Sir James, Alhambra, Granada, Spain

Mone


Posted Oct 30, 2011, 2:21 pm
Sir James is still at home and excited to go on his first trip :)
Mone


Posted Nov 15, 2011, 6:12 pm
Sir James has finally been able to leave his home and is on his way to the first host, probably still at the post office right now. Let's hope he has a good trip!

:)
beelicious


Posted Nov 17, 2011, 2:28 pm
Hello mummy,

puh, it was a dark trip but now I'm fine.

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3325.jpg

Two another TV's are also here.
The sheep is Friedabella from Hamburg and the little honeybee is Rapunzel from Switzerland.

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3326.jpg

Two good looking and very nice girls... I'm not a very happy guy  :cyclops:?
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3327.jpg
beelicious


Posted Nov 21, 2011, 1:27 pm
Hi mum!

How are you? I'm fine  :D!

Today was a cosy sunday.

We played games!

At first we played "Monopoly".

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3355.jpg

I was responsible for the money.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3357.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3359.jpg


Then we played "Settlers from Catan".
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3361.jpg

I was able to draw the number for the field.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3363.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3365.jpg

Playing is hard work. And who do work must also break.
Milk and chocolate cake is just right on Sunday afternoon  :cyclops: !

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3360.jpg

Then we played "Train to Train".
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3371.jpg

I was able to shuffle the cards.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3367.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3370.jpg

I hope you had a nice sunday like me!

Love and hugs,
Sir James


beelicious


Posted Nov 22, 2011, 6:36 am
Hi mummy,

today we baked vanilla-cookies!

Knead the dough had many real men work!

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3373.jpg

Friedabella and Rapuzel have also helped.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3375.jpg

Then we make cookies with jam filling.
I was allowed make the trough in the dough and do jam  inside.

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3376.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3377.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3378.jpg

It was hard work, but they smell so good!
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3386.jpg

Bye,
Sir James


beelicious


Posted Nov 24, 2011, 8:24 am
Hello mum,

today was a very sunny but cold day.

We made a little trip around Fatschenbrunn.

Safty first!

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3436.jpg

Behind me is "Wallburg". It is not a castle only a stone-tower.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3446.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3455.jpg

This is the tower.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3461.jpg

Up here you can walk fine.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3469.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3466.jpg

Behind me are sheeps!
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3458.jpg

Is not that a great view?
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3471.jpg

Then we drove to the river Main.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3454.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3449.jpg

Then we took a little walk through the wood.
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Break  :D!
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3476.jpg

Your
Sir James

beelicious


Posted Dec 7, 2011, 8:01 am
Hello mum!

How are you? I'm fine  :cyclops:!

This is the small lake across from my current home.

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3439.jpg

Is not really winter, but definitely soon! Lots of wood so we have nicely warm.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3444.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3441.jpg

3 hours later.....

Look, it's snowing!

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3515.jpg

beelicious


Posted Dec 7, 2011, 8:05 am
Hi mummy!

The snow has been left overnight.

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3518.jpg

Because I'm always so nice I got chocolate from "Nikolaus".
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3529.jpg
beelicious


Posted Dec 7, 2011, 8:08 am
Today we were in "Zeil am Main".

This is the "Käppele" (chapel).

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3526.jpg

A view over the Steigerwald.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3524.jpg


Hugs,
Sir James

beelicious


Posted Dec 8, 2011, 9:12 am
Hi!

Today we visited a friend of my hosts.

I met two sweet boys. The little boy is called "Ilias" and his big brother "Ismael".

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3520.jpg

Aren't we cute?
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3519.jpg

Greetings,
Sir James


beelicious


Posted Dec 15, 2011, 12:39 pm
Hi mum!

Puuuhh....
Today we worked a lot. It's about the white wall behind me.

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3557.jpg

We wallpaper!
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3546.jpg

Can you see us?
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3542.jpg

Better?
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3543.jpg

I cut the wallpaper.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3545.jpg

A role so there are no bubbles in the wallpaper.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3549.jpg

I hold the ladder  :D...
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3551.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3552.jpg

With 3 is much better!
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3555.jpg

We're done!
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3559.jpg

Bye,
Sir James


beelicious


Posted Dec 20, 2011, 8:46 am
Hello mum,

Christmas is coming soon and I could play with the Christmas tree and nativity scene.


http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3574.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3570.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3569.jpg


beelicious


Posted Dec 20, 2011, 8:53 am
Then we made a little trip to Würzburg.

Behind me is the church "Käppele".
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3593.jpg

On the hill stands the fortress "Marienberg".
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3594.jpg

This is the Residence. Here's the new Hollywoodfilm "The 3 Musketeers" was filmed.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3586.jpg

Greetings,
Sir James

beelicious


Posted Dec 20, 2011, 9:00 am
Hi mummy,

today is a very sad day.

Friedabella goes home to Hamburg.

Rapunzel and I says goodbye and wish her a safe journey home.


http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Friedabella/DSCN3596-1.jpg
beelicious


Posted Dec 22, 2011, 3:39 pm
Hello mum,

Today we have finally decorated the Christmastree. He's not big, but he is very beautiful.


http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/DSCN3600-1.jpg

Help! The light chain attacks me  :cyclops:!
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/DSCN3598-1.jpg

Done!
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/DSCN3603-1.jpg

Love and kisses,
Sir James

beelicious


Posted Dec 23, 2011, 4:28 pm
Hello!

Strange....

My host mother was just in the kitchen. I was not allowed to go with.
Well, I look at my Travellog in the meantime.

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3615.jpg

What was she doing that? She says I should not be so curious. I would find out soon enough.

I'm so excited!

Bye, Sir James
beelicious


Posted Dec 28, 2011, 8:58 am
Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday dear Sir James, happy birthday to me  :cyclops:!

Today was not only Christmas Eve, but also my birthday!

First I got a mandarin cake with a candle and sang me a birthday song for all.
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http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3649.jpg

That's why I was not allowed yesterday in the kitchen. What a surpise!

Then I got a big piece of chocolate cake and my birthday present.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3654.jpg

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Look what I got! A red scarf! Isn't he pretty?
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3656.jpg

I look great  :cyclops:!
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3657.jpg

Then I blew out the birthday candle.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3652.jpg

Done!
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3653.jpg

For cake, there were banana milkshake.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3660.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3661.jpg

The birthday crown is a little too big for me  :D...
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3668.jpg

Then we played "Blinde Kuh" (blind cow).
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3665.jpg

Rapunzel I first found.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3666.jpg

We had a lot of fun!
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3667.jpg

Then we played "Topfschlagen". (pot beat)
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3663.jpg

I found him!
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3662.jpg

Under the pot is a piece of chocolate. Yummie!
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3664.jpg

Then there was champagne.
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http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3670.jpg

Oops ... I've probably watched too much to drink.
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http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3673.jpg

.......?
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3645.jpg

Hicks!
Bye mum!
Sir James

beelicious


Posted Dec 28, 2011, 10:57 am
Today we were at a birthday party at the "Brot & Spiele" (Bread & Games). This is a very nice game-pub in Schweinfurt. The owner is a very good friend of my host-mother and it was his birthday.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3716.jpg

Rapunzel and I sang him "Happy Birthday".
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3733.jpg

There were lots of cakes and cappuccino.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3718.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3721.jpg

Then we played "Nicht Lustig" (Not funny).
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3725.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3726.jpg

For me, it got a "Platzverweis" (place reference). This is a very delicious non-alcoholic-cocktail with cherry-juice, lime and crushed ice.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3724.jpg


Then we played a favorite game of my hosts: "Cartagena".
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3729.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3732.jpg

"You gotta fight for your right to party!"
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3727.jpg


It was a very nice evening! Thank you Steffen for the invitation!

Bye,
Sir James

beelicious


Posted Dec 28, 2011, 11:30 am
Hi mum!

Today we went to dinner at a Japanese restaurant ("Kham" ) in Würzburg.

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3736.jpg

A typical japanese house.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3739.jpg

Help! I have to eat with chopsticks!
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3740.jpg

As a starter, there were spring rolls and pakora (fried potato, spinach and eggplant with mint yoghurt).
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3742.jpg

For main courses there was "Jasha Momo" and "Tse Momo". Momo are boiled dumplings filled with Chicken (Jasha) and spinach (Tse).
In addition there was a salad and a very very very hot sauce  :cyclops:.

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3744.jpg

Yummi!!!!!
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3745.jpg

Love and hugs,
Sir James










beelicious


Posted Dec 28, 2011, 2:33 pm
Hello!

Today the postman gave us a packet. On it was written: "Boofle insinde".
What is a "Boofle"??

Sir James and I was very curious.

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3723.jpg


Full of anticipation we opened the packet.
What was inside?  Candies, a little book, Christmas Ornaments, green tea and....

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3725-1.jpg

... Boofle! He is a very pretty little dog! He is  from Weilburg near Limburg in Hessen/Germany.
With so many gifts, he is welcome here  :cyclops:!
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3727-1.jpg

Then the neighbor's dog came over to say hello.
My host-mum don't know her name. She calls her "Oma" (grandma), because she is a very old dog.

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3733-1.jpg

Bye,
Sir James

beelicious


Posted Jan 2, 2012, 9:01 am
Hi!

Today was a very windy day.

We stayed inside and played ("Settler of Catan" and "Jaipur" ).

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3751.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3751.jpg

Beautiful orchid:
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3754.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3760.jpg



Bye,
Sir James

beelicious


Posted Jan 7, 2012, 10:17 am
Hi!

We had a small but nice new year's eve celebration!
Our neighbours Oli and Ines were with us.

