Fred Leprechaun, Kajaani, Finland

daantje304 Posted Dec 6, 2013, 3:18 pm	Hoping to get a host soon! Waiting and watching tv!
daantje304 Posted Dec 6, 2013, 8:19 pm	Yes, tomorrow I go to Germany! To my host there. So I am going to pack for travel! Good night! Greetings Fred
daantje304 Posted Dec 7, 2013, 6:15 pm	Fred is ready to go! This week he will arrive in Germany!
daantje304 Posted Dec 12, 2013, 1:22 pm	Waiting for Fred to arrive in Germany. Hope his travel is going well and he will arrive there soon!
Mini Posted Dec 12, 2013, 9:44 pm	Fred has arrived in Germany! He just jumped out of the envelope and smiled all around Minis house. Mini took a photo but has no idea how to upload it... At the weekend she will try to manage this.
daantje304 Posted Dec 15, 2013, 2:05 pm	Fred has arrived in Germany! I am very happy to hear he arrived safely! He is going to have a nice christmas in Germany at Mini's house. A lot of hugs for Fred from Danielle !
Mini Posted Dec 17, 2013, 7:52 am	Mini tries to upload a photo...
Mini Posted Dec 17, 2013, 8:06 am	Hey, it works! Now Mini is able to upload photos and Fred can start to tell about his visit. At the moment there is Christmas everywhere! The Christmas tree in Minis house and the one at her colleges room in the office. Of course there are Christmas markets everywhere and we visited the one in the center of Essen. There is a big ferris-wheel. I will post some more things soon!
Mini Posted Dec 18, 2013, 5:05 pm	I have met Minis dog. Her name is Ronja and she is very old, 15 Years! But she is very nice. Here is a lamp looking like a bear and some other crazy stuff. You can see that Mini really loves helicopters.
daantje304 Posted Dec 18, 2013, 6:26 pm	Wauw Mini, very nice pictures! That one with Ronja your dog, ahh so sweet. Fred realy loves to be with you! I am happy that it worked with the pictures. Greetings from me to Mini and Fred🎄
Mini Posted Dec 19, 2013, 8:14 am	Mini has such a nice and warm scarf and in her office there is a flower called 'Christmasstar'.
Mini Posted Dec 21, 2013, 4:51 pm	Today we drove to the post office because Mini had to get a packet. There is a very nice old postbox in front of it!
Mini Posted Dec 23, 2013, 9:52 am	So exited, tomorrow is Christmas eve and in Germany it is tradition to get the present than! Maybe I'll see who brings them
Mini Posted Dec 27, 2013, 4:47 pm	Christmas days were so nice. A lot of presents and a lot of food... The decoration is very nice and a good playground Mini showed me the little 'window of postcards' were her mother stores all the cards from the family. Some are from Mini, other for example from her brother.
Mini Posted Dec 29, 2013, 8:16 am	Hey, let's go for a drive
daantje304 Posted Dec 29, 2013, 9:48 am	Hello Mini and Fred, Beautiful pictures! Thank you! I see that Fred had a nice Christmas! Now up to New-Year's eve. I already wish you and Fred a happy New-Year! Greetings Danielle
Mini Posted Jan 4, 2014, 5:39 pm	Fred is on the way to the next host now. Looking forward to see the USA!
daantje304 Posted Jan 4, 2014, 5:59 pm	Thank you mini for hosting Fred! I hope you liked it!👍 Fred is on his way to the USA! Good luck Fred!🍀
Ingenieurin Posted Jan 17, 2014, 6:56 pm	Hi there! I have finally arrived to California, hurray! I can't wait to look around and see if this place is really as sunny and beautiful as I heard. Luckily it's Friday which means the weekend is coming and I will probably have some fun. Meanwhile I'm stuck at the office with my new host Marina. It's not a bad place though. Here am I at Marina's desk with all the Xmas and New Year cards she received from her friends postcrossers.
daantje304 Posted Jan 17, 2014, 7:45 pm	Hello Fred! Great to see that you have arrived at your  new host! Have a great time there! Greetings Danielle
Ingenieurin Posted Jan 17, 2014, 10:29 pm	Marina asked me if I'd like to go to some nice beer place for lunch since it's Friday... ha! Of course, I do, after all I'm an  Irish guy !
Ingenieurin Posted Jan 18, 2014, 4:59 am	Peaceful family evening... helping Marina to do some craftwork... tired... will probably go to bed early...
Ingenieurin Posted Jan 19, 2014, 5:16 am	It's been a wonderful sunny morning today! I spent some time at the patio sunbathing among the flowers
Ingenieurin Posted Jan 19, 2014, 5:23 am	Today Marina took me to Danville to the German Shepherd rescue group's adoption event. It was such a fun! I met lots of beautiful dogs and got tons of kisses. Can't even imagine how these amazing dogs could possibly be abandoned and neglected... Anyway they all are going to find their loving families. Maybe I could adopt a dog too when I come back home, who knows.
Ingenieurin Posted Jan 20, 2014, 3:09 am	Today we made a fascinating trip to Mount Diablo. Despite of its scary name, this is actually a very nice scenic place! I wish we could go hiking there but one of our team members didn't qualify. Marina told me that dogs are not allowed on unpaved trails in most of US state parks because of the wild life. First, it didn't make much sense for me. But I changed my mind when we met a wild fox on our way back home. We could still enjoy the scenic drive and look around at many vista points. We also had a nice little picnic under the big tree. Eventually, I liked our weekend adventure a lot!
daantje304 Posted Jan 21, 2014, 7:40 pm	Wow, what a beautiful pictures! I see that Fred has a great time there! And its sunny there Here it is grey and its raining Greetings Danielle
Ingenieurin Posted Jan 24, 2014, 10:53 pm	Hey! Today a new guest arrived, a cute little bunny HOP.
