Posted Sep 12, 2008, 1:52 pm
One sunny day Penvmbra was taking a walk and breathing some fresh air and that's when she met Mumu.
Mumu showed her the amazing place where she lived and introduced some of her friends:
But then Penvmbra realised that Mumu haven't met many places and invited her to travel the world...
That's when the adventure begins
...
Posted Sep 12, 2008, 2:05 pm
With Migui+Gui and Margarida she learn a bit about the island where she used to live:
But to stay at home was a pity with one of the best beaches in the world by our side:
The beaches aren't too big, but the sand is like velvet, the water is very clean and the air very pure
One day she went to Maia, a small place by the sea, and she found these ducks living there freely:
She found this baby is soooo cute
The outskirts of the place:
Hm...and they were offered grapes from the region
The typical boat:
The sunset:
Those are typical tools used in the ancient times: the mill wheels and the jars to store food and drink:
In this place Cristopher Colombus stoped on his way to Europe, after discovering America:
In these islands there is a tradition of serving a special soap in honor of the Holy Spirit.
The soap is served for free to anyone who wants to come in and is made like in the ancient times, with home made bread and meat from the cows of the people there:
The queue for the soaps:
Inside the chapel:
Eating the soap:
Mumu introduced to his new friends some members of her family.
It is amazing to be surrounded by sea:
Look ate the color of the sand there:
And this is Faneco, the dog she met:
Mumu's next destination will be Lisbon =)
Posted Sep 17, 2008, 4:02 pm
With her was Fridolin, Margarida, Migui+Gui and Vladimir.
Before going to the castle they went to a medieval bar for a drink:
The bar was really nice, she felt good to be there.
Look at Penvmbra at the entrance:
And then they went to the castle:
The view at the top of the castle:
The castle is amazing, you should read about it in the website.
It is placed in the middle of the Tagus river.
Posted Sep 18, 2008, 11:11 am
The place is called Barrage of Vale dos Gaios.
There was no one there, so Mumu mounted her tend and spend the whole day enjoying the place, hearing the birds and bathing.
When the moon rose, she went back home.
Posted Sep 18, 2008, 7:01 pm
Farewell Migui+Gui
Farewell Margarida
Farewell Fridolin
She takes with her a notebook and asks every host to writte the word cow in a language she doesn't know yet.
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Posted Sep 26, 2008, 8:07 pm
I got too meet all the other toys that live in the house and boy there are a lot!! My favorite friend is the Atlanta Braves Bear and also the Camel that my host's husband sent her from Djibouti, Africa where he is deployed right now. I also got to meet the dogs Daisy the Boston Terrier and Thumper the Pug. Thumper has lots of her own friends and I have to stay up and away from her or she wants to try and carry me around!! My host is a HUGE baseball fan and she loves The Atlanta Braves. She drives down to Turner Field in Atlanta, Georgia a few times a year to go watch the Braves play. The drive is about 5 hours from here. My host had to drive to Greenville today so I got in the car for the first time. I got to go sneak in a ultraound room today while my host had her neck ultrasounded. When the Tech left the room I snuck behind the machine!!! After the ultrasound visit we went to the Smoothie Shop and I got a Banana and chocolate smoothie and boy was it good!! After that we drove back home and passed through a little town called Kinston. Kinston is home to historical Grangier Stadium where the Kinston Indians triple *A* ball team plays. I tried to go inside the stadium but I JUST missed baseball season so I could not go in but I did look around a bit!!
After we left the stadium I got to drive the car home!! we almost stopped at a Cow Farm but it started raining so hard that we just came home. The last photo is of me sitting on the steps of my new home!!! I heard we are going to Las Vegas next Wednesday!!! My host is flying me FIRST CLASS and I am going to go gambling in the casinos!!! I cant wait!!
Posted Oct 4, 2008, 11:50 pm
but I had a fantastic time! I went from the Jacksonville NC airport to Atlanta, Georgia then from there we got on a huge plane and I got to sit in first class!! Margaritas for MuMu and movies all the way to Vegas!!! I am sharing below my photos from my big adventure! I sure did have a fun time!! I got to have a window seat from Jacksonville to Atlanta. You can see me looking out the window and then you can see the Skyscrapers of Atlanta as we landed into Atlanta. Then we got on a huge jet and took off for Vegas, you can see me in my room on my big king size bed, my 52 inch flat screen TV and my nice spa like bathroom!! I went to breakfast the next morning and Im sitting in front of Keno!!! yes you can gamble 24/7 even while having breakfast!! hahahaha! I also took two hours to find a MUMU slot machine!! can you believe they had a Cow slot machine? The picture out the window was during the daytime and thats Mandalay Bay and The Luxor pyramid hotel you see. Vegas is a 24/7 party town and I would love to go back someday!!
