Hase, Delligsen, garden, Germany

Dr.Kröbner Posted Oct 22, 2011, 4:12 am	hase is at home
Dr.Kröbner Posted Oct 22, 2011, 5:04 pm	hase is at home Hase is looking forward to his first travel and say goodby to his friend dr. kröbner who is traveling  monday
Dr.Kröbner Posted Oct 24, 2011, 12:42 pm	yesterday i had awalk in the forest with my friend Mr.Shaun, we climbed a tower and see the mountain "Broken". In the evening i hang up with Dr.Kröbner. Tomorrow i packed my bags and i`m ready to go, travel round the world to see amazing places and meet much interesting other toys in all the countrys, my first stop will be in Austria So good by mum and Mr.Shaun and Dr. Kroebner i will miss you all
BettyBoop Posted Oct 27, 2011, 11:48 am	Hi mom, I just arrived in my new home for the next weeks. Finaly i am out of the dark envelope. I've also met Zoe der Elch, together we will explore everything here.I had to stay one day longer inside of the postoffice because they had yesterday national holliday in autsria so everything was closed!!! Check in @ Hostel with Zoe der Elch I must say, the beds are very comfortable! Very good! So Mom, I sign up again later!
BettyBoop Posted Oct 27, 2011, 6:49 pm	Hi Mom, Today I've watched a bit Kitzbühel and Kirchberg. We have sunned us, are gone for a walk and have visited a bar. I was a little tired, so I've been drinking a latte. Zoe der Elch is also very nice, I think together we will have a good time here. Soon we go up high on a mountain to see Tyrol from above. We look forward to the snow, which is coming soon. Me, Zoe der Elch and Tim Dog cruising around Kitzbühel We had a little walk in Kirchberg We sunned us on the car when we had a little break I was tired, time for coffee Alright, time to have dinner, watch some TV with Zoe and go to sleep. Tomorrow will be a long day! Your Hase!!! Bye Hase is sleeping now..!
BettyBoop Posted Oct 28, 2011, 8:52 am	Good morning mom, today me and Zoe der Elch woke up early, because we planned a little trip and after that we have to prepare everything for  Halloween I'll tell you later more! Your Hase!
BettyBoop Posted Oct 28, 2011, 5:05 pm	Hi, today, we have make a very nice trip to the Wildpark in Aurach. It was sooo beautiful! Zoe der Elch and me had made a lot of photos.... Our Hostmom put us in a backpack and than we was ready to go for this adventure!!! what a nice view from the mountain this house was sooooo cute. When i can i would love to stay here... Entrance to the Park I meet my real brothers and sisters!!! The Donkey was curious!!! I rode on a goat, which was very funny! the baby kangaroo was a littel bit shy to take pictures wis me and Zoe der Elch... the Capricorn has stunk puhhhh Between we took a littel break for a snack!!! The lux was very calm look at this beautifull peacock Finally, we ate a typical Austrian Germknödel and was drinking a dark wheat beer!!! So Mom this was our day! Here you soon again, your Hase!
BettyBoop Posted Oct 29, 2011, 7:52 pm	Hello mommy  today we spend the day inside for relax and prepareing the decoration for Halloween and i explored our hostel!!! i found a blue hippo and tried to ride on him but he was lazy and in the bathroom i found a frog with a crown named Blubber and a little girl named lilly. maby we will be friends in the future. uiiiii look at this sexy man  here we start to prepare the pumpkin for Halloween with Zoe der Elch and me first we did a big hole inside of the pumpkin and than we cut eyes, nose and the mouth inside from the inner we make pumpkin soup we found a good place on the windowwand for spooky, we call him like this after we helped our hostmom Betty to decorate the Toy-Hostel and we had a lot of fun with this!!! That was my day with Zoe and my hostmom. Soon you see more from me. Yor Hase!!
BettyBoop Posted Oct 30, 2011, 6:30 pm	Huhu mommy today we went for a littel walk in the natur to get fresh air after we stayed at home yersterday. And later we did dinner for all of us (Tiroler Gröstel), they call it like this here!!!   here you can see our house in the back. waht a beatiful day. that is the area around the place where i live look, I have two owls made the atum is a beautiful season back at the Toy-Hostel we cooked dinner Tiroler Gröstel...enjoy your meal (Mahlzeit) after the dinner we chilled on the sofa and eating chocolate and hmm i couldt stop to eat  it was so yummy and later we made Puffi and talked to him how it can be like a TV but he dont want to travel So mommy that was it from today and tomorrow we go a bit shopping, that is what my hostmom told me!!! Good night your Hase
BettyBoop Posted Nov 1, 2011, 11:16 am	Happy Halloween Mom Yesterday we went shopping to Kitzbühel (its a nice small town) with some friends from our hostmom and later we did a littel Halloween Party at home. That was a funny and scarry day yesterday      Betty told me that when is coming the snow its looks so beautiful here like in a fairy story we bought everything what we need for this week and a littel more  Back at home my hostmom Betty hat a surprise for me. I got some costume for the Halloween Party  (Devil Costume) Trick or Treat    look at Zoe der Elch how she is looking we had a lot of scarry moments this lamp was strange, i`ve never seen .... cool When the party was almost finished we got the pumpkin soup what we did from the inner. jammi Here you again mom. we dont no what we do today, lets see!!
BettyBoop Posted Nov 2, 2011, 6:54 pm	Hi mom, today a new TV was arriving in the TOY-HOSTEL. His name is Tobbi and he also comes from germany.  we gave him a warm welcome and showed him the hostel and the bed where he will sleep and than we went for a walk again with him i've made a horse and ducks Me, Zoe der Elch and Tobbi had a lot of fun to play with the leaves back at home we cooked dinner it was delicious So mom, that was the exciting day and now i will relax and watch littel bit tv.    your Hase
BettyBoop Posted Nov 5, 2011, 8:59 pm	Huhu mom and Dr.Kröbner yesterday we went for shopping to Wörgl, that is the next biggest city around Kitzbühel but before we did a stop at the Hotel Schloss Lebenberg (Castel Lebenberg) to pick up a friend how is working there!! Zoe der Elch was a bit sleepy all day long so she took a nap  the movie is nice and the friend from Betty bought the complet edition we made some strange boys Krampus is a mythical creature recognized in alpine countries. According to legend, Krampus accompanies St. Nicholas during the Christmas season, warning and punishing bad children, in contrast to St. Nicholas, who gives gifts to good children. In the Alpine regions, Krampus is represented by a demon-like creature. Traditionally, young men dress up as the Krampus in Austria and southern Bavaria, especially the market town Berchtesgaden, during the first two weeks of December, particularly on the evening of 5 December, and roam the streets frightening children with rusty chains and bells. In the aftermath of the Austrian Civil War the Krampus tradition was a target of the Dollfuss regime. I've made the littel sister from BrunoAusTirol and than i saw a lot of chrismasstuff this are some collegs from Rudolph the reindeer  back at home i was eating my first Pizza and is also self made by Tobbi, Zoe der Elch and meeeee  Mahlzeit  after a long day we went to bed.... Ok mom, hope you are feeling good to see me!?! Your Hase
BettyBoop Posted Nov 8, 2011, 6:21 pm	Hello Hase here. Yesterday we got a new TV. Our hostmom found the littel ladybug. Cocco is here name. Today we went to Kitzbühel, to spent the day there but befor we startet, we had a good breakfast (bread was still in the oven). Betty took us to the Schwarzsee (Black lake) first. The first mountain is the Kaiser and the second is the Kitzbühler Horn in the back. We saw realy big fishes  and after we walked around in Kitzbühel and i saw a big skulp full of Swarovskistones  it was amazing!!! After a long day we went home because it was getting dark. Tobbi, Cocco and me we had a great day!!
BettyBoop Posted Nov 12, 2011, 3:34 pm	Ahoi mom, i hear that i will come home to you again for short while so that's why we decided to make a little fairwell party for me. We had a great afternoon with playing cards and a funny game called confusion  it's a game for your senses. I will miss them all but maby we see us somwhere else again in the future.
BettyBoop Posted Nov 14, 2011, 4:27 pm	Hello mom, I am so lucky that i can see you soon and give a big hug to Dr.Kröbner. Today a new TV arrived. His name is Gammler from germany. We gave him a warm welcome before i slipped into the envelope. See you soon at home mom.
Dr.Kröbner Posted Nov 16, 2011, 10:46 am	Holladio, I'm at home, after a wonderful trip to BettyBoop, I am now arrived back home Dr.Kröbner and Wolfgang helped me to climb out of the Envelope , it was not  easy The two have welcomed me very warmly then I showed the  postcard I brought ,  It was so beautiful in Kirchberg... thank you BettyBoop Now I must rest a bit
Dr.Kröbner Posted Nov 19, 2011, 8:58 pm	Hi folks... we made a nice trip to the Baltic sea and slept in a huge Hotel... talk a walk at the beach... get a nice view over the water.... and later in the afternoon we get a hot chocolate with cream an rumm.....hickssss.... and ssincce toodaay mee and Wölfi are ththte biggest friiendss yyouvee evverr  seeenn....hicksss... byyyeeee......hicks....
Dr.Kröbner Posted Nov 21, 2011, 11:36 am	Hello.... On the return trip, we have inserted a small stopover in Hamburg .... we were at the port and see large ships In the background you see the Elbphilharmonie is a concert hall under construction in the HafenCity quarter of Hamburg, Germany. The concert hall is designed by Herzog & de Meuron on top of an old warehouse (Kaispeicher A).  It will be the highest inhabited building of Hamburg bye, bye.....
Dr.Kröbner Posted Nov 21, 2011, 12:09 pm	Today I helped Andreamom to decorate the shop window ... Wolfgang was also there .... see yourself what happened ... it was very funny then I have looked up where my next trip goes ... jipihh Christmas in South Africa Dr.Kröbner and Wolfgang have adopted me warmly and then I had to go  back in the dark envelope Andreamum has given me a little Christmasgift for Katara  .(the gift is inside the envelope  ).. then she took me to the postoffice Bye bye see you soon
Katara Posted Dec 6, 2011, 4:41 pm	Hi mom! I arrived in South Africa today and was warmly welcomed by Nate, Sweetie and Marty. They are all ToyVoyagers too! I am looking forward to my stay and can't wait to experience life in South Africa. Katara asked me to thank you for the postcard and the decorations. Hugs and kisses, Hase PS: Katara speaks Afrikaans and she told me that in Afrikaans 1 rabbit is called "haas" and 2 rabbits "hase".
Katara Posted Dec 9, 2011, 7:42 pm	Hi mom! Tonight we (me, Sweetie and Marty) helped Katara decorate the Christmas tree. We worked as a team and it was great FUN! I think the Christmas tree looks great!
Katara Posted Dec 9, 2011, 7:51 pm	Hi mom! Since last night it has been raining here. It's been quite nice actually, especially after the hot summer days (32 C).  Katara told me that Pretoria falls in a summer rainfall season. Today we stayed indoors and Katara let me help her decorate some plastic containers that she wants to change into pots. She is thinking of maybe planting some herbs in them. Love you lots! Hase xxx
Katara Posted Dec 15, 2011, 5:08 pm	Tonight Katara was feeling creative so we made "pin-wheel wors sosaties" (sausage kebabs). We also prepared some butternut pumpkin to eat with it. The "sosaties" came out great and the sausage was juicy. Sweetie and I had a feast! Yummy! Mommy, please send special greetings to Dr.Kröbner - I am missing him! Lots of love, Hase xxx
Katara Posted Dec 17, 2011, 12:06 pm	Hi mom! You will not believe what I ate for lunch today - SUSHI! Katara ordered some from a Chinese take-away restaurant down the street. We had "Avo Maki", "California Rolls", and "Fashion Sandwiches". We put some wasabi on the sushi and dipped it in soy sauce. We ate it with chopsticks. There was also some pickled ginger - Katara said that you are supposed to eat it to cleanse your palette.
Katara Posted Dec 21, 2011, 6:02 am	Hi mom! Tonight I saw some Christmas Lights. Katara bought us some ice-cream and then we took a drive down Lawley Street. It is situated in a residential area in a posh suburb of Pretoria and every year most of the houses in this street put up Christmas lights.
Katara Posted Dec 25, 2011, 7:43 pm	Hi Mom Today Marty, Sweetie and I spent the morning watching some cricket on the telly (South Africa vs Sri Lanka). South Africa was playing well and we soon got into the 'swing' of things, happily cheering along. The match was played at "Super Sport Park" - the stadium is about 15km from Katara's home. I am having a great time - Marty, Sweetie and I have become very good friends!  Lots of love, Sweetie xxx
Katara Posted Dec 30, 2011, 3:24 pm	Hi Mom! Today I went with Katara went to the Centurion Mall to do some Christmas shopping! It's an open mall that overlooks a small man-made lake. First off we had some coffee and breakfast at Cafe Bugatti and after that we hit the shops! I had a lot of fun helping Katara choose out Christmas presents, even though the shops were quite busy! Thinking of you! Lots of love, Hase xxx
Katara Posted Dec 30, 2011, 3:31 pm	Hi Mom! Seeing that it is Summer in South Africa we decided to make a few sun decorations for the Christmas tree.  We made the decorations using air-dry clay which we then painted. It was a lot of fun!!  Hase xxx
Katara Posted Dec 30, 2011, 3:44 pm	Merry Christmas Mom!!  I was so happy to see the sun shining today!! The past few days it has been cloudy and rainy so it was great to see some blue sky! We started the day by opening some Christmas presents  We then got ready to go to Katara's sister's house for Lunch. We had Turkey, baby potatoes, carrot puree, aubergines with olives and capers and salad. For dessert we ate some Tiramisu. Katara's sister was busy grating some chocolate over the top. Yummy!! (Katara's sister's in-laws are Bulgarian. Normally for Christmas we eat lamb or gammon, with rice, roast potatoes, creamed spinach and sweet carrots with a green salad. For dessert we normally eat a baked pudding with custard  and for tea-time we have fruit cake and tea). I had a great day - together with Sweetie and Marty!  Our first "African" Christmas!  Love, Hase
Katara Posted Dec 31, 2011, 1:47 pm	Hi Mom! We went to the Irene Village Mall to buy some baking supplies (Katara wants to try out a recipe for Chocolate Brownies) and to get some Sparkling Wine for New Year's Eve tonight. The Irene Village Mall is an open-air mall. It has quite a relaxed atmosphere. Throughout the mall there are various sculptures. In this picture you can see a sculpture titled "The Udder Side" - It's of a buried cow lying upside down. Some more sculptures: We also walked past a "Biltong" Shop where you can buy "biltong" (dried meat. In America it is called 'jerky'). "Biltong" is very popular in South Africa. I had a great time! I can't wait to help Katara bake Chocolate Brownies later on today!
Katara Posted Jan 3, 2012, 8:19 am	Hi Mom! In the afternoon we baked Chocolate Brownies. I even helped Katara in the kitchen! First we found the recipe and Marty, Sweetie and I helped Katara get all the ingredients together. Then I helped Katara melt the butter and cocoa We mixed all the ingredients together and put the batter in a dish and placed it in the oven. Pretty soon the whole house smelt of chocolate!  For dinner we had Hot Pots and we ate the Brownies with cream for dessert. The Brownies were dark and decadent. Yum!  We watched the movie "Thor" and welcomed the New Year with some Sparkling Wine. Katara added some raspberries for decoration. Hugs and kisses, Hase xxx PS: Please give Dr Krobner a BIG HUG from me!
Katara Posted Jan 6, 2012, 1:11 pm	Today we had some fruit mince pies for tea. It was yummy!
Katara Posted Jan 6, 2012, 1:54 pm	Hi Mom! Katara adopted "Penguin Girl" and she arrived a couple of days ago from the Chech Republic. She is very sweet! Katara can make nice things with wool. She made a cute little doggie for charity - his name is "Woof". In the afternoon we all played some cards. It was a lot of fun!  Love you lots! xoxox Hase
Katara Posted Jan 10, 2012, 7:59 am	Hi Mom! We went hiking at the Groenkloof Nature Reserve in Pretoria today. We did a 5km hike and it was fantastic!  Everything is nice and green and the wild flowers are beautiful! We also saw some giraffe, zebra and buck in the distance After the hike we rested for a bit in the picnic area Wishing that you and Dr Krobner were here... Lots of love, HASE xxx
Katara Posted Jan 13, 2012, 4:34 pm	Hi mom! This morning we had a delicious breakfast of freshly made flapjacks! Katara's new ToyVoyager, Blou Beer, will be travelling to Germany tomorrow, so the breakfast was in his honour
Katara Posted Jan 19, 2012, 9:18 am	Hi Mom! This morning we went to run a few errands. For lunch we stopped at "Doringkloof Mall" and bought some samoosas from an Indian Spice Shop. Their samoosas are delicious! In the afternoon we went to play some Tennis. There is some equipment for the children to play on. We took a photo because the sign is also written in an African language.
Katara Posted Jan 21, 2012, 5:44 pm	Hi Mom Lately it's been VERY hot here in Pretoria. Unfortunately we haven't had much rain this month. Today Katara showed me the view they have from their flat/apartment. I also met 'Uno' - their neighbour's cat. He comes to visit every now and again. I am missing Dr Krobner. Please give him a BIG HUG from me.  Lots of love, Hase xxx
Katara Posted Jan 22, 2012, 2:42 pm	Hi Mom! This afternoon we finally got some rain to cool us down a bit. For lunch today we (Marty, Sweetie and I) helped Katara make some Tuna fish sandwiches. We added some chopped onion, lettuce, red pepper and Feta cheese. It was yum!
Katara Posted Jan 28, 2012, 1:38 pm	Hi mom! Today we went for another hike at Groenkloof Nature Reserve. It was a beautiful day! Afterwards we had a braai (barbeque) in the picnic area. We ate the boerewors (sausage) on bread buns/rolls with mustard and tomato sauce - It's called "Boerewors Rolls". We toasted some Marshmallows for dessert. They were sweet and yummy!  On the way home we took a few photos.
Katara Posted Feb 2, 2012, 7:21 pm	Hi Mom! Yesterday a new ToyVoyager arrived - His name is Bubblegum. He is from Germany too, so I was very excited to meet him! He told us all about his trip to Australia and Katara showed us his Travelog. Tonight Katara made us some Macaroni-and-Cheese for supper. She added in a little bit of salami for flavour. It was really nice!
Katara Posted Feb 3, 2012, 6:52 pm	Hi Mom! We all helped Katara prepare tonight's supper. We had roasted mixed vegetables, chicken and wholewheat couscous. xxx Lots of love, Hase xxx
Katara Posted Feb 5, 2012, 2:21 pm	Hi Mom! Katara has started a mini herb garden on her balcony. She has chives, peppermint, oreganum and flat-leaf parsley. For lunch today we ordered some wood-oven-fired Pizza. We ordered a "Tiri" - It has feta cheese, cheddar cheese and mozarella cheese with Napolitana sauce and a "Las Vegas" with mozarella cheese, pepperoni, mushroom, onion and Napolitana sauce. In the afternoon she showed us their local community newspaper. Some articles are written in English and others in Afrikaans.