We made pizza. Yummie :-)!

Sir James, Boffle and I had much to do!

I cut ham, mushrooms and olives.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3802.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3800.jpg

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Together we rolled out the dough.

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http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3829.jpg

Done!
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3792.jpg

There was punch and chips.
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And then it was midnight... HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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Party!!!
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I wish all TV's and their friends a happy new year!


Greetings,
Sir James


beelicious


Posted Jan 10, 2012, 8:07 am
Oh what a Sunday morning...

I slept peacefully as I was dragged roughly into bright light ...
What time is it?

7.33???
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3866.jpg

What the hell I'm doing on a dark, rainy Sunday morning?

We travel by car and then stopping at this house. It is the "Meister Bär Altstadt Hotel" (Master Bear Oldcity hotel) in Hassfurt.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3877.jpg

Oh, there is a delicious breakfast buffet!

There are tea, juice, eggs, cheese, salmon, croissants, delicious fruit etc.....
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3873.jpg

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It was sooo yummie  :D!

Greetings,
Sir James
beelicious


Posted Jan 10, 2012, 8:08 am
"TV-Gaststätte" means "TV-Restaurant"...
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3863.jpg

Wow! A Restaurant only for us???

This is determined by ordinary people, and TV stands for television.
These poor ignorant people  :rolleyes:....
beelicious


Posted Jan 12, 2012, 11:50 am
Hello!

Today was an exciting day!
First, the postman brought a small package.
Rapunzel, Boofle and I were very curious. What is inside?
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3877-1.jpg

Hello? Is anyone there?
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3879.jpg

Look, it's BineHH! Her home is near Hamburg, and now she comes to us from Dortmund.
She really is a sweet little crab!
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3876.jpg

Then our host mother told us that we will go to the theater tonight! We see "Rain Main" (like the movie).
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3932.jpg

That will be fun!

beelicious


Posted Jan 12, 2012, 12:32 pm
Hello again!

We arrived in Schweinfurt at the theater.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3909.jpg

Tonight we see on stage, "Rain Main".
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3910.jpg

Even the theater is empty, but it will be fully determined yet!
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http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3916.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3918.jpg

The theater lasted 2 hours and then we had  hunger.
We went to an Indian restaurant called "Maharadscha".
We ate "Sabji Pakora" (fried vegetables with mint yoghurt).
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3924.jpg

For main courses there was "Palak Murgh" (chicken with spinach).
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/SSCN3928.jpg

The Indian spices were delicious!

It was a very nice day!

Love and kisses,
Sir James


beelicious


Posted Jan 16, 2012, 12:16 pm

Hello!

Do you know what my hosts have just told me?

We leave tomorrow on a trip to Cologne!
There we go into the late-night-Show "Harald Schmidt Show" (a German moderator).
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1000165-1.jpg

There is also another surprise, but it will not tell us ...

We even stay away overnight.

We are all excited like that!

Greetings,
Sir James
beelicious


Posted Jan 20, 2012, 9:30 am
Hello!

All there?
We are ready!
We travel to Cologne!
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040003.jpg

Was our first trip a little bit boring, but we drove past the airport of Frankfurt. He is so huge! We saw some planes land and take off.

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040004.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040008.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040016.jpg
beelicious


Posted Jan 20, 2012, 9:31 am
In Siegburg (a small town near Cologne), we had a hotel room.
The hotel was called "Kasserrolle". There we make our fresh and then drove to Cologne for the "Harald Schmidt Show".

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040064.jpg
beelicious


Posted Jan 20, 2012, 9:33 am
Here is the television station SAT 1.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040027.jpg

And here you see the entrance to the show.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040130.jpg

Unfortunately we were not allowed into the studio ...
So we've done a photo with the painting by Harald Schmidt.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040139.jpg

After the show it was a little surprise.
We rode in a car-cinema! We saw the German film "Offroad".
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040140.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040047.jpg

The movie was quite ok.
It was almost midnight when we finally were at the hotel. We slept like one too ....


beelicious


Posted Jan 20, 2012, 6:50 pm
The next day...

This morning was very cold!
We snuggled into the warm blanket.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040059.jpg

After breakfast we drove to Cologne.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040076.jpg

BineHH: Where is the cathedral?

Me: Well, over there he is!
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040070.jpg

Boofle: I see I have not even ....

Rapunzel: I see him, I see him.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040073.jpg
BineHH: Yes, I too now!

Boofle: He's so big!
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040158.jpg

From here I had a nice view of the Cologne Cathedral.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040146.jpg

These three buildings are very modern flats behind me. They should look like old cranes on the Rhine.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040153.jpg

Behind me is the great railway bridge over the Rhine.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040152.jpg

We wanted to take the cable car over the Rhine, but unfortunately it didn't work.
Then we made our way home.

beelicious


Posted Jan 20, 2012, 6:51 pm
We saw airplanes again...
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040116.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040117.jpg
beelicious


Posted Jan 20, 2012, 6:51 pm
On the way home I thought to myself: It was really a very nice trip!
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040159.jpg

Our hosts told us that we go away again next week for a few days ... I'm curious where we go!

Bye,
Sir James
beelicious


Posted Jan 28, 2012, 4:34 pm
Hi!

Today we were again in Wuerzburg and  we had a little more time to take pictures.

This is the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the baroque residence and Franconiafountain. It was built from 1719 - 1744
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040215.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040207.jpg

Here I am on the Main. Behind me is the "Old Crane".
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040267.jpg

This is the fortress 'Marienberg'. It was built around 1200.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040263.jpg

This is the church "Kaeppele" (Chapel). She was built vom 1748 - 1750 from Balthasar Neumann.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040262.jpg

This is the "Alte Mainbrücke" (Old Main Bridge).
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040250.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040245.jpg

A lion from the Ludwigs-Bridge.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040255.jpg

A view over Wuerburg.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040229.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040225.jpg

Bye,
Sir James

beelicious


Posted Jan 29, 2012, 1:58 pm
Hello!

Today we packed our bags! But my hosts did't tell me where we go ....

I see nothing! Too much fog ...
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040273.jpg

Here is a little snow. Where could we be?
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040275.jpg

And here is yet more snow!
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040276.jpg

We are in the beautiful Upper-Bavaria!
This is our home for the next few days - the hotel "Alter Hof"  in Vaterstetten near Munich.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040428.jpg

We  have a bed for us alone!
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040421.jpg

In the afternoon we visited relatives of my host mother in Munich: Aunt Gerda is a 86 year old lady and Uncle Bruno and his wife Gerlinde.

Tomorrow we take a trip to the mountains!

Bye,
Sir James
beelicious


Posted Jan 29, 2012, 2:57 pm
Winter-Wonderland-Tour

Without words - so beautiful!
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040305.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040295.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040364.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040365.jpg

Look for me!
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040287.jpg

Then we drove to  "Starnberger See".
This house is in Irschenhausen. It is known, because it is in the German crime series "Der Bulle von Toelz" (The cop from Toelz).
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040278.jpg

A typical Bavarian  house.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040317.jpg

Here I'm at the "Tegernsee".
Do you see the colorful balloons?
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040323.jpg

And this is the "Schliersee".
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040330.jpg

Behind me is the peak of the mountain "Wendelstein". He is 1838 meters high.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040343.jpg

Behind me you see the mountain "Wilder Kaiser" and the "Kaiser Mountains" in Austria.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040366.jpg

Here we are at the "Chiemsee",  also called the "Bavarian Sea".
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040393.jpg

The gull is hopefully nice to us...
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040400.jpg

On the way home we see children go sleigh.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040288.jpg

We are all very tired after this long day ...
But we still enjoy the setting sun.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040284.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040285.jpg

Greetings,
Sir James



beelicious


Posted Jan 29, 2012, 3:24 pm
Today we are unfortunately already gone back home ...

We stopped briefly in Munich.
It was very cold and there was freezing rain ...

This is the "Chinese Tower" in the English Garden.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040432.jpg

The television tower.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040436.jpg

And the Olympic Stadium in 1972.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040437.jpg

The Soccer Station "Allianz Arena".

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040441.jpg

beelicious


Posted Jan 29, 2012, 3:38 pm

Puuh! After 3 hours of driving we were back at home ...

We just back as the postwoman came. And what she brought us?
An envelope. Whether this is probably a new TV?
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040446-1.jpg

You see a littlebit of blue ...
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040448-1.jpg

Look! It is Blou Beer from South Africa! We all welcome him warmly!
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040449-1.jpg

He has traveled very far. Nearly 16,000 km! He  shows us on the PC where he comes from.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040456-1.jpg

Do I ever travel so far away from home?

Bye,
Sir James
beelicious


Posted Jan 30, 2012, 1:25 pm
Hello!

Last night it snowed a lot!

The other TV's and I played in the snow.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040460.jpg

Together we built a snowman.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040471.jpg

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040474.jpg

Bye,
Sir James
beelicious


Posted Feb 1, 2012, 9:03 am
Hi!

Today I say goodbye to my TV friends.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040476.jpg

I'm a little bit sad, but I'm looking forward to new adventures.
Where it will I go?
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/Kalea3307/Sir%20James/P1040477.jpg

We'll see us again!