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Posted Nov 25, 2008, 3:03 pm
today I arrived in Hameln. Guess what, the German customs checked me. Don't know why. But I was already await by Phex and Chris the Cat. Now I'm finally here. It is cold in Germany, only around 0°C. The last days it snowed a bit, but my Mum said that we won't have the time to play in the snow as it'll melt tomorrow and today we are going on a concert of this band: Schandmaul (a german medieval rock band). But my Mum said that she won't take a camera with us as she thinks there are no pics allowed..
here you can see pics when I arrived:
Posted Nov 28, 2008, 9:23 pm
the concert was great.. we had a lot of fun.. sadly we don't have any pics..
mum, do you know the band?
today I went to the christmas market in Hameln. It was the best weather for the market, we had only around 1°C. The light were so beautiful, but the market was so full of people. The christmas market is one of the most beautiful here in the region. here you can see the pics:
we wanted to buy some candles, but the stall was already closed, when we came there the second time, but my host mum and I will go there again during the lunch break..
Fynn, the son of my host mum ate candy floss, which Chris and I had to taste.. it was really sweet, too sweet..
here you can see me with some beautiful houses which are sold on the market.. you can put a candle in and it looks very beautiful..
and here you can see me at home with some of these houses, which my host mum bought..
I wish you a nice weekend, mum.. tomorrow we'll go to Seggebruch as small village, where my host mum lived for 20 years..
greetings,
Mumu
Posted Nov 30, 2008, 5:13 pm
today we were at the parents of my host mum. They are living in Seggebruch, a small village between Bückeburg and Stadthagen. It has only 2000 inhabitants. But it rained most of the time, so spent most time in the house. We watched Harry Potter and played some games. And here I'm first drinking a tea as it was so cold outside:
and this is also a pic out of the window in Hameln, there you can see the snow in the morning:
we made a little walk in the nature and Seggebruch to show you some nice pics:
This is the evangelic-lutheran church in Seggebruch, which can be seen from far away:
some statues in Seggebruch:
and this is the house and garden of her parents.. I wish it was summer so that we can help working in the garden and relaxing in the pool:
and here I am eating borecole.. it is a famous food in winter in the North of Germany.. it tasted really good..
Posted Dec 7, 2008, 5:00 pm
Today we visited an abbey in Loccum. Here you can read a bit about in German and English.
Loccum is near Wasserstraße. It is not a big town, more a village, but it is famous for the abbey. There is also a pilgrimage road to Loccum which starts in Volkenroda. My host mum said, that two of her friend walked this way in September. It tooks 300 km..
sadly the batteries were empty so we couldn't make no more pics..
and it was really sad. we saw some cows.. in Germany, cow is "KUH".. we tried to make a pic with the cow, but it is still on the mobile phone of my host. and I also weren't on the cows back as they were too far away.
Have still a nice advent time.
Hugs,
Mumu
Posted Dec 7, 2008, 5:07 pm
and here you can see us with the Advent wreath:
and the adventcalendar:
so many sweets every day..
yummy..
Posted Dec 17, 2008, 3:28 pm
today another tv arrived here.. it was Peti.. he seems to be very nice and I think we'll have a great time with him..
Posted Dec 17, 2008, 3:45 pm
This is the castle in Stadthagen (built 1534), now there is the financial office in it
This is the "Amtspforte" (built 1553), there is a museum in:
"Ratskeller", that is the old town hall (built 1595):
St. Martini church (built 1318)
an old house:
te old Latin school (built 1556)
now it was too cold to be outside, so we only made pics without us.. we had only -5°C (or it felt like that)...
a mausoleum:
St. Martini church again:
one old tower:
again the castle:
we had a really nice day in Stadthagen. Later we went to a friend of my host mum and we played DSA (a roleplay)..
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and here we are with our result of decorating the christmas tree:
Posted Dec 26, 2008, 3:35 pm
and later we made a walk through Wasserstraße before the Santa Clause (in German: Weihnachtsmann) arrived. My hosts son Fynn (who is 6 years) was so excited. The Santa Clause brought him a lot of toys and books.
In Germany, Santa is coming on the evening of 24th December.
Posted Dec 26, 2008, 3:38 pm
Back in Hameln we are here we helped to put the presents under the tree:
and we also found some presents which Santa left here for some friends of my host (who'll visit them for the next week):
now we are playing with Fynn
he got a lot of playmobil and we are playing it with him:
and we played with Fridolin (a new cuddle toy of Fynn):
Posted Jan 2, 2009, 2:57 pm
yesterday we were at the "In Extremo" concert in Hannover. It was really great. But we didn't made any pics.
Yesterday also some friends of my host family arrived and we made a little trip to the castel Polle (built 1285). It is also called the castle of Cinderella. Here are we with some pics with it:
the view from the castle ruin:
it is the view on the "Weserbergland". The river is called "Weser"..
we are driving to the next castle:
Castle "Hämelschenburg".. It is a castle of the "Weserrenaissance", a stil of the buildings in this area.
theres a pyramid in the back:
the lake in front of the castle was frozen, it is very cold here in the moment.
and we also saw some geese:
Posted Jan 2, 2009, 3:21 pm
A statue of the Pied Piper:
at the right you can see me with the Museum of Hameln and left the “Stiftsherrenhaus”
The “Hochzeitshaus”, there is a police in and the register office:
a map for blind people, also with the legend on it:
The Münster (a church)
some more old buildings:
The “Rattenfängerhaus” with oldest type of the legend (of 1284) at the wall:
Posted Jan 2, 2009, 3:41 pm
we made the preperations for the party:
the raclette:
and we watched "Dinner for one", it is always shown on tv on New Years Eve in Germany:
we drank a bowle:
and at 0:00 we had sparkler:
and we also had table fireworks:
and these are we at an later hour (ups, drunken too much beer):
Posted Jan 8, 2009, 6:29 pm
You won't believe it, but in Hameln it is really cold outside. We have -15°C at night and it was -10°C at the day.. it is the coldest winter since 20 years my host mum said.. but it also snowed, so we went sledging.
it is the last day for chris here in Hameln and tomorrow he'll leave for England, but we enjoyed our day:
Posted Jan 27, 2009, 10:21 am
She wants to see rats in Hameln. It must be great to see a town full of his relatives. I think we'll have a lot of fun with her.