Katara Posted Feb 6, 2012, 5:31 pm	Hi mom! Today it was quite hot so Katara bought me a Magnum Almond Ice-cream. It has Vanilla ice-cream smothered in dairy milk chocolate and sprinkled with almonds. It was delicious! I helped Katara prepare supper. We made a Courgette and Chick-pea salad. First we sliced a red onion and some baby marrow (courgette). Then we lightly fried it for 3-4 min. We added some chick-peas and dressed the salad. It was quite tasty!
Katara Posted Feb 8, 2012, 6:16 pm	Hi Mom! Today we all did some sewing! It was much fun!  We are all helping Katara make a birthday present for her sister  First Katara made the legs, then we helped pin some of the pattern pieces. I helped Katara cut out the 'arms' Then we watched while Katara sewed the pieces together. Birthday present in progress. Then for supper we had Spaghetti Bolognaise. Katara made it with ostrich mince. Open wide!
Katara Posted Feb 9, 2012, 6:27 pm	Hi Mom! I am enjoying my stay in Pretoria - I'm getting to taste many delicious foods! Today I tried some mince samoosas, with dipping sauce that Katara bought for us. The one sauce was quite mild and sweet and the  second sauce was very HOT! I tried it, but it was too burny for me...  Tonight we watched "The State of the Nation Address" on television. I saw Mr Jacob Zuma - the South African president.  Just now I will go to bed - at least it is a bit cooler tonight  Good night mom! I asked Katara how to say "Sleep well" in Afrikaans. She says I must say "Lekker slaap".
Katara Posted Feb 12, 2012, 4:32 pm	Hi mom, Today it is raining... We spent the morning helping Katara to finish the doll for her sister's birthday. We are very proud because the doll looks beautiful!  In the afternoon we told Katara that we wanted to bake a cake. Me, Sweetie, Marty and Bubblegum found a recipe in one of Katara's cookbook's. We creamed the eggs and castor sugar I sifted some flour Here the cake is ready to go into the oven Katara helped me to taste some of the batter - It tasted delicious! Then we put the cake into the oven. After a whilst Katara checked the cake - she said something wasn't right... We discovered we never put the butter/margarine into the batter, so the cake was a big disaster...  Katara didn't have enough ingredients for us to make another cake...
Katara Posted Feb 13, 2012, 3:27 pm	Today we went to Rosebank. Rosebank is a suburb in Johannesburg. We took some photos along the way... We arrived at the Rosebank Mall. The newer part of the mall is called The Zone. At the mall: Sweetie, Bubblegum and I had some fun too!  We also visited the Rosebank Rooftop Market: I had  a great time! In the afternoon Katara gave me, Sweetie and Marty a little farewell tea. We ate some Cinnabons - it was very nice! Tomorrow I will return back to you mom and to Dr Krobner!  I don't want to go back into the dark envelope but I am happy to come home!  Thank you Katara for hosting me!  I really enjoyed my stay!
Dr.Kröbner Posted Mar 11, 2012, 5:49 pm	3 weeks ago I started my way back home to Delligsen. The first time the journey was fine; driving with postcars, flying with an airplane, driving car again, and than: Nothing happened!!!! For as lot of days nothing!!!! It was sooooo booooring…. But suddenly my travelhome was moved and somebody opend the envelope and what a shock: there where men with funny caps and they were frightening calm, and speak no single word  !: No hallo Hase, I hope you had a nice trip; or: welcome in Germany, or: sorry that it took such al long time…… nothing ! realy impertinently this german custem officers.  After this frightfully experience, he put me back into the envelope again and I continued my way back home. 2 Days later I arrived at home at last. It was a great welcome with my mum and all the other TVs and friends. Mum and Dr.Kröbner said : thank you Katara for the nice keychain and the sweets I brought with and for the nice time I had in South Africa But it was no time to aclimate because Dr. Kröbner and all his friends want to made a trip to Oberfranken to visit lot of other TVs. So I´m stil traveling again.... bye, bye....see you soon Hase
Dr.Kröbner Posted Mar 15, 2012, 7:19 pm	Hello, We have received an invitation from Yosemite. We can visit her in Lichtenfels, what an adventure.... After a long drive we arrived at the hotel and first we made a nap to test the bed Three bunnys...one bed  After that we made ​​fresh, it is important to make a good impression Deo....for Dr.Kröbner.. One last look in the mirror and ready to take off ...... Yosemite has welcomed us so warmly, and of course we took a group photo with all 16 TVs ... incredible TVs from 4 continents Dr.Kröbner, Cosyfuzz, *-Cookie-*, _Lilly_, Hase, HappyPing, Hoppsi, Plaudagei, Waffels, BrunoAusTirol, Kibblet....... Mr.Quakedi from Europe WavyGravy...... from America Wolley, Billy.... from Africa Mr.Lemony... from Asia Three funny bunnys.. It was a great evening with interesting conversation, thank you Yosemite and Takata bye, bye...
Dr.Kröbner Posted Mar 19, 2012, 1:15 pm	Hi Folks, after one week at home, I feel it in my blood, I`m a real Toyvoyager ...I must travel.....aaaand the journey goes on, I could spend the Easterdays with agentsmith I´m a very lucky bunny good bye Dr.Kröbner and all my new friends at home....see you bye, bye......Mum
agentsmith Posted Mar 24, 2012, 11:40 am	Hey Mum! I arrived in Eisingen, at my new host! BineHH is also staying at my host! they are all very nice! we had fried bananas for dessert! then we deciced to have a walk through Eisingen. aren't these flowers beautiful? A view over Eisingen! In the back you can see the vineyards! I really enjoyed the day! now, the Abitur test of my hosts are over, so she will have more time for us!  your Hase
agentsmith Posted Mar 25, 2012, 10:46 am	we made a caaaaake! a french chocolate tarte it tasted soooo good, I wish you guys at home could try it your Hase
agentsmith Posted Mar 25, 2012, 5:22 pm	look what we've done this afternoon: your Hase
agentsmith Posted Mar 27, 2012, 6:36 pm	hey everybody at home! today we were in Pforzheim, the "Goldtown". look at what we saw: these are tools for making jewelry wooooow look at that! a reaaaaaaal gold porsche! puuuh.. now we're in the Goldrausch on the 23. february, Pforzheim got destroyed in the Second Wolrd War and then we met a rabbit, hihi ! this was on top of the Schlössle Galerie, Pforzheim's shopping center then we went to a bridge where the rivers Enz, Nagold and Würm flow together applause for us! was a great day  your Hase
agentsmith Posted Mar 29, 2012, 2:19 pm	hey mum! this is how BineHH and I woke up yesterday: the flowers also were already awake then, we had a delicious breakfast at Café Maier's in Königsbach-Stein! LittleLuzi went with us after that, BineHH and I thought about what to do now we decided to go outside and pick a bunch of flowers then we put it into a vase what do you think? beautiful, right? in the evening, the flowers were tired and went to sleep.. ..so we also went to bed your Hase
agentsmith Posted Mar 31, 2012, 4:03 pm	hey everybody! today we decorated the house because the easter holidays are near! first, we painted some eggs and then hung them on an easter bouquet! on monday we will visit Heidelberg! I'm so excited! your Hase
agentsmith Posted Apr 3, 2012, 12:00 pm	heeeelloooooo! yesterday we had a beautiful day in Heidelberg! We went to the castle (303 steps high!) and the city center! we had so much fun we all agreed that we love being toyvoyagers! we had a mexican lunch then we went home again. one last picture of the castle! was a great day! your Hase
agentsmith Posted Apr 6, 2012, 6:53 pm	helloooo everybody! yesterday we went to Weissenburg in France! We drove there by car, first saw the "Deutsches Weintor", went to a french supermarket and for dinner had some Tartes Flambées! three flags! the european one, the german one and the french one there are there because the German Weintor is at the border of Germany and France then we left Germany! We drove through Baden-Württemberg, Rheinland-Pfalz and France! Wow! finally arrived in Wissembourg! we bought cheese, salami and wine unbelievable, those french men eat frogs legs, crazy.... then we went to a bar and had a Campari Orange huuuuungry.. finally we went to the restaurant hihi in the end we had one sweet Flammkuchen for dessert.. oh my god it's burning! do we have to call the firefighters?  nooo.. our hosts told us that the Flammkuchen is burning because there was Calvados put over it, they light it up, the alcohol is burning and the taste rests! suuuuper good! this was a nice day! I decided to like France from now on your Hase
agentsmith Posted Apr 8, 2012, 6:50 pm	happy easter!!! BineHH and I went in the garden to look for eggs aaaaand: we found two! and then... we found another egg.. a very mysterious one..  we went into the house to open it, there were sounds coming from inside... then it broke up! first, we were paralyzed because of what we saw! then we were shocked! Frederick the vampire hid himself in the egg and suddenly came out! but he's a nice guy and said sorry because he frightened us  Hase
agentsmith Posted Apr 10, 2012, 4:42 pm	yesterday my hosts made carrots and wanted me to eat it!  omg! how digusting! I don't like carrots at all  but then I could make me my own lunch! of course, I sorted out all the carrots the rest of the lunch was very tasty tomorrow, it is time to come home again I had a great time here, but it is also great to see you guys at home again! your Hase
agentsmith Posted Apr 11, 2012, 3:59 pm	it's time to come home! I had a very nice time here in Eisingen, but now I'm coming home again Lui and Frederick said goodbye to me and now I'm on my way! your Hase
Dr.Kröbner Posted Apr 14, 2012, 11:17 am	Hello, yesterday I safely arrived at home, Dr.Kröbner welcomed me warmly and introduced me to the new TV from Australia...very nice..Spotty and Dotty  then I showed the postcard from Eisingen..... A big task for me, I must represent Dr.Kröbner, as he travels with Yosemite and Takata to Denmark.... I like it.... Then it was time, and Yosemite and Takata have come with so many TVs.... We have set ourselves for a group photo on the sofa, TVs from 5 continents: Kibblet, Napoleon, Cokkie, Mr.Quakedie, Khaled, Little Luzie, Baerle, Maeusle, Plaudagei, Waffels, Bodo, Hase, Dr.Kröbner from Europe, Wavy Gravy from USA, Wolley and Billy from Africa, The Wot Wots from Australia and Mr. Lemony from Asia    Later I talked a bit with Little Luzie about our time together in Eisingen. Then I got to know Napoleon ... very sympathetic ... hui..... What an enjoyable evening.... This morning I said goodbye to everyone, especially Dr.Kröbner ..... good trip and a great time in Denmark
Dr.Kröbner Posted Jun 13, 2012, 11:36 am	Hi folks, so many things happened in  the last weeks, first I accompanied the Wot Wots to the Zoo Hanover girlsday with MaryMöf, Tiffy, Joesy... a nice trip to Bad Pyrmont looking for a nice fabric for our TV sofa and last but not least our holidaytrip to Hamburg and Denmark last day on the baltic sea  on the way back home....very windy  last Monday we sayed goodbye to Joesy , she is now on her way to Finland to visit emmako,  have a nice trip little Joesy bye, bye Hase
Shilo Posted Jul 7, 2012, 10:40 pm	Hello Mum. Today I arrived safely at Bochum. When I came out of my envelope I was warmly welcomed by the other TVs. I met Snowball, Knöpfchen, Freddi, Hoppsi and Milk Chocolate. After that I showed the others the things I brought with me. Snowball was very happy about the postcard and said thank you. She said that she will put it into her memory album with the photos and the postcards from the other TVs. Than we sat down onto the sofa. Milk Chocolate told us, that one of her life missions is to watch the movie “101 Dalmatian”. Because of that we had the idea to watch the movie. Snowball took out some popcorn for us. It was yummy and the film was great. But I don’t like Cruella De Vil, she was too scary. It was a very funny first evening here in Bochum. I love you mum Your Hase
Shilo Posted Jul 8, 2012, 4:32 pm	Good evening Mum. Today is the “Extraschicht – the night of the Industiekultur”. We were really happy to go there and decided to make the Duisburg route. We started our tour in the Duisburger inner harbor. Here were a lot of people who were listening to the music from the live bands, or who just wanted to relax and eat something. Look mum; I want to go all around the world. From the harbor we went on to the Landscape Park. There we could listen to music and when it’s getting dark, there will be a giant fire work. While we were waiting for the firework, we were looking around the park. Here you can see some pictures from the amazing firework. On this stage stands we saw the winner from the last “X-factor” season here in Germany. He made really cool music. After that we went on to Oberhausen to the theatre at the Niebuhrg. There we could see a lot of artworks and a fire show. The show was ok, but the best thing this evening was the firework on the landscape park. When we came back home, it was 3 o’clock in the morning and we all were really tired. So good night Mum
Shilo Posted Jul 9, 2012, 7:21 pm	Hello Mum. Today we wanted to cook something together. We planned to make gnocchi with tomatoes and zucchini. We were a very good team and at the end it tasted extremely good. And after the Dinner we brushed our teeth. Now it’s time to brush the teeth
Shilo Posted Jul 9, 2012, 9:30 pm	Hello Mum. Because this is the last day here in Bochum for Milk Chocolate and Hoppsi, we planned to go Bowling. It wasn’t easy to play with such a big ball, but it made a lot of fun. I needed this console to register our names Before we started to play, I cleaned the ball with a towel The ball is just a little bit bigger than I am and heavier, but I am strong. Phew, now I need a little break and something to drink This small ball is filled with talc powder. It was really funny to play bowling. After the game we went to the friends from Shilo to play some games together and to give Milk Chocolate and Hoppsi the chance to say goodbye to their TVs.
Shilo Posted Jul 13, 2012, 10:29 pm	Hello Mum. Today was a happy, but also a sad day. The happy thing was that a new TV arrived here for the America trip. We were really curious who would be inside, when we opened the envelope. Inside the envelope was a tiny bear called Sterni. We welcomed him warmly here in Bochum. After the welcome, he showed us the sweets he brought with him. Then we took a last group picture together, before Hoppsi and Milk Chocolate had to leave us. Hoppsi had to pack his bag, before they left. Then it was time to say good bye. We hugged them and wished them a save trip, before they went into their envelopes. I will miss them, but I hope we will meet again one day.
Shilo Posted Jul 17, 2012, 7:51 am	Hello Mum. Today a new TV arrived. His name is Purple Tentacle. He is a very funny guy, whose main intension is to rule the world.  Because of that we took out a Risk board, so that he could show us his plan to take over the world. First he told us, who had to take over which continent. I had to take over South America. Then the battle started. First it looks good and Sterni could take Australia under his control. After that Purple Tentacle got the control over North America. But then our luck ends and we lost North America again. After a short motivation speech from Purple Tentacle, we started a new attack. In the end we took over the blue army and together with these troops we took over the whole world. Yeah we were so good.
Shilo Posted Jul 18, 2012, 5:58 am	Hello Mum. Today was Freddis last day here in Bochum. It is sad that he had to go, but he told us that he is very happy that he could see his mum again. I could understand him, because the best place on earth is at home But before he left, we helped Shilo to pack the bags for our trip to America. All these things must go into these bags. Look we are so good in packing bags. Everything fits into the bags. Then it was time to say good bye. We all hugged Freddi before he went into his envelope. We gave him a present, which he could give his mum when he arrived at home. Good bye Freddi, I will miss you and I hope we will meet again.
Shilo Posted Jul 22, 2012, 6:05 am	Hello Mum. I am so happy because today started our trip to America. Very early in the morning we arrived at the Airport in Düsseldorf. Purple Tentacle guided us through the airport to the waiting area. We followed him around till we could see the airplanes. They were really huge. On our flight from Düsseldorf to London were so many clouds, that we couldn’t see much out of the window. After a short flight from just one and a half hours we arrived at T5 in London. This is a really cool terminal here. Now we had to wait 4 hours before our next flight to San Francisco will start. The airplanes here were much bigger than the one we took before. While we waited for our flight we found this nice bear in front of the Harrods shop and this beautiful butterfly’s. Then our long flight began. We will be on the Airplane for over 10 hours, before we reach San Francisco. Here we were flying over Greenland. Before we could see the land there was a long while only ice to see. Time to drink some coke. I shared mine with Little. Here you can see our flight route. To kill some time. We were watching the movie “the Lorax” Finally we arrived at San Francisco. Here I am standing on the union square. We were so tired from the long flight that we went to bed very early. But tomorrow we will go and discover San Francisco. Good night Mum
Shilo Posted Jul 23, 2012, 6:57 am	Good morning Mum. Today is our first real day here in America. I am so happy about it. After a great breakfast we started our tour on the union square. Look we found these cool looking hearts on every corner of the square. And can you see these wonderful palmtrees behind the heart. Now i finaly saw them and can fulfill my last life mission with it.  Before we could start our trip to fishermen’s wharf, we had to buy some water for the day. On our way to the supermarket, I saw this cool looking house. Then we went to the cable car station. I was so happy that we will ride on these famous cars. Unfortunately it was so full on the cable car, that we couldn’t take a photo from our tour. But I promise we will take a picture of the cable car later. We went off at the Lombard Street. This is a very famous street because this street has very tight turns from the top to the end. We decided to walk the rest of the way to Fishermen’s wharf. On our way we climbed up a small hill, from which we had a wonderful view down to Alcatraz. It is a really impressive prison. We also saw this cool fire truck. You could make a tour over the Golden gate bridge with this car, but we didn’t want to ride on it. Finally we arrived at Fishermen’s wharf. Here we saw a lot of shops and it was full of people. We went down the pier, to have a look over the bay. From here we had a look at the Golden gate bridge at the end of the bay and we saw this see lions relaxing in the sun. On our walk around the pier, we went into a Ship museum. The first ship was an old paddle wheel steamer. And on this ship we could see a lot of old cars. It was really cool. Then we went onto the next ship. It was a beautiful old sailing ship. In the bottom of the ship we could see, a lot of things out of the history of the ship. What it has loaded and how the crew cabins looked like. After that it was time to go back to the hotel. But before I forget it, here is the picture of the Cable Car I had promised. See you tomorrow.
