JORIS, Tabriz, IRAN

ipuenktchen Posted May 10, 2013, 9:15 pm	pls stay tuned...
lili_6789 Posted May 11, 2013, 1:52 am	it was a very cold weather when I passed a day out at basel flea-market and I felt very bad. suddenly I saw a young couple and I was so happy when I understood they got interested in me, JORIS, and finally decided to give me a home - and juchuuuuuuuuuu - they picked me up and we  went directly to the railway station to go to other places in switzerland, next to GRINDEL, a small village.  what a happy rabbit I am now to be able to explore the world!!!!
lili_6789 Posted May 11, 2013, 1:54 am	we stood here in grindel only one night as well as it had been such a great nature and we walked a lot!!! and as it was still such a COLD weather they kept me always at a cozy place!!! after some walk in the great nature we had a glance at a farm nearby and they allowed us to have a horse ride!!!!!!!!!!!!! boah - it was my first time on a horseback, guys!!! but I was always in a safe place!!!! later we are leaving for BERN!!!
lili_6789 Posted May 11, 2013, 1:57 am	we spent two nights in bern!! uiuiuiiiiiii - ppl told us Bern is ranked among the world’s top ten cities for the best quality of life!!!! and the ancient innercity is known as a world heritage site!! but it's still sooooo cold!!!!!!!!!!!!!! today we left for GENF!! besides it's a beautiful city, too, we had the chance to play an open-air chess game!!!!
lili_6789 Posted May 11, 2013, 2:04 am	one night in GENF and it was time for me to see my first foreign country!!! I'm so excited, guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! when we entered the aeroplane for STOCKHOLM, I was really thrilled when yashila_81 and lili_6789, my new parents, get prepared to celebrate Iranian new year because it was time for NOROUZ, and we congratulated each other: SALE NO MOBARAK - Happy New Year - FROHES NEUES JAHR 1392!!!!!
lili_6789 Posted May 11, 2013, 2:17 am	in the swedish capital city we stood 3 days. although it was again soooo cold we had a great stay and today we are leaving for MALMO!!!! here you may see me in the train between stockholm & malmo!!
lili_6789 Posted May 11, 2013, 2:18 am	only one night in malmo - we decided to leave malmo earlier than we made note in our travel programme to have more time in COPENHAGEN where we'll stay with our good friend GFORP - and for me again a new country - DENMARK!!!
lili_6789 Posted May 11, 2013, 2:22 am	wonderful, wonderful cooooopenhagen!!!!!!!! the danish capital city was so beautiful and we had so cold weather again.... my most impressing adventure was to meet the LITTLE MERMAID!!!!! our photoshooting there was pretty dangerous as it was a very stormy weather at the seaside!!! downtown copenhagen we went for window shopping - and GUYS, BELIEVE IT!!! I met my siblings!!!! - thank you, dear lili!!! I got really thrilled!!!!!!! and also I understood we have other toyvoyager with us!!!!!!!!!! believe it, they traveled with us up from the beginning, but they lived in their enveloppe in lili's backpack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and it was the plan that our friend GFORP should send this envi to another host in germany, but before he freed them and let them see a bit from this wonderful world and so we had our sightseeing trip in copenhagen together with Possy & Crossy!!!! we stood 3 nights at our friend's and had a great time all together! now we are leaving denmark and I'm so curious for KIEL in germany!!!!!!!!??!?!
lili_6789 Posted May 11, 2013, 2:24 am	in schoenkirchen we stood at our very good old friends as lili told me, they had been friends up from 1977!!!!!!!!!!!!! before yasha's birth even!!! (they knew him up from his birth as they were living in tabriz, too!!!!) it was a great time we had together!! we stood here for 4 nights and got completely relaxed and reposed!!! our next destination should be HAMBURG!!!!!!!!!!!
lili_6789 Posted May 11, 2013, 2:25 am	in hamburg where yashila_81s parents and brother had lived for 5 years before they moved to IR we spent now 3 nights and I was soooo impressed!!! it's a very special harbour city and I like it a lot!! it happened we just had EASTER holidays at HAMBURG and it was very nice at our host's we even got easter-sweets like all family-members!!! HAPPY EASTER to everybody!!!!
lili_6789 Posted May 11, 2013, 2:32 am	hannover is our *family-town* and we stood here 4 nights at yashila's aunt's and just at the first day we had a great *family-dinner*, when she had prepared a great traditional dish!!!!!!!!!!! *erbsensuppe mit pfoetchen* and yashila_81 met his bros & family - and I met dear little Anita_2004!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (the mom of RedRudiTehran, you'll see him at further pics!!) and she enjoyed to meet me, too, as we heard before a lot of each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! from here we left today for KOELN - BONN - GREVENBROICH - AACHEN!!!!!!!
lili_6789 Posted May 11, 2013, 2:36 am	boah, what a busy day today when we left HANNOVER for KOELN, met some students of yashila_81, went together to BONN &  GREVENBROICH, where we met dear IsaGV, we finally reached AACHEN to stay one night!!! and for sure - if you see a postcrosser a mailbox isn't that far!!!!!!!!?!  (sorry - I was really tired...............)
lili_6789 Posted May 11, 2013, 2:56 am	as we let all our luggage in hannover, while going to koeln, bonn, grevenbroich + aachen, we came back again to hannover, picking up our luggage, saying goodbye to our dear aunt and left for BERLIN finally!!! and again + again a very cold weather there, but nevertheless we had great sightseeings. it's the capital city of germany and so impressing!!!! boah - when I remember the *brandenburger tor* and the new *reichstagskuppel*!!!!!?!?!!!
lili_6789 Posted May 11, 2013, 3:00 am	today we arrived at DRESDEN, the beautiful ancient city at the river ELBE (as well as hamburg is situated at!!!!) and we stood 2 nights, cold weather like all our holidays untill now...........
lili_6789 Posted May 11, 2013, 3:06 am	today we arrived safely by car in VIENNA at oldieoma's!!! we spent there 4 nights and believe it, we got so spoiled!!!!!!!!!! and great, we had the opportunity to have bicycles and had our daily ride downtown!!!!! AND breaking news - a great weather, for our very first time in this 40-days-trip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lili_6789 Posted May 11, 2013, 3:10 am	today we arrived (again) at Istanbul, which was the first and the last destination of this great trip!!! when me, lucky little rabbit found my new parents and I'm exploring the world still every day and by my first step out I've seen FIVE new countries!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm really so thankfull!!!!
lili_6789 Posted May 11, 2013, 3:19 am	puuuuuuuuuuuuuuh - today I arrived at *my 2nd home town* TABRIZ, where I'll live up from now!!!!!!!!! I was sooooooooo excited!! and it seems it's not so bad *smiiiiiiiiiile* - we are living outside the city center beside the hills and as was my habitude to live with the mountains I feel good!!!!!!!!!! and I met ipuenktchen & her hubby!!! and finally I was really happy to go to bed and slept as much as I could.... because the next day we would left for ARDABIL to meet lili's family, she hadn't seen since a long time, too!!!
lili_6789 Posted May 11, 2013, 3:22 am	today we arrived at ARDABIL, lili's home town!!!!!!!!!!!! and everybody was so happy to meet each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we stood there two nights, chatting and laughing and so on....
lili_6789 Posted May 11, 2013, 3:37 am	back home from ARDABIL ipue & her hubby got invited for *abgousht*, a traditional dish from this region and the favorite dish of ipue's hubby!! and sometimes lili_6789 cheers him up by preparing this!!!!!! and so we had today!!!!!!!!!!!! but what happened today when they were arriving at lili's??????????? what a shame!!! I couldn't welcome them, but instead of taking a bath they put me in the washing machine!!!! how RUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?!?!? have you ever heard this??? instead of taking a bath or a shower to put somebody in the washing machine - how much pain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?!?!! and into the bargain they hanged me on the clothesline to get dry!!!!!!!!!!!! it seems I have to be a bit careful at this home!!!!!!!!!!??!?!?!?! who knows what will happen next???????????!??!!?! - but honestly they are really kind ppl... perhaps they take their bath themselves also in the washing machine?!??! and as RedRudiTehran came with ipue and he was so compassionate when he saw me on the clothesline, he ask to hang him up beside me so we could have a chat in the meantime........ what a nice guy!!!!!!