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Here I am with the big map and the postcrossing cards in the living in room:
I also found a card from Portugal and UK:
Then we found all the crystals which my host mum collects, they should help with different health problems:
And we didn't know what we should watch, Dottie wanted to see LotR, Harold wanted to see Star Trek, Peti wanted to watch Gilmore Girls and I wanted to see a horror movie:
so we decided to play a game, but there where so many games again, that we didn't know which we should take, it seems our host mum is board game addict:
so we looked for a book:
and the we read all our own books, I took the "mists of avalon" by Marion Zimmer Bradley:
And later we thought of making decos, those are little booklets which are sent through the world:
This is a full booklet:
And here we are decorating one:
It was a nice weekend finally as we had a lot to do..
Posted Feb 25, 2009, 12:49 pm
my host didn't want to hold me so high as she thought, that the band would think she want to give me to them..
but the concert was great..
Posted Feb 25, 2009, 12:53 pm
It was so rainy, that we didn't stay for a long time. We only made these few pics.
Posted Feb 25, 2009, 12:55 pm
the lakes are still frozen a bit:
Posted Feb 25, 2009, 1:11 pm
she also had to wear a cow costume:
this is the door with the knobs:
and these pics her friends drawed for her in the evening:
Posted Feb 25, 2009, 1:13 pm
This is my last pic with Dottie before I leave:
Bye. bye...
Posted Mar 4, 2009, 11:03 pm
Posted Mar 4, 2009, 11:12 pm
That´s me still in Hannover.
Watching some of the people, which´ll fly with us to Vienna.
So.. I`m getting ready for the start.
After everybody had his place, the light got down and we saw a video about the security-behavier.
Than we rolled to the take off. Here can you see a bit of the airport in Hannover.
During the flight I checked out the adds, menues and newspapers from airberlin. =)
Posted Mar 4, 2009, 11:14 pm
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Posted Jul 17, 2009, 2:42 pm
Today i have got Chongqing China and met my host named Vikey. i saw a big smile on her face when she looked at me, haha~
Vikey will take me to travel around the beautiful city and eat chinese food. i can meet many interesting preson with black hair and yellow skin. It will be a different experience in my life~
ummm, it's time to sleep. Good night.
muzihen@163.com
Posted Oct 2, 2009, 5:24 am
With glasses for Total Solar Eclipse.
at 9 o'clock,in the morning, the sky turned black like night.
it will never happen in my life again.!
muzihen@163.com
Posted Oct 2, 2009, 5:30 am
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Posted Oct 6, 2009, 10:40 am
All chinese people are very happy ,we can see chinese flags everywhere~
here is me,
muzihen@163.com
Posted Oct 24, 2009, 6:13 am
ummm, new trip begins~
I feel happy while living in China.
i will miss the all things there.
Goodbye , vikey~!
Goodbye ,China.!
Posted Oct 29, 2009, 7:47 am
I just yesterday go to Moscow. Here I met Kate, she was delighted at my arrival. In one day with me she was visited by another TV ThomasHH. He is also like Moscow very much. Kate promised that when she have time she`ll take us to the MSU, the Sparrow Hills and Red Square ... And maybe we`ll visit another interesting place=))
Best wishes, Mumu and Kate=))
Posted Oct 30, 2009, 6:39 am
Yesterday I had a good day. We rode the subway =)) And even were at the station, which is built on the bridge! Then we walked a bit on the Sparrow Hills,looked Moscow State University , but it was bad weather (cold and rainy), and the view as not very nice, as usuall. But I still liked it!
Mumu and Kate
Posted Nov 15, 2009, 5:39 pm
I have not written for a long time)) But this time I got acquainted with two remarkable TV Mishook and Precious)) C Mishook we met at the Manege Square near the Kremlin. We even staged a mini-picnic. And he gave me a wonderful scarf that I am not frozen in Moscow. A Precious came to Kate yesterday. She is very nice cat))
Mumu and Kate))
Posted Jun 14, 2010, 11:34 am
Greetings, MuMu
Posted Jun 15, 2010, 11:01 am
This is the baroque church St. Peter, which is only a few meters from our home.
Here's what I read on the sign, which is fixed next to the church entrance: The Church of St. Peter is an original building of the 18th century and was not destroyed during World War II. The church was designed by the world famous baroque architect builder Balthasar Neumann.
The cementary (we will go there another day) behind it is a beautiful place for peaceful , contemplative walks and its numerous memorials also provide an insight into the history of Bruchsal and its people.