Shilo Posted Jul 25, 2012, 4:45 am	Good morning Mum. Today is our second and last day here in San Francisco, because tomorrow we will travel on to the Yosemite National Park. But I don’t want to talk about tomorrow, because we have planned a lot for today. After our breakfast, we started our tour at Fishermen’s wharf again. From there we planned to walk to the Golden gate bridge. I am so happy that I will walk on this amazing bridge. On our way to the bridge, we walked along the beach. Isn’t the view great from here? I could see Alcatraz and far far away the bridge. After a long way from an hour we are very close to the bridge. I am so excited about it and the weather is so unbelievable nice today. On the bottom of the bridge we arrived at an old Fort. Fort Point was build 1794 and was completed just before the American Civil War, to defend San Francisco Bay against hostile warships. The fort is now protected as Fort Point National Historic Site, a United States National Historic Site administered by the National Park Service as a unit of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. We looked around the fort and then climbed up the stairs to the top, to have a look around from the top. It was cool to look around the fort, but now it is time to move on to the bridge. But wait beneath the fort we found these interesting looking sign. A friendly old man, told us about the story behind this sign. Hopper is a true San Francisco hero. He is one of the many Golden gate bridge’s iron workers that not only risk their life each day maintaining this beautiful bridge, but volunteer to save the lives of lost souls attempting to end their lives jumping off the bridge. He saved 30 people in the time he was working at the bridge. When he noticed that waterfront joggers have a ritual of touching the fence at the dead-end of the sidewalk next to Fort Point, he had the bridge's sign painter make a sign with two handprints on it, and another sign with two dog paws, because one woman had her dog touch the fence. Now everybody is touching this sign. We also touched it, before we went the way back to climb up to the bridge. Mum I am standing on the Golden gate bridge. I am so happy and the view over San Francisco is so beautiful. But it was a little bit too windy here for me. After the bridge we walked on to the National cemetery. It was very impressive to see all this graves. We saw graves from people who fought in more than one war and survived them. And we saw a grave from a person who got the Medal of Honor. Before we went back to the hotel we made a short stop at the Palace of fine arts. This place was very special, because you had the feeling like you were in Greece. It was a wonderful day here in San Francisco. I will always have beautiful memories of this city. But I am also excited to see the next stop on our tour through America tomorrow. So good night and see you tomorrow.
Shilo Posted Jul 30, 2012, 1:13 pm	Good morning Mum. Today we were driving to the Yosemite National Park. There we will stay two days, before we will travel on to Death Valley. Here I can show you our car, we rent for our trip. Isn’t it huge? We were sitting comfortable on the backseat. On our way to the park, we saw this pretty lake and this cool view when we were making some breaks. But it was so hot outside that we didn’t left the car for too long. After approx. four hours we finally arrived at the Park. The first thing we saw here was a forest from burned trees and bushes.  It was really strange to see something like this. We took the chance and climbed down a small hill, to have a first view over the park. Unfortunately we had to climb up the hill again, to go back to the car. After a while we arrived at Curry Village. Here you can see our cabin for the next two days. In front of the cabin stands a bear box. There we had to put all our food and shower stuff in, so that the bears won’t get them. Then we decided to use the time to walk to the Mirror Lake, to see the Sunset there. On our way we walked along the Visitor Centre. It was a long walk, but it was nice because we had a nice view around us. Then we arrived at the Lake, just right for the Sunrise. Unfortunately there wasn’t much water at the lake, so we haven’t the feeling of a mirror. But it was I nice Sunset. Next to the Lake we saw these cool towers. After the sun set of, it was quickly getting dark. And because we were afraid of bears and mountain lions we quickly went back to Curry Village. It was a long day and I am really tired. So good night and see you tomorrow.
Shilo Posted Aug 3, 2012, 10:49 pm	Good Morning Mum. Today the weather was a little bit rainy in the morning, so we decided to visit the Mariposa Grove. There we could see the giant sequoias. It was really cool to see these huge trees. We learned that these trees don’t die from age, after thousands of years they easily fall over because they get too heavy. And not only were the trees themselves giant, their fir cone were also very huge. In the Forest we found this cool rock. From the Forest we drove to Glacier point. When we arrived there the rain had stopped and the sun came out. From the viewpoint we had a great view over the park. Glacier point lies 7214ft / 2199m over the sea-level. It was very windy so high above, so we were hiding behind these rocks to get some break. After our short break it was time for us, to move on to the Tunnel View. Doesn’t this view is really fantastic? In the evening we planned to walk to the Yosemite Falls. On our way we stopped at this lake to swim a little bit. But the water was so cold for us, so we only hold our feed into the water. After a while we moved on, but then we stopped because we saw this Mule deer. It is so cool. And near the Mule deer we saw a real Black Bear. First it was scary, but then we saw the Park rangers and we started to relax. We were really sorry when we heard that the bear was hurt. We hope that the Rangers could help him. It took a while but finally we arrived at the Yosemite Falls. They were cool, but I think in spring they were much more amazing. Because the river bed was mostly desiccated we were brave and climbed through it to come nearer to the waterfall. It wasn’t easy but it made a lot of fun. On our way back to Curry Village we decided to take the bus again. But we had to wait a little bit for it. Tomorrow we will move on to the Death Valley. It will take a while before we will get there. So we had to stand up very early. Because of that I want to get enough sleep. So good night Mum
Shilo Posted Aug 5, 2012, 1:42 pm	Good Morning Mum. Today we will move on to the Death Valley. Shilo told us, that Death Valley is a desert and that it will be very hot there. Luckily we have air condition in our car. But before we left, we had breakfast. In front of the dining room we saw this black bear and we wanted to ride on it. Outside we saw a lot of squirrel. They were playing around and searching for something to eat. Then it was time to say goodbye to the beautiful Yosemite National Park. I had a great time here. On our way to the valley we stopped at this wonderful mountain lake. It was so beautiful here. Later we stopped at another lake. This one was a lot bigger than the other and is called Mono Lake Here I am standing at the Padre Crowley Point. It is the memorial of the padre of the Desert. After six hours we finally arrived at our hotel in Death Valley. It is so hot outside that we didn’t want to stay outside too long. So we took the chance that the hotel had a pool and went swimming. It was a strange feeling to swim in a pool and have a look over the desert from there. We went out of the pool when the sun was going under. Even then it was very hot outside, but we wanted to take some sunset photos. On our way to the restaurant we saw this old fire truck. It was cool to see Death Valley, but I am very happy that we only stay here for one night.
Shilo Posted Aug 5, 2012, 11:06 pm	Hello Mum. Today we stood up very early because we wanted to leave the Valley before it’s getting too hot. But even at 9 o’clock in the morning we have still around 100 °F / 38°C. I am happy that we will leave here and hope that it will be a little bit cooler at the Grand Canyon. But before we will get there, we have a long journey from around 6 hours today. Good bye Death Valley. On our tour we were looking out of the window. It seems like the road will end at the horizon. It was so hot outside and there were so many hills, that we had to make a break to give the brakes on our car the chance to cool down a little bit. Far away we could see a river. Oh no, on the horizon the sky is getting very dark. Some minutes later it was raining very strong and we couldn’t see much from the road. After 6 hours we finally arrived at our hotel near the Grand Canyon. When we opened the door to our room we were really surprised. It was not only a normal hotel room, it was a suite. So we started to explore our suite. We found a kitchen, a living room and the bed room. But it was too early to go to bed, so we drove to the Grand Canyon and watched the sunset there. It was really beautiful. It was a long day for us, but I am happy to see more from the Grand Canyon tomorrow. So good night Mum.
Shilo Posted Aug 8, 2012, 10:34 pm	Good morning Mum. I have slept very well last night; the bed in our suite was very comfortable. But we had to stand up early, like the days before. Today we were planning to visit the Grand Canyon again and at noon we want to move on to Page. So let’s start. Right after our breakfast we checked out of the hotel and drove to the Canyon. On our way to the Canyon we stopped in front of the National Forest because we saw this cool bear. His name is Smokey and he helps the Park Rangers to prevent the forest from fire. Then we arrived at the Canyon. We started our tour at the Village Route Transfer. From there we took the shuttle-bus to the Trailview Overlook. Because the weather was so beautiful we decided to walk to the next Viewpoints. We walked to the Maricopa Point, Powell Point and Hopi Point. It was a distance from 1,5 miles / 2,4 km. It was getting so hot while we walked around that we decided to take the shuttle to the Mohave Point.  Then it was time to move on to Page. On our way we stopped at the Desert View. Here you can see the cool Watchtower. Before we left the National park, we stopped again to say good bye. From this site the Canyon looks less impressive then from the viewpoints. But it was a great time here. Yeah we finally arrived at Page. Tomorrow we want to visit the Antelope Canyon, but today we only want to relax a bit. So we drove down to Lake Powell near our hotel and enjoyed the beautiful sunset.
Shilo Posted Aug 12, 2012, 3:49 pm	Hello Mum. This is our eighth day here in America and I am just a little bit tired at the moment and the others seem to be a little tired too. In the noon we want to visit the Antelope Canyon here in Page. Because we have some time till then, we went to Lake Powel again. We climbed around the rocks and after that I could relax at the water and swim a little bit. The water was crystal clear and very refreshing, with the heat outside. On our way to the canyon we stopped at the Horseshoe bend. Look Mum the Colorado River looks like a horseshoe here.  I was too scared to go nearer to the edge, to have a better look at the river. Then we moved on to the Antelope Canyon. It was very impressive to have a look at this giant rocks and the light that shines on them. Here I am standing on the south entrance of the canyon. From here you can imagine how small it is inside the canyon. After one and a half hours in the canyon it was time for us to move on. Today we will drive to Bryce Canyon. Host dad was very nice and let me drive a little bit on my own. Then the others wanted to drive also, so we changed places and I took the chance to play around with the others in the car.
Shilo Posted Aug 13, 2012, 4:02 pm	Good morning mum. We woke up in our cool country hotel near the Bryce canyon today. It is a very nice hotel and we had the feeling like we were on an old western ranch, inside and around the hotel. After our breakfast buffet we drove to the canyon.  We started at the Sunset point and walked the 0,5 miles/ 0,8 km to the sunrise point. From there we saw a trail, which goes down the canyon. This trail is called the Navajo Loop and in our map we could see that the short part of the loop is 1,3 miles / 2,1km long. It is a moderate hike so we wanted to try it. We had wonderful views inside the canyon. What will be behind this tunnel? Wow what a great cave. But we found no animals inside. Mum look I found this tiny squirrel it was very nosey. It was very nice here, but we have to move on to the Zion National Park. Good bye Bryce Canyon. After a short trip we arrived at the Zion National Park. First we checked in into our hotel and after that we drove to the Zion human history museum and from there took a shuttle bus to the Zion Lodge. We haven’t much time till sunset so we decided to take the trail to the lower emerald pools. Unfortunately it was so dry that the waterfall and the lake were mostly parched.
Shilo Posted Aug 13, 2012, 9:19 pm	Hello Mum. Today is our second day in the Zion National Park. We started our tour at the visitor center and took the bus to the Temple of Sinawava. From there we followed the Riverside walk. At the end of the trail we walked through the riverbed and followed the Narrows a short while. After this refreshing walk through the river we moved on to the Weeping Rock. It was very impressive here, because this rock really looks like it was crying. I tried to cover my head from the rain with my ears and it worked quite well.
Shilo Posted Aug 17, 2012, 4:35 pm	Hello Mum. Our trip is close to its end. Today we were visiting the Valley of Fire. It is a desert again, but with very interesting rocks. This rock is called the Elephant rock. Can you discover the Elephant? Here we are at “the Cabins”. These historic stone cabins were built with native sandstone by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930’s as a shelter for passing travelers. Here I am standing in front of the Mouse Tank. Named for a renegade who used the area as a hideout in the 1890’s. Mouse’s Tank is a natural basin in the rock where water collects after rainfalls, sometimes remaining for months. On the half-mile round-trip trail to Mouse’s Tank, we passed numerous examples of prehistoric petroglyphs like this. Here we are standing at the Rainbow Vista visiting point. This multicolored sandstones look like the German flag, don’t you think so mum? I really like the White Domes because they were very impressive. But here I’ve learned that I am no desert rabbit. It is too hot for me here. Because it was so hot, we decided to move on to Las Vegas our last stop before we will return to Germany.  I think this highway looks like the ones, which you could see in American road movies. Viva Las Vegas!!! Our hotel is the Stratosphere tower. It looks so amazing huge from down here. Here you can see the view from the View platform on top of the Tower. Behind us you could see the Strip.
Shilo Posted Aug 18, 2012, 11:50 am	I wish you a wonderful good morning Mum. Today is our first really day here in Las Vegas.  After a great breakfast at the Mandalay Bay hotel, we visited the shark reef, which was build inside the hotel. At the entrance I saw this cool crocodile. Luckily there is a window between this Komodo dragon and us. I think he wanted to eat us. Mum I touched a real ray. It was so cool and he feels like … hmm like jelly. In this underwater tunnel and the reef connected to the tunnel, we saw a lot of different fishes and sharks. I also saw the big white sharks and a sawfish. The sawfish scared me more than the white shark, because his saw was so amazing huge. But he was too fast to take a picture with him, so I can’t show him to you. Mum I am in New York. Just a joke, near to the Mandalay Bay hotel is the New York New York hotel. It really looks like a small version of New York. They even have a small Statue of liberty. Here I am standing on the Brooklyn Bridge. Inside the hotel I had the feeling like I was standing on a street in New York, it was really cool. Because it was so hot outside we had the idea to take the chance and visit an exhibition here in Vegas. We decided to have a look at the Titanic exhibition. We weren’t allowed to take pictures in the exhibition, but I can tell you that it was really impressive and sad to see the things from the ship and to read about all the hundreds of people who died on the ship. Here I want to show you the Luxor hotel, were the exhibition was. The hotel looks like a giant pyramid and you have the feeling like you were in Egypt because of all the deco.  When its dark outside Vegas looks like a completely new place. Everything is really flashy, because there are lights everywhere. But one of the most beautiful things in the evening is the view at the Paris hotel. Doesn’t is looks wonderful with all this lights? Before we went to home to our hotel after such a great but exhausting day, we stopped at the Bellagio hotel, because I wanted to show you this amazing foyer. Good night mum.
Shilo Posted Aug 19, 2012, 5:21 pm	Hello Mum. I am a little bit sad, because this is our last day here in America. This evening we were flying back to Germany, but luckily we have the whole morning to look around Vegas. After our breakfast we went to an M&M shop. It was a very big shop with 4 floors full with M&M’s and merchandise. Have you ever seen so much M&M’s in so many different colors? I was really impressed. Here I am standing right in front of the huge Caesars Palace. It is the biggest hotel we have seen here in Vegas. This is a replica of the famous Trevi-fountain. It looks really beautiful. Mum will I travel to Rome one day, to see the real Trevi-fountain? In the Venetian hotel they were celebrating carnival the whole year, but unfortunately we didn’t see anyone in a costume. Shilo told me that this hotel really looks like a small version of Venice. In front of the Tropical Island hotel stands a pirate ship and every evening there is a show in which the ship is sinking. Before we leave we wanted to do one very important thing. So we went into a casino and played on a slot machine. It made really fun, but after a short while I game away my dollar. Then it was time to say good bye to the beautiful and flashy Las Vegas. When we arrived at the airport Shilo told us, that we had to wait one hour before our flight will start.  First we sat down to wait for our flight. But it was too boring for us. So we had the idea to play some games to shorten our idle time. Our return flight took 10 hours and we all were sleeping most of the time. The craziest thing is that we started in Vegas on Saturday evening and landed in Düsseldorf on Sunday evening. Because of that we all were really tired and went to bed as soon as we were home.
Shilo Posted Aug 22, 2012, 5:49 pm	Hello Mum. Today was a very happy day because a new TV arrived here in Bochum. We were really excited when we saw the envelope. Knöpfchen opened it and out of the envelope came a bee. Her name is Bzzzzz and she is coming from Finland. She told us that she is joining the Long tome RR in which Knöpfchen is taking part too. We talked a while before she showed us the things she had brought with her, they were really cool. After that we all hugged Bzzzzz to welcome her. Then we went into the kitchen and took out a cool ice cream. Purple helped Little to cut the ice into pieces. Can you see the small butterfly’s on it? The ice cream was very yummy. See you Your Hase
Shilo Posted Aug 22, 2012, 7:27 pm	Good afternoon Mum. Today is the famous Festival of Lights in Dortmund in the Westfahlenpark. When we arrived in the park, we searched for the right place for our picnic and the firework in the evening. It was a great picnic and we had a lot of delicious foods. After this great meal we had some time before the firework starts, so we were walking around the park. We saw a lot of cool lambs and pictures that were made out of lights. This is the Florian television tower; he is the famous emblem of Dortmund. Than at half past ten it was time for the firework. It was really amazing. Sometimes I had the feeling like the whole sky was full with lights. We had a really great day in the Westfahlenpark today.
Shilo Posted Aug 23, 2012, 8:52 pm	Hello Mum. Today we were preparing the presents we brought with us from America. We bought some M&Ms in the great M&M world. We were sorting the colors of the M&Ms, so that everyone got the M&Ms in the right color. It was really funny and look how many I’ve got.
Shilo Posted Aug 23, 2012, 9:56 pm	Hello Mum. Today we had to say goodbye to Knöpfchen. He is starting the long time RR today and because of this he is traveling to nuriayasmin today. I wish him a save journey and that he will experience great adventures on the RR. We became good friends in the time, that we were spending together and I will miss him. Hopefully we will meet again one day. We all hugged him before he went into his envelope. Goodbye Knöpfchen
Shilo Posted Sep 4, 2012, 4:48 pm	Hi Mum. Today Zeitgeist and Little Dragon were leaving. It was sad to say goodbye to my new friends. I hope they will experience a lot of cool adventures in the future. Before they left we took a last group picture together. We hugged them and wished them a save trip. I hope I get the chance to meet the two again one day, so we could spend more time together. Then it was time to say goodbye. Little and Zeitgeist packed their presents for their parents and left. Bye bye you two. I will miss you.
Shilo Posted Sep 13, 2012, 8:38 pm	Hello Mum. Today was a special day. We went to Mandrara for a group meeting with the other TVs who were staying with her Rosalind, Karlos, Drashuven and BineHH. We planned to surprise Bzzzzz and Suomi-girl who is also staying with Mandrara at the moment, because they had the same mum.  There we also met the family from Little Dragon, his parents Imodra Dragon and Feru Dragon and Thorin Dragon his elder brother. It was cool and very interesting to meet so many TVs. We talked a lot about our adventures and dreams. Then it was time to eat something. I had a typical German fast food, curry sausage with fries. It was a great evening. Love you mum Your Hase
Shilo Posted Sep 14, 2012, 8:25 pm	Good morning Mum. Today was very cool, because we visited an amusement park called Phantasialand. We stood up very early this morning so we could enter the park right after the opening. Because of that we had a lot of time to have fun on the attractions. I love this chairoplane. While I was riding on it I thought my feed could get wet because of the water fountains Here I want to show you Talocan. I got very dizzy after this ride. This is a part of the River Quest water ride. The scariest part of the ride is the giant fall into the deep ground. Here you can see the Colorado rollercoaster After a while we had a break and I shared these yummy strawberries with Bzzzzz. I really like this old car. In addition to all the funny rides I saw a lot of interesting decorations. Don’t you think this house is looking like a head? Before we went home we watched this artistic show in Chinatown. It was a very cool show and the perfect end for a great day.