Bye,
Sir James

JunCTionS


Posted Apr 27, 2012, 6:07 pm
Hello!
I have finally arrived to Spain, I'm so happy.
I was received by a very eager toyvoyager called Capote, at first I was a bit shy
http://i.imgur.com/nbBp0.jpg
but after greeting him I saw there was no doubt we will be great friends.
http://i.imgur.com/piQzk.jpg
After I delivered a note my mommy sent to my hosts, I was told I arrived just in time and that we would be going on a roadtrip! Good thing I love to travel.
The road in Spain was very nice, and I got to see many beautiful sights. I really liked some bulls we saw along the way, they're an important animal in Spain:
http://i.imgur.com/S9IHU.jpg

Along the way I had the chance to talk to my hosts and Capote, he's a really good and happy dog. He told me a lot about the time he spent in Kansas, and we also spoke about our homes in Germany.
http://i.imgur.com/QChsc.jpg

Along the road we saw many fields with olive trees or other plantations, solar power stations and wind power stations. All very pretty
http://i.imgur.com/tsvbM.jpg

After finally arriving we went to visit some friends of our hosts and there I got to pet a guinea pig!
http://i.imgur.com/tVAPe.jpg
He was very kind but also very afraid... even though he was a lot bigger and heavier than me!.

Oh well, I hope to finally get some rest after so much travel. But I'm really happy I'll get to see more than one Spanish city.
JunCTionS


Posted Apr 28, 2012, 10:07 am
Today we got to visit downtown Madrid!,
Here's me with the fountain of Neptune, we also passed by a very similar one called the Cibeles fountain which is where the Real Madrid football fans celebrate their wins.
http://i.imgur.com/6i2jd.jpg

In a big souvenir store they had a very funny looking full size statue of Don Quixote:
http://i.imgur.com/MsyGQ.jpg

We walked beside the Prado Museum. Here's Capote and me with a statue of the famous Spanish painter Velazquez:
http://i.imgur.com/kYxyg.jpg

And this is the entrance of museo del Prado:
http://i.imgur.com/MlgGB.jpg

After passing by there we went to the centric park called "El Retiro", it was very nice and with lots of gardens. And with a big pond with people on rowboats:
http://i.imgur.com/gaT1Z.jpg

Here's me with some pretty flowers:
http://i.imgur.com/NyD1W.jpg

And just outside was the Puerta de Alcalá:
http://i.imgur.com/ci3Ux.jpg

we then went to the main street in Madrid, the Gran Vía:
http://i.imgur.com/11Gjz.jpg
And from there walked to Sol, which is the a square where Spanish people greet the New Year.
http://i.imgur.com/0qVlj.jpg

And before ending our day's trip we passed by the Congress of Deputies, here we are with one of the big lion statues at the entrance:
http://i.imgur.com/g7vdU.jpg

I really like Madrid, there's many things to see, although we had to do a lot of walking and didn't have enough time to visit it all.
JunCTionS


Posted May 13, 2012, 1:52 pm
Today we went back to Madrid,
Here in the back you can see the four really big skyscrappers of Madrid known as the "Torres de la Castellana":
http://i.imgur.com/q27me.jpg
We went to the "Palacio de Oriente" which is the official residence of the kings of Spain.
http://i.imgur.com/cXmFA.jpg
We knocked on the door but apparently they weren't home. Next time we'll call before :p:
http://i.imgur.com/0HrAX.jpg
We went into the Almudena Cathedral and after walking many steps to the top of the bell tower here's the view towards the downtown of Madrid.
http://i.imgur.com/waauk.jpg
It was really rainy so it was good to be indoors.

We went to eat to a famous restaurant called the Caves of Luis Candela. A long time ago it was the hidding place of the famous thief.
http://i.imgur.com/5YQYi.jpg

And it was right below the main square of Madrid called Plaza Mayor:
http://i.imgur.com/7Xz3y.jpg
Madrid was a really nice place. Hopefully some day I'll get to visit it again.
JunCTionS


Posted May 13, 2012, 5:47 pm
On the way to Granada we stopped at a placed called Despeñaperros, which has really nice mountains, here's me and Capote enjoying the view:
http://i.imgur.com/CMC2K.jpg
Today it was the "Día de las cruces" when the city gets full of red flower crosses, people get dressed in typical spanish dresses and there's a lot of music and dancing; it was really nice.
http://i.imgur.com/eOduz.jpg
We had some nice dessert: strawberries and cream, and some churros!
http://i.imgur.com/QZDSA.jpg
This is the Bib-Rambla square which is very centric and in the background you can see the big cathedral tower:
http://i.imgur.com/3xwoo.jpg
Here's me with a funny looking motorcycle:
http://i.imgur.com/dkCcO.jpg
Do you think I'll be able to drive it?

Finally this is me at Plaza Nueva with the main regional courthouse for Andalucía which used to be a prison itself:
http://i.imgur.com/Hoakn.jpg
And the fountain that is at that square:
http://i.imgur.com/LcMAm.jpg
JunCTionS


Posted May 13, 2012, 8:24 pm
And we're on the road again! I know I have yet to see Granada properly, but there will be time for that later, as I had the oportunity to visit Munich again!
This time a new ToyVoyager joined us, his name is Kibblet , and here we are with Capote on the Madrid Metro:
http://i.imgur.com/JdyxB.jpg
and then in the Barajas Airport of Madrid it's very nice how the columns make a rainbow along the very long terminal.
http://i.imgur.com/055sD.jpg
Here's our airplane, as you can see we were very excited to go on it.
http://i.imgur.com/21bSG.jpg
We took a train from the Munich airport to the city:
http://i.imgur.com/kQfLi.jpg
Shortly after arriving we went on a walk, luckily we arrived right on time for the Spring Festival, so our host had a typical sized Bavarian drink:
http://i.imgur.com/S95bO.jpg
And then we went on a large Ferris Wheel to see the city landscape:
http://i.imgur.com/zSMQ5.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Gw3qV.jpg

We visited the beautiful Nymphemburg castle:
http://i.imgur.com/G3a0b.jpg
It had a big front lawn surrounded by identical yellow houses.
http://i.imgur.com/Bhg9k.jpg

From a bus I saw many buildings, some of the ones I saw the previous time I was in Munich, including the television tower and the 1971 Olympic Arena. But this time I took pictures of the O2 tower and the BMW factory buildings:
http://i.imgur.com/C81zY.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/AK6rN.jpg
Here we are all in front of the Siegestor arch:
http://i.imgur.com/VSwY7.jpg
We also went for a walk in the English Garden, there I saw the Chinese tower again and then went to the nearby Hofgarten, here's the Bavarian State Chancellery:
http://i.imgur.com/AX3k8.jpg
We had to schedule some time to see the pretty figures of the "new" town hall's clock, the Rathaus-Glockenspiel, moving, it was quite enchanting to see:
http://i.imgur.com/AdFyG.jpg
It was very nice getting to go back to Munich, we all had a very nice time, but as you can see we were quite tired by the time we got to the Munich Airport.
http://i.imgur.com/umQIy.jpg
In Madrid we took a short distance train from the airport.
http://i.imgur.com/Wxlt1.jpg
I wonder how many modes of transportation I haven't been on already ;).
JunCTionS


Posted Jun 3, 2012, 1:25 pm
Today we went out for a bike ride. One of our hosts had to run some errands so we went along to see a bit of the city. It wasn't much but we still had a lot of fun.
We passed by a big park named after a famous spanish poet, the Federico Garcia Lorca. It was very pretty, and had many flowers:
http://i.imgur.com/XuL1k.jpg
(scroll to the right to see the full picture)
But our host was in such a hurry that he took the panoramic image too fast... so don't worry, although I look like I lost my ear it's still there.

We also passed by the Museum of Science. Here I am with Capote and Kibblet rolling a big marble ball that weighs one ton! :O
http://i.imgur.com/9YEbY.jpg
We felt very strong, but it's easier because the ball is floating on water.

And here's the biggest river that crosses Granada, it's called the Genil:
http://i.imgur.com/GcXfa.jpg
As you can see the day was very sunny, and it was getting so hot I had to loosen up my scarf...
http://i.imgur.com/V0KlT.jpg
I like my scarf very much and I don't want to stop wearing it, but this is not the right weather for using it... oh well, I guess that if you want to get to know the world you must put up with some inconvenient weather.

Love from Granada,
Sir James.
JunCTionS


Posted Jun 9, 2012, 11:45 pm
Hello Mommy,
We've been having a good time, although the weather is still very hot. This week was Corpus Christi and it's when the main fair of Granada takes place. So we went to the "Recinto Ferial", here I am with my friends Kibblet and Capote in the main entrance:
http://i.imgur.com/nvf2z.jpg
As you can see I had to take off the scarf because of the heat.

Right inside there were many shops with many other fun things:
http://i.imgur.com/aBu6o.jpg
We had lunch there with some friends and then danced a long time, it was so much fun!, too bad we didn't take many more pictures.
There were a lot of townspeople from the province that came in their horses and carriages all dressed up.

We had a lot of fun that lasted until the evening. We passed by the central square of Granada, called the Bib-Rambla.
Capote says this dragon tried to eat him before:
http://i.imgur.com/QAcPf.jpg
But the squared looked very different this time with so many lights and so many people. Many flamenco schools were performing there as well.