This is a view into one of the few streets with old houses. Peter and Paul guide the street.
This time we walked down the stairs to go to the Saalbach.
There are beautiful houses along the way. Most old houses were destroyed during the world war, but there are still some left. Do you see the house in dark red? There is a beer garden.
My hosts love to sit in this beer garden on summer evenings, although they say, that they don't get the chance to go there really often.
That's a nice house, isn't it?
This building complex is the former slaughterhouse of Bruchsal. It was built in 1908. It is built in art nouveau stile and is under monument protection. Since several years there is a restaurant and stage for cabaret and music events.
Now I see the Saalbach. It flows from Maulbronn to Philippsburg, where it flows into the Rhine.
Every now and then I take a look at houses and streets.
This is the holy Nepomuk in the middle of a small bridge.
Let me read, what's written on the sign:
Images of St. John of Nepomuk , the patron saint of bridges, can be found throughout Europe either on bridges themselves or nearby. The Bruchsal statue of Nepomuk was created around 1780, possibly by Tobias Günther, a well-known artist of his time.
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The palace of Bruchsal was residence of the prince bishop of Speyer. It was built on request of prince bishop Damian Hugo Philipp von Schönborn-Buchheim from 1720 on in baroque stile. It was destoyed on 1rst March 1945, when about 80% of Bruchsal was destroyed and many people lost their lives. It was reconstructed in the years around 1970, but the church part was created in modern stile
There are several interesting museums in the palace: City Museum, Stone Age Museum and the
German Museum of Musical Automata
There are two long alleys with chestnut trees.
On the right side is the church part of the palace complex. You only see a small part of the shadow, but it looks like the opposite complex with the chamber music room.
I will read, what's written on the sign: This fountain was built in memory of Marchioness Amalie von Baden (1754 - 1832), spouse of margrave Karl Ludwig von Baden. She found her place in history as "mother-in-law of Europe", because she managed to marry five of her six daughters off to the most powerful prince's palaces of Europe. When she was widowedshe made Schloss Bruchsal one of her homes in the year 1806. She died there in 1832.
The fountain was planned by Prof. Dr. Fritz Hirsch (1871 - 1938) in 1912. He was in charge of the redecoration of the Schloss Bruchsal in the early days of the 20th century.
Here you see the plan of the palace area.
Here you see the county court and the fountain called Schneckenbrunnen (snails fountain).
Just turning around you see the main entrance of the palace.
At the same place we took a photo of the church part.
At the one entrance of the church you can see photos of the destroyed palace and church.
This is the backside of the church and the church tower. The other buildings also belong to the palace area.
Here we are at the backside of the palace. There are three nice fountains.
Here's one of four guard statues with halberts.
There's a nice pond with many ducks
In the main way of the palace garden you find many statues. This one shows the element water. There are also the elements air, fire and earth.
There are also the statues of the four seasons winter, spring, summer and autumn. This one shows autumn.
We have to hurry now, because we have to fetch our host's daughter from her choir. I hope, you enjoyed the photos.
Posted Jun 28, 2010, 7:50 am
You need 1 kilogram flour.
one sachet dried or half fresh yeast.
25gr salt
25gr margarine or one cooked potatoe, shredded.
If you use dried yeast you add all ingredients together, so you add all the water at once: 600 ml water
Knead the dough.
Then we had to wait and wait and wait. After a while our host put the dough in the oven: preheat 220°C, water in a dish on the bottom of the oven. Oh yes, she did the dough in a dish and cut the middle of the bread and brushed salt water on the loaf, but we didn't see that. It was in the oven for about three quarters of an hour.
Posted Jun 28, 2010, 3:31 pm
Forst is a town in the Rhine valley, is only 5km from Bruchsal and shares a border with Bruchsal. It was first named in 1161 A.D., but there were finds dating back to Stone and Bronze Age and also finds of Romans in this area.
There are some signs in the wood. This one says: Mind gate/bar (?) Free for forestry
Some ways in the forest have names. This one is called Heiden Richtweg.
On some trees there are signs.
Posted Jul 13, 2010, 10:02 am
The houses in the far on the right side belong to Bruchsal and the quarry pond to Untergrombach. When my host was a teenager, she loved to swim there.
You see, that the left side shows a flat landscape, this is the Rhine Valley. Bruchsal and Untergrombach are located at the edge of the Rhine Valley to Kraichgau hill country.
You also see, that the grass is very dry. By the way: This grass is called Magerrasen, nitrogen-poor sward/grassland or species rich sward.
If it wouldn't be so misty, you could see the Palatinate Mountains at the horizon.
The houses on the left side belong to Weingarten and those in the far on the left to Karlsruhe.
Here's the chapel again.
There are many vineyards in the Kraichgau.
Posted Jul 13, 2010, 10:19 am
Here's what you can read: This tower is the remain of the old castle, which was built in 11th century by the count von Hohenberg, extended in 12th century and 1279 destroyed by Konrad von Lichtenberg, bishop of Strasbourg. The keep was built between 1230 and 1250.
view over Durlach and Karlsruhe
Kraichgau hill country
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Here the clouds are blue and white - orange from the sunset.