Shilo Posted Sep 15, 2012, 9:28 pm	Hello Mum. This was a very special Weekend. We visited good friends from my host parents in the Saarland, because Shilos godson will be baptized this Sunday. It was very special for me to be here, because I saw so many different baptize traditions. The Saarland is next to France and because of this they had a special baptize tradition which comes from France. The godmothers and godfathers of the child pack “Gutzien”, little backs with sweets. After the baptism they were a present for all the kids, the family and friends so they welcome the child as a part of their community. Here we are shopping the sweets for the “Gutzien”. The sweets look so yummy. After our shopping trip it was time to pack the backs. First all the sweets were mixed together in a big laundry basket. Who wants to swim in gold, swimming in sweets is much cooler. Then we helped Shilo to fill the bags. At the end we had packed 50 “Gutzien” and the best is that we have our own “Gutzien”. This is the christening robe. It is hands made and in family property since generations and a lot of kids were baptized in this robe. Then we had some free time, so we took the chance and played around in the garden. Another tradition for the baptism is that an apple tree was planted. So one of the godfathers brought one with him and we planted it in the garden.  It wasn’t easy but it made a lot of fun. I wonder how the apples will taste one day. After the baptism we were helping to decorate the tables for the coffee and cake. Shilo gave the baby a baptism bracelet. It is another tradition here in Germany. Unfortunately we forgot to take a picture with it. It was a special weekend for me and I had a lot of fun. Love you mum Your Hase
Shilo Posted Sep 16, 2012, 8:08 pm	Hello Mum. Today arrived a new envelope. I was so pry to see who was inside. Bzzzzz opened the envelope. Out of the envelope came a little Rat. His name is Mr. Stanley. We all hugged him to welcome him here in Bochum. Stanley told us about his adventures. It was great to hear new stories. Then he showed us the postcard he had brought with him. In the evening we played some board games. The first game we played was “Heimlich & Co.”. In this game you should hide from the others which figure color is yours to win the game. The next game we played was “DonPeperoni”. In this game you want to become the mayor of a small town. To become the mayor you could win votes by giving the people money. It was a very funny game. The last game we played this evening was “Bezzerwizzer”. It is a quiz game, where you had to answer questions. Some questions were easy but others were extremely hard to answer.
Shilo Posted Sep 17, 2012, 6:02 pm	Hello Mum. Today Snowball took us into the cinema. We planned to watch “the expendables 2”. Look Mum I’ve got my own Ticket. While we were waiting for the movie we were watching around the cinema.  On this big screen we could watch movie trailer. Look we have found a giant movie display from the film. Then it was time for the movie. We all charred a seat together, while we were watching the movie. Oh it’s getting dark. I am so excited to see the movie. The movie was really great and I had a lot of fun watching it. And mum I can tell you that I love the cinema.
Shilo Posted Sep 23, 2012, 3:27 pm	Good morning Mum. Today we drove to Hagen, were we are visiting the open-air museum. This museum is really cool because it is the only open-air museum in Europe which shows only the history of craft and technology. It shows moments of the history of the Westphalia craft and technology from the end of the 18. to the 20. Centaury. We saw a lot of different old smithies. They were really impressive especially this giant one. Mum have you ever seen the many different wigs? It was cool to see the work of the wigmaker. When you stand here you’ve got the feeling like you were standing in the middle of an old German village. Here you can see the room of the shoemaker. In this room we could see the work of the upholsterer. In one of the houses we found a scale. We were playing and looking who weighs more. I am heavier than Snowball. Here we saw how clogs were made. Then it was time for us to go home again. Goodbye open-air museum. This was another funny day. I hope you have fun too mum. Love you mum your Hase
Shilo Posted Sep 23, 2012, 6:49 pm	Hello Mum. Today was a lazy day, so we decided to go to the playground. On the way to the playground we walked through the garden plot which is behind the house from host mum. Behind this garage we could see the house. Garden plots were typical German and also the garden gnomes which we could see in some gardens. It was really nice to walk this way. At the end of the Garden plot we arrived at the playground. We had a lot of fun playing there.
orangesunshine Posted Sep 30, 2012, 8:55 pm	oh mommy, i thought i was totally lost. i was on my way to berlin and ended 850 metres above see level. what does it mean? highest bus stop? opposite the bus stop i visited a funny museum. i needed to kill some time. funny objects, right? and so colourful. then i tried to find back my way. where was i? hill ... radiopole ... three crosses? i was totally confused. i decided to take a break and munch some beautiful flowers. suddenly a strange couple of rabbits arrived. in a shopping trolley! how crazy is this? it was little bunny and little sunnyHH. and they offered me to come with them. these crazy boys  also did not know exactly where they where. no wonder: look at the strange signs. jeehaw! trolleys can be fast. finally we found a cloister. and where is a cloister ... ... you can drink fresh beer. yummyummyummy! after that we proceeded further to a strange village: just before winter they crotched trees to keep them warm ... ... and gullies ... ... hihi ... and fences! before sunset we collected some chestnuts. good, that chestnut trees deliver helmets for our security. falling chestnuts hurt like hell! as a girl i need to be careful. but these two guys are really nice. why not travel together? see you soon mommy!
orangesunshine Posted Oct 1, 2012, 9:00 pm	hello mommy, today was a sunny sunday. so me and the boys decided to roll through a very beautiful town in thuringia: meiningen. here we wre in the courtyard of castle elisabethenburg. in this old pub we had some coffee: the walefish - wale or fish? both! blue graffitti main church of the town on the large market square old houses on the market square wow: nice houses nessi in the river meiningen has a very famous theatre. bye bye mommy!
orangesunshine Posted Oct 3, 2012, 9:47 pm	hello mommy, today we were on our way to berlin. we had to drive past potsdam and this beautiful castle. this is frederik the great's castle "sanssouci" - which means without sorrow. nice name for a nice castle. later we entered potsdam through this beautiful gate. it is called brandenburg gate. this is a street in the famous dutch quarter. the prussians were lacking handicrafts, so they invited dutchmen to potsdam. they got land and materials to build their own houses. this cafe is called "flying dutchman" - we went in to have some sweet ice creams. then we left the town of potsdam. oh look, there is another castle ... ... babelsberg castle. it was built in english style. uuuuh: petrified dogs don't bite - hopefully. we have found these lovely flowers. they sounded like trumpets. at last we have seen this bridge: the left half belongs to potsdam, the right half to berlin. do you see the different colours? hasta la vista mommy!
Shilo Posted Oct 11, 2012, 8:09 pm	Hello Mum. Today Snowball showed us around the Bochumer City. It was cool to walk around there. We saw this old statue which is a memorial of Fritz Kortebusch the last cowherd in Bochum, who had done this job from 1850 till 1870. Near the memorial we saw this interesting art sculptures. Unfortunately the battery of Shilos cam was empty so we couldn’t take more pictures of the city. When we were back at home I had to say goodbye to my good friends, because I will travel to Berlin and visit Orangesunshine there.  It is sad to leave my friends behind, but I am happy to see Berlin and experience new adventures. But before I left I prepared a package for you mum and Dr. Kröbner. I hope you two will enjoy all the things I collected while I was staying with Snowball and Shilo. Then it was time for me to leave. Everybody hugged me and wished me a save trip and a lot of fun. I hope I will meet my friends again one day and I wish Purple Tentacle the best to fulfill his dream to take over the world. I will do my best to support him. Goodbye my Friends I will miss you all.
orangesunshine Posted Oct 12, 2012, 7:05 pm	hello mommy, today i visited a special market: a pumpkin market. there they had all kinds of pumpkins: little green pumpkins ... ... striped pumpkins ... ... big pumpkins ... ... white pumpkins ... ... eeeeh, no pumpkins ... ... and ... urgh! carrots, what a vicious smell! that's better. much better. big orange pumpkins! later i made a small sightseeing walk through the city. this is water klops, a modern fountain in front of europa center. this was nice sunday. bye bye mommy!
orangesunshine Posted Oct 12, 2012, 7:15 pm	huhu mommy! today i was in spandau. this bridge with funny helmets in the balustrades lead to ... the citadel, the best preserved renaissance castle in germany. it has a big tower, where once the prussian state treasure was stored. this is albrecht the bear, the first german marquis of brandenburg. and those guys are petrified kings and counts of prussia and brandenburg. i also found this old smith shop ... ... and a secret habour. there is no real castle without a pillory. then i moved on to spandau's old town. behind me is saint nicolai's church, the main church of spandau. on the left side of this street is the old town wall. an old pub. closed now, unfortunately. on a bridge i found those little locks. why do people leave their locks here? did they try to prevent the bridge from being stolen? spandau was a nice little town. see you, your little hase!
orangesunshine Posted Oct 14, 2012, 9:49 pm	hello mommy, today we (me, sunnyHH and our guide little bunny) were in the favorite park of my host. in this season the leaves of the trees change their colours. autumn begins. we saw some animals grazing. little bunny said these were pullover pigs. many leaves were lying in the grass. look: these are called goose flowerlies, said little bunny. they tasted kinda good. ooops, what was making that strange noise? a small railway going through the meadows. little bunny promised a surprise: a field full of dahlias. well, let's see. they have lots of beautiful flowers here. later we went to a big lawn where a big dragon fest should take place. but the wind wasn't strong enough. we decided to rush downhill. huuuuuuuiiiiii ... we had to cross a bridge. some trees are really colourful that's the great thing about autumn. bye bye, mommy - your little travel bunny!
orangesunshine Posted Oct 19, 2012, 8:09 am	hello mommy, last night we wre strolling around in berlin. it's festival of light in berlin. all the famous buildings were being iluminated very colourful. at last we have seen the most famous of all buildings: the brandeburg gate. sorry, the pictures are a bit blurry, but i didn't want to keep them back from you. see you mommy!
orangesunshine Posted Oct 21, 2012, 9:11 pm	hello mommy, this was a wheather! warm and sunny like summer. the perfect day for a sightseeing tour! here you see the berlin cathedral. the prussian kings felt like being the heads of the lutheran faith. thus they built a big church with a big dome. behind us is the large square in front of the cathedral, called garden of delight. hihi ... those prussian kings! the temple-like building on the other sight of the garden is the old museum. we moved on ... this is saint mary's church next to the television tower. do you know what television meens in english? right, it means far looking. therefor it's a tower to look far. what? have i just seen a television tower? oh boy, how high this tower is! look: what a funny gully! it shows the most famous sights of berlin. this is the main townhall of berlin, the red townhall. next to it is the nicolai quarter, the oldest part of berlin. only a few original house are still standing ... ... plus saint nicolai's church. this is the old armoury, now the german historic museum. main building of the humboldt university, named after the two most famous prussian scientists and discoverers: alexander and wilhelm von humboldt. behind us stand the old fritz, a statue of king frederick the great. houses on the boulevard "unter den linden". here is the start of "unter den linden" ... ... right at the most famous of all german buildings, the brandenburg gate. this is reichstagsgebaeude, the german federal parliament. opposite to it is the federal chancellory, the building that looks like a giant washing machine. hope you like our photos. kiss and hugs, mommy!
orangesunshine Posted Nov 4, 2012, 7:50 am	hello mommy, what a wonderfull sunny day. probably the last sunny day this autumn. so we decided ... ... to visit charlottenburg palace. and to play some hide and seek in the palace gardens. it really was fun, hopping on the lawns. mommy, do you know, why the prussian eagle always gazes? we also visited the front court of the palace. ooooh! cobble stone is not nice to drive on with a shopping trolley. this palace was built as the summer residence of the prussian kings. so it did not have a heating. frederik the great, who wanted to live alone in his palace "sanssouci" (which means without sorrow) let his queen live here in summer and winter. brrrrr, those royals ... but we have had fun here. i love you, mommy, and will soon be on my way back home to YOU.
orangesunshine Posted Nov 4, 2012, 8:08 am	hello mommy! hello world: i am coming! but first i want to show you the pictures of our farewell-and-helloween-party. here it is custom to paint silly faces on oranges and wear stupid woollen hats. it was a great party. many people came. even some fly ones: *flappflappflappflapp* and we have had some funny colourfull pills, that made us sing and dance! see you soon!
Jasper Posted Nov 13, 2012, 12:14 pm	Hello to all at home, I just wanted to say quickly that I arrived safely. I'll tell you more later. until then Hase
Jasper Posted Nov 14, 2012, 1:47 pm	Hello mum and all at home Yesterday I arrived in Switzerland. Someone took me out of the mailbox and brought me to a warm place. I heard whispers and strange voices I also saw a couple of little feet. Yes, I saw little feet. I must admit, I've nibbled my envelope. A corner I had already done. But the post office has noticed it and pulled a transparent cover over me. So I could see something but not fall out of my envelope. Host mum was very relieved. Then I could finally climb out from all the envelopes Many new faces were looking at me. We introduced ourselves, and all hugged me. I showed my Postcard from Berlin. Lola was very pleased to meet another rabbit. While the other made ​​a nap (two days a birthday party makes you tired) I have watched host mum bake cakes. Carrot cake, oh oh. I hate carrots Luckily, there was still a rest chocolate cake left and marzipan carrots I like very much I think I like it here. Bye for now Hase
Jasper Posted Nov 17, 2012, 7:34 pm	Hello mum and all at home,   One week it was gray and damp. Today we had enough of the fog and decided to look for the sun. The Tannenbodenalp was the destination of our excursion. The Alp is located about 1400 meters above sea level. It should be high enough for the sun. After a few minutes driving time we saw the sea of ​​fog below us. On the Tannenbodenalp we had gorgeous weather and a good view to the mountains On a small bank, we took a short break. We enjoyed the beautiful weather and the view. On our way home we admired the autumn mood at the lake. The sunset made a beautiful day perfect. I love all you Hase
Jasper Posted Nov 24, 2012, 9:50 am	Hello mum our last trip brought us to Stein am Rhein, a small town in the canton of Schaffhausen. Stein am Rhein is located where the river Rhine leaves Lake Constance. The small town is home to a number of buildings that are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance. Stein am Rhein received the first Wakker Prize for the preservation of its architectural heritage in 1972. The award noted that Stein am Rhein was nearly unique in Switzerland and rare. In all of Europe for the number of notable buildings in a compact space It therefore noted the excellent care with Which the city which preserved. Here I show you some of the beautiful houses. A beautiful place on the Rhine. So many beautiful buildings. I was allowed to visit a chocolate shop. I would most like to stay here. That's it for today, see you soon. Hase
Jasper Posted Nov 25, 2012, 8:30 am	Hi mum, it's me again. When I came into the kitchen this morning, there sat a sweet, little ladybug and nibbling on a piece of apple. It was Helga HH, a new TV that arrived when I was still asleep. We introduced ourselves and HelgaHH showed us the postcard and the sweets she had brought. We gave her a group hug and welcomed her warmly. Then we have told many TV adventure. I think we will have lots of fun together. Hugs and Kisses Hase
Jasper Posted Nov 26, 2012, 7:03 pm	Hello to all at home, Yesterday we had to say goodbye to two friends. Carolin and Twix travel to their next host. We all have wished them a safe and pleasant journey. Maybe we'll meet again. Fortunately, both have the same goal and therefore can travel together. It was a bit of a sad Sunday. Two friends go away, the weather is bad. Therefore host mum made ​​cheese fondue for dinner. Here in Switzerland, it is stated: Fondue is good and gives a good mood. It is true after the fondue and a glass of white wine, the mood was really better. Love you all Hase
Jasper Posted Nov 28, 2012, 4:16 pm	Hello mum, For days the weather is bad and we can not go out. But - it should snow again. We look forward. In order to pass the time, all TV's and host mum made ​​an Chrismas wreath. Each was responsible for anything. Does the wreath not look beautiful? Hugs and kisses Hase
Jasper Posted Dec 3, 2012, 6:38 pm	Hello all at home, This morning we have welcomed a new TV. Her name is Dolivia and she is from Germany. In the afternoon we visited an animal exhibition. There were chickens and ducks and rabbits. With some I've talked. It was a fun afternoon. Best regards to all Hase
Jasper Posted Dec 4, 2012, 1:19 pm	Hello my dears Today we use the nice weather for a walk in the snow. We had a great view of the snow-covered valley. Soon came back snow clouds. Home our host mum made a hot lemon tea. It did really well. In the evening we lit the first candle on the Advent wreath. Christmas is near. I think of you Hase
Jasper Posted Dec 5, 2012, 1:03 pm	Hello my dears Today, we have welcomed a new guest. It is Troot, a small sweet elephant from Finland. Host mum opened the envelope and each of us wanted to look into it. What a mess. Troot was a little intimidated. Then he climbed out bravely and we have warmly welcomed him. He brought with him a card, Christmas tea and a lollipop. The tea is for host mum, she loves Christmas tea. Our host brother has grabbed the lollipop. So nasty. That's it for today. Have a great time. Hase P.S. I was allowed to open the 4th door of our Advent calendar. I needed a little help from a friend. The chocolate was yummy.
Jasper Posted Dec 7, 2012, 6:52 pm	Hi all, It snows all the time. And we are waiting for Santa Claus. Maybe he will not come. Troot told us that Santa always comes., No matter how much snow is. Troot should know, he is from Finland. While we wait, the old Theodore tells a Christmas story. We have not seen Santa, but we heard him. He brought us nuts, tangerines, cookies and a chocolate Santa for each of us. We were all behaved TV's ;-))  Now we wait for Christmas. I think of you Hase
Jasper Posted Dec 9, 2012, 6:59 pm	Hello mum, The last days I was busy. I helped host mum to bake Christmas cookies. We baked a lot. Most of the cookies get host mum's dad, her brother and an elderly neighbor who lives alone. I had lots of fun and it smelled sooo good. Love you mum Hase P.S. I had to help Troot to open his door. He's so cute.
Jasper Posted Dec 12, 2012, 3:27 pm	Hi all, Today was a Hello and Goodbye day. First we welcomed Lancel, a little rabbit. She is the third Bunny here. And then we said goodbye to Mr. Wilson. He's moved on to Germany, where he will spend Christmas. That's it for today Hase
Jasper Posted Dec 12, 2012, 7:09 pm	Hello mum and all the loved ones at home, after a week of snow and icy roads we could go outside again today. Wonderful winter weather. As host mum came home from work, she grabbed us immediately into her bag and off we went. We walked up a forest path. The sun was shining through the trees. So much snow. Above we saw pristine snow. We had a wonderful view. This walk was lovely. I hope you enjoy the pictures. your Hase
Jasper Posted Dec 16, 2012, 2:14 pm	Hi mommy, I wish you and Dr. Kröbner a wonderful third Advent sunday. Host mum says thanks a million for the beautiful Christmas card. She was very happy. I always think of you. Hase P.S. Host mum found an old sled. Perfect for a bunny race.
