Stompy, Duisburg, Germany

emo_kid natashafiebig@yahoo.com.au Posted Aug 28, 2010, 3:18 am	Hi, Im Stompy Maximus is looking like he wants to eat me.... But mum wont let him Cuddles with Maximus xox Kisses with Maximus Maximus got in the group photo Cuddles with mums other toys... Im in the middle near the qackers beak Cuddles with Itci awww We got caught... he he he He didn't really like this much Atila doesn't really like me Dad's sunnies look better on me We got a package today... Wonder what it is? I tried looking inside, but it was dark in there His name is Synapse, and he's staying with us for a while... Well hi Synapse... Im sure we're going to have lots of adventures together... Ill keep you updated xox
emo_kid natashafiebig@yahoo.com.au Posted Aug 31, 2010, 12:43 am	Mum got notification today that the WTVT starts today. She said i'm going on an adventure around the world. Oh my, how exciting. Ill have to say goodbye to the boys before i go. Love Stompy
emo_kid natashafiebig@yahoo.com.au Posted Aug 31, 2010, 6:07 am	The fake Eiffel tower. How cool... A package from Czech Republic arrived this morning, wonder who it is? It's Lenny the Lion. How cool Mum told me Im starting my WTVT today. Very exciting, but im going to miss the boys. Bye Atila Bye Itci and Maximus Lenny and Synapse were there to send me off. Bye everyone, Ill write when i arrive in Hong Kong.
vivyanhui Posted Sep 12, 2010, 7:23 pm	I arrived Hong Kong! The trip is much shorter than expected, good~  I was welcomed by Vi and a nice rose~
vivyanhui Posted Sep 12, 2010, 7:26 pm	I saw these nice sculptures/ artpieces at Tsim Sha Tsui today, though I don't know the artist or the names of these artworks, I appreciate their effort of doing such great thing!
vivyanhui Posted Sep 18, 2010, 6:59 pm	This is the Central Pier of Star Ferry, there are a few exhibits in the pier, like model ferries, crews' uniform and tools on the ferry... there are even milestone of each ferry on the floor~
vivyanhui Posted Sep 18, 2010, 7:09 pm	Beautiful night views~  Different buildings has their own style!
vivyanhui Posted Sep 18, 2010, 7:24 pm	Last time when I was at Central Pier, I saw these two buildings very far away, and this time I am next to them~  They are the Clock Tower, it's part of the former train terminal, now the terminal was moved and it remains at its location. Next to it is the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, withe their special shape/ outlook and historic background, both of them are the landmark of Tsim Sha Tsui.  Here you can enjoy the great view of the Victoria Harbour too.
vivyanhui Posted Sep 18, 2010, 7:34 pm	I travelled the ferry from Central to Tsim Sha Tsui, I took the ferry at Pier No.7, the lower deck. There's a token selling machine. I think I am the first elephant who travel the ferry!!  Really enjoy the breeze and the view of Victoria Harbour~~
vivyanhui Posted Sep 19, 2010, 9:27 am	It's almost time for celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival, it's also known as mooncake festival. A themed lantern decoration was set in the Clock Tower piazza, the theme is the daily lives of Hong Kongers in 70's.  There are local style milk tea, pineapple bun, hopscotch, aeroplane chess, bird cage, neon light signage, red market light, roadside restaurant, rickshaw, police in old uniform, the green rubbish monster, comics and so on. Rabbit is one of the main charaters in the Mid-Autumn tales, so there's a huge rabbit shaped lantern.
vivyanhui Posted Sep 26, 2010, 7:05 pm	We are playing around on a sculpture in the Art Museum. The sculpture is ver big and with all strange patterns on it. These patterns are actually inspired by the ancient chinese words of early times. The words at that time were like shaps and drawings. The one I am standing on is the word of horse,  but it's in an old style of writing, usually seen in chinese calligraphy, it looks this way nowadays: And behind us is the Space Museum, it has an uncommon shape, just like an egg~
vivyanhui Posted Sep 26, 2010, 7:13 pm	It is an exhibition called  "Legendary Mongolia" at Cultural Centre. There's a big yurt, the home of Mongolian, as they are nomads, they used this kind of portable house, which is felt-covered, with wood lattice-framed dwelling structure. There's also a mongolian sheep!  I hurried on to it to have a ride!  I think no other elephant can ride on a sheep like me~ Inside the yurt, some mongolian clothes were displayed, the brown one is a water bottle~ On the other side, I saw the most important musical instruments of the Mongolian people. The Morin Khuur, a string instrutment fiddles with a horse's head. There are some legends of the origin of the Morin Khuur, you can take a look and hear its sound here.