Before finally going home we stopped by a very good ice cream store:
http://i.imgur.com/quRuQ.jpg
I put on my scarf after because it was getting cooler outside, maybe in part because of the ice cream.
http://i.imgur.com/lK96Y.jpg
Here I am in from of the Town Hall. It was also specially decorated because of the fair:
http://i.imgur.com/ApduS.jpg
I specially liked how there are many flowers here in Granada, in spite of the very hot weather.
http://i.imgur.com/RM8Kt.jpg
Many of the buildings looked ancient but well mantained. And there were many decorations thanks to the festivities:
http://i.imgur.com/xyMwv.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/LsYty.jpg
Here's the main post office:
http://i.imgur.com/8rzRF.jpg

The city is named after the pomegranate fruit, so you can find drawings of the fruit in the city (and even in the Spanish Coat of Arms), so here you can see it in flowers by a fountain called the fountain of the battles:
http://i.imgur.com/if6pP.jpg
I had a lot of fun today... it was very nice to see the town on a holiday.
Love,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted Jul 3, 2012, 12:25 pm
Hello mommy,
Today we started a surprise trip, here I am with Kibblet and Capote in the Málaga Airport:
http://i.imgur.com/Eq6bo.jpg
we took a very economic airline, it was funny how bright the colors were inside the plane, they also had lotto on board and when we landed they played a loud fanfare sound:
http://i.imgur.com/tyaWt.jpg
When we got to Budapest we took the train, it was very old and worn out, but at least it seemed clean:
http://i.imgur.com/wJi12.jpg

Here I am with the Parliament building from the other side of the Danube river, it's very big and pretty:
http://i.imgur.com/9roWQ.jpg

We then walked to the center of the eastern side of the city, they used to be two cities divided by the river, Buda and Pest, when they joined the two by the bridge they just joined the two names, so this part is in Pest. Here we are in front of a mall and the Hard Rock Cafe:
http://i.imgur.com/Jgzjo.jpg

They had a cultural act were people from very different places around the World showed their folkloric dances:
http://i.imgur.com/MvIrw.jpg

In that same square there was a nice fountain, here I am with my friends:
http://i.imgur.com/Rvdg9.jpg

We continued walking until we got so tired we had to stop for a rest in the grass in front of the main opera house:
http://i.imgur.com/oRqCT.jpg

Then we walked through the famous Chain Bridge to Buda:
http://i.imgur.com/hVgau.jpg

Then we went to the Castle Hill, here I am in front of Mathias Church
http://i.imgur.com/X9yaG.jpg

And the Fishersman's Bastion, can you find me?:
http://i.imgur.com/NlxyB.jpg

Here we are in a model of both those buildings:
http://i.imgur.com/deBCo.jpg

Then we went down to a very very very scary place called Labirintus, it was a lot of underground caves and it was very dark, luckily there was a map and we were able to get out:
http://i.imgur.com/CuAIl.jpg
That's it for Budapest, here we are leaving in the train:
http://i.imgur.com/XpT7h.jpg

Love,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted Jul 4, 2012, 10:08 am
So we went by train to Balatonalmádi, a really small town by Balaton lake:
http://i.imgur.com/SpocX.jpg
It was a really old train and it didn't have air conditioning, so it was so hot I thought I was going to melt!.

Here I am in the train station:
http://i.imgur.com/dcggi.jpg

Then we walked to the lake and it was really pretty, and we saw some ducks and swans:
http://i.imgur.com/H7Rju.jpg

It was a really nice place, quiet and peaceful, here's the view from our window were we watched many trains go by and the boats in the lake to the left:
http://i.imgur.com/pisal.jpg

I liked Balatonalmádi, the weather was nice for summer, although it was so full of mosquitos.
Love,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted Jul 4, 2012, 9:32 pm
After Balatonalmádi, we went back to Budapest and took a plane to Barcelona, here's me in the plane, I love flying:
http://i.imgur.com/SMmyv.jpg
In Barcelona we visited the famous Gaudi's church, "La Sagrada Familia":
http://i.imgur.com/AWbzs.jpg
It was amazing, with lots of pretty details, it's still in construction since 1882!, I hope to see it finished some day.
Then we took a walk by the beach:
http://i.imgur.com/jQlm6.jpg

Here's me with my friends having a great time:
http://i.imgur.com/YyMbA.jpg

Love,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted Jul 5, 2012, 10:34 pm
In Barcelona we boarded a cruise in which we will sail several days in the Mediterranean, we're very excited, it's such a big ship!.

Here you can see a view of the port:
http://i.imgur.com/GJU8G.jpg

I had a great time relaxing with my friends!
http://i.imgur.com/KvtkF.jpg

We spent the first day navigating, we went through the middle of the islands of Sardinia:
http://i.imgur.com/Nx7yP.jpg

And Corsica:
http://i.imgur.com/qyRgu.jpg

We had a lot of fun on board, it's very nice and there are a lot of fun things to do all the time. We even got to see the control bridge and the Captain navigate between the islands, but no photos were allowed.

Ahoy,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted Jul 5, 2012, 11:16 pm
Today we docked at Naples and there we took a train to the ancient city of Pompeii:
http://i.imgur.com/m0OYG.jpg

When we arrived the ruins' workers were on a strike so we decided to go to the Vesuvius volcan first, to get there we took a huge all-terrain buses that looked like military trucks:
http://i.imgur.com/7naP6.jpg
The ride was really bumpy! and there were a lot of curves so I got a little dizzy, the road was also very narrow so it seemed like we were about to fall of a cliff!.

When we finally arrived we still had a long way to the top, luckily we fit in our hosts' bag and he carried us all the way (it was very dusty so I would have ended up completly dirty anyways).

On the top we got to see the inside of a giant volcano's crater!:
http://i.imgur.com/GurLx.jpg
It was really amazing! and the volcan is still active!

After going down, we visited the ruins of Pompeii, this city was destroyed by the volcano's eruption more than 19 centuries ago but the ruins were only discovered recently so it's been very well preserved.
The place was really big and there was a lot of sun, definetly no place for a nice polar bear like me, but it was still very interesting to see such a well organized and complete city from so long ago. Many of the things and people were conserved exactly how they were when the volcano erupted. Here's us in one of the temples:
http://i.imgur.com/Q1BOS.jpg

It was a very fun day, but in the end we had to rush to the train or the ship would leave us, so we could only see Naples as we walked by. This is from when we were waiting for the train:
http://i.imgur.com/TUAdZ.jpg

Love,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted Jul 6, 2012, 7:53 pm
Bon giorno!
Today we went to Rome, the first thing we visited was the Coliseum, of course:
http://i.imgur.com/eLtcp.jpg
Next thing we visited was the Fontana di Trevi, the tour guide was in such a hurry that we didn't take any pictures. I hope you believe me.
But I did throw a coin backwards into the fountain so I'll be coming back some day!

We walked really fast and saw many historical buildings and learned a lot of the very long history of Rome.We stopped for a little in Piazza Navona:
http://i.imgur.com/6QdUO.jpg
We wanted to take a group picture but Kibblet wouldn't stop chasing that cat:
http://i.imgur.com/xgpIT.jpg

Then we stopped for a quick lunch, I had lasagna, in Italy!, it was very good :), they make very good pasta here!.

Finally we visited the Vatican, here's me in front of Saint Peter's Basilica, the biggest church in the World. We went inside and it was gorgeous.
http://i.imgur.com/IT9wS.jpg

Well this is it for Rome, we only spent a few hours here so we had to run and see everything quickly, but as the tour guide said, this was just an appetizer so we would come back and see Rome more calmly some other time.

Arrivederci,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted Jul 18, 2012, 10:44 pm
Ciao mamma!
I have been improving my Italian!, today we went to Florence and Pisa!, here you can see me in front of the Cathedral of Florence, it was really nice and really big but it was really simple inside. A very interesting site.
http://i.imgur.com/nCMrf.jpg

Florence is filled with amazing buildings and works of art in the streets. Here I am with a replica of Michelangelo's David.
http://i.imgur.com/FXqLJ.jpg

And after Florence we stopped by Pisa and in the miracle's square saw the famous leaning tower...
http://i.imgur.com/YDiBU.jpg
I of course tried to straighten it up ;).

Baci,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted Jul 19, 2012, 2:35 am
Hello mommy,
Today we visited a lot of different places, first a town that is called Éze in France which is really small and is on top of a very steep hill. Here I am before going up:
http://i.imgur.com/3pHY9.jpg

Then we went to Monaco, here I am overlooking it, still from France:
http://i.imgur.com/mllZa.jpg

When we got there we first went to the castle, here's me with Capote and Kibblet .
http://i.imgur.com/B1Sdl.jpg
There we saw the change of guard and then took some pictures of the view.
http://i.imgur.com/pT1WM.jpg

Here's the Marina where you can see part of the Formula-1 race track (which is a normal street when they're not racing):
http://i.imgur.com/PmOqU.jpg

and the Justice Palace:
http://i.imgur.com/J4L7Z.jpg

and of course the famous Montecarlo casino:
http://i.imgur.com/JAaRB.jpg

We also had the chance to visit the city of Cannes and get our picture taken in the Red Carpet of the film festival:
http://i.imgur.com/tNjjn.jpg
I think some people might have recognized us from our famous travels because many of them took pictures of us.

My hosts let me drink a bit of wine, since they knew this was part of my life missions, but we forgot to take a picture :(.

Finally we got into an emergency life boat to go back to our ship it was really fun:
http://i.imgur.com/HGEDF.jpg
Here's a view of Cannes from the ship:
http://i.imgur.com/BWITZ.jpg

I had a lot of fun today... and again got to visit more than one country in one day!. I love getting to know so many places.
Love,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted Jul 19, 2012, 10:49 pm
Hello,
Today our ship stopped in Marseille but we stayed on board to relax and enjoy our last day at sea.

Here's a view of Marseille from the port:
http://i.imgur.com/6TW1c.jpg

Love,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted Jul 21, 2012, 10:50 pm
Hello mom,
Today we said goodbye to Kibblet, as always it was sad, but we're happy to have him travelling and getting to know the World. Before leaving Granada we organized a proper goodbye with the help of his Original Dog friends:
http://i.imgur.com/DEHMf.jpg
He really liked it.