Jasper Posted Dec 20, 2012, 9:47 pm	Hello dear mum. Today I was able to accompany host mum to work. She is responsible for inventory management and shipping to a company for hotel and kitchen supplies. First I visited her office. It is not ready set up, they moved just two weeks ago. Then I looked at the warehouse. Thousands of kitchen towels, tablecloths, napkins, aprons and more. Even here was Santa Claus. It was great to see what host mum does when she is not at home. Love you mum Hase
Jasper Posted Dec 24, 2012, 2:50 pm	Hello mommy and all my loved ones at home I wish you all a wonderful, Merry Christmas. My thoughts are with you at home. I love you all and embrace you. Hase P.S.Today I had a lot of fun. (Which you'll see tomorrow)
Jasper Posted Dec 26, 2012, 1:08 pm	Hi mommy and all the loved ones at home, I had a very merry Christmas. On Christmas Eve we have decorated the Christmas tree with host dad. Sorry if some pictures are blurred. We laughed so much as host dad fought with the fairy lights. The Christmas tree looks wonderful. Then came the big moment. Everybody got his gift. I got a sweater and a hat in the Swiss style. Looks good, does not it? Hugs and kisses Hase
Jasper Posted Jan 1, 2013, 12:38 pm	Happy New Year mum, I wish you and all the loved ones at home a happy and healthy new year. After a great dinner, we watched a bit of television to sell us the time. Then host brotherhas ignited table fireworks. We had great fun with all the funny things. Later we listened to the church bells and welcomed the New Year with champagne. Then we watched the fireworks. As our host family went to sleep, we have emptied the remaining bottles. May be this was a little much for some of us but we had a great party. And the party will go on, we have in fact two birthday kids. But that's another story. Love you all Hase
Jasper Posted Jan 1, 2013, 3:36 pm	Hello mommy the party goes on. No one has forgotten my birthday. The funny thing is, Dolivia has also birthday today. Everyone congratulated us. They have lit a candle for each of us and sang Happy Birthday. Then I got my gift - a big carrot. At first I was a bit disappointed - I hate carrots - but as everyone laughed, I realized that it was a joke. I got delicious chocolate that we all ate together. It's a great birthday. I think of you, mum. your Hase P.S. I wish Dr. Kröbner who also has birthday today all the best and a happy day. I love and miss him very much.
Jasper Posted Jan 7, 2013, 6:21 pm	Hello back home after three weeks of rain (host mother can not remember such a terrible winter) we were finally able to back outside. No sun but dry. We all wanted to play in the snow. And for snow we had up high, very high. Sledding on Schwägalp was funny. Then host mum had the idea of ​​visiting the Santis. So we took the cable car and were on our way to Säntis peak. At the top station we admired an exhibition of various museums around. We could not tell us how a car (a Rolls Royce vintage cars) comes up here Then we reached the summit. It was so cold and windy. Everything was frozen. This is the weather station. And that's the big TV antenna. Host dad was feeding the mountain jackdaws On our way back we even saw the sun. It was a wonderful day. Hase
Jasper Posted Jan 9, 2013, 6:48 pm	Hello mum, Today we said goodbye to Meomie. She continues her journey and will visit Germany. We sang a song of farewell and wished a safe journey. On Saturday we will have a great trip. Host mum will not tell us where we go. All we know is that we take the train, and the rest is a surprise. I can not wait. your little rabbit Hase
Jasper Posted Jan 13, 2013, 1:46 pm	Hello mommy Yesterday morning we had to get up very early. At 7 clock we sat on the train. Our first stop was Zurich. There, we had just enough time to photograph the station and to find out where the journey takes. We will travel to Basel. Basel is one of the oldest cities in Switzerland, located on the River Rhine. The city, near the border with Germany and France is known for its chemical industry. After our arrival in Basel, we saw only a few steps from the train station Strasbourg Monument and the Bank for International Settlements. Our route took us to Elisabeth church next to the Theatre. We had a short break at the Tinguely fountain. This fountain, called Fasnacht Fountain was a gift of a great food discounter to the city of Basel. Then we saw the Basel Cathedral, located on the cathedral hill high above the Rhine. We had a magnificent view of the river and part of the city. The skyscrapers that you see in the center of the image, is the fair tower. Through narrow streets we found our way to the river Rhine. We crossed the "Middle Bridge" and could see the old town from the other side. On our way back we saw the red city hall. It was built in 1504-1514. After these many impressions we were exhausted and slept through the journey home. I hope you like Basel as much as I. Greetings, Hase
Jasper Posted Jan 18, 2013, 1:23 pm	Hello mum, Troot left us today. He traveled further to new adventures in another part of Switzerland. We had a small farewell party with cupcakes. Host dad had secretly eaten a TV Muffin, therefore Troot had to eat a big one. Then he packed his things and slipped into the envelope. We all wished him a good trip and checked that everything was in order. After his departure, some of us also grabbed the wanderlust. We have told a long time from our travels. Love you mum, bye bye. Hase
Jasper Posted Jan 20, 2013, 12:49 pm	Hi mommy, because the weather at the moment is not really good, we had freezing rain and it was dangerously slippery, I make Rocky Raccoon ready for his first trip. He is a spoiled city raccoon and has no idea of ​​the real life. First, we looked on the internet, what a raccoon loves to eat. There we learned that a raccoon climbs trees. Good we have a big cat tree. After all the training I needed a break. Cuddling with Runa was just right. Love you mommy Hase
Jasper Posted Jan 23, 2013, 2:37 pm	Hello home Yesterday we had another farewell party. HelgaHH will travel back home, and Rocky Raccoon starts his first journey. Host mum baked a cake and took a group photo. As long as one can show us yet, she said. Then we ate cake and potato chips and crackers. We drank one or another glass of wine. Late at night we came upon a sentimental mood. I sang with fervor sad songs until host mum woke up and reminded us that even more people live in this house who want to sleep now. We had a last drink and went to bed. This morning it was time. We said goodbye to HelgaHH and Rocky. We gave both a group hug and they slipped into their envelopes. Bye, bye and have a safe trip. Also, bye, bye home. Hase
Jasper Posted Jan 26, 2013, 9:44 am	Yoohoo, Today a new TV arrived. A sweet dog named Wolley. He is from Guinea and will spend some time with us. We sat in our basket and told and laughed when suddenly a pointy nose sniffed over the edge. It was Wolley, who had just arrived. We welcomed him kindly. As he slept, he was very tired after his journey, we decided to cook a soup for him. A hot soup would be the right on such a cold day. We had a lot to do. Chop bacon, onions and lots of vegetables into small pieces. Fry the bacon and onions. Barley and small white beans are added. Then fill with meat broth. And then - charging the battery of the camera. After 1 1/2 hours, we added in the vegetables, stirred, and let cook for another 30 minutes. For dinner, we enjoyed a delicious soup. Satisfied and happy Hase
Jasper Posted Feb 2, 2013, 4:27 pm	Hello mum, the weather is going crazy. On Wednesday the sun was shining (as host mum had to work) and it was 14 degrees. Then we had bucketfuls of rain and storm. This morning it started to snow again. Within ten minutes everything was white. No chance to go outside. And then the bad luck,  host mum has a torn ligament in the foot. Dolivia, she is a pharmacy TV gives us instructions on how we have to maintain host mum. We'll get her back on her feet. On both feet. Until then Hase
Jasper Posted Feb 5, 2013, 1:32 pm	Hello mum, Last night we had a small farewell party with great pizza. Once again we had to say goodbye to grown fond friends. Lancel travels to China and Nils visits the U.S.. The weather here makes them a little easier to say goodbye. It's horrible, storm, rain and snow. Everything except sun. We gave both a group hug and wished them a safe journey. One last look and a bye and then starts their long journey and we are waiting for the next guests. See you mum, love you, Hase
Jasper Posted Feb 6, 2013, 6:29 pm	Hi mum, Last night we bet that we are going to have Wednesday's weather. We won. Wednesday's weather means good weather in the morning when host mum works and rain, snow, storm or doomsday when she comes home. Every Wednesday, the same game. But today, something was different. Host mum brought an envelope. We are all long enough TV's to know what that means. A new guest has arrived. Host mum opened the envelope. Curious, we stuck our noses into it. A small, green turtle looked towards us a little bit shy. Cosily the turtle climbed out and introduced himself. Shakespeare is his name and he brought gummy bears as greeting gift. I think he's a nice guy and we will have fun together. Greetings home Hase
Jasper Posted Feb 10, 2013, 6:40 pm	Hello to all the loved ones at home, Finally, after many days of bad weather, the sun is shining today. Host mum immediately grabbed us and we went on a winter walk. First we drove a short distance by car. But then we enjoyed the sun, the fresh air and the beautiful view. We trudged through the snow (80 cm. High) over small bridges, through narrow gorges and tunnels with huge icicles. We rested on the bench, which could be seen in the deep snow barely. I wished we could have done together. Enjoy the pictures as I have enjoyed the walk. I think of you. Hase
Jasper Posted Feb 14, 2013, 6:49 pm	Hi mommy, Yesterday we celebrated Lola's birthday. We sang happy birthday and wish her ​​all the best. Then there was chocolate and sweets. Today was beautiful weather. Sun much as you wanted. The best thing was, host mum did not have to work and we could take a winter walk. We walked up and down through the glistening snow. The sky was blue, the sun was shining, what more could you want? An adventure! On our way we saw the sign to the waterfall. The road, really just a path is a little dangerous. Narrow, steep and icy in the winter. We begged so much until host mum gave her ok. First she checked the phone connection. (In case we need the fire brigade or the helicopter to get us out.) Then it went off. From time to time our heart beat a little faster. And then we saw the waterfall is an icefall now. Everything around him was covered with ice. It looked great. That was our way back. Exhausting, but we did it. Love you mommy Hase
Jasper Posted Feb 19, 2013, 7:30 pm	Hello mum, watch our latest guest. Such a sweet, little sheep. And so much candy. We love her. The sheep and the sweets. What did you think. Sweet dreams Hase
Jasper Posted Feb 23, 2013, 11:28 am	Hello my dears at home, with a loud roar our newest guest jumped in our quiet life. We were all terribly frightened. A tiger. After the initial shock was over Rico, the tiger has clarified his roar. He was happy to be out after a long journey from the envelope. He showed us his gift and we greeted him kindly. He seems to be quite nice, especially when he purrs. I miss you all Hase P.S. It's snowing for days, and unfortunately we can not go outside.
Jasper Posted Mar 3, 2013, 3:15 pm	Hi mommy, what a boring week. Jasper had to work full time, the weather was bad (two weeks with no sun, no more snow, but fog and rain) and host dad was sick. But yesterday we had a lot of fun. We celebrated Lille's birthday. She got a huge cake, a big lollipop and a little sheep. All kissed and hugged her and wished her all the best. Then she blew out the candle and cut the cake. It was great fun. I hope that next week things will get better. Love you mommy. Hase
Jasper Posted Mar 9, 2013, 4:41 pm	A dear Hello back home, after felt like eternity we could go outside today. Jasper packed us into her big bag and we drove to St. Gallen, the capital of the canton. St.Gallen is not really big (74000 inhabitants) but is known for its embroidery. The university is one of the leading business schools in Europe and the Convent of the monastery is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The first thing we saw was the red square. Yes, not only Moscow has a red square, and this place is really red, Oh, oh, we forgot the turtle. Again pose with turtle. it is a gift from a reputable bank to the city. On our way to the old town we saw the synagogue of the Jewish community. Then we admired the cathedral and the many beautiful old houses. Then we went to the farmers market. There we were immediately hungry, with all these "delicacies." We bought some fruit and mushrooms, and were on our way home. Best wishes and much love Hase
Jasper Posted Mar 15, 2013, 3:45 pm	Hello mum, I hope you are well. Today we are preparing another farewell party. Dolivia will leave us and go to Greece. With our new Shopping Cart (Jasper brought it last week) we plundered all the cupboards and found much useful for a party. We had almost everything together, just the popcorn was still missing. It was funny to look into the microwave and listen to the popping of the corn. We had crackers and brezels, We made one last group photo, and hugged our friend. Bye bye Dolivia have a lot of fun, much more adventure and a safe journey. See you Hase What we did not know at this point - Rico will leave us also. He travels to Greece, to the same host as Dolivia. We hugged him and wished him a good trip. Then they both slipped into the envelope and started their journey.
Jasper Posted Mar 22, 2013, 3:24 pm	Hello mum, As Jasper came home from work today, she packed us into her bag and off we went. Not five minutes later, she opened the bag and sunshine streamed in. We saw a small path that looked pretty beat from all the snow. But on closer inspection we found things that make hope for spring. The weather was beautiful but the wind is still cold and the snow is still near. We saw a really old apple tree with mistletoe. Huge, felled trees and snowdrops. We saw bees that were battling for first flowers. (You can not see so well but look right in front of my nose.) And then we took a sunbath. It felt so good. In the hope of more sun I send you greetings Hase
Jasper Posted Mar 27, 2013, 1:06 pm	Hello mum, we are all pretty frustrated. After last week, it looked a bit like spring, winter reigns again. Jasper will be crazy, slowly but surely. Yesterday we tried to bring some spring mood in the house. Jasper bought everything that looked like Easter and warm weather, and we built and decorated it into a indoor garden. I think we succeeded. Now we all look forward to Easter, no matter what the weather is. We can not change anyway. Love you mum Hase
Jasper Posted Mar 30, 2013, 2:35 pm	Hi mum, Today we were all very busy. We helped Jasper with the Easter preparations. I could bake bread. Knead the dough, we let the food processor. I had to take care of my ears. Then the dough had to go up. The waiting was a bit hard for me. Finally it was time. Jasper kneaded the dough again (my paws are a little too small) and I formed a bread. Wait again. Then Jasper shoved the bread into the hot oven. An hour later came out that. Doesn't the bread  looks wonderful. Oh mum, I wish you could smell it. Now I have to taste. Bye mum, see you Hase
Jasper Posted Mar 31, 2013, 1:27 pm	Happy Easter mum! although it looks more like Christmas. Due to bad weather (snow again) we must search the Easter Bunny in the apartment. We searched long and found plenty. Everywhere chocolate bunnies, eggs and other sweets were hidden. We needed our shopping cart to transport everything. Later, we had a delicious breakfast. I wish you a nice day, your Hase
Jasper Posted Apr 10, 2013, 5:36 pm	Hello mum, we can take pictures again. Right after Easter, the cat had thrown the camera from the table. She was broken. Not that you had missed something. The weather was as usual - bad. Jasper had bought us a small bench so that we can enjoy the sun on the balcony. What sun? We now sit in the dining room under the Easter tree. He gets small leaves. Feels like spring. Today we say goodbye to Lille. She will travel to Germany. We cuddled the little sheep and wished her a good trip - and better weather. For the weekend, the weather forecast is good. Jasper has promised us, we use it for a trip. We'll see. Bye mum Hase
Jasper Posted Apr 14, 2013, 5:06 pm	Hello, Today a new TV arrived. Jasper brought a heavy package and we were very excited to see what or who is in it. The first thing was a postcard, then came sweets and then a bunch of money. The last climbed out a small panda bear. We greeted her warmly and introduced ourselves. Her name is Lilo and she is from Germany. We will definitely have lots of fun together. Bye, bye Hase
Jasper Posted Apr 14, 2013, 6:36 pm	Hi mum, Today we visited with Jasper a fair for holidays and leisure time. First we took the bus and then the train to St. Gallen. We could not take many photos because so many people were there. Outside, we saw horses playing soccer. It was a beautiful day but so many people. Back home I had to recover. I snuggled a bit with Runa. Her purr was very reassuring. Love you mum, Hase
Jasper Posted Apr 17, 2013, 3:08 pm	Hello mum, today I enjoyed the sun. It was so hot, I had to pull out my winter sweaters. At first I felt a bit naked, but that was quickly forgotten as I lay in the sunshine. What a feeling. your Hase P.S. Think I got a little tan.
Jasper Posted Apr 20, 2013, 10:40 am	Hi mum, I can't believe it. Two days ago I was sunbathing on the balcony and we had 23 degrees. This morning I looked out of the window and I saw snow. Over night we got snow again, 10 cm. It's cold, I must search my winter sweater. Bye from a frustrated rabitt.