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We had luck, because it wasn't too hot weather.
sorry, this one is without me, because we had to zoom
Posted Jul 21, 2010, 12:22 pm
After we had a really tasty meal, we walked home again. We saw this interesting car in front of the church then and my host decided to take photos with me.
Posted Jul 21, 2010, 5:20 pm
The centre of Bretten consists of many old half-timbered houses around a lively marketplace.Bretten was first mentioned as "villa breteheim" in the "Lorsch codex" in 767. Since 1148 Bretten had the right to mint and issue coins. In 1254 Bretten received city rights. In 1492 Bretten was granted to hold four fairs by Pfalzgraf Philipp. Philipp Melanchthon was born in Bretten in 1497.(wikipedia)
the Melanchthon house
marketplace
a red half-timbered house with red car
Stiftskirche, evangelic church
Next to the church we saw this half timbered house with the flags of the states which participated at the world championship in South Africa.
Statue of Philipp Melanchthon
a fountain and some pink houses
some shops
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Do you see me and my hosts arm in the mirror?
Only a few meters from the prison is the hospital of Bruchsal. There is the old part with the nice tower and a big part of the newer hospital. We're still standing at the same parking place only moved a bit.
Then we drove to the Stadtgarten, because we wanted to see the Belverdere - a former hunting lodge.
When you walk out of the Stadtgarten you see that small house on top of the stairs. We took a photo of the sign. The house was supposed to protect its owner from the rain, when he worked on his vineyard.
We walked down the stairs and have a few on the house from there.
Standing next to the little house you have a wonderful view over Bruchsal.
Then we walked back to the Stadtgarten again and took some more photos there. Here is the Ferdinand Keller fountain.
My host loves this lime tree and I do too.
The house behind the fountain is called Schönborn Gymnasium. This school is more than 250 years old.
The last picture today we took at the street, which leads along the St. Paulusheim, another grammar school. You have a nice view on St. Peter from there.
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Then Precious and I put our new tags on. I think, I like it.
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Anyway, I had a great time!
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Posted Jan 25, 2011, 2:50 pm
I have arrived in England!! Hooray...! So I just thought I would log on to the Toyvoyagers
site and give you this update.
I arrived this afternoon just as my host was getting ready to go swimming, so I went
for the journey with her...
This is Energise - A private swimming pool, gym and spa although my host just comes
here to swim - she said shes not a big fan of using the gym!
These are the changing rooms...
..Fidget (another TV) and I waited here while our host got changed...
we both decided we wanted to stay dry today though so while my host had her swim
Fidget & I made ourselves comfortable in the locker and had a chat...
Well I better be going for now but just wanted you to know I arrived safely.
Speak soon,
Mumu x
Posted Jan 29, 2011, 10:52 pm
Today, my host hoped she would get the chance to take Fidget and I out to explore
but unfortunately she had to change her plans at the last minute, although she did
say not to worry as we hope to go out during the week.
We havent been at home doing nothing though! My host is busy making a surprise
valentine gift for her boyfriend and Fidget and I have been helping her out, we will
share the photos with you when it is complete.
We have also be helping out and playing with our hosts pet hamster. This is
''Bobbypin'', shes a syrian hamster that my host rehomed because she was being
pestered by cats at her old home
, she got very scared because of it... but now
she seems happier and is getting braver everyday!
She didnt seem to mind us being in her run with her, I put a peanut in my hand and
she came and took it off me too
Well until next time mum,
Mumu x
Posted Feb 1, 2011, 2:48 pm
The weather here isnt very good
.. rain, rain & more rain!.. however we decided
to brave it and my host, Fidget and I got on the bus to Kings Lynn today to
go exploring around the outskirts of town.
Our first stop was at Kings Lynn Docks, Fidget had already visited here but
we stopped so I could have a look at the artwork painted on this disused building.
..The pretty building below is the Guild Hall...
..which faces this huge building...
..which is St Margarets Church and as well as a normal clock it displays a moon
clock that reveals the phases of the moon as well as the times of Kings Lynn
high tide.
A short walk away from this is some gardens and situated in the middle of them
is this.. the Greyfriars Tower which is really tall and has an archway to walk under
it... it is one of only 3 of its kind left in England now! ..Here I am outside the tower
and then under the archway....
...and here is a view outside the archway looking up...
..Of course we couldnt walk all that way without stopping of for lunch before we
went home..
Well mum, I have to go now .. but Ill write again soon
Mumu x
Posted Feb 2, 2011, 7:55 pm
I thought I would update my travelog and tell you about one of the little projects
my host, Fidget & I have been working on while the weather has been bad
outdoors.
VALENTINES DAY PREPARATION - PART ONE - The Bottle Of Love
As my host needs to save money right now she has decided to give a handmade
card and handmade gift to her boyfriend for Valentines Day this year.
Yes, we are a little early for Valentines Day! but it is all going to take time and
we have just finished the first part of the gift which is a ''bottle of love''; an
empty wine bottle filled with little messages and love quotes which are all tied
up into little scrolls.
My host prepared all the scrolls first of all - that was the time-consuming part...!
She also made a card out of craft materials she had at home...
...and here is our tub of little scrolls... there is quite a lot of them!