After that we left to Valencia by a midnight train-hotel:
http://i.imgur.com/AOnBL.jpg

We had a lot of fun on board:
http://i.imgur.com/6cVxe.jpg

We arrived to a very pretty station that had a very classic look to it:
http://i.imgur.com/ar4zt.jpg
Valencia has a very interesting area that is called the "City of arts and science" where a very famous arquitect was in charge of many buildings, it's really amazing how every one of them looks very futuristic:
http://i.imgur.com/rDjK7.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/sFPg1.jpg
Here you can see a suspension bridge and the Opera House.
http://i.imgur.com/6NAXH.jpg

We took a quick bus ride to the beach:
http://i.imgur.com/9QL9m.jpg
There we had a lot of fun playing and basking in the Sun... I think I've become used to the summer heat.

We also visited the city center, here I am in front of the city hall:
http://i.imgur.com/ac6TO.jpg

But everything must come to an end, and so here I am waiting for another midnight train back to Granada:
http://i.imgur.com/Rx9sH.jpg

Love,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted Sep 9, 2012, 2:20 pm
Hi mommy!,
Sorry I haven't written in such a long time.
We've been relaxing at home most of the time, not much to say for a while. Here's me watching the Olympic games:
http://i.imgur.com/7f6Ym.jpg

We went up to the Sierra Nevada mountain range, which is a sky resort. But since it's been such a hot summer it wasn't very "Nevada" (which means snowed), here are the sky slopes:
http://i.imgur.com/PibK4.jpg
So we walked up to the an astronomical observatory!, they have many big telescopes in there and they use them to look at stars very far away.
http://i.imgur.com/dNjEU.jpg
Look at this rock, it was falling up instead of down!
http://i.imgur.com/lwvtO.jpg

We also hiked around the mountains, it was a nice exercise.
http://i.imgur.com/PSAHK.jpg

And the sights were very pretty:
http://i.imgur.com/U83gQ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/oUeAl.jpg
Here we are looking back at the astronomical observatory and also a big antena they also use to look at the stars.
http://i.imgur.com/CgPFr.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/BqQtU.jpg
We found a small lake. I wanted to take a swim and at 3000 meters of altitude, the water was very cold, just how I like it, but my hosts said that I would get dirty walking down all wet.
http://i.imgur.com/q9UWw.jpg

Love,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted Oct 16, 2012, 8:28 pm
Hello mommy!
Today a new toyvoyager arrived!, and not any ToyVoyager, but the Voyager of the Week, at first he was shy
http://i.imgur.com/2UzZj.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/0xV9H.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/y7pNs.jpg
but then we became really good friends!

http://i.imgur.com/QIINJ.jpg
He's been in many places and tells really good stories, his name is Phinook

http://i.imgur.com/DcwfZ.jpg
We took a bus to the city center, and Susy came with us. She's a new ToyVoyager waiting to start her journey.

http://i.imgur.com/40SBW.jpg
I showed my friends around town. Here is Granada's main post office and a street painter being inspired by the street life:

http://i.imgur.com/VWL4w.jpg

This is the town hall

http://i.imgur.com/p7dfi.jpg

And these are some typical moorish shops in narrow streets by the city center.

http://i.imgur.com/14N7y.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/uOncf.jpg
And the city's most centric square, the Bib-Rambla:

http://i.imgur.com/Og0p7.jpg

When we came back home we decided to bake a cake, here we are with all the ingredients, it was very good to have so many helping hands

http://i.imgur.com/67prq.jpg

We took turns at working the mixer

http://i.imgur.com/PUd65.jpg

Sadly, when we were done, we were so excited to eat the cake that we forgot to take a picture before it was gone!.
It was a really nice day, two new friends, seeing more of the city center and a cake!.
Love,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted Oct 23, 2012, 12:49 am
Hello,
Today I joined my host parents to do run some errands and on our way back we stopped in a few nice places. Here's the local Plaza de Toros (bullfighting ring).
http://i.imgur.com/wUI5E.jpg

There are many pretty buildings in Granada, here's a government building in the center.
http://i.imgur.com/40Hlc.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/a7tYW.jpg

Love,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted Oct 23, 2012, 12:52 am
Hi everyone!,
This weekend we went on a trip to the countryside, we spent the weekend on a countryhouse with some friends. The view was beautiful, here you can see the small town of Otívar:
http://i.imgur.com/KmVJP.jpg
Like many Andalucian towns all the houses are painted white and it looks very pretty.


We had a barbecue made in this rustic oven:
http://i.imgur.com/PV4Cc.jpg

and we got to play in the well. We also threw in coins and made wishes.
http://i.imgur.com/Fmn0L.jpg

Cheers,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted Oct 23, 2012, 2:09 am
Hi!
Today we spent the day walking through the city center, here's me in a nice Andalucian style building:
http://i.imgur.com/RHrGt.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/5gKtb.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/1MNzm.jpg

The medieval door that you see behind me used to be the entrance to Granada during the 12th century. It's called the Puerta de Elvira:
http://i.imgur.com/OIo1J.jpg

Then we took a bus, the building you can see here was an old jail and is now the current hall of justice for Andalucía:
http://i.imgur.com/RxpCa.jpg

We arrived to the famous "Mirador de San Nicolás", a very nice lookout out point to see the Alhambra and the whole city of Granada:
http://i.imgur.com/54VFi.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/LJxbd.jpg
The Alhambra was a fortified city built by the moors with several palaces inside.

Here's part of the old fortified wall that used to surround Granada.
http://i.imgur.com/1YA1i.jpg

After all that walking I had some really good paella and a refreshing soda.
http://i.imgur.com/9ToyU.jpg

Then we went down to the city center walking through the Albaycín, which was the old Moorish neighborhood. The Albaycín has very small streets and it's very easy to get lost.
http://i.imgur.com/WRqmr.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Fbg0g.jpg

On our way down we found a very nice cat.
http://i.imgur.com/AtWJQ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/9OQqq.jpg

Here's another view of the Alhambra:
http://i.imgur.com/hvFBM.jpg


We visited some arab shops and in one store they had a nice fountain with big fishes in it:
http://i.imgur.com/7RM1q.jpg

What a nice walk we had today!
Love,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted Oct 23, 2012, 8:34 pm
Hello Mom,
Today we made a very special cake, it was extremely chocolaty, very colorful and pretty.
We wanted to make a nice pattern with M&M candies, so first we practiced on a plate, and after trying several ideas we went with one we found online:
http://i.imgur.com/hgRqd.jpg

Then, when we felt we were ready, we all helped put in the candies on a chocolate cake we had made earlier. Our hosts shared the cake with some friends and everybody was impressed by our work :).

http://i.imgur.com/B2xL0.jpg

Buen Provecho!
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted Oct 23, 2012, 9:22 pm
Hi mommy,
Today we went to the zoo!
Our hosts had to travel to Madrid and decided to have a fun day at the Madrid Zoo, we saw many animals and it was a lot of fun
Here's me with some eagles:
http://i.imgur.com/UNIsv.jpg

We also went into a big aquarium building where there were many beautifu fishes:
http://i.imgur.com/7y8fv.jpg

There were so many monkeys in this pit, it was very noisy and smelly... but there were many cute babies and young monkeys
http://i.imgur.com/RRd1v.jpg

Look at this nice camel, he's almost as white as I am:
http://i.imgur.com/wBUFc.jpg

This is my favorite picture, here I am with all my friends and you can see giraffes, ostriches and a zebra:
http://i.imgur.com/fJuBf.jpg

There were also many bears, sadly no polar bears, but the black bears were very friendly, look at how this one sits and waves for the camera!:
http://i.imgur.com/NTndm.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/zZxCh.jpg

Who says polar bears and penguins can't be friends?, here I am with a nice group of them:
http://i.imgur.com/KIL0Z.jpg

I also got to see some young panda bears!, they are only two years old and their names are Po and De De:
http://i.imgur.com/YkIbL.jpg
They were very playful and moved a lot, I was very lucky to get a picture of them.

Finally, here I am with my friend Phinook and a flamingo.
http://i.imgur.com/LTfhM.jpg

I really liked the zoo, specially the bear that waved to the camera!
Love,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted Oct 23, 2012, 10:52 pm
Hello from glamorous Marbella!

It is a very pretty city, but we didn't take many pictures, we tried to just relax.

Here's a view of the dawn from our room:

http://i.imgur.com/c23UH.jpg
You can see a bit of the mediterranean sea on the left of the first picture.
http://i.imgur.com/oLR2q.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Bikc9.jpg

Love,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted Oct 24, 2012, 1:17 am
Rainy season has begun in Granada,
I like it, I can wear my scarf without being too hot.
And with rain, some rainbows will happen. Here I am with a faint but pretty one (top left):
http://i.imgur.com/R1sbf.jpg

Another great thing about this season, snow!, the Sierra Nevada has snow again:
http://i.imgur.com/GxIjh.jpg
Doesn't it look just cool?

Phinook was heading home today, so we gathered to say goodbye.
http://i.imgur.com/jaDcs.jpg

So he got into his box:
http://i.imgur.com/2mUMp.jpg

Had to take of his hat so he could fit:
http://i.imgur.com/EBhNi.jpg

And suddenly, Susy jumped in!
http://i.imgur.com/DUKPT.jpg
She looked very happy to start her journey by going to Switzerland and Phinook seemed very happy to have company for the trip back home.

So we helped them close the box
http://i.imgur.com/FqdZr.jpg

and then went with our hosts to send them off.
http://i.imgur.com/BU0O0.jpg

It's very exciting to meet other traveling toys and see that we each go in our different adventures.