lili_6789 Posted May 11, 2013, 3:53 am	today we went by train to tehran, ipue & her hubby with us! even I had another buddy with me: LeilaParAvion, who arrived at ipue's the same day by post when we were arriving back home by bus from turkey!! going by train is fun, it's like you are at home, eating, sleeping, everything at it's place!!
lili_6789 Posted May 11, 2013, 4:06 am	LUCKY LILI_6789!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I got soooooooooooooooooo jalous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they bought a new bicycle for her in tehran bazar!!! she had an excellent bicycle, but too large for her and so not that comfy, but the new one is smaller and so they changed it, and now everything is ok and she's happy with!!!!!
lili_6789 Posted May 24, 2013, 12:14 am	today we walked so much in their capital and saw so many new things and finally got so tired!!
lili_6789 Posted May 25, 2013, 6:30 pm	finally we left denmark by ferry and it was such a great feeling on the  baltic sea!!! then we reached GERMANY!!!  the main part of our holidays!! jippiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiehhhhh!!!!
lili_6789 Posted May 31, 2013, 9:29 am	hi, folks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we had a great day at yasha's & lili's - it was their turn for the monthly family gathering and it was my very first time to see so many ppl at home!!!!!!!!!! and we had a great time together, me, TEDDY (he cames from ardabil, born in the states!!!!!) and LeilaParAvion!!! there had been about 50 guests, the bros & sis of ipue's hubby with their kids and grandchildren and so on....... and although there is no dinner it's a lot to prepare and to buy the days before.. even you have to modify the furnishing... well, who has 50 chairs at hand...??? and also you have to think for 60 - 70 plates, tea glasses, cutlery and so on!!!!! you have to go to fruit bazar and buy tons of fruits, tons of nuts, sunflower seeds and others.. it isn't an easy job!!!!! and when the guests arrived the hosts have to work hard!!!! every moment tea must be ready and served permanent!!!!!! to serve pastry, cookies, sweets... the fruits and nuts are ready on each table. cleaning the dishes all the time - and and and and............... and don't forget to clean the plates very often!!! ;-))) I had much fun this eve as I had a nice chat with a cute russian wooden doll!!!!!!!!
lili_6789 Posted Jun 6, 2013, 6:46 pm	yesterday we had again guests at lili's!!! it was the goodbye-party for ipuenktchen... and lili promised us to have our own goodbye-party!! so we went downtown all together and bought some pastry, sweets and nuts and pls stay tuned and see how much fun we had!!!!!!!!!! but even we are so sad for leaving... it is fun and sad at the same time!!!!!  at the end of the party ipuenktchen took me with her, because we'll leave all together from ipue's home!!!!!!
ipuenktchen Posted Jun 7, 2013, 1:42 pm	before leaving ipue told us to take a bath!!!!!!!!!!!! and how rude!! she met me in the washing-machine!!!!! ey  gosh................. poor LeilaParAvion had to take her bath even in the dish-washer...!!!!!!!!! could you ever believe it????? and for getting dry she met me on the clothes-line -  as I had this once at lili's, too!!!! today we'll have our toyvoyager-goodbye-party!!!!!!! this is LeilaParAvion, born in the states, leaving for DE & CANADA... this is RedRudiTehran, born in dubai, leaving to meet his mom Anita_2004..... and last but not least this is me, LORIS, born and lived in switzerland, now living with lili_6789 & yashila_81, going sightseeing with ipuenktchen... and here we are: and at the end of the day we are jumping into our travelbag!!!! goodbye everybody!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thank you, dear mom & dad, I had a great stay with you, and don't worry, I'll be back soooooooooooon!!! take care!!!!
ipuenktchen Posted Aug 8, 2013, 9:12 pm	anita's birthday on 21th june, this year she turned to 9!!! - and this year the same date of their schoolparty and so they brought her cake there and celebrated her b-day among her classmates! and so we had today the party with siblings & close friends!! ey gosh... anita had decorated her room and the dining room so beautiful - I was really jalous!!!! and yummy, her grandmom brought a cake she prepared by herself - with our assistance!!!!!! *russischer zupfkuchen* (as you can see a few postings ago!!!!!) and we had a nice afternoon!!! it was a great moment for me, to have a pic with lovely anita_2004!!!!!
ipuenktchen Posted Aug 8, 2013, 9:20 pm	we are for a few days in KIEL at the baltic sea with old friends of ipue and her hubby!! and today ipue, me and RedRudiTehran together went downtown kiel. we would pick up anita_2004 who is coming with her mom by car to kiel to join in the *kieler-Woche-Meetup*, but as it was still a bit early we had a walk in SOPHIENHOF-shopping-gallery!! and suddenly our eyes becomes like plates so big....... A Playmo GIANT!!! he was carrying a sign *we are building round!!* and we got really thrilled to get a pic with him showing it later to Possy & Crossy!!!!!!!!!?!?!? and so ipue did............................................................................. :-(((((
ipuenktchen Posted Aug 8, 2013, 9:50 pm	yes, and so she did, took a last pic with the Playmo-GIANT, me and RedRudiTehran sitting on - and she was so happy about her pics and went away........ later in the evening at the Postcrossing-meetup, when she understood the TV-bag was empty, she got soooooooooooooooooooooooo saaaaaaaaaaad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! really heartbroken................. she even went to ask at the office of the gallery, at lost & found.. and so on, but NOTHING!! dear, dear lili was so kind not to be upset and hopefully she told ipue, perhaps they like to live again in their own world now!!!?!?!? dear leutz, WHENEVER YOU MEET ONE OF THEM, RedRudiTehran OR JORIS from SWITZERLAND, PLS GIVE THEM A KISS AND TELL THEM MOM IS WAITING!!!!!!!!!!! And pls let a message for us here in TV-site - THANK YOU SO MUCH!! And now I wish ♥dear JORIS♥ all my best for his further life!!!!! ♥TAKE CARE♥!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ipuenktchen Posted Aug 8, 2013, 10:03 pm	today we went downtown kiel by bus and went to the kieler-woche-area at the foerde!!!! how great, so many ships and boats and water and seagulls... and.. and... we had a lucky day today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! here some impressions from the kiel-line!
lili_6789 Posted Sep 27, 2013, 1:40 pm	since 4th august I'm living in tabriz, given home by lovely lili_6789 and dear Yashila_81!!!!! I was a bit scared when ipuenktchen brought me 5.000 km away into another culture.. as well as here are lots of sheeps allover where!!!!!!!!??!?! how could she be shure I'll be accepted by my new parents!!!?!?! but now after nearly 2 months I can say I'm a really HAPPY sheep!!!!!!!! and it was soooooooo kind of dear Yashila_81 to make a dream got true as I saw in my dreams since I heard about, to see dear little JORIS the first, who is gone in the wild - alone and hopefully curageous!!! and remembering him Yashila made a collage and I have this pic always in front of me at my place - and here you may see it, too: ****JORIS the First & JORIS the 2nd****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thank you so muchhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, dear Yashila_81!!!!!!! so dear little JORIS the First will never be forgotten!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lili_6789 Posted Oct 4, 2013, 3:30 pm	yesterday in the late eve we left for tehran by bus - it was sooo exciting!!! my host-parents and also ipue and her hubby and last, but not least dear little ZIZZI_Zebra had been with us!!!!! We reached the capital in the morning at 8 AM! in the morning everybody has smth to do, but we went to the residence of the ambassador of DE-embassy for taking part at the celebration of the *tag der dt einheit!!* in the afternoon!! what a crowd, what a huge park!!!!!!!!!! space for everything & everybody!!!! the defilee was endless..... and fun begans!!! at last when a german clowns group had its performance I was so thrilled that I had forgotten to take any pic.... :-(((( but I MUST show them to you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the same eve we entered at midnight the bus to tab and had been back home again at 8 AM for breakfast!!!! it was a great trip!!!!!!!