vivyanhui Posted Sep 26, 2010, 7:19 pm	Here I am on a double deck bus, and front row! The bus passes through the first road of Kowloon, Nathan Road, it's the first, and so as the longest straight road in Hong Kong. Here in Hong Kong, hills are more than flat land, so it's not easy to have such a long straight road~  Another funny things is, you can see many neon shop signs along the road. They are huge too.  At the end of the day, I took bus home too.
vivyanhui Posted Sep 26, 2010, 7:25 pm	I am on the ferry at daytime finally, what a nice day! The place with buildings is Wanchai, the specail architecture is the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, a common place for many important and international meetings. Such weather makes it even better when travelling ferry~ And I saw another green star ferry too.
vivyanhui Posted Oct 17, 2010, 1:29 pm	Today we found a nice box in the kitchen. All of us have no idea of what it is, so we opened it to see what's inside. And we found, mooncakes~ It's Mid-Autumn Festival today, a festival for enjoying the moon together.  There are lanterns decorations everywhere too~
vivyanhui Posted Oct 31, 2010, 10:58 am	Can you see the full moon? People always say that the moon of Mid-Autumn Festival is much bigger than the others!
vivyanhui Posted Oct 31, 2010, 11:01 am	I attended a mask exhibition, how lovely and beautiful they are!  Maybe I can go to Venice and have one?
vivyanhui Posted Oct 31, 2010, 11:06 am	I am so lucky to have the chance to meet this antique Spain ship! She is called Lucida and is a replica one, with a Spain flag on it. She stayed here for a few days and will move to the next stop. It is so funny to have it in the harbour, what a contrast with the ferries~
vivyanhui Posted Oct 31, 2010, 11:12 am	There will be lighting show at 8pm every night, we stayed by the harbour and wait for it to start. It lasts for about 10 minutes, people kept on taking photos and so do us~  We even took some photos with the tiles too, these kind of patterns were very common and popular in the past.
vivyanhui Posted Oct 31, 2010, 11:25 am	Other than ferry, I can even cross the harbour by travelling bus. We got on a double beck bus and took a seat at the first row. Here we are going into the Cross-Harbour Tunnel, the busiest tunnel in Hong Kong. Under the Victoria Harbour, there are three tunnels in total, this one is the first tunnel.
vivyanhui Posted Oct 31, 2010, 12:06 pm	As it's the time of Mid-Autumn Festival, there are Lanterns Fair everywhere. I attended on of them and found the lanterns are amazing~ They have all kinds of styles and themes. It's beautiful and joyful~
vivyanhui Posted Oct 31, 2010, 12:11 pm	There was also the Fire Dragon Dance too, a huge dragon that full of burning incense sticks, it will dance all over the district to spread the good luck, and wish everyone enjoying the festival~ See how lovely the lanterns!
vivyanhui Posted Oct 31, 2010, 12:18 pm	MTR, "Mass Transit Railway", is the underground railway system here. Every stations has their own colour, the stations are neat and tidy with air-conditioned. What a colourful journey~
vivyanhui Posted Oct 31, 2010, 12:22 pm	Mongkok is the crowdest place in Hong Kong, which suits its chinese name very much, if translated into English, its name means crowded corner~ Hee~ Here you can see a lot of neon light signages, I think this scene is quite special.
vivyanhui Posted Oct 31, 2010, 12:30 pm	Nice dinner tonight~ It's the first time for me to try the japanese food. All the food shows in the menu are delicious, I really want to try them all! You know, elephant has a big stomach!  At last, I tried the rice dumpling, cold udon, baked mushrooms with butter and sushi too, it's exciting to eat with wasabi!!
vivyanhui Posted Oct 31, 2010, 12:54 pm	Amazing lego exhibition, it shows some customs and popular places in Hong Kong. There are the Seated Buddha Statue in Lantau Island, Lion Dance, Hong Kong Coliseum, and Wong Tai Sin too. The model are so detailed that you can even see legoman eating ice cream!  The funniest thing is that Buzz Lightyear, Batman and Spiderman are taking part in the Bun Festival~  We even took a photo together at the Great Wall miniature.