I hope we'll meet again,
Love,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted Nov 6, 2012, 12:16 pm
Hi Mommy!!!

Today Capote was leaving to Indonesia! I'm very excited for him, he was a bit sad to say goodbye but I gave him a big hug to keep him warm during his trip.
http://i.imgur.com/muei2.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ijeBP.jpg

Bye bye Capote, I'll miss you!
JunCTionS


Posted Nov 11, 2012, 11:06 pm
Today another package arrived, and just in time because I was feeling a little bit lonely since Capote left :(.

It came from Italy!
http://i.imgur.com/cNeMD.jpg

Inside was little Graham and some cookies!
http://i.imgur.com/j5fqJ.jpg
He's a nice little chick who is also from Germany like me :).

So today we had a nice little walk by the city center. It has been very rainy, which is not normal here, but I guess it's nice for the plants.

I think haven't visited the Constitution Avenue before, it's very nice.
http://i.imgur.com/05IO8.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/f92I3.jpg

It has several statues of famous people from Granada. Here we are with the world famous poet Federico Garcia Lorca:
http://i.imgur.com/Y2zSv.jpg

In the junction of the Constitution Avenue and the main "Gran Via" street there's a big Spanish flag, there are also many pretty and historical buildings.
http://i.imgur.com/rgjWj.jpg

Well, I'm looking forward to adventures with my new friend  B).


Love,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted Dec 2, 2012, 12:27 pm
Hello Mom,
Today a new TV arrived, his name is Elliot
http://i.imgur.com/vjt32.jpg
He brought our hosts some souvenirs and candy:
http://i.imgur.com/PZRyU.jpg

We helped our hosts put up some Christmas decorations, specially the Christmas Tree:
http://i.imgur.com/FZWrV.jpg

We helped assemble the tree, it was a bit tricky since you have to look for a number and color in order to know where every branch goes.

http://i.imgur.com/mfZi6.jpg

When I opened a box looking for the lights I found another polar bear!
http://i.imgur.com/LXGl4.jpg

He even has a red scarf like me!
http://i.imgur.com/AVdcT.jpg
He likes to hibernate during the summer because he likes Christmas the most.

We also played with the tree's lights and decoration.

http://i.imgur.com/L5Uso.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/gfdhO.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/1LEmo.jpg

And this is the final result: we loved it!!!

http://i.imgur.com/eOIgK.jpg

Cheers,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted Dec 2, 2012, 4:50 pm
Hello mommy,
Tonight we went out for a walk in the city. On the way we stopped at an outdoor gym and had some fun with the machines:
http://i.imgur.com/ivu3O.jpg

In the south of the city there's a cool roundabout with a helicopter!
http://i.imgur.com/5Q3d2.jpg

and as I've told you before, there's a lot of pomegranates all over the city, here's one on a new lightpost:
http://i.imgur.com/fqmXB.jpg

Here I am in another park playing like a little kid:
http://i.imgur.com/6ERfo.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/36q7Y.jpg

Something that is very iconic in Spain is the store chain called "El Corte Inglés", and they put up a nice light and music show outside of their downtown store for Christmas.
http://i.imgur.com/gktc4.jpg

Here I am with my current TV friends at the Fuente de las Batallas:
http://i.imgur.com/6AMMa.jpg

Around it there was a nice handicrafts market:
http://i.imgur.com/7AS9J.jpg

Here we are in front of the Cathedral:
http://i.imgur.com/fvNFa.jpg

And on top of a donkey's statue:
http://i.imgur.com/4TAAO.jpg

Look! I grabbed a bull by his horn!
http://i.imgur.com/NpkVz.jpg

It was a very fun to go out at night,
Love,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted Jan 19, 2013, 8:20 pm
Hello mommy,
Here I am, out for another walk in Granada, the weather is getting a bit colder, just how I like it.
http://i.imgur.com/AQobm.jpg
The trees have not all changed color yet, so there are many colors and it's very pretty.
http://i.imgur.com/hcA5i.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/vJQSa.jpg
In the Paseo de la Bomba there was an outdoors art installation with many wiggly metal tubes, they looked fun!
http://i.imgur.com/zzJhK.jpg

Remember Granada's Town Hall?
http://i.imgur.com/hT7bq.jpg
This is the Federico Garcia Lorca park
http://i.imgur.com/8xvZT.jpg[/IMG
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]HereIcaughtacatdrinkingfromawaterfountain
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[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/qVmyp.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/I2VMN.jpg

And here I am with my buddies Elliot and Graham
http://i.imgur.com/j5TYV.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/vIuW6.jpg

And in the night, the park's main fountain had a nice light show. It was very pretty
http://i.imgur.com/wAZs3.jpg

We also went by another branch of the big Spanish store chain "El Corte Inglés", and they had some nice holiday decorations:
http://i.imgur.com/abCfr.jpg
That's it for now,
Love,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted Jan 19, 2013, 8:23 pm
Hello mommy,
and yes... you guessed it, I'm back on the road... or more like back on the air. Here I am at the Barajas airport in Madrid:
http://i.imgur.com/6jCrd.jpg
Where took a veeeery looooong flight.
http://i.imgur.com/2UNWD.jpg
after many hours of only seeing clouds and water, we spotted land!
http://i.imgur.com/psW8X.jpg
And we landed in sunny Miami, USA!
http://i.imgur.com/qCBEC.jpg
With such warm weather I had to go along with it and enjoy a refreshing coconut.
http://i.imgur.com/2cldF.jpg
I'm very excited to see how this city is.
Love,
Sir James.
JunCTionS


Posted Jan 20, 2013, 4:30 pm
Hello mommy,
Today we went to a supermarket to get some food for the holiday celebrations
http://i.imgur.com/XJT7g.jpg

As you can see there were many decorations on sale:
http://i.imgur.com/4FLss.jpg

In Florida there are many water ways with pretty birds in them:
http://i.imgur.com/nJakB.jpg

It also has a lot of swamps
http://i.imgur.com/AMQbm.jpg
problem is, there are many animals there, here we are wrestling a big alligator with another small one on it's head!http://i.imgur.com/EwAKQ.jpg
hehe, just kidding, we played around a lot today.

http://i.imgur.com/1HX17.jpg

And the weather was very warm... look at me, at a pool in December!
http://i.imgur.com/2WcVL.jpg
I won't complain about the heat, it was actually nice to take the scarf off and relax.

http://i.imgur.com/Ko0xa.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/UTMyM.jpg
Afterwards we just sat a long time in a pool chair and relaxed even more.

http://i.imgur.com/ONBlh.jpg
Don't think we forgot about the holidays, look at the pretty decorations

http://i.imgur.com/GpQ18.jpg

Love,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted Jan 25, 2013, 9:51 pm
Hello mommy,
Today we travelled again!
Here we are on a Florida highway, going to downtown Miami!
http://i.imgur.com/lh6Yl.jpg

Look at how many skyscrappers you can see far away.
http://i.imgur.com/pMLvb.jpg

we're almost there!
http://i.imgur.com/lOYcv.jpg

Hmm... Where to go?
http://i.imgur.com/sNjRQ.jpg

As you can see they're still building even more skyscrappers
http://i.imgur.com/otiZz.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/VxtUf.jpg

Look at all the really tall buildings, there were many of them all over, and each one different and very modern-looking.
http://i.imgur.com/7JnNd.jpg

At this intersection we saw a trolley car, which is really just a free tourist bus. Sadly today we could not go on it.
http://i.imgur.com/uey8o.jpg


While walking around we saw this big human torso at the entrance of a gym, look, I told everyone I was stronger than the statue, and we all laughed.
http://i.imgur.com/NvXuR.jpg


Oh well, today we also left Miami... here I am at the airport... woah, wait, Mexico City?
http://i.imgur.com/Pmhlh.jpg

hehe, just kidding... here we are at the Barajas airport in Madrid where they still had some holiday decorations. It was a very long flight but I slept most of the way.
http://i.imgur.com/GWJEw.jpg

And back to the flamenco of Spain, Andalucia, and specially Granada!
http://i.imgur.com/lo0dt.jpg

Love,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted Feb 13, 2013, 7:47 pm
Hello mom,

Today we went to the Sierra Nevada mountain range which is really close to Granada, only half an hour away. There was a lot of snow and it was really cold, although not for a polar bear :) I felt at home.
Here's a picture of me at 3000 m, you can see the clouds below us and you can also see a huge radio telescope! I loved this trip!

Love,
Sir James.
JunCTionS


Posted Feb 13, 2013, 8:16 pm
Hello mom,

Today we had Tacos for lunch!!! We prepared the tacos with meat, cheese and a spicy sauce!!! It was really fun, here's a pic :).

Love, Sir James.
JunCTionS


Posted Mar 13, 2013, 12:24 pm
Hello mommy,
Sorry I haven't updated my travelog so often lately. But just so you know I have behaved very good and I'm eating well.