ipuenktchen Posted Oct 4, 2013, 4:01 pm	International Postcrossing Meetup Hannover todaaayyyyyyy - yeah!!!! at noon we arrived by bus and tramway and me and RedRudiTehran went there together with ipue, rudi's grandmom, and his mom Anita_2004 joined in, too!!!!!!! what a great day!!!! and they had a meetup with 11 postcrossers from different places!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it was so exciting to have a look at them!!!! first they went to famous lister meile for postcard-shopping, and btw we found a beautiful trash can and each of us got a pic with!!!! and, guys, believe it, there had been two playmo-guys, too!! TOMMY & ANNIKA from luebeck!!!! and an unknown cosy animal... we forgot to ask its name!! later when most of the postcrossers were gone we went to the city hall of hannover to see the SILBERMOND-concert for free on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of their town hall!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! finally pretty tired we went home............
ipuenktchen Posted Oct 4, 2013, 4:15 pm	HORRAAAAAAYY - this is ***LORIS the 2nd*** calling!!!!!!!!!!!! I had a dream while temporary living in ***Raststätte "Rhynern"*** beside the german autobahn!!!!!!!!!!! my dream was to get invited & given home in a new exciting life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and suddenly there was an elder woman very detailed looking at each of us stuffed animals... and it tooks time untill she decided to get ****MEEEEEEE***!!!!!!!!!!! how great - I got freed from this shop finally!!!!!! thank you, dear ipuenktchen!! :-))))))) she took a pic at this raststaette and at the next one, too: ***Raststaette Aachener Land-Nord*** and finally I could believe it - I got chosen for a new life, juchuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!
ipuenktchen Posted Oct 4, 2013, 4:22 pm	back home at her holiday-home ipue absolutely didn't brought me out - because she worried to loose JORIS the 2nd too!!????????!?!?! in the meantime ipue told me this & that and I understood the tragedy happened for her when she lost the beloved JORIS from switzerland - later called JORIS the First.... and ipue had the one and only idea how to cheer up dear lili_6789.. and how happy she was when she found meeeeee, beeing sure lili will love me a LOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so we have still a few days before the end of her holidays!!! this eve their friends decided to go out for the annually MASCHSEEFEST!! and while waiting for another friend she tooks a photo of me with this beautiful sculpture beside the lake!!!!
ipuenktchen Posted Oct 4, 2013, 4:24 pm	on our last day in europe they had a small town-festival at Letter and they proposed to go there!!! I didn't thought before it will be that interesting, but I learned great things!! first we had a kind of broderie and I cannot imagine somebody will learn this!!!?!?! but there were some women who where able do do this so called *KLOEPPELN*!!!!! the next stop was at a hurdy-gurdy, played by a woman!!!! and we were allowed to try it! but first we had a pic beside the ape!!!!! there are mostly apes sitting ON, aren't they?!??! and another great thing to learn were the mushrooms from innereurope!! and the same eve we'll go to bed very early because the next day we'll have from Hamburg our flight to Iran - can you imagine how excited I am??!?
ipuenktchen Posted Oct 4, 2013, 5:04 pm	I'm so excited and cannot really built a sentence... oh my god.... we left Letter after a last yummy breakfast, our friends brought us with all our luggage to Hannover Main Railway Station and we entered the ICE-train for Hamburg!! it was a hard thing with all our luggage in HH to go to another platform, but we reached it - however..... then we entered the local train for the airport!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! while sitting in the local train yashila_81 and lili_6789 gave us a call!!!! ey gosh - what a timing!!! to tell us they still arrived in tehran, ready to come to the airport, 40 kms outside teh, to pick us up!!!! we were REALLY THRILLED and so happy!!!!!!!!!!! and here we are:
ipuenktchen Posted Oct 7, 2013, 12:47 pm	hello, everybody!!! today ipuenktchen came to our home and was so busy to scan her postcards.. nevertheless she found time for a photo-shooting :-)))) here I am together with my buddies at yasha's, and ZIZZI-Zebra was with us!!!! and here I helped them scanning... when finished we had time to have a glance at the postcrossing-forum!  they stood with us even the night and in the morning we had a nice breakfast before their leaving!! pls come back very soon!!!!!!
ipuenktchen Posted Oct 29, 2013, 2:49 pm	hello, everybody!!!! greaaaaaaaaaaaaaat - we are going on holidays.... okayyyyyy.. not really that holidays but a RESEARCH-trip for his master thesis to several cities yashila_81 has to do and lili_6789 and me are coming with him!!! and this morning we left, going to ipue's  to have a nice breakfast together and to say goodbye!!!!!! we were so excited that nobody was thinking for a pic - I'm deeply sorry... :-(((( so pls stay tuned to hear about our adventures inside IR!!!!!!!!
lili_6789 Posted Nov 7, 2013, 5:17 pm	hey, everybody!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! after a long trip, soooo long, we arrived in the morning in *the holy city MASHHAD*!!! yesterday morning from tabriz first we went by bus to tehran, and in the eve we continued our trip by train straight to mashhad!!!! boah, how far from tabriz is mashhad situated!!!! first we saw in the city an aquarium!! believe it, in the street........ but it looked like a radio!!?!? really strange... as we were here for a business trip for yashila_81's master thesis we started to do our duties to get in touch with different language institutes.
lili_6789 Posted Nov 7, 2013, 5:24 pm	today was the great moment we went for the pilgrimage site - the holy district. in the part with golden minarets and dome is the tomb of Emam Reza! here you can see me at the entry!
lili_6789 Posted Nov 7, 2013, 7:38 pm	during the whole night we had been on the train from mashhad to esfahan crossing the desert, but what a pity, we couldn't see anything, because it was still dark....   today we had some sightseeing in Esfahan (after visiting some language-institutes!!) and here you see me at the ancient khaju-bridge! unfortunately the river zayanderud has no more water.., they told me! such a pity! later in a park lili made this sign behind me while yasha was taking a pic... I don't know the meaning... do you know it????????? but the flowers were really magnificent - pls have a look!!!!! I was so thrilled!! btw it was raining in esfahan and we got pretty wet.... and last but not least we went to have another *firni* - the whole family has the habitude when they are in esfahan as often as possible to go to eat *firni*, a yummi dessert, and so I did...... what a large bowl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?!??!
lili_6789 Posted Nov 7, 2013, 7:48 pm	hey, everybody!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! do you know the famous poet hafez???????? when we arrived from esfahan by bus to shiraz in the very early morning we went to his tomb. it's a mystic place! often you can meet there ppl recitating his poems. even some ppl believe to the poems like others to horoskopes!? here you can see me in front of the hafez mausoleum! in the afternoon by train we went back to esfahan after visiting some language-institutes.
lili_6789 Posted Nov 7, 2013, 7:58 pm	hey, everybody!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! when we had done the things we had to do for the master thesis there was again time for some sightseeing and we went to a nice little garden with an old mosque *Menare Jonban*, the dancing minarets.. I like the place there a lot! and from there not far in the neighbourhood the ancient fire temple on a hill from the Zoroastrian times!! puh... it was long time for the kids they didn't any mountaineering and got a bit tired, but the view had been magnificient!!!!!!!!!!!! the impressing zagros mountains backside!! and in the eve I helped yashila_81 to write his travellog!!!
lili_6789 Posted Nov 7, 2013, 8:43 pm	hey, everybodyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!! today will be our last holiday....  so we had our last visites of language institutes and a last sightseeing as well! we went to see the famous main mosque which was registered recently as a world heritage site!!!!! and in the eve we entered our bus to reach tabriz in the next morning!! boahhhhhh, thank you, dear lili_6789, thank you, dear yashila_81, for taking me with you for such a great trip!
