Bebanda, Moscow, Russia

vickyp Posted Dec 29, 2008, 11:33 pm	Hi everyone! I just want to wish you all a happy new year. I am sure 2009 is gonna be so exciting for me. I am packing my things for a world tour!!! So here is me, just updating my travelog ... and here is a picture of me celebrating Christmas with my friend Rudolf the Reindeer
Luv_Lioness Posted Jan 29, 2009, 7:52 pm	I finally made it to my first stop on my travels!  I got to meet some new friends too! Puppy the Cat is from Brazil also seeing things for the first time out in the world! and Zeke (the Zebra) was telling us all of what he's seen out there so far. It's a sunny but chilly day so we are going to wait until it's a bit warmer to go really sight seeing! Write more later!
Luv_Lioness Posted Feb 6, 2009, 7:05 pm	We went out sightseeing a bit today. She first showed me the official "Welcome to the city" place. It shows people playing lacrosse (the sport). Then we went down to the park right on the Mississippi River, called Riverside Park. This is me in front of the American Flag  ... and me with Tecumseh (she says this was Native American land) ... the two bridges that connect Wisconsin and Minnesota (known locally as the "blue bridges") ... and then me with a statue of the American Bald Eagle.
Luv_Lioness Posted Feb 6, 2009, 7:07 pm	On the way home, I got to see something huge!!   More to come! Bebanda
Luv_Lioness Posted Feb 18, 2009, 4:35 pm	I thought I would send a picture to let you know I'm still around and having fun! Early this morning I got to be in snow!! Sounds like this weekend I will be going someplace and will be taking more pictures! Bebanda
Luv_Lioness Posted Feb 22, 2009, 6:06 pm	A new traveler joined us today!! RessutheBeagle is all the way from Finland!  We hit the highway going to her sister's this afternoon. It was a beautiful day out! With the population, it's technically a town. It's small enough that at noon everyday, they have the "noon whistle" which is the siren in town signaling that it's noon.
Luv_Lioness Posted Feb 22, 2009, 6:24 pm	We woke up to snow!! She took our pictures from the back door. Isn't it pretty? We weren't expecting a lot of snow but it ended up being quite a bit! (about 4 inches) She then took our picture snuggling up to the dog.
Luv_Lioness Posted Feb 23, 2009, 12:40 am	We came home and found out that Puppy the Cat was going to go on to her next adventure so we gathered and said "Goodbye" and wished her fun travels!
Luv_Lioness Posted Mar 3, 2009, 10:34 pm	My time here in Wisconsin has ended... off I go to see Pennsylvania! Write to you from there! Bebanda
samsmith621 Posted Mar 30, 2009, 11:05 pm	Today I arrived in Glen Lyon, PA. My host, Sam has a bunch of other TV's at her house that were waiting to greet me.
samsmith621 Posted Mar 30, 2009, 11:08 pm	Today, Sam stopped on the way to work to get something special for one of the people she works with. It was his 1 year anniversary of being with the company. She bought him Tiramisu. Tonight after work, we are leaving to go to New Jersey with one of Sam's friends.
samsmith621 Posted Mar 30, 2009, 11:17 pm	On Saturday, we woke up and visited a flea market in the morning. In the afternoon we went to Popcorn Park which is a zoo that has mostly injured an unwanted animals. You can feed the majority of the animals popcorn! It was a lot of fun. Here we are in front of the camel enclosure. There were a lot of pretty peacocks just walking around. You could just walk right up to them. Here's a photo of one. The ground where we were was very sandy. This was due to the fact that we were very close to the Pine Barrens. All the pine needles make the dirt very sandy.
samsmith621 Posted May 9, 2009, 12:00 am	Sam has finally gotten settled after her trip to DC, so here are some photos! The first day we arrived in DC, we went to Chinatown. The next day we visited some of the museums and the sculpture garden. We also got to visit the zoo! It was a really fun trip! We did some other things too, but it was very crowded and hard to take photos.
Anarivel Posted Jun 29, 2009, 8:54 pm	Hi! Don't worry, I am OK! I am in Moscow now with my new friends.
Anarivel Posted Jun 29, 2009, 9:13 pm	On Saturday we went to the country...
Anarivel Posted Jun 29, 2009, 9:24 pm	And today I had my first walk in the centre of Moscow...At first we went to the House of Music and then I've seen Kremlin's walls and Towers!
Anarivel Posted Jul 15, 2009, 2:05 pm	I hope you'll like these pictures from Moscow metro!
Anarivel Posted Aug 14, 2009, 2:32 pm	I went to Black Sea! For two weeks we were in Crimea, Ukraine, and I've made many intersting pictures! First of all, our train, which take us from Moscow to Simpheropol.
Anarivel Posted Aug 14, 2009, 2:59 pm	The journey took us one day and at last we got to Yalta...Oh, Black Sea - I like it very much! First pictures were made not far from famous Swallow's net, which was built in 1912.
Anarivel Posted Aug 18, 2009, 2:29 pm	We went to the mountain Ay-Petri by a ropeway...The last 100 meters we went by step and at last we are on the top!
Anarivel Posted Aug 18, 2009, 2:38 pm	And here you can see you our everyday way to the beach. We went down and swam, swam, swam...Until the darkness.
Anarivel Posted Sep 2, 2009, 2:57 pm	Here you can see some pictures from our voyage to Bakhchisaray and Chufut-Kale. Bakhchisaray - is a town in Central Crimea, the former capital of the Crimean Khanate. We went to Khan's Palace built in 16th century. After that we visited Chufut-Kale - a cave city, historic fortress.
Anarivel Posted Sep 9, 2009, 2:29 pm	We also visited Balaklava - a town not far from Sevastopol with an underground, formerly classified submarine base that was operational until 1993. The base was said to be virtually indestructible and designed to survive a direct atomic impact. During that period, Balaklava was one of the most secret residential areas in the Soviet Union. This was our last travel in Crimea. And then - bye-bye, Crimea! My next pictures will be from Moscow.
Anarivel Posted Jan 12, 2010, 12:34 pm	I am sorry for such a long silence! Don't worry, I am OK and had visited a lot of interesting places. Here you can see some pictures from Moscow...First of all, a rocket "Vostok" - Yury Gagaryn used the same rocket for his historical flight...
Anarivel Posted Jan 12, 2010, 12:44 pm	And now - Red Square, the most famous city square in Moscow. Here you can see Saint Basil's Cathedral, Spasskaya Tower and Lenin's Masoleum. Saint Basil's Cathedral was built in 16th century on the order of Ivan IV of Russia. Masoleum still serves as the  resting place of Vladimir Lenin.
Anarivel Posted Jan 15, 2010, 3:28 pm	Then we went to the Moscow Kremlin. First of all, Tsar Cannon. It was made in 1586. Its has a length of 5.34 meters (17.5 feet), a calibre of 890 mm (35 inches), and an external diameter of 1200 mm (47 inches). The Guinness Book of Records lists it as the largest howitzer ever made. The cannon was fired at least once. Then, Tsar Bell. The largest bell in the world. Its weight is 216 tons. Made in 1733–1735. The bell was never rung — during a fire in 1737, a huge slab (11.5 tons) cracked off while it was still in the casting pit.

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