Here I am eating some tiny hamburguers we made:
http://i.imgur.com/U9ghEFX.jpg

And we also baked some cupcakes:
http://i.imgur.com/mP1YN22.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/l5awvjq.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/oyagkVK.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Q0ukd1J.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/uLrqVxV.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/oH2eTm8.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/7cYcWHB.jpg

They were very yummy:
http://i.imgur.com/QDJDO16.jpg

Love,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted Mar 18, 2013, 10:26 am
Hello mommy,
Just a quick post to show you a couple of statues we saw.
They are of the catholic kings that conquered Granada and funded Colombus' expedition.
King Ferdinand II of Aragon:
http://i.imgur.com/35JGm4n.jpg
And Queen Isabella I of Castile:
http://i.imgur.com/P29ttdX.jpg
I saw them in this nice building from the year AD 1525 called Hospital Real:
http://i.imgur.com/r3aL5Ih.jpg

Love,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted Apr 26, 2013, 12:47 pm
Hello Mom!
Check me out, very happy in the snow!
http://i.imgur.com/LEIRwk8.jpg

It snowed very hard here in Granada, they say this only happens once every 3 or 4 years:
http://i.imgur.com/zwyGsOs.jpg

Check out the view :)
http://i.imgur.com/QjZUNdJ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/gRa6n57.jpg

And since it was a holiday in Granada (the day of Andalucia), we went to the science museum! Here we are with a nice mister called Albert Einstein:
http://i.imgur.com/OOSRsQk.jpg

And here we are on top of a wind turbine:
http://i.imgur.com/31oWXFU.jpg
We look so small! and this is a "small one".

There was a nice exposition on the human brain:
http://i.imgur.com/DNltfqu.jpg

And many animals all around:
http://i.imgur.com/ano6Uhz.jpg

As you can see the weather was beautiful, snowy and sunny, just the way I like it:
http://i.imgur.com/gDH9gtz.jpg

Here is Mr. Charles Darwin and his turtle, he asked me some questions and wrote it in a journal of migratory species, what a funny guy.
http://i.imgur.com/2NxnBeN.jpg

It was a very fun day out with my friends
http://i.imgur.com/gaDwGug.jpg

Love,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted May 5, 2013, 3:27 pm
Hi mom,
Today I decided to post some random pictures from the last few months.
Here I am on a lookout point south of Granada where you can see the city, some of the suburbs and a new mall called the Serrallo Plaza:
http://i.imgur.com/jIvRGwo.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/fos89Jy.jpg

We also went to a nice camping place called Llano de la Perdiz:
http://i.imgur.com/ZzEZsm5.jpg

And finally, look at the pretty rainbow we saw:
http://i.imgur.com/mEPoB90.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/7jKYmSs.jpg

Love,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted May 7, 2013, 8:11 am
Hello!
Today we went for a quick trip to Madrid!
Here I am the city's main square, Plaza Mayor:
http://i.imgur.com/Ivms1v9.jpg

And this is Plaza del Sol, which is where a lot of protests happen as well as where they celebrate New Year's Eve:
http://i.imgur.com/ka3wB8O.jpg

There you can also see the symbolic starting point of the Spanish roads, kilometer 0:
http://i.imgur.com/DPOJ0p7.jpg
And a statue of Madrid's icon, the bear and the "madroño" tree:
http://i.imgur.com/HkES6oc.jpg

Hasta luego,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted May 8, 2013, 11:49 am
Today I finally went to:
http://i.imgur.com/s3HD35h.jpg

It was very pretty, the nice spring weather has made everything green and flowery:
http://i.imgur.com/gmKHskr.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/WnZ7Lph.jpg

The place was very big and had many bridges and arches:
http://i.imgur.com/CmNQxIZ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/yGxLMxR.jpg

Inside a church they had a nice structure that they use in the Holy Week processions, to carry the church's Virgin Mary, this one has many ornaments that are like the Alhambra's interior:
http://i.imgur.com/lZVizD9.jpg

This is called the Gate of Wine (or Puerta del Vino in Spanish):
http://i.imgur.com/ApkyIlU.jpg

And here's a view of the Albaicín:
http://i.imgur.com/tSH8faB.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/DMbruYQ.jpg

There were many gardens all throughout the Alhambra:
http://i.imgur.com/0PIAJ1M.jpg

We also visited the Carlos V palace which is the newest part of the Alhambra:
http://i.imgur.com/mhuGB0H.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/sJpxY5i.jpg
Look at this grand staircase:
http://i.imgur.com/LFWlhSX.jpg
and the amazingly large open center:
http://i.imgur.com/s0a59DV.jpg
The acoustics in the middle are so nice that it is often the site of concerts.

In the end we had lunch in a very nice patio:
http://i.imgur.com/CLHZV2o.jpg
We had nice company as well,
http://i.imgur.com/Dzi45lO.jpg
It was very nice, it was a great day!
Love,
Sir James.
JunCTionS


Posted May 25, 2013, 5:20 pm
Hi Mom,
This weekend it was the Fiesta de las Cruces (Festival of the Crosses) here in Granada, in which many people compete in setting up patios, plazas and showcases with typical items and crosses made up of roses.
It is a beautiful festivity:
http://i.imgur.com/mzjK6Ph.jpg

The local football team here recently joined the first division league (the world famous "La Liga" where the Barca and Real Madrid play) and has managed to barely stay in this category for the last two years, so some fans built this cross with the team's red and white stripes to see if it helps them:
http://i.imgur.com/RUMRkSD.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/IrKYRTt.jpg
Sadly they were already taking some of them down by the time we got to them, there were just so many!:
http://i.imgur.com/sJWk8Xd.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/DMPmUaG.jpg
And this last one is from the local university's visitor center:
http://i.imgur.com/Uj096zs.jpg
(that's the University's coat of arms made in black and white stones on the ground).

Love,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted May 26, 2013, 8:09 pm
Hi mom,
With the weather getting warmer we decided to take a bath:
http://i.imgur.com/M9OLmyP.jpg
It was really nice and relaxing!
http://i.imgur.com/pq4Jokk.jpg

Love,
A cleaner Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted May 29, 2013, 8:37 am
Hi mom,
Don't think that I forgot, my hosts just haven't been able to help me write this travelog until today, but I remembered very well:
Happy Mothers' day! Here in Spain it is celebrated a week earlier, but I remembered you very much while we visited:
Seville!
http://i.imgur.com/Wcpu9Gt.jpg

Here I am with the Giralda, which is right now the Cathedral's bell tower but was built as the minaret for the mosque in the XII century:
http://i.imgur.com/WSb3C5V.jpg
This is the side of the Cathedral:
http://i.imgur.com/aXxP9fG.jpg
It is huge!, in fact it is the third biggest church in the World.

I really liked this view, the cubic tree, the large pedestrian street with trolley car tracks and the weird building on the right:
http://i.imgur.com/gndnfnK.jpg


And look this weird structure:
http://i.imgur.com/v6k1HD8.jpg
It is called Metropol Parasol and is a wooden structure made to look like giant mushrooms, which some say that is the largest wooden structure of the World!
The view from above is beautiful!
http://i.imgur.com/tEilwwW.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/cMmmRjI.jpg

And finally, right beside the river Guadalquivir I saw the Torre del Oro:
http://i.imgur.com/XoJHvCk.jpg
It was a very sunny and hot day, but I was very happy to get to know Seville!

Cheers,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted Jun 2, 2013, 1:21 pm
Hi mommy!
Today was the Tarasca's parade here in Granada. This is a very important part of the Corpus Christi celebrations, and the Tarasca is a symbol of beauty winning against the ugliness.
To symbolize this, a mannequin is dressed by a designer with a dress that is supposed to set the fashion trend for the next season. A professional also  puts on her make up every year.
So here she is on top of the dragon that symbolizes the ugliness:
http://i.imgur.com/Cm6MZNl.jpg
The whole parade is very festive, several bands play music and people dressed up with big heads (or "cabezones") go around bumping the little kids of the public in the head with an air balloon.
http://i.imgur.com/8f6Q6jR.jpg
Since we were in the city center we went to see another famous Granada Corpus Christi tradition, the Carocas, these are drawings accompanied by a funny verse that is related to some news of the year.
This one was of a recent football game when Cristiano Ronaldo scored a self-goal that gave a very rare win of the Granada football team against the Real Madrid:
http://i.imgur.com/1OBlHBZ.jpg

Afterwards we went to the Casa de los tiros, which used to be part of a defensive wall protecting the city. It's called that way due to the rifles that still stick out the upper floor windows.
http://i.imgur.com/W3oDOLc.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/pcuzY1T.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/5RIoPtn.jpg
Look, inside was an old version of the Tarasca's dragon from the early 1900s.:
http://i.imgur.com/9KJE57h.jpg

Love,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted Jun 30, 2013, 10:09 pm
Hello mommy,
Today we went back to the Alhambra!
As you can see it has many beautiful ponds and gardens:
http://i.imgur.com/pN7CwkH.jpg

This part is the Patio de la Acequía in the Generalife, which was the summer house of the sultans and kings:
http://i.imgur.com/JrppMcp.jpg

And legend says that in this patio, in the XV century, a member of the Abencerrages family was seen having an affair with a member of the Royal Family, with that tree in the background being the only witness to the true identity of the lover.
http://i.imgur.com/CkM90MA.jpg
Since only the family was identified all of the main members of the clan were killed in the Sala de Abencerrajes.
Here's the same patio as seen from above with me and my Toy Voyager friends:
http://i.imgur.com/S5SkJme.jpg

The hand rails of these stairs have water running through them, they're very relaxing.
http://i.imgur.com/UwgjUGK.jpg

And this is a view of the Patio de la Acequía from above:
http://i.imgur.com/0TL5MbC.jpg

This is a doorway inside the seven floors tower, which is normally closed to public access but it was open this month.
http://i.imgur.com/hj7dHg8.jpg

Inside we saw some old dungeons:
http://i.imgur.com/gOgl7l9.jpg

So many beautiful gardens all around!
http://i.imgur.com/6Y2b64E.jpg

The place is filled with beautiful Arab architecture:
http://i.imgur.com/cwaAcLi.jpg

Besides the many pretty palaces and gardens, the Alhambra was a very well built military stronghold:
http://i.imgur.com/PJs7FtX.jpg

Here you can see the interior of the military section of the Alhambra, known as the Alcazaba:
http://i.imgur.com/qk41cZ1.jpg

Here I am with my friends enjoying a little rest in the sunlight with a view of the Albaycín
http://i.imgur.com/eSb2R3r.jpg

The view of the city center from there is beautiful:
http://i.imgur.com/MHtQZJw.jpg

And of course of the Albaycín:
http://i.imgur.com/YBpwOYz.jpg

We climbed to the highest building in the Alhambra and Granada, the Torre de la Vela:
http://i.imgur.com/BMS3m4U.jpg
In case you're wondering those are: the EU, Andalucía, Spain and Granada flags from left to right.