ipuenktchen Posted Nov 15, 2013, 11:56 pm	today we had guests for lunch, ipue and her hubby and my dear buddy ZIZZI_Zebra came to yasha's & lili's!!!! ipue had a lot of cards to scan, ZIZZI_Zebra and me had a nice time playing and chatting. later I told her, we're going to tehran and I pressed her to come with us!!?!? as she's still a little girl and neeever had been far from her mom since she gave her home, she couldn't decide that easy!!?!?  she wouldn't her mom get sad - or even upset???!!?? she really didn't know what would be best!!?! but finally it was easy to do and her mom got happy coz she was happy!!!! :-)))))))))))) and so we left for tehran in the eve..... pls stay tuned to hear from our *adventure*..... *smile*
lili_6789 Posted Nov 19, 2013, 12:06 pm	hey, everybody!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm in TEHRAN - the capital of IR with the unlimitted opportunities!!! 14 millions inhabitants, an awfull traffic, such a crowd, but as lili told me, from time to time it's nice to spend there some days!!!!!! it is my 2nd time here!!!!! juchuuuuuu!!!! here you may see us, just arrived at lili's hubby's brother's flat: lili and her hubby yashila_81 were so busy both days so ZIZZI and me had  a look around in his brother's flat what can I do!!!?!!? we started to collect all the stuffed animals of princess_04 (former anita_2004!!) on the sofa and after taking some pics we were chatting about everything, and as I had been in germany with their dear mom anita, so everybody would know about her life there..... ;-))) when they got tired and asked to have a power-nap ZIZZI and me  were wandering around in the flat and we found a great car!!!!!!!!! but what a pity I was to big to get place in any of the cars!! but believe it!!! ZIZZI had a tour around and it was really a girl's dream - to go by a porsche car!!!!!! a boy's dream, too, but I couldn't.... :-(((( later we met it a the same place, that nobody unterstand..... uiuiuiuiuiiiiiiiiiiiiii.... when lili & her hubby came back home they started by announcing to us GREAT NEWS!!!!!! they decided to give home to dear *J*U*L*I*E*!!!!!! julie got so excited to have a new life with us and she was really happy, and we tooooooooooo, juchuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!! to pack the stuff of anita's room, coz her dad needs it should be empty to use it, and as anita has a beautiful room for her own in hannover, I agreed and was helping them!!!!!! in the evening the pick-up  was packed with all the stuff, and we went on the road to come back home to tabriz!!!!!
lili_6789 Posted Nov 19, 2013, 1:02 pm	back home to tabriz in the early morning with all the stuff, thx god no rain on the road.......... but we were pretty tired............. and in the afternoon when our dear mom came back home from her studies we had to take a shower... but what kind of shower?!?!?!? the *rude* one!!!!! a header into the washing mashine for all three of us!!! :-((((( things happen............... :-(((((((((((( life is hard..... :-(((((((((
lili_6789 Posted Nov 20, 2013, 12:35 pm	puuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhh.... LIFE IS HARD..... suffering from the washing machine!!!!!!!!!!!?!???! no heeeeeeeeeeeeelpppppppppp..........................!!?!!?!? ok, but we are CLEAN now... heheeeeeeeee....
lili_6789 Posted Nov 26, 2013, 8:39 am	hellooooooooo, everybody!!!!!!!!!! ZIZZI_Zebra and Possy & Crossy came to visite us and we spent a day together... and as it was their first day out since such a long time....... so P&C had been a bit shy.. and believe it, we understood, we are *cousins*, ZIZZI and JULIE and meeeeeeeeeeeee - all from the same manufactoring company of stuffed animals!!!!!!
lili_6789 Posted Dec 6, 2013, 11:00 am	hiiiiiiiiiiiiiii, everybody!!!!!!!!!!!!! two news today: 1 - we have our friends today here with us!!!!! 2 - we have SNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!!!!!!!
lili_6789 Posted Dec 12, 2013, 8:28 pm	boah, hallo everybody - what a snow today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! when I look out from the window I got really thrilled!!!! I love snow!!!!! and I got more thrilled when I understood we'll have guests today!! my dear friends ZIZZI_Zebra and Possy & Crossy I missed longtime ago!!! and believe it - what a giant icicles we had from the last snow when immediately we got a beautiful sunshine!!!?!?!?!
lili_6789 Posted Dec 14, 2013, 11:54 pm	*winter in middle east*!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and the icicles got more than double since before yesterday!! it was snowing again from the morning untill the evening...!!?!? believe it!!! but we had a cosy place at home!!! ;-))) and again our friends with us, and so we had fun!!! ;-)))
lili_6789 Posted Dec 25, 2013, 10:24 pm	hello, everybodyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!! *M*E*R*R*Y**C*H*R*I*S*T*M*A*S* it was so much fun with when we were five buddies at ipue's on  xmas-eve!!! we had a yummy meal - turkey with red cabbage - and later each of us got a gift, and here you see me with the gift lili and her hubby had done to her father-in-law, but as the gift didn't made it untill x-mas, lili tinkered a paperboard one, hehe....
lili_6789 Posted Jan 13, 2014, 9:29 pm	PostcrossingMEETING for ToyVoyagers today on ***Twelfth Day***!!!!!!!!! it was a remarkable day for us, as we had a postcrossing meetup at ipue's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we had me and my homemate JULIE and F.M.Bear and little ZIZZI_Zebra and POSSY & CROSSY and a lot of cards we bought from tehran around us!!!!!!!!! we all love postcrossing!!!! A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR FOR YOUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!
ipuenktchen Posted Jan 21, 2014, 8:03 pm	*B*R*E*A*K*I*N*G***N*E*W*S* hi, mom - believe it!!!!!!!!!! dad got it!!!!!!!!!!!! TODAY he got successfull to reach his MASTER DEGREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and everybody was soooo happy!!!!!!!!!!!! Possy & Crossy and F.M.Bear and ZIZZI_Zebra and me and some of yashila_81's fellow students and one of his close buddies of his mil.serv. and his parents had been with him!! we missed only YOU, dear mom, but dad knew you had been with us, and finally you sent ME as a lucky charm!!!!!!!!!!! and it worked!!!!!!! miss you, mom - and GREAT CONGRATS for dad!!!!!!!!!! :-))))))))))))
ipuenktchen Posted Jan 31, 2014, 11:33 pm	party, party, partyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!! and as ipue told us *never without our traveltoys*!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-))))))))) I got really happy to hear about yashila_81's master thesis last week, and so we had today at yashila_81's another party!!!! they were working for the whole week and finally THU and FRI endless parties.... with yummy food, best friends and live music at it's best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and we traveltoy-buddies had a nice eve, too: JULIE, ZIZZI_Zebra, POSSY & CROSSY, F.M.Bear and meeeeeeee!!!
lili_6789 Posted Feb 21, 2014, 1:55 pm	hi ppls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm a bit sad for now...... mom & dad went each in another direction and let me alone at home.... If I understood sooner I could ask to go to meet my friends in the meantime.. but it was to late to get ready.....   so let me think about with what I'll make me busy don't get more sad...!!?!?!
lili_6789 Posted Mar 4, 2014, 10:43 am	hi, everybody!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it was a bit boring at home with my alltime-buddies and so I asked dear mom to take me with her when they went at ipue's!!!!!! and so she did!! thank you, dear mom, but... :-((( ipuenktchen was as busy as you, dear mom!!!!!!!!!! but today I asked and asked and asked and she brought me outside into the yard as I'd like to have some fresh air!!!!!!!! I adore the wet weather. I learned that ppl in this part of the world get happy when it's raining!!!!!!!!!!!!! and we are waiting for SPRING although there rest still some very small islands of snow in the yard!! my buddies helped me a lot: it was F.M.Bear who gave me his shawl and Possy & Crossy their umbrella.. miss you, mom & dad - see you soon!!!!!!!!!! :-)))))))))))))))))
ipuenktchen Posted Mar 5, 2014, 1:52 am	hi, mom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! great, I learned how to crotched!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! are you able to do this???????????????????????????? if you & you & YOUUUUU like to crotchet, you may get in touch with this dutch lady to take part in her project - as we did in our german forum of PostCrossing!!! and now about a dozen of young germanspeaking women are crotchetting and fianlly will send for her!!!! http://www.postcrossing/user/Forestchapel80 and here is our contribution!!!!!!!!!! see you soon, dear mom & dad!!!!!!!!!!!!