The next part was something Fidget and I volunteered to do... we had to
put all the scrolls into the empty wine bottle, so I held the bottle still
while Fidget popped in a scroll one at a time.
..It soon started filling up!
...We got a wine label made to stick on the bottle that is personalised with my
hosts' boyfriends name on it.. it also has a little rhyme on it that says ''When
we're together or When we're apart, you're first in my thoughts and first in my
heart''
..my host thinks we might have to make a few more scrolls to fill the whole
bottle up though..
We have one more gift to make to go with it, maybe I'll show you that next time
Love From Mumu x
Posted Feb 3, 2011, 4:14 pm
My host told me that you said it would be okay for me to have a bath and
freshen up during my stay. So we found a Mumu-size bath (the sink) and I
got cleaned..
Ahh, I do like to relax in a bubble bath.
After I was scrubbed all clean, it was time to get dry..
...My host did try to use a hairdryer but it wasnt doing much so Ive been hanging
out on her heated towel radiator for a little while!
Well, Im all refreshed and awaiting more adventures over the weekend if all goes
well and the weather is on our side.
Love Mumu x
Posted Feb 4, 2011, 10:12 am
Thought I would just let you know about the other part of the Valentines gift
my host, Fidget and I made for her boyfriend.
VALENTINES DAY PREPARATION - PART TWO - Personalised Rubik's Cube
This gift was very quick and easy to do, this is all we needed:
A rubik's cube and a little book of photo stickers (moo.com)
The next bit is very simple, we had to take the stickers and stick them on each
side of the Rubiks cube (the photo below is of my host & her boyfriend with
face masks on
heehee)
Then we just kept going...
Until the whole of the cube was covered in photo stickers
Voila!
...We have now finished our valentines day prep and this can go in the gift bag
with the ''bottle of love'' we made the other day
Well I better be going, have a great weekend
Mumu x
Posted Feb 8, 2011, 4:23 pm
We saw the most bizarre thing today... there was a round yellow shining ball of
light in the sky.... after alot of thinking over what it could possibly be it finally
dawned on us that it was something we had actually seen before.... a long time
ago.. the sun!
... its come back!
Despite it still not being very warm the sun was enough to make my host want
to go for a bike ride around the village.. we stopped off to take a few photos on
route..
This is Pentneys village sign. Alot of Norfolk villages have signs that look like this.
Each one usually depicts the kind of things you will see in the village. On the
Pentney sign you can see 'Pentney Abbey' which my host says is located some-
where tucked away on the outskirts of the village (my host hopes to go and find
it one day!)
Facing this sign is the St Mary Magdalene Church..
Pretty pretty countryside on the outskirts of the village...
We passed lots of horses during our bike ride but the owners were feeding
them so we decided not to disturb them by taking photographs ..
..And here I am balancing on the bike handle bars!
Well I have to go now mum but Ill post again soon.
Love Mumu x
Posted Feb 12, 2011, 4:56 pm
Cooking Gingerbread Men
I have spent the morning in the company of my host and her boyfriend who lives
in the nearby village of East Walton - we did some baking and made gingerbread
men!
Here is our yummy rolled out gingerbread dough..
Then we got our gingerbread man cutter out!
After they were cooked we had to wait a little while before we decorated them...
here they are cooling off..
...Then we could get started on the fun bit... icing tubes at the ready!
Here is our first completed one!
....and here are the first three gingerbreads ready to eat
- (one of the
gingerbread men has a sad face because his arm fell off!)
Well, I better get started on the eating part now..
Speak soon,
Love Mumu
x
Posted Feb 14, 2011, 10:23 am
Me again.
My host and I have been on a bit of a mission since I arrived, you see she lives
next to a field that the local farmer often keeps his cows on. Unfortunately they
arent coming close enough to us just yet for a good photo.. but we will keep
trying!
In the meantime, here are some pictures of them taken through windows -
please excuse reflections..!
This is a view from the window at the back of the house..
..And this is where we are more likely to get cows coming closer... near my
hosts bedroom window..
..Typically last night we had one cow 'moo'ing loudly right outside the bedroom
window while my host was trying to sleep! I thought it was funny
.. my host
did get up to try and get a picture but it was too dark this time
We will keep trying!
Mumu x
Posted Feb 14, 2011, 9:48 pm
How are you? I just thought I would post to wish you a very Happy Valentines
Day! Fidget and I have been spending an evening indoors as it was my host
and her boyfriends turn to go out alone tonight.
She did show us the big card and rose she got though, she also got the menu
and a little heart chocolate from the restaurant they had dinner at!
My hosts boyfriend really enjoyed the gifts we helped make for him by the way!
Well better go, Sending Lots of Love, Mumu x
Posted Feb 16, 2011, 6:09 pm
We have been out to a very lovely village today called Castle Acre to see the
Castle Remains they have there. This ''Castle'' was founded in 1066 by William
de Warenne and it was his most important estate in Norfolk. Today it is in the
care of the English Heritage and a place you can freely visit at any time of day
(or night!).