This is the Alcazaba from above:
http://i.imgur.com/Q6cBToW.jpg

The Justice door is a very big and heavily fortified entry into the Alhambra:
http://i.imgur.com/VyXZTd2.jpg

And finally the Pillar of Carlos V, this is a fountain built in the XVI century and that is somewhat hidden.
http://i.imgur.com/4dHU5M1.jpg

Isn't the Alhambra just amazing?
Love,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted Jul 1, 2013, 9:59 pm
Hi mom!
I'm at the Málaga airport!
http://i.imgur.com/3n7fZJb.jpg
Can you guess were I'm going?
Love,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted Jul 10, 2013, 4:25 am
[code]Hi mommy,
If you guessed that I was going to an archipielago in the coast of Africa, you were right!
Here I am leaving the Tenerife Norte airport:
http://i.imgur.com/NHcN3Uw.jpg
And here I am with my friends getting ready to get into a salt-water pool:
http://i.imgur.com/buJWxmv.jpg
The views in the island are amazing!
And the sea is cristal clear.

Love,
Sir James

P.S.: I realized this is part of Africa, so I've already set foot in three continents!
JunCTionS


Posted Jul 13, 2013, 6:04 pm
Hi Mom,
This is just a quick update to show you how cute I look with my friends:
http://i.imgur.com/HMpx6EQ.jpg
Love,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted Jul 20, 2013, 1:26 pm
Sir James:
Hello mom,
Today we went to a very nice salt water pool called Parque Maritimo, it was very relaxing:
http://i.imgur.com/2812s72.jpg
The park is very large and beautiful and was designed by an architect  called Cesar Manrique.
A lot of people were having fun and enjoying the water and Sun.
http://i.imgur.com/2t1XZRY.jpg
And from the park you could see a beautiful theater designed by famous Spanish architect Calatrava. Also an small black castle and the beautiful crystal clear waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
http://i.imgur.com/7iB4GhL.jpg
We had a very fun day at the pool.
Love,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted Jul 24, 2013, 8:09 pm
Hello mum,
Here I am back in the Tenerife North airport... and about to get into this airplane you see behind me:
http://i.imgur.com/m4Ho3Pc.jpg
Those are the airplanes of the local airline called Binter, and it took us to La Palma!

We wanted to go very early in the morning to see the sunrise from the highest peak in the Island which is called Roque de los Muchachos:
http://i.imgur.com/oVLi1Iy.jpg

Like all the peaks in the Canary Islands, they're dorman volcanoes, here you can see the crater during sunrise:
http://i.imgur.com/feoxwmB.jpg

This mountain is home to many of the best telescopes in the World!, look how beautiful they look above the clouds during the sunrise:
http://i.imgur.com/GsRRsw3.jpg

And the air was so clear that you could see the shadow of the mountain on the clouds!
http://i.imgur.com/HmjWhQt.jpg
It was amazing how perfectly triangular the shape was.

After the sunrise we went to see some of the telescopes close up.
Here on the far right is the biggest optical telescope in the World!, the GTC:
http://i.imgur.com/mkxAugk.jpg

And these big mirrors out in the open are called the MAGIC telescopes, they look for very high energy astronomical events:
http://i.imgur.com/ols8TUH.jpg


Being above the clouds was very nice, and everything was very quiet. Simply amazing.
http://i.imgur.com/apmidD1.jpg

On the way down we stopped several times to see the island, it was very beautiful.
http://i.imgur.com/jwKZvPJ.jpg

Here's a view of the main city, the port and on the background the airport.
http://i.imgur.com/D6Z8dq2.jpg

What an amazing day this was!
Love,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted Jul 31, 2013, 1:03 am
Hi Mom,
Today we went to another pool park, this one called Lago Martianez.
It is also a very large salt water pool designed by Cesar Manrique that uses volcanic rocks.
http://i.imgur.com/hJhQrgS.jpg
It's very nice to relax here in Tenerife with so many pools and beaches.

The park had many sculptures including these dried up tree trunks.
http://i.imgur.com/WoSo3xF.jpg

Cheers,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted Jul 31, 2013, 2:04 am
Today we went to the Nature and Man museum in Santa Cruz where they had a beach themed cafeteria indoors:
http://i.imgur.com/g7O0D2p.jpg

There was a room with drawers for many insects and specially butterflies from around the world, look at the beautiful wings they have:
http://i.imgur.com/u6pAPjy.jpg

There were also many archaeological items from the islands, including spooky mummies:
http://i.imgur.com/WaiyiY2.jpg

When we left we took a picture in front of the Concepcion Parish:
http://i.imgur.com/NBWRW14.jpg

Love,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted Jul 31, 2013, 10:59 pm
Today we went to the Teresitas beach:
http://i.imgur.com/vIxkuX4.jpg
It's a beautiful beach with white soft sand brought from the Sahara desert:
http://i.imgur.com/tgRlL5P.jpg
The water was crystal clear and very refreshing. And the scenery of the mountains and small boats was beautiful.
Love,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted Aug 1, 2013, 2:46 am
Today we went around the whole island!
To start we went to the Roque de Garachico:
http://i.imgur.com/3PSKJD5.jpg
It is a small island that is a bird sanctuary were several protected species live and some migratory birds also stop by.
http://i.imgur.com/Lv00v7m.jpg

Then we went to the Punta Teno lighthouse, which is the westernmost point in the island.
To the left you can faintly see the Gomera island.
http://i.imgur.com/GDl6zwa.jpg

The water sea here in Tenerife is beautiful:
http://i.imgur.com/Z927yOS.jpg

Afterwards we drove through the mountains and arrived to a small town called Santiago del Teide:
http://i.imgur.com/iZ4HkZn.jpg
Apparently they had their local festivities during these days which are related to the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage.
http://i.imgur.com/KsOQUsA.jpg

Then we went to the Costa Adeje where there are many large beaches and resorts:
http://i.imgur.com/WmWy7cR.jpg
It was very touristy.

Finally we stopped by the Cathedral of La Candelaria:
http://i.imgur.com/BXsmM9z.jpg

Where there are very large statues of the 9 Menceyes (or kings) that ruled the islands by the time the Spaniards invaded them.
http://i.imgur.com/SVgp2kf.jpg

We had a very fun day today and saw many places around the island.
http://i.imgur.com/1YcPNLZ.jpg
Love,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted Aug 11, 2013, 3:53 pm
Today we made way to the highest mountain in Spain: The Teide volcano!.
Here we are with the Teide on the background as well as the La Palma island:
http://i.imgur.com/fweTbZw.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/d15HWN8.jpg

After going through a dense pine forest we came into a desert that looked very much like the surface of Mars!
http://i.imgur.com/Uy0l0ta.jpg
In fact they use this area to test robots that NASA and ESA will send to the Red Planet!.

We stopped for a drink, it is very important to drink a lot of fluids here in the desert, and the view was like that of an American cowboys movie.
http://i.imgur.com/wWphMih.jpg

Look at the weird structures the rocks make here:
http://i.imgur.com/0Vy3q8u.jpg
Love,
Sir James
JunCTionS


Posted Aug 28, 2013, 11:55 pm
Hi mom!
Today we got to ride a submarine! and even more it was a Yellow Submarine!:
http://i.imgur.com/2ZeOPBi.jpg

It was amazing and we got a big window all to ourselves. Here we are just below the sea level waiting to go down
http://i.imgur.com/kPnzMYK.jpg

And here I am at 30 meters below sea level!:
http://i.imgur.com/axhJNDz.jpg

With a big stingray behind me!

They also explained to us that the red light from sunlight doesn't reach so far down, so that's why everything looked so blue, and my hat and scarf look black!.

It was absolutely amazing!
Love,
Sir James.
JunCTionS


Posted Sep 12, 2013, 4:56 pm
Today we went to a volcanic beach were you can see a big cliff drop called Los Gigantes:
http://i.imgur.com/3QX77Br.jpg
The indigenous people used to call these cliffs the Wall of Hell.
JunCTionS


Posted Nov 2, 2013, 10:42 pm
We're in Granada now!
But sadly a friend must leave us now. So good bye Charly, it was very nice knowing you and we hope to meet you again.
http://i.imgur.com/ETRvRq9.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/LG6SpNw.jpg
Bye bye
JunCTionS


Posted Nov 2, 2013, 11:30 pm
Today we went back to the Alhambra!
And this time we saw the Nazrid palaces, which is the most beautiful section and for which you need a special entrance.
Here I am in the Patio de los Arrayanes:
http://i.imgur.com/34S6FDW.jpg
And here I am at the Ambassadors' room:
http://i.imgur.com/cobtxHQ.jpg
And of course we visited the courtyard of the lions:
http://i.imgur.com/F9F59XF.jpg
Cheers,
Sir James

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