Ingenieurin Posted Jan 24, 2014, 10:58 pm	It's been already a week since I arrived to California. And today is the first cloudy day. We went to Laurel street in San Carlos to check Marina's mailbox at the post office. We also took a couple pictures with a weird statue in the city park.
Ingenieurin Posted Feb 3, 2014, 6:51 am	Hurray, we went hiking here! The whole family - Marina, her husband Pavel, Malysh the German Shepherd and Hop the Bunny - everyone except Fedor the Cat. He prefers his warm and cosy place at home. We walked the trails among the amazing giant redwoods which smelled so good! Unfortunately, there was no streams this time cause this winter is extremely dry, there has been no rain and no snow in the mountains. But anyway I really liked our Saturday adventure! PS. Oops, I've written the wrong date on the 1st pic, sorry
Ingenieurin Posted Mar 3, 2014, 3:26 am	Hi there! Today we went to San Francisco Zoo with Marina and her friend Reanna, and of course HOP. Reanna had a birthday so she invited her friends and family to have some fun at the zoo, and we did! We saw many exotic animals - lemurs, and flamingoes, and tigers. And also we watched penguin feeding, Marina has recorded a video: http://youtu.be/vFU1kUuRG3w The weather was warm and sunny at the beginning but suddenly it became windy and foggy, we all was frozen. But anyway I liked this adventure a lot, and so did HOP.
Ingenieurin Posted Mar 3, 2014, 3:28 am	Hi there! Today we visited San Francisco Zoo. Marina's friend Reanna had a birthday so she invited us to have some fun at the zoo, and so we did! I saw many exotic animals - lemurs, giraffes, flamingoes, etc. We also watched the penguins feeding, Marina has recorded a video: http://youtu.be/vFU1kUuRG3w. The weather was fine at the beginning but suddenly it became windy and foggy and we all were freezing. But anyway I liked this adventure a lot, as well as my buddy HOP.
Ingenieurin Posted Mar 3, 2014, 4:41 am	Finally! Today my greatest dream has come true - I saw the famous Golden Gate Bridge with my own eyes! I'm so excited! Marina took a few pictures of me, and I must admit I wasn't so easy because there was much fog which hid the bridge. Marina had to be on the alert to catch the moment when the fog dispersed just for few seconds. I was freezing but it was totally worth it. Now I'm ready to travel further...
Tatterdemalion tuiaway@aol.com Posted Mar 11, 2014, 3:29 pm	Hi there everyone! It's Fred - this time from Finland My new host Tuija got me out of the envelope and I found out that I had landed in her colourful living room, and two other TVs, Prajna and Rachel were greeting me. I showed them the card that marina had included in the envelope and I told my new friends about the great Golden Gate Bridge of San Francisco which is now over eight thousand kilometres away... It's crazy how big this globe is, really. Makes you dizzy if you think about it too much Anyway, everything's just fine here. Thank you, Marina, for mailing me safely! Greetings to Mommy <3 Fred
Tatterdemalion tuiaway@aol.com Posted Mar 18, 2014, 6:21 pm	Hi mom! Today we visited a very exciting place here in Kajaani. There are ruins of an old castle which was built in the 1600's to function as an administrative centre, a prison, and a fort. It got unfortunately blown up during a war about one hundred years later but the ruins remained and today they are a sight for anyone to visit anytime. The castle is located on a small island in the middle of Kajaani River which flows through the city centre. There were dungeons... Better not try any tricks so you won't have to come and pay ransom for me  Lastly, we viewed he river. There was another small island there. Very nice!
Tatterdemalion tuiaway@aol.com Posted Mar 27, 2014, 11:00 am	Happy (belated) St. Patty's Day wishes!  I engaged in a rather different way to celebrate that day by having a taste of very traditional food from eastern Finland. Look how funny!! These pies are called rönttöset. They have a rye crust and a sweetened mashed potatoes & lingonberry filling. They taste exceptionally nice heated up and with a touch of butter on the sides. Today we also had to say goodbye for our friend Rachel who continued her travels to Japan. Have a safe journey, darling!
Tatterdemalion tuiaway@aol.com Posted Apr 7, 2014, 2:00 pm	Taking a train ride to south with Prajna and Bossa-Nova We're heading to Helsinki!
Tatterdemalion tuiaway@aol.com Posted Apr 7, 2014, 6:48 pm	Mommy, We saw a funny street artist playing music with bottles! Here is a short video about it: Bottle music!
Tatterdemalion tuiaway@aol.com Posted Apr 8, 2014, 11:19 am	March 21 and 22. On our first morning in Helsinki we took off to see an exhibition about Charles Chaplin! It was very cool - lots of photographs, posters, newspaper articles and video clips from and about his life, films and career. but unfortunately we couldn't take pictures of it. Well, never mind that! In the lobby there was a huge cardboard Chaplin (actually, the famous character of his, the Tramp) and I got to pose with it On both days we took walks (and tram rides) around the city. Here's what we saw! Traffic... (It was quite light, though.. :P But let's not underestimate the liveliness of this place! 500,000 inhabitants may be a small amount in the world's scale but this is actually the biggest city in Finland.) Cozy parks... Soccer fields and runner legends... The high tower of the Olympic Stadium The bay of the sea with some duckies and swans A cool exterior of a Mexican restaurant Lovely sunshine by the market place, looking down to the passenger harbour at the other side of the bay: The main Cathedral was quite a magnificent building! And finally, that bottle man (again) Hugs hugs hugs, Fred
Tatterdemalion tuiaway@aol.com Posted Apr 8, 2014, 11:35 am	Hi there! It's been a while but we're safe and sound Today we got up very early to catch the sunrise! Have a happy day Mom!

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