Jasper Posted Apr 23, 2013, 8:58 pm	Love mum, tomorrow I'll go into holidays to France. It's just a short break but we will visit the Alsace. Fine wines, delicious food and hopefully nice weather. The suitcase is packed, it can go off. I'll call you when I get back. See you soon Hase
Jasper Posted Apr 28, 2013, 11:27 am	Hello mum, We are back from wonderful short holiday. With Jasper and her daughter we explored the "Route de Vin" (wine route) in Alsace. A paradise for wine lovers, gourmet and storks. We started with best weather and looked gorgeous little wine villages. In Ribeauvillé we made the first break and tried Riesling d'alsace. Excellent. We saw a stork's nest on an old tower. On a tour of the city we discovered many beautiful old houses, shops and fun artwork. And vineyards, where you look. Then we drove to our hotel in Rosheim. This small wine village near Strasbourg has four gates. One of them is called Zittglöckle (time bell) because it has a clock. The old well had originally three buckets to fetch water upward. This was our hotel. Jasper forgot to take a picture but we took a little postcard on which it is seen. This was the view from our balcony in the garden with the magnificent weeping willow. That was our first day. We were curious what would bring the other day. Hase
Jasper Posted Apr 29, 2013, 10:19 pm	Hi, all at home, the second day of our holiday we spent in Strasburg. All were pretty tired when Jasper woke us up, but the nice weather lured us outside. Arrived in Strasburg we walked to the cathedral along the Ill River. We marveled at an old carousel. Then we saw the cathedral. It is really impressive. Strasbourg Cathedral or the Cathedral of Our Lady of Strasbourg (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg, German: Notre Dame Cathedral in Strasbourg), also known as Strasbourg Minster, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. At 142 meters (466 feet), it was the world's tallest building from 1647 to 1874, When it was surpassed by St. Nikolai's Church, Hamburg. Today it is the sixth-tallest church in the world and the highest still-standing structure Entirely built in the Middle Ages. The cathedral is visible far across the plains of Alsace and can be seen from as far off as the Vosges Mountains or the Black Forest on the other side of the Rhine. Sandstone from the Vosges used in construction gives the cathedral its characteristic pink hue. The Place de la Republique, it was not far. Colorful spring flowers and the War Memorial were there to see. The Palais du Rhin is also there. Then we saw the Church of Saint Paul. We walked on the Ill river to the Pont Couvert (covered bridge) and also saw there this towers. One of them is called hangman tower. We could imagine what happened there before. On our way home we saw this funny house. It is called "the worm hole"(Schneggeloch) Arrived at the hotel we were very exhausted. We slept a little but not too long because it was a full moon and we absolutely had to see. Bye for today Hase
Jasper Posted May 1, 2013, 6:25 pm	Hi mum, after we had admired the full moon enough, we enjoyed another bottle of wine and then fell into a deep sleep. The next day was like our heads - cloudy. On the way to our next destination we stopped often and let the wind blow us around the nose. And again, as far as one could see vineyards. Then we reached Haut-Königsbourg, a 900-year old fortress. A truly impressive building. After a break and delicious food, we drove to our hotel to Riquewihr. Unfortunately it started to rain heavily. Jasper had to decide - Camera or umbrella. She opted for the umbrella. So we spent the rest of the day and the journey home into Jasper's bag. A little wet, tired but happy about the nice days. See you mum Hase
Jasper Posted May 10, 2013, 7:47 pm	Hi mum Last weekend Jasper promised a special trip for Thursday, when the weather is good - really good. So we kept our fingers crossed for the whole week, but the weather forecast was not promising. Host dad decided: We try. Thursday: Get up 5 clock in the morning, departure 1 hour later. Much too early for TV's. Therefore, we slept on during the car ride. As Jasper woke us the next time we were in Interlaken train station. The ticket showed us: We travel to the Jungfraujoch. To the highest train station in Europe. The first train took us to Grindelwald at the foot of the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau, the well-known mountains in the Bernese Oberland. There, we changed the train to Kleine Scheidegg, the starting point for the trekkers climbing the Eiger North Face. Here you see this notorious mountain wall, which has so many climbers cost their lives. Next, we boarded the red train to the Jungfraujoch. This train is required in addition to the normal rails a gear to overcome the steep climbs. As the train travels most of the time in tunnels, there are several breakpoints on the line with windows. From there you can admire famous places. Our first stop, and also the last outside of the tunnel, was Eigergletscher. From the once mighty glacier is not much left. The next stop was Eigerwand. The view from the middle of the Eiger North Wall was breathtaking. The last stop is called Eismeer. Here you can see the glacier crashes between Eiger and Mönch. Then we reached the highest station in Europe. 3454 meters above sea level It was too dark to make pictures. We took the elevator to the Sphinx. 117 meters in 26 seconds. The Sphinx is a research station and an observatory. In 1996, the observation deck was opened. On clear days one has a fantastic view. This mountain is called  Mönch and is 4107 meters (13475ft.) high. This is the Sphinx. It was very stormy, you can see fly my ears. Through this wind changed fog, clouds and a clear view in seconds - unbelievable. Then we took a walk on the Aletsch Glacier. This glacier is the largest of the Alps in terms of area and almost 23 kilometers long. The ice flows at a speed of 180 meters per year towards the Rhone. On Konkordiaplatz the ice thickness is about 900 meters. We were not allowed to leave the path of the glacier under any circumstances. Right and left there are deep crevasses - life threatening. But the outlook was fantastic. This is the Jungfraujoch. If you look closely, you see at the top  the Sphinx - quite small they stuck to the rock. This is a big glacier demolition. Then we marveled at various exhibitions and the Ice Palace. Can you imagine that they need to cool down these halls, which consist only of ice at minus 3 degrees? Because of the body heat of the many tourists. Then it was time for the return journey. Everyone was tired and fell asleep on the train - we also. In Kleine Scheidegg we changed train, took one last look at the Eiger and Jungfraujochbahn and went on to Wengen. This place is famous because of the Lauberhorn downhill skiing. We were looking for the famous ski run - but without snow? We have not found. The rest of the way we slept in Jasper's pocket. We were all very tired - but what an adventure. Yours, Hase
Jasper Posted May 12, 2013, 10:59 am	Happy Mother's Day you are the best mum in the world. Hugs and kisses your Hase
Jasper Posted May 16, 2013, 1:43 pm	Hello mum, when I woke up this morning, I saw a small hippo sitting on our little bench and have breakfast. Jasper introduced us. Ismaya is the name of the hippo and he comes from Bali, Indonesia. It rattles with the teeth because it is so cold here. This morning it was 7 degrees. Then Ismaya showed us his gifts. Wonderful things from his home country. We hugged and welcomed him warmly. Later we told a lot of our adventures and Ismaya marveled. He is on his first trip. We will have lots of fun with him when he stops teeth from chattering. See you soon Hase
Jasper Posted May 28, 2013, 6:54 pm	Hi mom, Yesterday we had to say goodbye to Salmonella. She travels home. In parting, we celebrated a tea party with cucumber sandwiches and scones and cream and strawberry jam, and of course tea. We enjoyed the food and talked a lot of days gone by. Then Salmonella packed her things and it was time to say goodbye. We gave her a big group hug and wished her a safe journey. A little sad we watched her as she slipped into her jacket. Bye, bye good friend, maybe we'll meet again. Also, bye, bye dear mom, your little bunny Hase
Jasper Posted Jun 1, 2013, 7:28 pm	Hi mom, Today we took a small break in the rain and walked 10 minutes to the outside. We found  large tree mushrooms. A little change in this gloomy monotony. hugs from Hase
Jasper Posted Jun 1, 2013, 7:36 pm	Hello mom, It's cold, it's raining and I'm bored. That's why I decided to learn knitting. And I will stop only when the sun shines again. Jasper is looking forward to a new scarf. Hase
Jasper Posted Jun 1, 2013, 7:50 pm	Hello, Today, a card came from Norway. Jasper was happy, and me too. The card was from Rocky Raccoon and my mom, who spend their holidays in Norway. Now I have to knit on, it's still raining. Greetings from a slightly envious rabbit.
Jasper Posted Jun 1, 2013, 7:54 pm	Hello mom, nothing new. It is raining and I knit. Greetings and kisses Hase
Jasper Posted Jun 1, 2013, 8:03 pm	Hello to all, nothing new, it's still raining. Or maybe, it's raining harder and now we have floods. My scarf is growing. Love Hase
Jasper Posted Jun 8, 2013, 11:31 am	Hi mom, I still knit. Meanwhile, the scarf is enough for 3 TV's Hopefully soon the sun will shine. My paws hurt already. Love, Hase
Jasper Posted Jun 8, 2013, 2:05 pm	Hi mom, The last few days were exciting and boring at the same time. We had heavy rains, floods and landslides and we could not go outside. As the weather improved, Jasper's dad had to go to the hospital. Again, no time for walks or excursions. But today the weather is wonderful and grumpy grandpa is healthy again. Early in the morning we started for a walk to the river Thur. It was lovely. Everything was very quiet, most people were still asleep. You could hear the birds chirping and rushing the river and the air smelled of hay. We went over a small bridge. The river looks so romantic. We sat in the moss and ran through between rocks. A narrow footpath led us to the waterfall. Then we walked along the shore and saw remnants of the flooding. On the grass in the trees you can see how high the water was. By beautiful forests and mysterious gorges, we were on our way home. In one of the houses that you see in the background I live. At the end of our walk we discovered these wonderful flowers. It was great. Love you mom Hase
Jasper Posted Jun 15, 2013, 9:05 pm	Hello home Today I was a pilgrim on the Camino de Santiago. Honestly it was a coincidence. We wanted to visit the ruins Iberg. On our way we saw this sign. We felt very special. From the castle we had a great view over the Thur Valley. Hugs and kisses Hase
Jasper Posted Jun 18, 2013, 4:05 pm	Hi mum, yesterday Jasper brought us a small skateboard. Each of us tried feats. We had a lot of fun. Hugs from Hase
Jasper Posted Jun 21, 2013, 1:58 pm	Hello mum, Today a new TV arrived. I think it's a little leopard but I'm not sure. I'll ask her about it. She is a little shy but very nice. And that we are, Jasper's gang. See you Hase
Jasper Posted Jun 28, 2013, 4:50 pm	Hello mum, yesterday, when Jasper was at work, the bell rang at the door. Although it is not allowed to open the door in Jasper's absence , we could not resist. I opened the door a little bit and discovered a envelope with interesting stamps. A packet from Trinidad and Tobago, wow. Together we brought the envelope into the dining room and considered what we should do. We opened it. The result was a small giraffe, wrapped in pink paper. We introduced ourselves and gave GiGi (so the giraffe is called) a warm welcome. She is so cute, I like her. yours Hase
Jasper Posted Jul 2, 2013, 7:01 pm	Hi mum, Today we celebrated Shakespeare's birthday. Its 89th Birthday. Can you imagine that? At Wikipedia we read, the turtles have lived on the earth before the dinosaurs evolved. Shakespeare has held up well. We congratulated him and sang a song. He got a cake and a fishing rod. While we waited for the cake, he practiced fishing. Greetings from Hase, who hopes the rainy season is almost over.
Jasper Posted Jul 4, 2013, 11:16 am	Hello Mom, Today is my day of departure. The sky is crying, but it's crying for days already. The weather makes it a bit easier to go away here. With a big party they have sweetens me yesterday to leave. We could bathe in sweets and had a lot of fun together. A bit I packed for the trip. Then I had to say goodbye. After a few tears and many good wishes and handshakes I climbed into my envelope and went on my way. On my way home. Bye, bye Switzerland - Mom I'm coming. See you soon Hase
Dr.Kröbner Posted Jul 14, 2013, 3:28 pm	Hello world, 10 days ago I started my way back home to Delligsen. The first time the journey was fine; driving with postcars, driving car again, and than: Nothing happened!!!! For a lot of days nothing!! It was sooooo booooring…. But suddenly my travelhome was moved and somebody opend the envelope and : there where a man with a  funny cap and he, speaks no single word  ! No” hallo Hase, I hope you had a nice trip”; or: “welcome in customs Office Saarbrücken"  …… nothing !  After this experience, he put me back into the envelope  and I continued my way back home . 1 day later I arrived at home . it was a wonderful time in switzerland and now..... it was a great welcome with my mum and all the other TVs and friends. Mum and Dr.Kröbner said : thank you Jasper for the nice postcard and the yummy chocolate .... Hase
Dr.Kröbner Posted Aug 12, 2013, 12:16 pm	Hi Folks, time for new adventures, Andrea found a new host and I must leave my  friends and my home , but I`m curious and fond of travelling  and because Aura also continued her travels we celebrated our farewell together, with yummy cookies and blueberries..... Aura needs her traveltag, I helped her  puhh, not so easy... tataaa...done  bye, bye Dr.Kröbner a group-hug with Squab, *coco*, Scruffy, Bubele, Mr.Lemony, Dr.Kröbner and Aura bye, bye maybe we`ll meet again  Remscheid I`m coming Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Aug 17, 2013, 11:16 pm	Hello Mum, good news, today I arrived safely in Remscheid Charlotte, HelmutBluepant, their guests Mefito, Gozer and Laika had a first look inside and helped me coming out of the envelope alltogether  All plushies gave me a warm welcome and a first group-hug Then I turned around to my envelope and brought the gifts from home Hi, I am Hase, You must be Mefito, the little skunk? Yes, I´m Mefito and You are very kind to me, Hase Friendly nosing Hi, I am Hase, You must be Gozer, the handsome looking bear? Yes, I´m Gozer and You are a very nice bunny Friendly nosing  Hi, I am Hase, You must be Laika, the nice dog? Yes, I´m Laika and You are a very smart bunny Friendly nosing Hi, I am Hase and You must be Charlotte Yes, I´m Lotte and You have a wonderful piercing in Your ear We are very impressed of each other Hi, I am Hase and You must be Helmut, the friendly pig? Yes, I´m Helmut and You are a very lovely terrycloth-bunny, Uiiiii, thanks for the sweety Friendly nosing from terrycloth to terrycloth voyager  After the friendly welcome I showed the postcard from Delligsen Then we drank our first drink together: Hugo Sitting around the candle and listening to ToyVoyagers-Stories and adventures Had a yummy meal, small special-plushie-cookies on a wafel And singing songs the whole night What a wonderful welcome And I slept very well in the never fading poppy blossom That´s for today, Mum Love, hugs and greeting to You at home, Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Aug 18, 2013, 11:41 pm	Hi Mum, today we went to Wuppertal and visited the Botanical Garden there Today and on Sunday they celebrate a colourful summer fair around the Elisentower And this is the Elisentower itsself Formerly built as a windmill in the 18th century, a rich industrial magnate bought the area around the mill and built up his villa there in the 19th century. And he upsized the windmill tower to have a better view on the landscape of the valley of the river Wupper. First we started our tour and looked at the booths with handcrafted objects Then we visited the botanical garden itself Here parts of the old villa used as orangerie Look at the wonderful Lotos flower Here are some more impressions of the garden One of the two ponds with nice water lilies Even bananas they have in the warmhouse Here You can see the tower again And here I am on the tower O.K. this is not the real tower, but a good size for us plushies Now we are in the real tower What a nice wooden ornament on the floor Look at the nice ornaments under the ceiling Today this room is used for marriage ceremonies So let´s see what us expect outside Now we are on the top of the Elisentower, enjoying the landscape of Wuppertal and the fair in the garden On our way downstairs we learned some more about the 200 year old area of the Hardt What a fine day here we spent That´s it for today, Mum, see You soon Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Aug 25, 2013, 9:15 am	Hello Mum, today we visited a big event in Wermelskirchen, the neighbourtown of Remscheid. There was a nice funfair and we wanted to go on the giant wheel We also found a nice carousel But we decided to take a ride on the ferris wheel Woow, it´s  a huge one Now let´s start Great views on the landscape around us After this amazing adventure we were hungry and I was happy to get a huge chocolate banana That was it for today, see You soon and hug You, Mum Thousand kisses Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Aug 25, 2013, 8:24 pm	Hi Mum, here is Your Hase again Today we drove to Lindlar, thats a nice place in the Bergisch Land There we visited the local outdoor museum and enjoyed the agricultural and handcrafted market Most of the houses here stood at another place and were brought to here for rebuilding them This is an old house half-timbered house with a Pub inside from Wuppertal Really dark inside there But about a hundered years old We were very happy to see such a lot of farm animals having a good live outside like these cows with their calfs or these geese and turkeys We met relatives of HelmutBluepant Some hard working, but not unhappy looking horses They pull the historic mail coach there We liked it sitting so high above the ground And we saw some more horses working, they pulled a plough on the field Found some friendly sheep in the stables And outside rackas, or wallachian sheep After so much sheep we rested and found a nice place between some blooming artichokes and some nice pumpkins Helmut found his favourite vehicle: an old Unimog And some funny things on the market Later we saw Charlotte´s brother.. he´s the black sheep of the family and has to stay in jail... She didn´t want to talk about, what he has done... After this dark episode we enjoyed the flowers Finally we met some very friendly Lamas You can book them for guided Lama-Trekking-Tours in Bergisch Land Ok, this is not a lama... but a perfect goat in plushie-size The last I remember was this delicious beer and the yummy cake... ...but I don´t know how I came back to Strunkis home... That was it for this weekend, Mum See and hug You Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Aug 31, 2013, 2:31 pm	Hello Mum, this is Your Hase again:-) Today I discovered some blooming corners in strunkis garden Let us begin at the sunflowers Here I found some Montbretia [Crocosmia] This nice late rose has a smooth fragrance Here I am playing in the fig tree, some of the fruits will be mellow soon, I hope I can taste them Woow, what a huge hibiscus blossom Look at the purple coneflower [Echinacea purpurea] A typical autum flower: the sedum The first red apple And some late phlox Early apples and late summer lilac [Buddleja davidii] Nobody here knows the name of this flower plant Have You an idea, what it could be, mum? Some very last ox-eye (daisy) [Buphthalmum salicifolium] And the very last columbine [Aquilegia vulgaris] Lucky I found some tasty raspberry Look what Laika and me found Let´s share it with the other plushies
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Aug 31, 2013, 4:16 pm	All other plushies came and we enjoyed the yummy berries Suddenly I heard an elephant trumpeting the song "Down Under" It is Elmar, he came from his journey to Australia All of us gave him a very first warm welcome and a group hug Welcome, we are very happy that You did it Then Elmar showed us his gifts from Australia, yummy sweets, a nice card and a colourful bookmark Thanks a lot for the nice souvenirs, fleursmum After his arrival we all together shared the raspberries Finally we all sat around our special-plushie-campfire, heard stories from Down Under and singing songs the whole night That´s it for today, see You soon Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Sep 2, 2013, 9:37 pm	Hello Mum, today we made a trip into prehistoric times and went to a famous place near Düsseldorf called Neandertal. There for about more than 150 years Dr. Carl Fuhlrott found relicts of a prehistoric human and he called him "Neanderthaler" Here he welcomes us very friendly A small scene how they perhaps lived? But let´s see what we can learn from the prehistoric humans outside Here a reconstruction of an oven from the late stone age Interesting tools for hunting and fishing The huge skull of a prehistoric aurochs Small talk between plushie to plushie Interesting, how a prehistoric drill works And what for nice artefacts the prehistoric people had And small talk with an impressive felt-mammoth An instrument called "atlatl", or spear thrower It helps to throw the spear about a longer distance What an informative and interesting day but now we all are tired That´s it for today See You soon Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Sep 10, 2013, 8:44 pm	Hello Mum, today we left Remscheid at noon to spend our weekend at a noble resort chosen by Charlotte Here Strunki takes care that we all have a safe seat And after two hours we reached this for Lotte suitable nice place It´s a wellness-hotel situated in the middle of a wonderful park This is the acess to the entrance And here we sit in the middle of 5 wonderful hedges cut in waveform The reception is called "Orangerie" Here the view from the gallery Have You ever seen such a nice view on such a large pool? Here we are outside again on a footwalk between the guesthouses It is called fuchisa-avenue This is the pump-room with the curative water sources built in the early 19th century in the Biedermeyer style There we drank the healing water. It tastes very well Now we are in the library, also used as a smokers room Look, the wallpaper shows the same asian scene You find on the upholstery Now we are in our suite This is our view out of the window Now we stand in front of the guesthouse our suite is situated This wing is an outer part of the connected ballroom Have a look inside the main ballroom This is the main entrance, or Orangerie, again at night Here we are in the corridor of our guesthouse This huge boar we met in another wing of another guesthouse But he didn´t want to follow us into the SPA, where we made a sauna-session These were our nice days in Bad Driburg See You soon Mum, Love and hug You Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Sep 12, 2013, 7:17 am	Hello Mum, today was a great day: We visited mcdaniels with her plushiegang and got a wonderful warm welcome at their home We were welcomed by The Wotwots , Sargent Froggo and UrselHH and all are very nice to us Then they invited us to a delicous chocolate-gumbear-meal We had a lot of fun telling and listen to the adventures After hours of happiness enjoying their community it was time to say Goodbye, because Helmut, Lotte and the little skunk will spend some time here... Good bye terrycloth-pal HelmutBluepant, we spent a great time together Good bye charming Charlotte, I was very pleased to meet you Finally we gave a last group-hug to little Mefito, we had a lot of fun with You Leaving plushies is not so easy, but I hope we will meet again, sometime, somewhere... Then we travelled back to Remscheid with strunki, that she´s not alone without Lotte and Helmut That was it for today, Mum see You next in Wolf at the Moselle, next weekend we want to visit a wine festival Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Sep 15, 2013, 10:51 pm	Hello Mum, this weekend we made a nice trip to the river Moselle We went to Wolf, a part of Traben-Trarbach, because on this weekend we want to visit the wine-festival there On the river drove some nice ships and You have a nice view on the hills where the wine grows All houses and the streets were decorated with colourful garlands and the old town-flag A lot of old houses are renovated and show permanent colourful ornaments as well A nice balcony and other half timbered houses Interesting: This house was build in 1782 and the first high-water-mark is only two years later.... But now let´s concentrate on the wine-festival Everywhere in the streets bands were playing nice music This blue-white band comes from Eindhoven and is called "Just Fun" Before we found something to eat and drink we had fun at a still A nice horse told us where we perhaps find something to eat We found some peaches on trees and some blue grapes, but we won´t plunder foreign gardens Perhaps a spit roast? We decided to eat a huge steak with onions And, of course, we drank some wine A nice place was here We shared a last wafel together before we had to leave this nice place That was our weekend at the Moselle, see and hug You Mum Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Sep 21, 2013, 8:38 am	Hello Mum, today we plushies baked fresh plumcake I was reponsible for the sugar After Gozer had stirred the butter creamy, I added the sugar After Laika added the flour and Elmar the eggs, we all watched the dough and waited for the plums Here they are When the dough was ready, we filled the plate with And added the plums onto the dough line for line Ready for the oven After a eternety for us plushies, the plumcake war ready, but too hot to have a piece directly Looks Yummy Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Sep 24, 2013, 11:46 am	Hi Mum, today we visited the the old Mediveal Castle "Schloss Burg" of the counts of Berg that was rebuilt in the late 19th. century. So let´s go through the first huge portal and have a look at the first court Very nice the first impressions, "typical Bergisch" Here we have the view behind the gate The statue you see shows Count Engelbert of Berg. By this noble family the region is named Bergisches Land, not because they have some small mountains and hills here  A thick defending tower But Schloss Burg doesn´t only mean see an old castle, You also can have a trip from the valley station to the upper station of the ropeway See our Burger Bretzels around our necks? Every child and, of couse, bravely tv´s as well should get one as a typical souvenir from here From here You have a nice view on the landscape and the ropeway as well Lots of nice Begisch cafe´s and restaurants You find here A nice visit comes to an end at the Dröppelminna, an old typical koffiepot of this region That was our trip for today, love and see You Mum Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Sep 27, 2013, 10:10 pm	Hi Mum, today was a very special day for the little Laika, she met her mum blubb in Wuppertal, because she spends the weekend here. I was very pleased to meet blubbs guest, the litte red rabbit LinaLou Hi LinaLou, I´m Hase, nice to meet You Here You see the warm welcome between LinaLou and Elmar Lina and Elmar liked each other from the very first moment very much. After our welcome we plushies had a huge cocolate ice-cream It was sooo yummy and we all had a lot of fun eating together with our new friend What  a nice meeting, we talked to each other and changed the latest plushie-news That was it for today, Love and hug You mum, Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Sep 29, 2013, 9:38 am	Hello Mum, today we made a trip around the Eschbachdam, Germanys oldest reservoir dam. Eschbachtalsperre There is a nice footpath around A little part of this path is also an element of the famous pilgrimpath, the Jacobus-way, wich combined the track between Dortmund and Cologne In the near we found a stone-cross, the table says, that a crime happend there almost 500 years ago... On our way there we found some nice looking mushrooms When we left the path nearby the dam and walked up, we reached the top and had a view on the southern part of Remscheid There we saw haws, also called rosehips And we played in the pink hawthorn [Crataegus laevigata] The best: we found wild cherries (Prunus avium) and collected them On our way back to the dam again, we saw nice looking mushrooms, but they didn´t really look eatable... Our nice walk ended at the dam again What a nice sunny autumn-day Love and see You soon Mum Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Sep 30, 2013, 6:58 pm	Hi Mum, today we visited a very old part of Remscheid near Wuppertal, called Lüttringhausen. There was a rural festival in the Streets But there were soo many people that we decided only to have a look at the church there The funniest this morning was to meet the famous little mole I love this friendly little guy... but he was sooo huge....