ipuenktchen Posted Mar 9, 2014, 12:18 pm	hi, dear mom, here is JORIS calling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! today we had been out and went to several places, this was fun!!!!!! first, believe it, mom, we mad a visite at ipue's hubby's former secretary and as you know from the 6th floor we had a great birdeye view over the neighbourhood, we, you, and me and dad, are living, too!!!!! I had been able to see the window of the bedroom and the roof-terrace!!!!! but nobody was there...... f from there we went to the next quarter to see a pottery exhibition and there had been so great work pieces, hand thrown, in the showroom!!! the artist gave a nice gift to ipue - here you can see me with the gift.......... love, Joris
ipuenktchen Posted Mar 9, 2014, 12:25 pm	today, mom, ipue's i-net wasn't working and so we had time enough  to make other things and we finished the granny squares you read about a few days before...........
ipuenktchen Posted Mar 9, 2014, 12:27 pm	woooow, mom, our first spring day today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yashila_81 & lili_6789 picked us up to go to the garden beside gurigol-lake on the tehran road, 25 km... and it was a great weather today!!!! pls have a look, we went on the trees hanging there like the eggs on easter-holiday, heheheheeeee.... it was fun!!!!! and it was so great, you and dad had been with us!!!!!!!! HUGE CONGRATS TO you, dear MOM, and to all female followers of this blog for the INTERNATIONAL WOMEN's DAY 2014!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ipuenktchen Posted Mar 11, 2014, 12:12 am	hellooooooo, dear mom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what's up?????????? we had been out in the eve..... btw it was raining!!! Ipue's hubby had invited at the 5-star-hotel at shahgoli park for the revolving restaurant!!!!!!!! we had much fun, nice atmospher and yummy dinner!!! there had been a lot of reasons to have fun together!! 1) yashila_81's master thesis 2) 50th anniversary of ipue & her hubby 3) the new baby in advance 4) yashila_81's new job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and so they had a lot of toasts and gifts and so on.... and also the print version of his master thesis!!!!!!! *smiiiiile* at first pls have a look on a day view of the hotel!
ipuenktchen Posted Mar 12, 2014, 6:16 pm	hi, mom & dad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! today ipue proposed a shopping tour and so we did!!!! boah... what a crowd!!!! like in DE in the last days before X-mas!!!!!?!?! but nevertheless we did our tour and here and there we saw interesting things - for instance the protestant church, in it's yard had been the elementary school of son1 of ipue!!! in front of the church yard is now a new street with an entrance (one you may see on the pic!) at both sides for an underground multi-storey car park!!! when you come like ipue & her hubby not that often downtown you can find every time such *new things*!!! ;-) next while looking for a dyeing mill we saw the ark, the ancient citadel, one of the oldest places of tabriz from 1.000 years ago, from backside.  and in the meantime we got hungry and spedially we TVs started to moan....... so we entered *Pizza2000* and each of us had a yummy food!! spaghetti with goulash and pizza with tongue and cheese!! next we went to a famous nutshop and bought our nuts for the new year's visitors, the same some pastry..... ipue choose always a kind of pastry which is easy to keep for longer time, a wafer with a yummy peanut creme! we asked some books from different bookshops, but didn't found what we were looking for... and so we have to go again downtown on SAT or SUN,.... because we need this as a gift!!! so pls stay tuned! bye for now!!!!! I miss you - lots of kisses, love, JORIS
ipuenktchen Posted Mar 14, 2014, 8:52 pm	hi, leutzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!! I'm sooooooooooooooooo proud, my mom & dad (lili_6789 and yashila_81) came and spent a day with us at ipue's and mom brought smth for HAFTSIN for NOROUZ for her mom-in-law!!!!!!! http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haft_Sin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haft_Sin
ipuenktchen Posted Mar 16, 2014, 11:00 pm	hey, dear mom!!!! puuuuh... nice sunshine, mom, but a strong spring storm!!! and  I understand, it was so difficult for my grandmom ipuenktchen nobody fo us got lost... specially Possy & Crossy both together with a weight of only 25 g could be taken with by the wind.................... but all's well that ends well. and we arrived back home safely!!!!!!!!!!!! first we passed the Union Bridge while going downtown! this time we found a path to see the ancient citadel from nearby, they are still working there and the wall around was destroyed in the meantime! to was after nearly 30 years ago for the first time ppl could see it from nearby again! from there we went by taxi to the new built mansour cross rd with its silk road tower and the carpet mosaic downstairs in the yard!! boah, mom, such a large and beautiful mosaic!!!! and from there we took the bus straight home and everybody got really tired!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wish you could be here, dear mom!! miss you & kiss you, mom!!
ipuenktchen Posted Mar 18, 2014, 9:34 am	hi, dear mom and helloooooooooooo, everybodyyyyyyy and a special hello to K-town!!!!!!!!! ipuenktchen had a surprise for us, we had dinner very soon coz at 8.15 PM local time in DE we promised to keep our fingers crossed for the football match 1. FC KAISERSLAUTERN ./. 1. FC KOELN!!!!! 2nd bundesliga... it's because of our dear BETZE, a HUUUUUUGE FAN of 1. FCK, and ipue has a fan-shawl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Possy & Crossy met even their fain-tricot and fan-shawl, too!! and because it was a very important match we were ready in time in front of the live-ticker!!! boah, it's sooooooooooooooooooooooo exciting.. now it's the break between first and second half with a result of 0:0.......!?!! pls stay tuned, we had to be back now at the live-ticker!! see you soon!!! and hopefully with GOOD NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?!?! EDIT:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: nooooo....... we are deeply sorry.... perhaps our fingers are too small to get a result when keeping crossed!!!?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?!??!?!?!?!? coz they finished the second half still with 0:0 when the final whistle was coming and the points are gone to cologne................. :-((((((((
ipuenktchen Posted Mar 18, 2014, 10:06 am	hellooooooooo, dear mom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm sooooooooooo excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nouruz so we had been with friends and we jumped over the fire!!!!!!!!!!!! that was so much fun. and they had some fireworks, too!!! and later a yummy dinner and very great traditional live-music!!!! we had a great eve.  from there I went home together with my mom & dad because tomorrow we'll go for a little holidays.. stay tuned, dear friends!!!!
ipuenktchen Posted Mar 19, 2014, 2:30 am	hey dear mom & dad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! as you are leaving today for ardabil and you like to take me with you, for sure I was so thrilled about!! but as I didn't agree to come alone I had spoken with dear little ZIZZI_Zebra to come with me, I got so happy she agreed and immediately we had a meetup with ipuenktchen  to get the allowance for her to go with me!!!!!!!!!! it was so kind of ipue, even when we have NEW YEAR holidays and all moms and dads like to be with their kids...... thank you, dear ipue, and also for the great time I had at your's!!!!!!!!!
ipuenktchen Posted Mar 27, 2014, 10:16 am	hi, mom & dad, thank you so much for the great trip we had together!!!! the joy to meet my buddies again was gigantic; when we arrived back home from northern iran, rasht, and ardabil - we went straight to ipue's, because everybody eagerly would like to see his buddy again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and so we had a great eve, chatting and looking at the pics and to hear what ipue has done in the meantime!!!!! ey gosh, and at the end of the eve we all had a jump into the washing mashine.. as ipue told us, we'll have guests on FRI and we had to be clean again!!! mom, how RUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we all were crying, but ipue shut the door and the water comes on and we were thinking it was the last day of our life, honestly, mom!!!!!!!!!!!!!! well, now we are clean and ipue agrees..... and this is where we are NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hanging on the line...