vivyanhui Posted Oct 31, 2010, 1:06 pm	Chinese dinner~ I think I am addicted to tea~  Food are delicious, I tried the "Dan Dan Mian", a kind of noodels with peanut sauce, and the "Siao Lung Pao" too, the pork fillings are juicy~~ yum yum. The big bowl of Wuton made me full~ Finally I had the rice dumpling, I chose the saltl one instead of the sweet one, there are some dried pork inside, a bit crispy~ Nice food~
annix Posted Jan 18, 2011, 11:38 am	Hi mum, I'm arrived in Italy! My journey was so long but in the end I'm here and my host is so glad to meet me! I'll write you soon. Bye
annix Posted Jan 28, 2011, 2:21 pm	Hi mum, I'm in Milan, first of all I saw the Cathedral called Duomo which is placed in the main square of the town. Then I went to the Ferrari store, where you can find every king of gadget about this famous (and expensive!) car! In the end I saw the Royal palace where a lot of people were queuing to enter some art exposition. Bye for now
annix Posted Feb 28, 2011, 1:39 pm	Hi mum, today it rains and it's quite cold but I'm visiting the Castle placed in the center of Milan. The name Sforzesco Castle belongs on the Sforza family, who lived there in Medieval time. If you want to know more about it you can read all the informaion here: null Bye Stompy
annix Posted Mar 4, 2011, 1:55 pm	Hi mum, I really like Italian coffee and this morning I went to a bar to taste 2 different kinds of coffee: a "marocchino" (coffee with milk and chocolate) and an "espresso". Then I came back home and I tried to prepare a "cappuccino" with my friends Barnardo and Baabaa. We decided to eat some good cookie too! And then we went playing all together! Love, Stompy
annix Posted Mar 8, 2011, 11:24 am	Hi mum! I'm ready to go to visit my new host but before I start travelling again I wanted to eat a good dish of Italian pasta! Then, my friends Baabaa and Barnardo came to say goodbye... Love, Stompy
BlackCat Posted Mar 16, 2011, 8:41 pm	Hey ! No photos until now, as Fabis laptop is broken, but I wanted to say that I arrived. Sorry for telling so late. Love, Stompy (PS: I guess I will fulfill one of my life missions here at Fabis place )
BlackCat Posted Mar 30, 2011, 12:45 am	Hello again, Today there was good weather outside and Fabi was feeling good, so we decided to go out to the Gruga park. We saw a little playhouse which is closed at the moment, due to problems with the roof. After that, we saw a house which was built for the parents of children, who have to stay at the hospital near the Gruga park. It is a Hundertwasser house. The parents are able to sleep there, when their children are in the university hospital of Essen. That is really nice, isn’t it? Love, Stompy
BlackCat Posted Mar 30, 2011, 1:18 am	Hello, The next days will be separated in different updates. I mean, even if we visited 2 places on one day, we will make it to 2 updates, as it were two different places in this town. Both have an own history and being in one entry would mean that it would be so long. Fabi said we will separate it and we hope it is okay for you. Today our holidays in Berlin started. It was a short flight from Düsseldorf to Berlin and that is the reason why there are no photos of it. When we arrived in Berlin, we went to the hotel and right after that we started with sight seeing. Our first stop was Checkpoint Charlie. It is called like this, as they counted the Checkpoints with the alphabet. There was a Checkpoint Alpha, Checkpoint Beta and Checkpoint Charlie was the third Checkpoint. It is the most famous Checkpoint in Berlin. Here a quote from wikipedia: Quote: Checkpoint Charlie (or "Checkpoint C") was the name given by the Western Allies to the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War. For more infos, visit the wikipedia And now I will show you my photos of Checkpoint Charlie. Hope you like them. Love, Stompy
BlackCat Posted Mar 30, 2011, 1:19 am	Hey, after visiting the Checkpoint Charlie, we went to the Brandenburg Gate. It was already getting dark, so this was our last stop for today. The Brandenburg Gate was a city gate long time ago. It is the only remaining gate of a series through which Berlin was once entered. I think it looks really great. What do you think? Love, Stompy
BlackCat Posted Mar 30, 2011, 12:16 pm	Hey, today we met some famous persons. I was so excited. Fabi said we will go to Madame Tussauds and that there are a lot famous persons. We weren’t able to make much photos, as it was so crowded there, but we made two group pictures. Here we go. First we met Anne Frank. Her diary of the Second World War was published. Every child here in Germany reads it in school, normally. Did you read the book? Later Fabi said she will be a politician now. We were all excited and asked to join her. So she allowed us and we did. We had a speech with Angela Merkel, the chancellor of Germany. It was really great there. I really wish I could have seen more. Love, Stompy