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Oct 1, 2013, 12:28 pm	In the early afternoon we went back to strunkis home and had fun in the garden, trying to create jam out of our wild cherries we collected yesterday ...We don´t know exactly, if our protection clothes made from some medical glowes were the result of the young red wine strunki enjoyed.... ...but it protected our fur against some bad cherry-juice-drops... Elmar and me controlled the outsorted elements Very longlasting work.... Elmar brought the pot Part one is done... ...But what about electricity? Thanks strunkis husband, he connected the mixer and we were able to stay in the garden So carefully we mixed the fruits, caring that the cherry stones did not break Looks almost ready Now we have to filter the juice and now the protection clothes help to stay clean Now we cook the juice But not forget the jam sugar Waiting that the the jam will be ready to fill up in glasses Now our work is done Four Glasses we got, one for everybody That was my weekend, see You mum and have a good time Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Oct 6, 2013, 5:30 pm	Hi Mum, today was a great TV-meeting at strunkis home: mcdaniels visited strunki for bringing back Charlotte and HelmutBluepant and their new friend *Nick* came as well:-) to stay here for a while. She also brought Sargent Froggo, UrselHH and The WotWots. And olgamaus came as well and she brought her guests as well: Kirin, Tsukumo,nosyblue, KoalaMimi, Rocky Raccoon, Lamikins and strunkis OleOrangescarf. What fun to meet soo much TV´s at one day Charlotte, my dearest, I´m happy to see You in a good condition Here I welcome HelmutBluepant, he was very happy to see me again For the big meal we walked through the garden and had a rest at the pond And here we are alltogether on the huge table So much fun to drink and eat together with sooo much plushiefriends ...Helmut... and his Killepisch... The hours flew fast away and then it was time to say good bye... Good Luck, little Ole, we know You´ll have a good time with mcdaniels What an exciting day See You soon and hug You Mum Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Oct 8, 2013, 6:12 pm	Hi Mum, wooow, what a party we had and here You see one more funny picture, hihi, but I tell You, it was a little bit hard for all of us in the morning... But all is ok with me, I only need a little bit more sleep Love and hug You Mum Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Oct 8, 2013, 10:15 pm	Today we had to say good bye to Laika and Gozer  Laika, we had a wonderful time Gozer, I will miss You, funny guy Have a nice trip to Finland and enjoy Your stay
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Oct 13, 2013, 5:14 pm	Hello Mum, today we made a little trip around and under the Müngstener Brücke, the oldest and highest Railwaybridge in Germany. Here we start over a small bridge over the Wupper and You can see the Diederichstempel Here You have the first impression of this huge building We found one in plushie-size, the complete area of the Wupper-valley around the bridge on an bronce-table Here we are directly under the construction, it is soo huge and impressive... That stone remembers, how old the bridge is.... The German emperor Kaiser Wilhelm visited Müngsten in 1899 Here is a good view But now we left the bridge behind us for taking a walk through the nice autum forest on the footpath next to the Wupper Here I found a fly agaric [Amanita muscaria] But don´t worry mum, I did not want to taste it in the way the old Wikings did in the middle age... Here at this interesting stone with handprints carved in we rested and met the guests of olgamaus, Tsukumo, KoalaMimi, Rocky Raccoon and her newest guest, RSG Leo Here we are at the place called Wiesenkotten. There is a bridge and we change the riverside Elmar and me There we hiked on the way back and came to this beautyful landscape A few meters away we are under the bridge again, only much more higher and on the other side Now we reach the Diederichstempel And have the last nice view on the bridge from there before we enjoyed the hospitality of olgamaus with koffee and the typical Bergisch rusk That´s it for today Mum, love and hug You Yours very good girl Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Oct 14, 2013, 6:13 pm	Hello Mum, today was a typical autum day here: Ist was very cold, sometimes windy and for a few moments we saw the sun And we went to an orchard festival at Stiftung Tannenhof At the entrance we saw the biggest apple of our life And behind the entrance we were expected by some bronce statues The next surprise was an nice old red tractor and we were invited to drive onto a trailer behind the tractor to have a first roundtrip on the huge area of the older parts of Tannenhof Our next station was a tent with some very different apples All looked soo yummy Behind me You can see two huge manual cider presses for apple juice Here are impressions of the festival and the orchard itsself See us sitting on a warm and soft sheepskin and carving the pumpkin was a lot of fun but we liked the soup as well And we love sitting under the spindle tree [Euonymus europaeus] funny was the distorting mirror What a full day and we were happy having the oppurtunity to chill out in the nice seat zone What a great day, even when it was cold.... That´s it for today, mum See and love You Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Oct 16, 2013, 10:45 pm	Hello Mum, today HelmutBluepant got a very big suprise: He got his first real camera We all helped him to pack it out of the box Of course we girls had to read the instruction manual first while the boys admired this new high tech instrument And Elmar helped us girls understanding the manual But before the first shots Helmut had to study the manual as well Helmuts very first experiences with the new cam Looks nice and sooo professional That´s the news of today, Mum see and love You Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Oct 20, 2013, 12:00 am	Hi Mum, today we went to Hohenhagen, a very high point in Remscheid Here is the telecommunication-tower Suddenly we saw some kites Of course we built up our own kite as soon as possible Then I decided to start my big adventure I had a great flight All my friends congratulated my to my first flight What a nice adventure, that was great Love You Mum Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Oct 21, 2013, 10:44 pm	Hello Mum, today we visited Wuppertal-Kohlfurth and had a lot of fun in the tram-museum there The entrance is free but the members of the tram-club are very happy when the visitors donate an amount See us here in front of a nice miniature landscape and a grey shunting locomotive Here we have a small view inside the tram-hall This was a nice tram, about 70 years ago it drove through Wuppertal see the city coat of arms of Wuppertal and the nice old advertisment The timetable of the tram The very friendly tram-conductor allowed us to see the tram from inside Oooops Suddenly the tram began to move... with us inside, but without us having a ticket... Thanks *Nick*, he bought a special sample ticket for us plushies Then we enjoyed our ride on the tram The next nice suprise was meeting Frederik in the tram What a cool trip This was our trip in Kohlfurth, tbc at the Arboretum in Cronenberg...
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Oct 25, 2013, 5:48 am	after a short drive we reached the Arboretum Burgholz, an forestal area with lots of trees from all over the world, similar to a botanical garden, but much more larger Here we found a nice blooming spindle tree [Euonymus europaeus] This is the beginning of of the main path From this point You have a beautiful view on the landscape Here we made a short break After a while enjoying the landscape we went on deeper into the forest and saw a lot of sequoia trees See me playing in the tree Later on the ground we found a lot of mushrooms, but we know too less about them, but some look very yummy Perhaps we should ask HoBi, wich are eatable At last we admired the giant sequoia trees, they are still very young there in the arboretum, but very huge That was it for the weekend, see You soon and love You, mum Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Oct 27, 2013, 5:42 pm	Hi mum, today its almost a nice autumnday and olgamaus invited us to accompany her and her guests Kirin, Rocky Raccoon and Frederik to a little trip in and around Hasten Here You see the most significant Building near to the main place, a house with a round tower We start in Büchel, where a lot of old and typical Bergisch half-timbered houses with slate fronts and green shutters are It´s a very quiet and peaceful area here where You also can find some nice details at the houses Look at this paintings in the backround In the near we met a cat some cool pumpkins and a dog After a while walking down to the valley of the Morsbach we reached Clemenshammer, but we didn´t stay there Also there very impressive houses Following the small river Morsbach, we found this huge rock with a nice poem carved in Can You read it? " A little shower only She lured him under the umbrella tears of joy" Then, after reaching a place called Gerstau, we met some friendly sheep And came back into the forest again Here we learned from a sign, that this place was used in older times to guard sheep and that the people used the forest to burn charcoal a meadow with some more sheep and a horse Coming out of the forest we saw an old smithy Here we are at a small hammer-lake I love the autum colours of the leafs A really nice small house again And here I am in front of the \"Haus Cleff\", a part of the Historical Centre Near to the point from we started, we reach our last station, the church of Hasten, the "Pauluskirche" What a nice walk for today Love and kiss You mummy Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Oct 30, 2013, 9:35 pm	Hi Mum, today only a few pictures from a wondeful colourful heaven in the early evening. Look at the wonderful rainbow Monday was very stormy, but  the evening-mood was great Good night and sleep well Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Oct 31, 2013, 11:53 am	Today we had to say good bye to Elmar, he wanted to travel home and be with his mum Biggi Helmut gave him some yummy chocolate for his journey And we all gave him a long and intensive hug and were sad that he had to leave us now Then he jumped into his envelope and we wish him a good journey and waved him good bye Good bye little Elmar, we´ll see us again, someday, somewhere
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Oct 31, 2013, 9:37 pm	Hi mum, today we had fun by reading the newest "Asterix" when suddenly somebody threw Lotte and Helmut towels over their heads... Hey Hey, it is UrselHH who arrived and surprised us with her visit How lovely to see You again after the weeks You´ve been here taking part in the big tv-meeting Lotte and Helmut were soo glad getting their towels back, they had forgotten them in mcdaniels home Here *Nick* hugs UrselHH, he´s glad to see her again I embraced her with my long ears Then she showed us her gifts, a huge bag full of yummy licorice And the funny postcard with the dog who´s not allowed anything he does After such a nice welcome we all sat together and continued reading the comic Ursel, You´ve been from heaven sent, now the boys-rules come to an end That´s for today, my dear mum love and hug You Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Nov 1, 2013, 7:45 am	Hi mum, today I informed me about strunkis work at her office One of her longest collegues, a snake called "Bong" I met there He´s friendly, but often totally in another world.... A lot of funny postcards I saw on the wall And a nice picture of a young dog See me studying a large map of the Dolomites And us having a meeting with other important clerks here Then it was noon, time for lunch And having a little chill-out-break inbetween the old Christmas cactus [Schlumbergera] But at work, especially in an office, You are not allowed to be lazy  See me creating the newest sports: Office-punch-jumping Perfect: My landing in the famous ear-stand My next task: checking the copier... Yes, functions satisfying... Woow, now it´s home time! Working at the office is very thrilling, exciting and I love it That´s it from the office, now lets hurry up home for the most incredible halloween-party the plushie world has ever seen Love You, Mum Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Nov 2, 2013, 12:58 pm	Hi mum, in the evening we were invited by olgamaus and her guest to tak part in a spooky Halloween party Here we are with Dutchy the Lion, Kirin, Rocky Raccoon, Nosyblue, Tsukumo, KoalaMimi and Frederik They welcomed us very warmly I´ve choosen the white-ghost-costume And look, how much nasty looking meals they have prepared for us fly agaric made out of tomatoes and little mozzarella balls Eyeballs in matterpudding... yuck See us all around the horrible fruit-brain-salad And here we have the terrible hot chillie-devils What do You think about the mice with their brains next to them? I love them The ilumination was soo nice terrible Best costume of this Halloween eve: Frederik, the living skull What a spooky party the pure horror Just me with the sympathic Panda_Lilo Helmut fighting hard against the last survivors of the chocolate-banana-ghosts... a terrible struggle Really nobody, not even Helmut, had a sensible declaration for this.... Spooky halloween...
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Nov 12, 2013, 7:36 pm	Hello Mum, today we made a short trip around  Burg Castle again, because Helmut wanted to test his new cam, so thats the reason why he isn´t seen on the most pictures actually and why we don´t have so many photos as usually, because he didn´t manage the cam very well I´ve been there already some time ago Only two pictures with my friends on the seat of the ropeway were o.k. Helmut was very sad, he apologizes and promised that the next pics will be better... Love Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Nov 12, 2013, 8:25 pm	Hi Mum, today we did a great new fun with our friends: having a bath And we all need a bath, look at my dirty ear.... Everybody of us gets his personal own bathingtowel But first we have to undress... Ooops, now I feel naked without my piercing.... Our jewelleries we put in this bag Ready for the bathtube with my nice bathingtowel So now boys, fill the tube with warm water, please Carefully I test with my ear Ladies first, of course Whopp, UrselHH the brave, enjoys at first A great experience, even to see, how I fall into the bathtube Wooooow, how chilling is this nice feeling.... And now lt´s start the shower See us clean and happy girls That´s for today, my dear mum love and hug You Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Nov 17, 2013, 6:08 pm	Hi Mum, today was a great event at the pond: Störte, the good old pirate, has landed and he survived a long, long and dangerous sailing trip (so he told us later) Lotte found him first and we plushies supported him to reach the pond banks So we pulled and pulled Then, after a while, we did it: His first steps on the ground Giving Störte a warm welcome was a little bit difficult for me, because I feel, he´s mainly interested in my piercing... Welcome Störte Helmut also was happy to meet him And Lotte? You can imagine how she melted... a rose, clever, Störte... Lotte returned the favour immediately Here´s her fur for wintertime And something more to heat him up: A honeydrink We think, he likes it That was it for today, mum, see You soon and love You Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Nov 18, 2013, 8:19 pm	Hello Mum, today it was almost sunny in the morning so we decided to drive to Wuppertal and visited the "Northern Park" Nordpark there The foothpaths are very comfortable there Before we went into the forest, we enjoyed the view on Barmen And found a nice monument, used as a spring in the summer Look at the carved stone, a frog perhaps? We also passed a popular restaurant destination, but the renovations take some years, strunki told us O.K., instead of having a stop there, we discovered the forest and found nice autum colours Along our way we saw lots of beeches and yews And found some nice treestumps where we played a little bit See me with my pals Helmut [ and *Nick* even Störte has fun and little UrselHH comes on top At last, who else? Lotte... I like playing in the trees so we continued our walk and wanted to visit the fallow deer in the game enclosure We had to go deeper into the forest And found first? some last blooming daisy Will we watch the deer from here? Yes, here they are What a nice sunday noon walk That was is for today Love and kisses for You Mum Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Nov 24, 2013, 7:49 pm	Dear Mum, today we made a short trip to the Wuppervorsperre But before we came to the water, we had to walk trough a forest Some last fruits we saw, perhaps red elderberry [Sambucus racemosa]? Look at the wonderful autum colours A woodshelter formed as a fungus, that´s nice An alley of larch [Larix] Even the ground is yellow because the larch is the only coniferous species that looses its needle-leafs in autum See us having a rest and playing between the nice coloured leafs Finally, we reached the river banks See me here with UrselHH a little bit foggy, but interesting And finally it was a very nice trip with our friends That´s it for today, dear mum Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Nov 24, 2013, 10:22 pm	Sunday: Störte challenged UrselHH, Charlotte and me for backgammon His pool was very lousy so he offered himself that we are allowed to do wht we want with him in case of loosing the game And the game ran even more lousy for him... astonishing calmy he reacted, when the dices didn´t bring him luck... perhaps he planned to loose the game?? His last word: Cheers... perhaps he planned to loose the game?? O.K. Störte... sleep well and don´t wonder how You look when you wake up and we have finish our work... Our revenge was terrible Welcome, Captain "Jack" Störte Sparrow...