ipuenktchen Posted Mar 28, 2014, 11:17 pm	hi, mom & dad, as it is the main goal of IR ppl to visit each other during the new year holidays, today it was ipue's turn to wait for guests!! and we were very excited what will happen....  the days before we saw she was busy to get nuts and cookies/ pastry and yesterday her son2 went to buy lots of fruits... and so on............... and when ppl are arriving you have to serve first the tea and cookies or pastry. later nuts and other sweets, and at last the fruits!!!!!!!! this is difficult coz they all don't arrive at the same time.. and you must not forget to whom you served whatever.... and, my dear followers, I'll let you know, tomorrow when yashila_81 and lili_6789 will go back home I decided to come with them because I need a break and I missed home so much, and I'd like to have a look around if my toys and everything is still at its place!!!!?!?!
lili_6789 Posted Mar 29, 2014, 7:38 pm	hi, everybodyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!! today another the same interesting trip to a village area high in the mountains - for sure in northern iran they are not that mountains but better to say hills, covered by beautiful forest!! when arrived at the recreation area we took a suite for some hours in a kind of motel and started to cook smth for lunch - means we were cooking for our hosts!! when coming outside again the fog got much more, nearly we wouldn't be able to drive the car down the hills.... how exciting!!! pls have a look!!!!!
lili_6789 Posted Mar 29, 2014, 7:44 pm	at our 3rd day in rasht and after so long chilling our hosts decided to bring us out for a great trip around rasht, the capital of gilan province!!!! we went at an open air museum!! what a great idea!!!! country ppl from gilan dedicated their traditional wooden farm houses to the IR heritage - and they removed it from its place to rebuilt it again at the large museum area!!!!! and the next human generations will be able to see in which way their ancestors were living!!!! they also were showing lots of their handicrafts!!!!! and you can buy bread and other things, just made there!!! you cannot imagine how interesting this had been for all of us!!!!!
lili_6789 Posted Mar 29, 2014, 8:09 pm	****SALE NO MOBARAK****HAPPY NEW IR YEAR**** hellooooooooo, everybody!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I got really thrilled when I understood at the moment of the turning of the year from 1392 into 1393 in the eve at about 8.30 PM we'll be at my grandmom's together with my buddy F.M.Bear!!! it was so mystic and full of harmony for me, when we admired the HAFTSIN there!!! and even the little niece of lili_6789 was playing with us!!!!! pls have a look at our pics!!!
lili_6789 Posted Apr 10, 2014, 10:20 pm	helloooooooooo, my dear followers!!! since about two weeks you had no news from meeeeee.... :-(((((((( you have to know we have GORGEOUS & FANTASTIC  NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! in summer lili_6789 and yashila_81 will have a *B*A*B*Y*!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cannot tell you how thrilled I got with this news!!!!!!!!!!!???!?!??!?!?! and so there are huge changings in our home, as the dad-to-be is making some furniture for the room of *mr. X*..... *smile* and the mom-to-be is preparing clothes and toys and so on.... how great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! everybody is happy for!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and today I had a photo-session with dear lili-6789 in the baby's room together with all my new friends, who are waiting like me of the arriving of *Mr. X*!!!! pls have a look!!!!!!!!!!!
ipuenktchen Posted Apr 15, 2014, 10:08 pm	hi, dear mom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! today it was me.......... as a surprise for my dear buddy F.M.Bear as dad brought me at ipue's door to say GOODBYE as they were leaving today, F.M.Bear back home to his mom and POSSY & CROSSY another time exploring the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what a sad moment...................... :-(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( I had a very small gift for dear turtles - I heard a lot of her, she must be toooo kind!!!!!!!!! and we huged each other, lots of kisses and lots of tears............. FARE WELL, my dear buddy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lili_6789 Posted Apr 26, 2014, 3:49 pm	today we were very excited and busy as last night we got guests from ardabil: dear lili's parents and bros and his wife. later during the morning yashila_81 went to pic up his parents and we had a yummy lunch together!!! lili's parents had brought the trousseau of the baby as it's the habit in IR, as dear lili is pregnant!!!!! and we were VERY curious and had a look at everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wooow, what a lot of beautiful and useful things they brought!!!!!!!!!! so lili can be completely relaxed waiting for the day the baby will arrive as everything is ready!!!!!! and also her dream got true, when she got a traditional cradle, handmade in a village - the most nicest thing!!!!! ZIZZI_Zebra & ZORRO_Zebra had been with us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and meeeeeeeeee, I'm excitedly waiting for my bros!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ipuenktchen Posted May 9, 2014, 5:20 pm	hi, mom & dad!!! it was so kind of you today you took me with you to ipue's where we had been invited for lunch!!!! it was a tasty lunch, boah, smth new I never saw before!!!!! green asparagus and spinach gnocchis!!!! and best of all I had a nice time together with my dear buddies ZIZZI_Zebra and ZORRO_Zebra, and we were playing in the yard and also admiring[code] the spring flowers!!!! aren't they nice???? here you can see some pics!!
lili_6789 Posted May 16, 2014, 1:28 am	hi, dear followers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! finally I'm here again with an update!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! more great flower news from ipuenktchen's yard - breaking news in fact!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-))) today they found in the yard ***WHITE IRIS***, and another one, the brown and red one, in a vase for now (pls remember us in fall to get a root...) what a beautiful yard!!!! and at lunch-time they had a surprise for us - they all came to lili's and yasha's and they took their lentil-stew with them, to eat here together!!!! we all were so happy, when we understood coz we could meet each other again!!!!!!!! and yes, even I could show them the handmade cradle for the baby-to-be and we had some pics with!!!!! finally we had a glance at mom's postcards, too!!!!!! like me, the *I-like-Hannover-card* was their favorite!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lili_6789 Posted May 23, 2014, 11:42 pm	helloooooooooo, everybodyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!! what a surprise, mom & dad took me with them.... we picked up ipue.. had lunch together, then leaving - at their garden beside gurigol with its more than 40 kinds of birds around the lake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! while mom & dad were working both we were chilling out - it was sooooooo great!!!!!!!!!!!!! later lili had done her homework and I helped her a lot, coz my dear mom is still a student and she is trying to finish as much as she can of her studies before the arriving of the baby-to-be!!!!!!!!!!! but I noticed.. next it will be tooooo hot for me... with my cuddly jacket with a hood even...... what can I do???? :-(((((((
lili_6789 Posted Jan 20, 2015, 12:43 am	what an unexpected trip we had just now in december!!!?!?! after a short flight of 2 h we opened our eyes and ppl were speaking a bit rough in their melody of speaking in comparing with farsi.... and they told us it's arabic!!!! wow!!! the next morning we got up early and had a walk downtown!!!!!!! souk... - the arabic bazar, the creek, a boat instead of a taxi on!! and arrived at bur dubai! and as they had just the day before our arriving their 43th national day there had been flags and pics of the founder of the UAE and their leaders everywhere!!
lili_6789 Posted Jan 20, 2015, 12:48 am	hohohooooooooo... st. niklas day in DUBAI!!!!!??!!? today we had to leave :-((((((((( it was really nice here. we couldn't imagine before we saw it with our own eyes!!! arrived at the dubai airport we had time enough to have a glance again at the duty free shop - and ipuenktchen couldn't believe it when she saw the famous FAZER choci from finland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??!?! and yeah, she bought one!!! yummyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!! what a great souvenir!!! well done!!!!!!! and you can also see our colourful new friend with us, which was bought by dear lili_6789 also from duty free shop and they gave him home!!! and me, JORIS the 2nd, dear ZIZZI_Zebra and ZORRO_Zebra, the cute couple POSSY & CROSSY had spent great days here in dubai!!!!!! btw - and yessss, for sure we saw all these highest skyscrapers, but we didn't took any photos of, no need, coz this is boring as you can see their pics everywhere!!
