posted Sep 4, 2013, 1:32 pm	I think I have arrived somewhere... In the distance I hear voices. All of a sudden the envelope opens and I see a smiling face!
Emjay Posted Sep 4, 2013, 1:35 pm	"Hi!" the smiling squirrel says, "I am Orkku Orava. And who are you?" "I"m Suomi-girl," I say. "Come out quickly," Orkku says, "Emil and Cherry Lola are waiting for you."
Emjay Posted Sep 4, 2013, 1:36 pm	So here I am! My new friends all give me a hug.