About
Castle Acre Castle was originally an 11th century stone two storey fortified manor
house, built over a late Anglo-Saxon manor house. Founded by William de Warenne,
his son William, the second earl of Surrey founded the 12th century stone ringwork
and bailey castle. When he absorbed the Norman manor house, in the construction
of a high keep, encased by a bank and curtain wall, flanked by a gatehouse.
The large bailey is encased by substantial earthworks, with the foundations of stone
hall complex, a well-preserved length of curtain wall, the remains of two gatehouses
and a massive barbican.
This is the sign on the approach the ruins. It shows a sketch of the way the
castle would have looked originally (the building on the right circled by a wall)
There is alot of bridges to the ruins themselves as a huge (dry) moat runs all
the way around it.
Around the site, the walls are signed with the areas that would have been in
that location..
Here is the view from one of the higher points of the castle site.
Here is the view looking over the wall that surrounds where the original building
is/was....
It was a very pretty and peaceful place to be, I liked it here
Til next time,
Mumu x
Posted Feb 21, 2011, 10:05 am
My host had to work today (I know - work on a sunday!?) but I decided to go along
with her anyway and we ended up driving through London to get to the site she was
going to be working at.
Unfortunately there was no time to stop and get out the car for sightseeing this time
but my host tried her best to take a few photos from the car!
She did take lots of pictures but sadly not many of them are very clear
..However..
Here we are coming up to the famous department store, Harrods!
Here we are passing Trafalgar Square and Nelson's Ship in a Bottle ..
..And here we are under a few of the ad-lights in Piccadilly Circus..
We also saw Ripleys Believe It or Not museum, St Pauls Cathedral, The Natural History
Museum and a pink stretch limo during our travels but these were the photos too
blurred to use
Until next time,
Mumu x
Posted Feb 26, 2011, 8:04 pm
How are you? Im sorry you havent heard from me this past week, my host has
had some problems with her laptop.
Well I thought I would share these few photos as I was sat in my hosts room
and heard a ''Moooo!'' outside.
When we opened the window to have a look, this cow was there looking at
us..
Then some other cows spotted me and walked over ..
..then a few more..
..until we had a whole queue of them wanting to meet me!
..Heehee. Well mum, my stay here is coming to an end. I shall of course let you
know when Im on my way home but until then, take care Love Mumu x
Posted Feb 28, 2011, 9:41 pm
Im going to be on the way home in a few short days (I thought I better let you
know so you can plan that big 'Welcome Home' party for me!)
My good friend Fidget is ready for his next adventure too but we hope to meet
again somewhere ..someday..
Look forward to seeing you.
Til then,
Mumu
x
Posted Mar 12, 2011, 11:00 am
After several years apart from my mum, here I am again with her, this time in Cambridge.
Thanks a lot to LittleBlogFrog for the lovely card.
I will have some cool photos to show you in the future as mummy promised to take out on the weekends (if the whether is good).
I can't wait to see Cambridge, I've heard it is a wonderful city! =)
See you soon,
Mumu
Posted May 8, 2011, 7:06 pm
I am having a great time in Cambridge. Today I went for a ride in one of the city's bus and then I went to the park for a pic-nic with Vladimir.
It was such a lovely day!
Mumu
Posted Jun 11, 2011, 9:51 pm
I was positively surprised to know that at Spring time they put cows wondering freely in one of the main green areas in the centre of Cambridge. Unfortunately I also heard they will kill and eat them afterwards!
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Write you soon,mum !
Posted Sep 13, 2011, 4:05 pm
"Jaanipäev"(John's Night,Midsummer) is today here,we do some BBQ,we didn't celebrate it as big as some people do,but anyway something we did.It's 2nd biggest holidays after Christmas in Estonia.
Usually Estonians celebrate "Jaaniõhtu" on the eve of the Summer Solstice (June 23) with bonfires. On the islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, old fishing boats may be burnt in the large pyres set ablaze. On Jaaniõhtu, Estonians all around the country will gather with their families, or at larger events to celebrate this important day with singing and dancing, as Estonians have done for centuries. The celebrations that accompany Jaaniõhtu carry on usually through the night
We were not awake all night and we got even some rain,as it is "common " in that evening(night).
2 weeks ago Mari got rabbit and today he was first time outside and I was looking,together with other TVs what he is doing.
Posted Oct 4, 2011, 9:23 am
Today we celebrated Mari's birthday,well she is now 20 years old : D There were only 2 guests,what a big party,but we toyvoyagers joined and it looked like real party then
I was with HolgiHH,Brinda,Albus and Bombus
Happy birthday for Mari! And in Estonian they say it : Palju õnne sünnipäevaks !
Posted Oct 4, 2011, 9:26 am
Posted Nov 3, 2011, 8:04 am
About the festival
The Punk Song Festival is a symbiose of the traditional Estonian song festival with lot of choral singers and the punk rock. The idea came from Üllar Saaremäe, artistical director of Rakvere theater in the Summer of 2007 and next year, June 7, 2008 the Punk Song Festival in Rakvere became a reality. Then the punk anthem "Anarchy in the U.K" was the only non-Estonian punk song in the repertoire.
This time, June 11, 2011 the festival is more international. Along with Estonian punk we hear also songs in English, Finnish and Russian, arranged for the choir and symphony orchestra+rock band. This festival is the main event of European cultural capital 2011 in Rakvere.