lili_6789 Posted Jan 20, 2015, 1:03 am	today I asked dear lili_6789 to take a pic of baby's room!!! it's soooo beautiful!! together with close friends they painted one of the wall of baby's room with a beautiful pic, designed by the mom-to-be, dear lili_6789!!!!! and we all are sooooo excited when he will arrive finally!!?!?!
ipuenktchen Posted Apr 30, 2015, 4:30 am	Hi, everybody!!! Today we had guests!!!! Dear KROETE from germany from the baltic sea!!! She's a postcrosser named turtles!!! And believe it - they decided to have their 13th international postcrossing meeting in tabriz to honour KROETE at our's!!!!! It was fantastic!!! Mum prepared a great lunch and after we signed cards and cards and cards... pls be patient - perhaps there will come a card also for YOUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!???!?!!
ipuenktchen Posted May 29, 2015, 4:56 pm	helloooooooo, everybodyyyyyyyyyyy!!!! I got really thrilled, when dear mom picked me up for going out and told me, she will bring me to ipue's home, so I could be with my TV-buddies... it was a long time I hadn't any news and I didn't went out........... so the same eve we went all together to their family-gathering!!! boah... so many shoes beside the door!! (there are always more than 40 participiants!!!!) ipuenktchen told us it's custom in IR to let your shoes outside, when you are entering any home!!!! and so we did!!! unfortunately they forgot to make a pic with me........ :-((((((((((((
ipuenktchen Posted May 29, 2015, 5:12 pm	what a busy day today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! in the morning we went out for breakfast in shahgoli. the park is situated very close to ipue's home!!! we had a picnic in front of the bassin with the ancient pavillon together with ipue's friends! it was sooooo great! even not such a crowd as they told us, normally is very common there...... it was announced the weather will be quite bad, and so most ppl prefered to stay at home, although it's FRI today, the day ppl are free in moslemic countries. later we had a nice lunch at home and in the afternoon mom & dad went back home, and ipue picked me up for the international trade fair, there was the last day of an exhibition of flowers & plants!!!!! very interesting!!! but in the meantime the weather changed into the announced sandstorm and it was a bit strange there on the hill outside of tabriz!!! btw we bought a great plant for ipue's yard - I'll show it to you tomorrow!! it was a great job, to bring it home...... pls stay tuned!!!!!!!
ipuenktchen Posted May 30, 2015, 7:45 pm	hi, dear mummy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! today we had a tour around tabriz, in all places I hadn't been before, although I'm living now in tabriz since two years ago!!!! first we went to some places I had no pics coz ipue was so busy with her main guest VIOLA!! but later at khaghani garden and finally at the blue mosque, I got a pic, too... and here I am.....................
ipuenktchen Posted May 30, 2015, 11:19 pm	helloooooooooooo, dear mummyyyyy!!!!! it+s soooooooooo sad... I hate to say good-bye!!!! and todayyyyy we had a good-bye-party, coz dear buddy POSCHTI and dear purple girl VIOLA had to leave...................... well, the party was nice, and I'm really thankful that I had been invited!!! we had even life-music, the playmo-clown cheered us up, but finally we had to say good-bye.......... :-(((((((((((((((((((( hopefully we'll have another TV-guest asap!!!!!! ooooooooor the cute playmo-couple I had seen not yet, only heard about, and we are living in the same town, will come back sooooooooooooooon!!!!??!?!?
ipuenktchen Posted Jun 2, 2015, 12:03 am	hi, dear mom!!!!! in the morning we went out to have a look at ipue's flowers in the yard, and in the afternoon we took part in the ladies-gameboard-gathering, this time at ipue's!!! nice day, mom, but when you told me we will go back home in the eve I agreed immediately... coz I miss our sweet KIA so much, when I'm absent.... although I had a nice time with my TV-buddies at ipue's!!!!!
ipuenktchen Posted Aug 13, 2015, 9:15 pm	helloooooooo, everybodyyyyyy... after a long and boring time at home in a place together with so many other TVs, today it was me, chosen to help to prepare marmelade at lili's!!!!! it was ipue, busy to make a peach jam and she was happy about my help!! we both were so proud when finished this job!!!!! imagine, we had FOURTY degrees celsius today!!!!!!!!!!! btw my lovely mom and dear little kia were at a women's invitation!!!!!
ipuenktchen Posted Aug 21, 2015, 4:47 pm	hi, mom, I got completely surprised when ipue-oma waked me up in the early morning and we took our backpack and went to the meeting point where two jeeps were waiting for us to go for the 3rd highest mountain in IR, the extincted volcano called sabalan, 4.811 m high!!!! first you can see me on the road after sarab and back mt sabalan!! we had been a group of 8... and it was a hard job!!! we went by car to meshkin and started for hiking!! 5 h untill reached the mountain shelter. what a crowd!!!!??!?! we hardly found a sleeping place in a new built house, still not ready.. slept very early at 8 PM to get up as early as well at 3 AM and started to climb on the mountain!!!!!!!!!!! miss you, mom, and kiss you, and have a good night!!! (c) of the sabalan pics belongs to karfor, ankbod, yashila_81)
ipuenktchen Posted Aug 23, 2015, 1:15 am	hi, mom, thanks a lot for taking me with you for a kurdish wedding party!!!! I'm so excited how it will be....!!!!! and also to see a completely other part of IR!!!!!! we started at 8 PM and our stop had been in BONAB, from where I had heard about the famous *bonab kebab*!!!!  wow, how interesting, and so amazing the large knife with a large blade!!!!!!!!!!!!!?!?!?? then we reaching SANANDAJ in the very early morning at 4.30 AM!!! a city situated on several hills, the streets up & down.... - our hotel outside was really nice, pls have a look! pls stay tuned for the pics!!
ipuenktchen Posted Aug 23, 2015, 1:22 am	hi, mom, I'm so happy we all are here together in this nice town and have a little holiday trip!!! after our arrival at 4.30 AM we had a power nap and met at 9 AM for breakfast at 5th floor of our hotel... and here I am................... we had some sightseeing, too, although there is not so much to see, as it's a small town, but very cosy and clean!!!! you may have some impressions from kurd's house here!! and also have a glance in the sanandaj museum, both traditional houses from qajar era! in the kurd's house we had a break and they had the great idea to take an ice-cream!!!!! in the streets at the cross roads specially  they have some very nice monuments!
ipuenktchen Posted Aug 24, 2015, 5:21 pm	hi, mom, what are you doing just now??? we get ready for the devils in k-town!!!!!!!!!!!! we are a fan of 1.FC Kaiserslautern, unfortunately at 2nd League...... we are ready at 22.45 we'll be sitting in front of the live-ticker - in fact up from NOW!!!.... we are sooooo excited................ hopefully we'll not make a fool of ourselves..........!!?!?!?!?????????!?! pls mom & dad & dear little KIA, keep your fingers crossed, too!!!! we need everybody!!!!!!!!! thank you all!!! kiss you all!!!!!!!!!!! EDIT: juchuuuuuuuu.... heimsieg!!! 1 : 0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ipuenktchen Posted Aug 24, 2015, 11:10 pm	hi, dear mom, as I told you we got up at 3 AM in the very early morning at the eastern shelter at 3.500 m, and started to climb up to the top, reached it a 10 AM!!!!!!!!!!!! what a feeling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??!?! we got so happy although one of our mountaineer buddies couldn't support anymore and went back forward to the shelter at only 4.300 m, after taking pics of a very beautiful sunrising..... the group of now only 7 mountaineer and 5 traveltoys (your sweet little red heart was coming with yashila_81) had a break at the peak, beside the lake, 50 diameters and 15 m deep, took some photos beside the lake, and later went back to the shelter, arrived at 5 PM, and now they all took the car to get back via meshkin to tabriz, arrived at 9 PM - enormous tired!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but soooo proud to get successfull!!!! (c) of the sabalan pics belongs to karfor, ankbod, yashila_81)
ipuenktchen Posted Aug 25, 2015, 1:36 pm	hi, mom.... ipue-oma told me, there will be a surprise later the same day......!!?!?! I'm so excited.... but first we had and have an awfull rain.. ok... we need rain, I know, but it's boring...... now we are waiting for the eve!!!??!?!?!?!!!!!!!!!!!?!?????! UPDATE: yeeeeeeaaaaahhhhhh.... HAPPY BIRTHDAY for ipue's hubby!!! we had a nice eve with yummy food and much fun and a nice birthday cake alltogether, kept busy to look a lot of photos of the FOUR wedding parties and of course the SABALAN!!!!!!!!!! and I decided tomorrow morning I'll go back home with mom & dad & cute little kia!!!!!