BlackCat Posted Mar 30, 2011, 1:28 pm	Hey, when we left Madame Tussauds we had a walk on the street in front of it. The street is called Unter den Linden. It is a boulevard and really nice. In the middle of the street is a centre strip with trees, little shops, places to sit and such. It is really cute. But we didn’t make photos of that. We walked a while until we arrived at interesting places. First we found a statue of Frederick the Great. Wikipedia tells us about Frederick: Quote: Frederick William (German: Friedrich Wilhelm) (16 February 1620 – 29 April 1688) was the Elector of Brandenburg and the Duke of Prussia ("Brandenburg-Prussia") from 1640 until his death. He was of the House of Hohenzollern and is popularly known as the Great Elector (Der Große Kurfürst) because of his military and political skill. Then we saw the historical Museum of Berlin. It is a great building, isn’t it? They started to build this house in 1695. So it is really old. It is the oldest building on “Unter den Linden”. When it was ready in 1730 it was used from the Prussian military for their armoury. In 1831 they opened it for the public and showed a collection of weapons in it. In 1952 until 1990 it was the Museum for German history. And in 1990 it became the Historical Museum of Berlin until now. So much to know about these buildings, right? The next photo is from the Berlin cathedral. The Berlin Cathedral had never been a cathedral in the actual sense of that term since it has never been the seat of a bishop. Right from it you can see the “Alex”. The television tower of Berlin. That was a long walk and a long day was over then. We were all tired when we came back to the hotel. So we slept really fast. Love, Stompy
BlackCat Posted Mar 30, 2011, 1:44 pm	Hey, Today we visited a lot places, so a lot updates will follow. First we went to the KaDeWe (Kaufhaus des Westens), but we didn’t make photos there, as they don’t like it a lot. Right next to the KaDeWe we found a fountain. It is called “Lebensalter” (age). It was made by 4 artists. As you can see on the picture, the weather was really beautiful on that day. So we decided to make a big photo tour through Berlin. Visit all the places that Fabi still wanted to see in Berlin. But to be true: We didn’t even visit half of the list, as it was way too much for one day. But Fabi decided she will come back. That was the first update for this day, more will follow. Love, Stompy
BlackCat Posted Mar 31, 2011, 4:58 pm	Hey, Our next stop on that day was at the Museum of Technology. But not to visit it. We were there to see the Raisin Bomber which is hanging at the entrance. Fabi wanted to see it and we wanted to make photos with it. A Raisin Bomber was an airplane that brought food and other stuff to the western part of Berlin during the Berlin Blockade 1949. The name of the airplane came from the fact, that the pilots throw out candy, raisins and other sweet things of the airplane on little parachutes so that the children who were waiting for the airplane had some fun. In America these airplanes got the name Candy Bombers. And here are the pictures: On the second picture you can see a part of the Landwehrkanal. Love, Stompy
BlackCat Posted Mar 31, 2011, 4:59 pm	Heyho, After seeing the Raisin Bomber in front of the Museum, we walked (yeah, really…it was a long walk, but we did it) to the Topography of Terror Documentation Center. There are still parts of the Berlin wall. Between 1933 and 1945, the central institutions of Nazi persecution and terror were located on the grounds of the present-day “Topography of Terror”. Since 1987 the Topography of Terror has informed the public about this historic site. The new Documentation Center with parts of the Berlin wall and the redesigned historic grounds are now opened since May 2010. So it was really new. It is the longest standing part of the Berlin wall in Berlin itself. So now I fulfilled one of my life missions. Hurray. I was at the Berlin wall. Right next to it, we found old cars (called Trabis). We made a photo with one of it. It says “Volkspolizei” which was the police in the DDR (Deutsch Demokratische Republik – German Democratic Republic). So you see how small the cars for the police was there. Funny, or? Love, Stompy
BlackCat Posted Mar 31, 2011, 4:59 pm	Hey, Three updates are still waiting for you, until our holidays in Berlin are over. This is one of the three last updates. Our feet were already hurting, as we walked so much already, but there were still things on the list to see. So we followed Fabi wherever she went and finally arrived at a place called Gendarmenmarkt. Now, let us look what wikipedia says for it. The Gendarmenmarkt is a square in Berlin, and the site of the Konzerthaus and the French and German Cathedrals. The centre of the Gendarmenmarkt is crowned by a statue of Germany's poet Friedrich Schiller. The square was created by Johann Arnold Nering at the end of the seventeenth century as the Linden-Markt and reconstructed by Georg Christian Ungerin 1773. The Gendarmenmarkt is named after the cuirassier regiment Gens d'Armes, which was deployed at this square until 1773. During World War II most of the buildings were badly damaged or destroyed. Today all the buildings are restored to their former state. So, now let’s see the first pictures of the French Cathedral. The French Cathedral is the colloquial