The arranged punk is still punk (not tango, bossanova or something else), but it sounds another, interesting way. We hope you will enjoy!
Though Mari is not fan of punk songs,but she went because she likes to get part of big culture events : )
Posted Nov 3, 2011, 8:09 am
it was a really warm and sunny day,temperature was maybe 30 degrees !So really hot and we went to see Youth-Song and Dance festival 2011 in Tallinn,though we only saw songfestival It is really important event and Mari couldn't want to miss it !
It took place in open air, in the territory of Tallinn Song Festival Grounds.
It was almost a 6-hour long concert with different choirs and orchestras performing. The songs and music take the most powerful form when joint choirs start performing.
Song and Dance Celebration, the Estonian says. This is almost a sacred notion. It stands for the true birthday of Song and Dance, a great spiritual feast, a tradition not to be missed.
This is the festive reunion of an ancient folk, gathering from the cities as well as from the countryside;
small as a nation, but impressively large as a family.
Song and Dance Celebration is a true Estonian holiday, the Holy Day of the Heart;
which has been waited for, adorned for;
this is a brief moment of ecstatic togetherness, rising almost into the air in a mythical ship of joy and hope
a ship that has proved to be capable of carrying one nation over the most dangerous, most difficult rocks of time.
/Doris Kareva/
The Song Celebration tradition started in the middle of the 19th century and it has survived all of the twists and turns in Estonia’ s history.
and it still lasts and the next whole nation songfestival is in year 2014 The young songfestival means people till 26 years old.
Estonia and Song and Dance Celebration – these two belong together like Norway and skiing or England and the Oxford-Cambridge boat race.
I was proud to be there,around the people,Estonian flags,LOTS of people,singing and the feelings there..
we hardly had time to take photos ..
Posted Nov 21, 2011, 8:31 am
We decided to walk down the "hill" to see the lake and we were all excited what else are we going to see there..
on the way decided to take a picture sitting on spruce
If you did not know mom,then Finland is called " land of thousands lakes " we could see the lake called " Gallträsk".
I was a bit tired of walking and it was perfect to sit there and look the water !
Everything looks really grey,because colourful leaves are past and yeah it is the worst time of the year and also was cloudy and it made it even more.But we had fun though
Me,Brinda and Bombus thought if we could take the boat and go sailing with boat.Mari didn't agree because we did not whose boat it was.
After walking around the lake we all returned home,because it was quite tiring,but the same good excerise for all of us
Posted Dec 20, 2011, 9:52 am
We bought delicious chocolate,but could't save any to take pictures =D
Posted Dec 20, 2011, 10:07 am
Do you like our work mum?
Posted Dec 20, 2011, 10:11 am
Here I look out of the window
Posted Dec 20, 2011, 7:09 pm
me with Bombus and Brinda
We'll are looking forward for Christmas!
Posted Dec 20, 2011, 7:14 pm
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Posted Mar 30, 2012, 8:08 pm
In Estonia there is tradition to go graveyard on 24th December to put candles to your dear one's who are dead for their memory,that they can have light on Christmas Eve.I could join with Mari,she lighted candle for her great-grandma,great granddad and great-greatgrandma.The graveyard was really beautiful in dark with all these candles.
Then we walked back home and we had also Christmas table set and food ready,we could enjoy the time around family and we toyvoyagers decided to join.
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that's how the food looked like,sorry that I am not on the picture,but as you know camera's batter gets always empty in wrong time.
After Christmas dinner a bit later was time to exchange presents.
Here it's tradition to sing,read a poem or do something in order to get presents =D So you had to read 5 poems or sing 5 songs if under the tree were 5 presents for you,if more presents,more poems =D You are just used to know Christmas poems or songs !
We wish you a merry Christmas! Häid jõule!
Posted Mar 30, 2012, 8:30 pm
After Christmas Eve my host got ill and I sat with Bombus and Leoshek on the table with other toys.It was a bit boring though.. but now when my host is better again we will do something.I am a bit sad that we couldn't go some sightseeing in Rakvere,but maybe some other time
Tomorrow is New Year's Eve and we will have somekind of dinner organised.
Miss you,mum !
Posted Mar 30, 2012, 8:35 pm
and this picture decribes our weather right now.
I wish you happy new year everyone! and my host told me that in Estonia they say
" Head uut aastat ! "
Posted May 14, 2012, 6:15 pm
and we tried to help with snow shovelling
but then started snowing again and that's what happened to us..
Greetings from snowy Finland,mum!
Posted May 15, 2012, 8:52 am
body almost ready..now we need head!
From where we can find a carrot for a nose .. hmm ?
stick is good as well!
and now we found nice rake and our snowman is ready
What about a snowball fight? Bombus and Brinda agreed and it started.
Then we did all together snowangels.
Let's look for a spring,mommy!
Posted May 15, 2012, 9:42 am
found at least something green!
back me there's lake Gallträsk,but I believe it doesn't look like a lake now,but its dangerous to walk there also,because ice is not thick anymore
then we found a huge stone
Posted Jun 14, 2012, 6:27 pm
It's Helsinki Cathedral
and then we walked to Market Square as we wished to see sea and noticed some boats there.