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Nov 29, 2013, 7:44 pm	Hello Mum, today we went into the city and enjoyed the Festival of Lights in the Hindenburgstreet We saw a lot of lightchains and flames in the street, all looked very comfortable und welcoming Look at the wonderful star of the Hutterites And the shops in this street are a refreshing alternative to the overloaded malls and shopping centers Here is a hatterer-shop with handcrafted hats An antique shop And an organic grocery store Then we found a nice place where we enjoyed deep fried almond pastry for us and a spiked hot orange punch for our eternal thirsty Störte That´s all for today, see and love You, Mum until soon Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Nov 30, 2013, 6:33 pm	Hi Mum, today we did something for our feathered friends, the birds staying  outside in wintertime See *Nick* with the raisins, HelmutBluepant and Charlotte with the vegetable fat, UrselHH with the oat flakes, Störte and me with the grain feed These are old plantingpots with a stick in the middle and we want to melt the fat and mix all our ingriediences together to fill them. So let´s start with Helmut and Lotte melting the fat in a huge panpot That takes some time to heat the fat, but see how disciplined I am Mum, I don´t nibble my seed Even Störte doesn´t destillate it for some brandy or so After a while the fat began to melt See Helmut stiring in the pot When the fat is melted, Störte and me add the seeds Hard work to stir it, so Störte helped me Ursel is a tough mouse girl and doesn´t need any support she ensures to us After mixing the seed, the oat flakes and the raisins, and stiring the mixture by *Nick*, the feeding is ready for the old little pots See me filling the pot Ready When the fat cools out and becomes hard, You can turn around the pots and hang them into the trees so the birds can pick out the seeds, the oat flakes and the raisins in wintertime That´s it for today Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Dec 3, 2013, 6:10 pm	Hello Mum, today we went to the Botanical Garden Solingen Altough the autum is almost all over and only a few plants are still blooming, we had some nice views on the scenery there Here we are in the Alpinum Have You ever seen such a huge butterfly? Some last blooming rosebushes And a lot of impressive trees are here, too Here we are at the lake that is situated in the lower part of the botanical Garden This is a bookcrossing board situated in the middle of the garden: Some people bring their old books there and let them free and some other interested take them for reading From here You have a wonderful view onto the lower part of the garden Then we left the park for a while and followed the Korkenziehertrasse that´s a combined foot- and cyclepath that connects the parts of the city besides the streets mainly used by cars Uuuhh, this tunnel was a little bit spooky Then it was time to turn around and walk back trough the garden. When we left, we saw the huge sign with lots of donators helping that the botanical garden in Solingen can be still open
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Dec 3, 2013, 6:33 pm	Later we passed the nice oldtown of Solingen-Gräfrath and enjoyed the Christmas-lights at the market place Have a nice first Advent Love Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Dec 7, 2013, 11:55 am	Hello Mum, *Snow * Snow * Snow* But first we congratulated *Nick* to his birthday today Suddenly St. Nicholas came to us and all of us got a present because we behaved well this year Look what I got Then we gave *Nick* his present and sung our happy-birthday-song for him A golden bear exclusive for him See us having fun in the snow What a nice day See You soon, Mum Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Dec 8, 2013, 5:35 pm	Dear Mum, Happy second sunday in Advent wish You Hase and friends We have a lot of fun swinging in the Advent wreath Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Dec 12, 2013, 7:11 am	Hello Mum, today were a lot of surprises waiting for us:-) At first an envelope from You arrived I was totally upset and so I crawled into the envelope.... I needed a while, but I stayed in the envelope to surprise my friends.. Tadaaahhh Oh Mum, You sent my pullover and the nice winter-cap i got from jasper in Switzerland, Thanks a lot We all admired the nice postcard You wrote and love the angel that was sent by The next happy surprise was the nice postcard OleOrangescarf sent us Look at the iluminated windmill standing in the open-air-museum in Detmold, thanks a lot, dear Ole At last a huge parcel from RikeH What would be in there?? See Charlotte and Störte creating a new sports: Parceldiving... A christmas present for Lotte.... Will she be brave enough to wait until christmas?? But what about the envelope?? Lotte isn´t able to wait any longer, she MUST open anything NOW.... What a suprise... it´s Soeren Lotte passes out UrselHH gives Soeren a warm welcome I´m very happy to welcome him as well Störte and Soeren: family members reunited Helmut is also happy to meet Soeren again What an eventful evening
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Dec 15, 2013, 5:06 pm	Hello Mum, today is the day we will meet mcdaniels in Dortmund again, Soeren is sooo happy spending the last days here and had a great time together with störte, UrselHH, HelmutBluepant, *Nick*, Charlotte and me And now I´m totally upset and we are ready to start having a nice time togther at the christmas fair in Dortmund Here we are in Dortmund now in front of the supposedly biggest christmas tree of the world: built from about 1.500 single conifers See little Mefito and me After this first Hello we went into a café and welcomed the other plushies each other From the left: GustavHH, Charlotte, me, HelmutBluepant, Kirin, OleOrangescarf, DottyCroc, Dutchy the Lion, Mefito, Soeren, Josie, UrselHH, SunnyHH, störte,Sargent Froggo and*Nick* And here we are together with our best friends, talking about our latest adventures Who else with who else?? Then, when it became darker, we started our trip around the christmas market Nice and wonderful iluminations everywhere This shop with the paper stars and buildings we loved most What a wonderful day in Dortmund with our friends Love You Mum and see You soon Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Dec 19, 2013, 2:34 pm	Hello Mum, this afternoon we went on the little christmas market in Barmen Lotte and me liked this train a lot, but we didn´t find nice gifts there Strunki told us not to worry about, there a a few days left and so we played in the colourful little christmas tree in her office In the evening we went to a christmas party of the aquarist society gatw Wuppertal Lots of yummy eating we had there Here we check the winnings donated by the members for the tombola Next to us the members have already bought their lottery tickets The rules are easy and very fair: There are two identical sheet calendars, one sheet for each day. From the one calendar You buy day-sheets, each one costs one EUR. From the second calender the same days You bought were sampled in the lottery wheel. That means that there aren´t any blanks and each lottery ticket has the chance to win. the first winner is allowed to chose one of the winnings on the table what he wants to have and so on until all prizes are raffled And guess what? We won something! Look , the 8th of June was taken out of the lottery wheel and we have this sheet The next winnings came a few moments later Hmmm, blackberry liqueur And we won a third time: home made elderberry jelly What a nice and lucky evening, we have a lot of fun there That´s all for today, See and love You, Mum Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Dec 20, 2013, 1:46 pm	Hi Mum, today we celebrate Charlotte´s birthday and had a lot of fun See me congratulating her All of us have a lot of fun with Lotte ...but now she misses her presents... You stand on them, look under the red cloth and under the bowl You sit on... Hihi, we hided them... From me she gets a tweezer Then it was time to drink some sparkling elderberry secco and eat some yummy homemade birthday cakes togehter But before we started drinking and eating, UrselHH reminded Lotte on the birthday card sent by RikeH And now lets start having fun with eating and drinking Oh Yes, störte has fun Yeah *Nick* also has fun What a party That´s all for today Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Dec 22, 2013, 5:46 pm	Hello Mum, today we made a short trip around the Müngsten Bridge again, because the weather ist quite open and the temperatures are still o.k. We start at the confluence of the stream Morsbach and the river Wupper from the right You see the Morsbach and behind me the bigger one is the Wupper From the bridge over the Wupper You have a first view to the so called Diederichstemple This place we want to visit first But first we wanted to ask the puddle-oracle O.K., the oracle says that it isn´t frosty, not dry, but not too wet for a little hiking trip So we started hiking. It was a little bit tedious uphill, but we did it See me starting After a while we came to this nice Siepen and rested there a few minutes Then we arrived our first target: Diederichstemple Look at this huge Müngsten Brigde from there After a while hiking downhill, we came to this strange sculptures... And we asked us, what this could be? Some of us voted for some birdhouses and some think, it could be a special ToyVoyager playground... Finally, we decided, that it must be a playground Then we passed a little river-island in the Wupper And learned some interesting details about the fauna and flora in and around the Wupper here Finally we reached our last target: The Müngsten Brigde And here our tour ended Love You, Mum, Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Dec 25, 2013, 7:17 pm	Hello Mum, today is Christmas Eve and we wait for Father Christmas. But before, we have to decorate the christmastree. Strunki gave us a huge box Let´s have a look inside It´s full of christmastreedecoration Look, Mum, what nice figurines I found A big bear hold a small bear I´ll hang it into the tree Here´s the next one A bird house with two little birds I love it And I found another one for the tree A bear with a drum, a candle and a little christmastree Another bear, ouups, he´s handicapped, his arms are missing Finally a purple bow of ribbon for the top of the tree Now our christmastree is fully decorated and we have to be patient and wait for Father Christmas bringing the presents for us this night What will we get? A few hours later, when we woke up, the sensation happened: I got a present for christmas!!! What can it be?? Look Mummy a necklace in red and white There is one last present still to be opened, it is from RikeH for strunki and she allowed us alltogether to open it for her Look at the wonderful christmas card UrselHH reads it to us All of us, especially strunki, are very moved by the warm and friendly christmas greetings of RikeH Then we open the box alltogether and the first we see is Kleine Fee with Charlotte Wooow, it is a mug with two pictures on the other picture shows Dicker Kumpel with HelmutBluepant What a wonderful idea, the nicest christmas present at all strunki said What a nice handing out of presents We all are sooo happy with the wonderful gifts this eve Now let us have our christmas dinner Yummy homemade cookies To all of You Merry Christmas Love You Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Dec 30, 2013, 8:34 pm	Hello Mum, the last days we were very verly lazy, enjoyed the christmas mood, hanged around, ate too much and so on But this sunday afternoon the weather was already good enough meeting olgamaus and her crew to show them some nice views on Wuppertal Here we stand on the south side and have a view over Barmen to the North And here I am again in the Nordpark, wich we have visited a few weeks ago Very happy, that the sun already shines for a moment And here we have the view over Barmen from the other side to the south hills It is not as clear as it seems to be At least we had a rest on this fresh logged beech, perhaps it felt down by the last storm here a fortnight ago? A very huge tree this was before it fell down... That was it for today, I am looking forward of the last day of the year when we want to celebrate a sylvester-party Love Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Jan 1, 2014, 11:58 am	Hello Mum, today we made a little trip to the part of the Eschbachtal, where the Lobach confluences into the Eschbach The area is called Hammertal , because a lot of old hammer mills were placed at this streams Here You see the Lobach After crossing the street we are now at the entrace to this part of the Eschbachtal, situated between Lobach and Ehringhauser Bach In the last days a lot of water floated into the streams and rivers, look Here the Eschbach is placed about 10 to 15 metres below our path Look at this old bridge over the stream, unfortunately is´s not allowed to cross it, because its in danger of collapsing Here we see an old hammermillbuilding, it is the Johanneskotten And there You can see a hibernation shelter for bats After passing it, we reach the official [url=Barbecue area Altenhammer]http://www.remscheid.de/leben/umwelt-und-natur/wald/Grillplatz_Altenhammer.php[/url] . But before You light a fire, You have to get the permission first There we played a while and had some fun at the stream If it would be summer, we could hang our feet into it... ..or my ears perhaps? Behind and over this place the is an old small lake On our way back to the point we started, we admired this colourful tree fungus That´s our tour of today, tomorrow we want to celebrate Sylvester, the lst day of the Year 2013 Love You Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Jan 1, 2014, 5:12 pm	Hi Mum, today it is Sylvester, the very last day of the year. A reason to have a plushie-party the world never ever seen So let´s watch the clock: only one hour left for the year 2013 Time enough for our special-sylvester-plushie-meal: chocolate hearts  Look, I´m very disciplined in the difficult balloon-balance-dance Then we have our next game: fishing for fortune cookies What for a paper slip-sentence will I fish? Can You read it, Mum? "Even in the biggest chaos You keep cool" O.K., lets watch the clock again Uiii, almost time for a sparkling plushie wine *HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL* LOVE AND PEACE FOR EVERYONE So let´s go on the roof and watch the fireworks See You soon and love You Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Jan 4, 2014, 11:22 pm	Hi Mum, today we visited Benrath Palace in Düsseldorf Here is a scheme, how the buildings are situated First we had a view above the big lake in front of the palace And like to watch the waterbirds there Some swans, a lot of ducks and crowds of seagulls Let´s have a view to the front of the main building It looks as it would be made only for us girls, I think... In front of the main palace two impressive lions are placed They were gentle enough to allow us playing on them We walked upstairs to have a look inside... Woow, very nice inside Even a large swimming pool it has What a nice place That´s our tour of today, love and see You soon Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Jan 9, 2014, 7:56 pm	Hello Mum, today we made a very long trip on the Sambatrasse almost 10 Kilometers long. After a short while walking we reach a point, where a bridge leads over the tiger-area in the zoo Look at the funny sign there Only Nick and me were able to watch the tigers We had luck with the weather and enjoyed our walk Here we pass the point where Burgholztunnel starts, the tunnel connects the west of Wuppertal with the south and is almost 1.900 Meters long Here UrselHH, Charlotte and me learned about the history of the Burgholz The way further on we passed the point in the near of the Kaisereiche , but we didn´t visit the oak, because later in the afternoon the light became darker and our way was still long See me and *Nick* studying the sign about the place And here finally we pass the small old trainstop Burgholz, now there is a little tavern That was only a part of our tour today, but the later the afternoon was, the darker it became and we were glad to reach the car again See You soon and love You Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Jan 13, 2014, 12:54 am	Hi Mum, today we visited the Flora and Botanical Garden in Cologne The weather was very sunny and fine there, with temperatures almost usual in springtime Look at the nice terrace-spring, but in wintertime there´s no water floating The German emperess Augusta was patroness of the Flora First I found a huge solitaire sequoia tree Next we talked to this nice, friendly lady and her deer Then I saw a first suprise: a blooming tree at middle january! It´s a snowball-tree (viburnum) And here a nice example for a small garden and a still smaller garden house And look at the rare green-yellow striped moundlily yucca (Yucca gloriosa) There we played for some time enjoying the warm sun And see me here in front of the pampas grass in the near of a nice lake Here another two impressions of the park-landscape of the Botanical Garden This is very unique in Germany An allèe only with palms This was the second suprise for us See me with a nice christmas rose (helleborus niger) But this was the main reason for us visiting the Flora in this January The camellia-show in one warmhouse Some of the early camellia (Camellia japonica) are blooming yet This nice statue we like, but it has a sad name: dying amazone It remembers us, that all beauty has to go sometime... And more beautiful blossoms, but sorry Mum, I wasn´t able to remember them all in detail Inbetween all this camellia-blossoms I found a very interesting other plant that I hope to meet in a few weeks on Tenerife Can You read the sign? It is the Canary (Island) bellflower Here we made a first rest and enjoyed the beautiful varieties of the camellia flowers But we also found other nice flowers See me with Charlotte and UselHH And see the giant groundsel (Senecio grandiflorus) And here we have the Chilean bellflower (Lapageria rosea) Another nice station with other camellia-varieties What a wonderful place This blossom I like most And even outside the warmhouse we find some blooming and frostresistant camellias What a wonderful nice day we had See and Love You all Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Jan 18, 2014, 9:18 pm	Hi Mum, today the weather was so fine and sunny altough it is mid-january, we decided to play a little bit in the garden We started in the flower box and enjoyed the purple primeroses See me with störte After a while I wanted to see what´s going on in the garden Well, the garden looks very messy... So I decided to help strunki a little bit with cleaning up the most with old leafs covered spots that the earth gets more light and is able to respire much better First I cut down the old faded twigs from the last year with the gardenshears Next step was raking the foliage Really hard work but it must be when You want to have it tidy And look what grows under all these leafs: first stems of snowbells and the first little rosettes of the sedum Finally I had to put the foliage into the barrel for bringing it to the composter ... had to be a peaceful, silent and harmonic afternoon until we heard a yell... of course... who else?? Lotte fell into the barrel... graceful she shins up to the edge What a nice and funny end of the afternoon That´s all for today See and love You Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Jan 19, 2014, 10:01 pm	Hello Mum, because last week we felt so nice in Cologne , we wanted to come back to the city again for visiting the huge Dome today. See the imposant skyline from the other side of the rhine So we started and went over the Hohenzollernbridge In the middle of the bridge a huge rhine-freighter passed under us On the fence that separates the footpath from the railway I found a lot of padlocks, fixed by couples who carved their names on it, close it and throw the key into the river hoping of everlasting love Here, from the end of the bridge, we have a first close look on the huge Cologne Cathedral Such an impressive building See the two migthy towers and the huge main portals the bronce lions are estimated some hundered years old and could tell lots of interesting stories And they invited us to have a look inside Just now a liturgy service was celebrated there, so we didn´t want to disturbe the attendants and stayed only a short moment Before we left the cathredral, we admired the colourful crib, wich is part of the "cologne route of cribs" Some last impressions of the Cathedral from outside In the near we found this nice spring, it is the so called Heinzelmännchenbrunnen Here we are in the oldtown now and see one of the Roman Churches of Cologne This is Great St. Martin And here we see St. Kunibert Here is an old tower inbetween modern buildings On our way by foot to the Flora we pass the Cologne Sculpture Park This sculpture I like most And here we reach the main entrance of the Flora You already know from the last week ago We know the place but I wanted to visit the tropical greenhouses we weren´t able to visit last week Here we hve fun between the cacti in the Succulent house And this is a flower we are very happy to see today, the nice yellow winter aconite [Eranthis hyemalis] This was our great walk in Cologne See and love You Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Jan 25, 2014, 7:28 pm	Hi Mum, do You remember the map HelmutBluepant and *Nick* gave störte as a birthday present some months ago? today störte needs our help, he said... "Until now I wasn´t able to find out yet, wich island this map shows", he told us So would You help me to identify an island that has got the same shape or silhouette? On the first map we didn´t find any island that comes into question... The second one was also a failure... This third one was a similar triangle shape, but it wasn´t störtes island... But suddenly, after a mount of maps... THIS was the island we are looking for Hey, that is tenerife, the island we will travel to in a few days, oh what luck we have So let´s pack our things we need there to go on holiday and for the treasure hunt what a lot of stuff... I will take the special holiday-flower hair clasps So we pack our bunch and are glad that our great adventure will start Tenerife, we are coming ...tbc
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Jan 27, 2014, 10:56 pm	Hi Mum, today too early in the morning, at three o´clock we started our big tour to Tenerife Here we are at the departure gate and discover the area while we waiting that the boarding will start First palm impressions And we met the camel, Charlotte told the others about a few days ago This is our jumbo that will bring us to the island. The flight will take about four and a half hour Boarding completed After a hour the stewardesses served us a small breakfast The beginning of the sunrising after one and half our in the air ...Who else needed "the bag"?? Poor Lotte... Time went fast by watching the latest smurf-movie We had very nice weather for the flight And then, suddenly, after four hours, the first impressions from the island of tenerife ...tbc
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Jan 27, 2014, 11:20 pm	And here we reach our hotel A first meeting with the big sleeping-Orca ad the Manatee, the had to travel as cargo-luggage... And first views from the balcony That was our first day here on tenerife and a lot more nice days will follow Love and see You soon Yours Hase
Strunki strunki1259@web.de Posted Jan 28, 2014, 9:39 pm	Hello Mum, today we visited the oldtown of La Orotava Here we start with a view over the oldtown from the top of the Gardens of Marquesado de la Quinta Roja Here a view over this nice terraced garden This building was planned being a tomb, but it never used to be one When we went the steps down, we found this nice huge vase Some blooming orange daylilies [hemerocallis] The view on the garden from the base A first coffee with milk, in spain we order "una café con leche, por favour" After this small break we went on and visited the small but fine botanical garden of La Orotava, a dependance of the bigger Botanical Garden of Puerto de la Cruz The first very huge "tree" we see is a Canarian dragontree, [dracaena draco], it is the typical plant, but not a real tree, it belongs to the botanical familiy of Asparagaceae This is a Abyssinian or red banana [Ensete ventricosum], it looks nice with its red leafstalk, but it doesn´t have any fruit And here we have a bird of paradise [Strelitzia reginae] An anthuria A final view into the park before we leave this peaceful green place in the middle of this buzzy town Our next point of interest is the church Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion with its nice orange dome and two imposant towers Let´s have a short view inside Our final visit in La Orotava belonged to the houses with typical canarian wooden balconies, the so called "Casas del los balcones" The balconies there are ca