ipuenktchen Posted Mar 16, 2016, 10:04 pm	Hey, dear mom, it's a long time I hadn't been at ipue's!!!!!!!!!!!!!! did you noticed, it was snowing the whole dayyyyyy!!!!!!??!?! and it was the same day when we finally decided to have a ride down town.. what a pity for the beautiful spring flowers.. we had still such a great spring.......... and ppl are soooooooooooo busy for IR New Year after a few days!! well, we are busy, too - you know better than me.... but not only for Norouz, but there will be a greeeeeeeaaaaaaat challenge, when dear little kia will get a dear little sis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we all are soooooooooooo thrilled!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and wish you all our best with all our hearts!! *smile* well, finally we went to bazar and everywhere!!!!!!!!!! it was soooo crowded and we got really tired... 5 hours by foot!!!!!!!!!!! puuuuuhhhhhhhhhhh........ and at last we arrived back home at ipue's and couldn't believe all that snow........ kiss you, mom, miss you, mom!!!!!!!!!!!!
ipuenktchen Posted Mar 24, 2016, 4:14 pm	hi, dear mom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! in the meantime happened a lot............. oh, dear!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! two days before our IR new year my dearest little sister had given birth!!!! and me, I hadn't been at home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! *V*I*O*N*A*........ 18.3.2016...... 9.34 AM........ 3.450 g........... 52 cm..... then we had NOROUZ 1395, and again I hadn't been at home........... ey gosh, will everything happened without MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE????? ok, however.. the snow we had before all, is gone after 2 days, and today we could have a great spring-pic!!!!!!! and ok mom??!?!?! my dearest little sis we'll show to the world asap!!!!!!!!!!! ok???????
ipuenktchen Posted Mar 25, 2016, 6:41 pm	hey, my dearest mom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! as you know *V*I*O*N*A*'s name was given today to her... *smile* ....and all the TV-gang was with her!!!!!!!!!!! do our dear followers remember the newborn daughter of dear lili_6789 and yashila_81??!? pls have a look!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and of course there was a great food, too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! all our siblings from ardabil were coming and we had a nice day!!!! miss you, mom, kiss you, mom!!!!!!!!!!
ipuenktchen Posted Mar 28, 2016, 10:09 pm	hi, my dearest mom and all my friends & followers, we should say our very best congratulations to all of you.. so busy during all the last time, that we even had forgotten two important bdays - and also this morning to say *H*A*P*P*Y***E*A*S*T*E*R* to all of you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but better late than never!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Frohe Ostern - Happy Easter - Joyeuses Paques - Hyvää pääsiäistä!! and mom, I'm so thrilled in the afternoon we'll come and see you having dinner together!!!
ipuenktchen Posted Apr 4, 2016, 9:01 pm	hey, dear mom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! since NOROUZ, our new year, we had today for the 3rd time SNOW!!!! mad mad world.... in spring!!!!! ok, we need water... but snow in spring?????? kiss you, mom, miss you, mom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ipuenktchen Posted Apr 17, 2016, 10:49 pm	hi, dear mom, I'm still with ipue-oma at her home and we have nice spring in their garden!!! pls have a look at the cherry-blossoms!!!! miss you, mom, kiss you, mom!!!!!!!!!!!
ipuenktchen Posted Apr 22, 2016, 10:12 pm	hi, dear mom!!! you went to ardabil together with the kids to see your mom & dad and so it's ok I'm still with ipuenktchen!!! sometimes a bad thing brings a good thing for us, and so it happened today, when ipue's TV got out of order and it was a boring FRI for mr. ipue..... and so ipue proposed to have a walk in shahgoli park beside their neighbourhood, as she hadn't see yet all the thousands of tulips everybody is talking of!!!!!!!!?!?!? and so we did!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! woooooooooooooooow, so beautiful colours... we forgot all the crowd there, while admiring the great tulips in so many different colours!!!!!! have you ever seen so many tulips in one place?????
ipuenktchen Posted Apr 23, 2016, 12:12 am	hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii, dear mom!!! believe it - today there was a young guy with a funny motorbike on his way to India and Australia...... wooooooow!!!!!!!!!!! and we all traveltoys were sooooooo curious to have a ride with... but no chance, only in the yard... ipue told us: *too dangerous*!!!!!!! wish him a great & safe trip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and kiss you, mom, miss you, mom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ipuenktchen Posted Apr 23, 2016, 12:15 am	hi, deeeeeeeeeeearest mom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! believe it what happened today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??!?! we all got thrilled when the postman brought the parcel vom china and we saw, POSSY & CROSSY made it safely back home!!!!!! although I hadn't seen them before, coz they left home in the same time, when I joined it!!! I understood it was really a historical day at ipue's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and imagine, they came back home with new friends!!????!?!?????? yeaaaaaaaaaaah, there was the pink bear and a playmo-child with him.. we are very curious how they will be named later!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?!?!?! and for sure we all will be a cool gang!!!!!!!!!! and a warm WELCOME for the cosy STRAWBERRY-Bear came to IR as a guest and we like to host him to cheer up dear papa_always!!!!!!!
ipuenktchen Posted May 2, 2016, 8:53 am	hi, dear mom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! while you were on your way back home from ardabil we had a cute surprise........... ipue-oma found at instagram the advertising for a great flower-exhibition nearby - and most of all we got surprised by three beautiful flamingos!!!!!!!!!! so it seems we can be hopeful for the urmia-lake again!!!!!! about it's drying and it's nature and last but not least about the flamingos and other birds.......... and the next surprise when coming out in front of the exhibition we found a brilliant classic car, a wonderful chevrolet from olden times!!! miss you, mom, hope to see you soooooooooooon!!!! kiss you, mom!!!!
ipuenktchen Posted Jun 2, 2016, 6:50 pm	hi, dear mom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! today we had a great day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! in the morning we went out, coz it's the international museum's day and all museums in IR are for free!! so ipue and Mr. ipue decided to went to the qajar-museum. the new yard is opened recently and very large!!!!!! it was full of tulips as ppl told us, but now finished the tulips, but it was a very beautiful area as well!!!! the qajar museum is also an ancient traditional mansion of tabriz and so beautiful with its coloured stoned glass windows!! when finished our excursion we went to my home, invited by my dear mom & dad for a yummy lunch and of course to see them all, specially the cute little kia and miss viona!!!!!!!!!!!! and finally I decided to stay at home, coz haven't been there since a long time!! and so I kissed my dear buddy strawberrybear goodbye!!!!!! thank you, dear ipue-oma & see you soon again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ipuenktchen Posted Jun 4, 2016, 1:22 am	hi, dear buddies, followers and friends!!!!!!!!!!! one of the very early spring flowers in a garden is the beautiful lilac, the minihyacinths, daffodils and tulips as well... and ipuenktchen has some in her yard, too!!!!!!!! pls have a look!!!!
ipuenktchen Posted Jun 5, 2016, 2:22 am	hi, dearest mom, today we had to get up quite early and the clock was ringing so loud... puuuuh, I don't like this awfull noise............. our goal was close to us, but we took a taxi as we had been so tired!!!!!!!!!!!! ipuenktchen told us we were invited for a really luxurious breakfast... so called *brunch* and we got thrilled, what a chance for the traveltoys!!!!!!!!!!! I wish you had been here with us and enjoyed the nice gathering, too!! it had been hold to honour the son of one of ipue's friends who got so successfull at university!!!! miss you, mom - kiss you, mom!!!!

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