name for the French Church of Friedrichstadt in Berlin. The first part was built 1701 to 1705 for the Huguenot (Calvinist) community. The domed tower is technically no part of the church, there is no access between church and tower, because both buildings have different proprietors. The church is not a cathedral in the strict sense of the word because it has never been the seat of a bishop. After that, we saw the German cathedral. The German cathedral is the colloquial name for the New Church (German: Neue Kirche) located in Berlin. In 1701-1708 Giovanni Simonetti built the first church after a design of Martin Grünberg. Then we saw the concert hall. The Konzerthaus Berlin (once called the Schauspielhaus Berlin) is a concert hall situated on the Gendarmenmarkt square in the central Mitte district of Berlin. Since 1994 it has been the seat of the German orchestra Konzerthausorchester Berlin. Acoustically, the hall is considered to be amongst the five best concert venues in the world for music and/or opera And the last thing to see on the Gendarmenmarkt is the Fountain with Schiller in front of the concert hall. What a great photo place the Gendarmenmarkt is, isn’t it? Love, Stompy
BlackCat Posted Mar 31, 2011, 5:00 pm	Hey, It was already getting dark when we decided to make a visit at Charlottenburg Palace. It wasn’t that far from our hotel, so we were there pretty fast. Fabi didn’t find any informations about the Palace near the Palace, so let us take a look at the text from wikipedia again. Charlottenburg Palace (German: Schloss Charlottenburg) is the largest palace in Berlin and the only royal residency in the city dating back to the time of the Hohenzollern family. It is located in the Charlottenburg district of the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf burough. The palace was built at the end of the 17th century and was greatly expanded during the 18th century. It includes much exotic internal decoration in baroque and rococo styles. A large formal garden surrounded by woodland was constructed behind the palace. In the grounds of the palace various buildings were erected, including a belvedere, a mausoleum, a theatre and a pavilion. During the Second World War the palace was badly damaged but has since been reconstructed. The palace, its gardens and the buildings in the grounds are major visitor attractions. Unfortunately the gardens are closed in the evening, so we weren’t able to take a look at it. But we saw the castle itself. Take a look at the photos we made there. After that we went back to the hotel where we will make our last update for our Berlin holidays. Love, Stompy
BlackCat Posted Mar 31, 2011, 5:00 pm	Hey, So this is the last update for our Berlin holidays. Fabi bought some souvenirs today which she wanted to share with you. You know in Berlin they have a Ritter Sport chocolate shop. Fabi was in there and got all crazy. She bought a 2kg “surprise” bag with a mix of chocolate inside. And now we want to share with you what was inside the 2kg bag. And no: She doesn’t keep it all for herself. Some of the chocolate will be send away to friends and others will be eaten by her brother or her boyfriend. So she won’t eat 2kg of chocolate all alone. So that was our Berlin holidays. I hope you like the pictures and enjoyed it as much as I did. Love, Stompy
BlackCat Posted May 4, 2011, 10:47 am	Hey , today we had a short walk at Zollverein. Just a short one as Fabi had to visit the shops only. But we made some photos to show you. You can see the tower of the coal mine and the big wheel of the coking plant. Isn’t it nice? Love, Stompy
BlackCat Posted May 4, 2011, 10:53 am	Hey out there, today we made a short stop at the Lake Baldeney. We had a short walk there and made some photos for you, which I want to share with you today. It was really nice. But after the walk we were all really tired and went to bed early. Love, Stompy
BlackCat Posted May 4, 2011, 11:05 am	Hey, today we had a short walk through the fields near the shopping centre, where Fabi normally buys her food and such. She thought that the sunshine was so nice, so she went out with us and had a short walk there. We even made some photos for showing you. Love, Stompy
RikeH Posted May 7, 2011, 7:04 pm	Hello Mum, I arrived in another part of Germany today – it is in the North of the country. Dicker Kumpel gave me a warm welcome. He introduced me to some other TVs here. I went out into the garden and found lovely flowers. Can you see me?   At the end I met these funny guys and we talked a lot. Bye Stompy
BlackCat Posted Jun 21, 2011, 4:22 pm	Hello everybody, sorry for the late updates. Fabi isn't really in the mood for writing updates at the moment. But now we want to show you at least the photos of our trips. Maybe she will add more text to it later! Love, Stompy
BlackCat Posted Jun 21, 2011, 4:22 pm	Hello everybody, while having a walk we found this coal-fired power station. After the things that happened in Japan, we were really scared. But BlackCat said that this isn’t as dangerous as the nuclear power station in Japan. Love, Stompy

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