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Posted Oct 23, 2011, 7:40 pm
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Posted Oct 27, 2011, 2:03 pm
He was really happy to be out of his box 
He checked out our apartment and said Hey to the cats. And then he already found our sweets
Later we will show him Meppen
Posted Oct 27, 2011, 2:17 pm
some other TV, Enton is already in Westerwald, so I could not see him and say Hy....
Posted Oct 30, 2011, 2:08 pm
One day in the wilderness of the emsland
But before we get ready to see the emsland, I really had to eat, cause I was hungry
..lets start!
oilwell drilling....I saw a lot of these strange hammers...
Sheeps everywhere!
more sheeps!
No sheep
...Heey that thing wears the same colour as I do
It was a nice day
I love all theese animals but now I have to take a shower..... it smeels like sheep here... -.-
Posted Oct 31, 2011, 12:06 pm
My time in Meppen leans towards to the end
Today I have still fed the cats...
...and my Host at the breakfast helped
I do the rest of the day nothing, but look except good
Today or tomorrow it goes to mine next gastfamilie
I am already glad about new nice friends,
but also a little sadly to leave the nice Emsland
I had a nice time here and hope my pictures everything has pleased you
Posted Oct 31, 2011, 6:10 pm
Bye Bye Chubby, we allready miss you!
Posted Nov 4, 2011, 4:09 pm
I jumped out of my package and saw the other TVs Winter Bear and Börnie. We had a lot of fun!
But I was soooo sleepy. I decide to have an afternoon-nap in my host's bed. She is really nice to me, her name is Melli and she is a student.
Oh, it is a dream! Her daughter went to Halloween from house to house and hauted a lot of people! Could you imagine that these deplorable peoble gave her sweets? And what a pity, she hates chocolate!
I am a gently bear, and so I would help her to abolish the sweets
Posted Nov 10, 2011, 6:07 pm
My host mellialida is a really lovely host! I have seen the hometown, the "Thuringian Wood" and the "University".
But at the moment, my host gets sick! She had a very bad stomach flu. So, the other tv's and I decide to cook her a lovely dinner.
We cut some tomato's and some mozarella (she loves it!).
I red a nice bedtime story, together with the other tv's (I am such a cute ans civilly bear!). We all became very sleepy!
At the weekend, we would like to visit the castle "Wartburg"! I am so excited!
Posted Nov 14, 2011, 7:28 pm
Oh, today was a foggy, cold day. I do not like these days. Winter bear told me, that this weather is its favorit one! My host mellialida and the other tvs decide to visit the Wartburg in Eisenach. This was a special wish from Börnie! But I was also really happy about it.
Here are the facts:
In 1999 UNESCO added Wartburg Castle to the World Heritage List as an "Outstanding Monument of the Feudal Period in Central Europe", citing its "Cultural Values of Universal Significance". The castle's foundation was laid about 1068 by the Thuringian count of Schauenburg. According to tradition, the castle got its name from Ludwig dem Springer: "Warte, Berg -- du sollst mir eine Burg werden!"
But I am also sad, because börnie leave us tomorrow. We decide to have a big party for him!
Posted Nov 15, 2011, 4:50 pm
We mad a big suprise-party for börnie. He left us today and so we decide to have a really cool party with sweets and juice!
But...have a look at the picture!
Posted Nov 23, 2011, 1:10 pm
Oh dear! It is my last day at my host mellialida and her familiy.
Seebach is a really small town, but lovely!
I am a little bit sad, to say goodbye. I hope to see them again!
I think, I will miss little Miss Alida. I told her bedtime storys!
But i am excited, too. Because I see my parents and than I would go to
a looong journey! *brrrr*
I have to say goodbye to Winter bear, too! I jump into the package aaaaaaand ....
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Posted Dec 6, 2011, 8:35 pm
We have been to the Kiekeberg-Museum in the south of Hamburg. It's an outdoor museum where you see how living in the past between 1600-1960 had been.
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Posted Jan 1, 2012, 9:26 pm
How happy I am that I can get out of a box and see sunlight at last!
It’s real Christmas miracle as I meet New Year not in a post-office, but at home with my new friends. Look, my host gave me a chocolate-bar at once for getting warm after a long journey. A wrapper is so beautiful! I wait for the beginning of adventures in Russia! But at first - New year, right?
Posted Jan 3, 2012, 7:10 pm
It’s New Year's Eve today and I’m so happy! Me and my host will celebrate this holiday at home with her family and close friends. You know, in Russia New Year's Eve is now celebrated similarly to Christmas, just without the religious aspect of the holiday. My host has been passed her exams till 30th December, so we decide to dress up a fur-tree today! Hooray!
Fur-tree toys are stored in box on the top shelf of a wardrobe. There are a lot of toys here, old and new, glass and plastic. My host told me that the oldest one - a toy glass alarm-clock, was put on a fur-tree by her great-grandmother! It is excellent tradition - to buy every year some new toys, but also to leave the old. You can feel proximity of generations.
How beautiful!
OK, now let’s hang up electric garlands so the fur-tree will be sparkle beautifully in the evening. Oh, I’m a little bit confused...
And other garlands, we should hang up them everywhere in the house, for holiday mood! So, let’s load it on my shoulders and drag forward!
Wow! Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost) and Snegurochka (Snow Maiden) have come to us for a party!
I already wrote that in Russia New year has no relation to religion, therefore Ded Moroz isn't similar to Santa Claus! My host has told to me that earlier, Ded Moroz was a wicked and cruel sorcerer, ruling over frosts. According to legend, Ded Moroz liked to freeze people and kidnap children, taking them away in his gigantic sack. Parents were said to have to give him presents as a ransom in return for their children.
However, under the influence of Orthodox traditions, the character of Ded Moroz was completely transformed, later adopting certain traits from Santa Claus.
And the modern Snegurochka is depicted as the granddaughter and helper of Ded Moroz. But in another story, she is the daughter of Spring and Frost, and yearns for the companionship of mortal humans. She grows to like a shepherd named Lel, but her heart is unable to know love. Her mother takes pity and gives her this ability, but as soon as she falls in love, her heart warms and she melts.
Oh, I see, Ded Moroz has a gift for me! Let's look what it is!
It’s Christmas-tree decoration! So beautiful! Hmm, it would be nice to collect toys from all over the World, what do you think?
I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Happiness, good luck, love and more sweet surprises next year!
Posted Jan 8, 2012, 1:14 am
It’s really bad weather this weekend, rainy and grey behind a window, so we decided stay home till next weekend. And what can we do at home? Cooking, of course!!
Our special Christmas dish – traditional Russian soup, solyanka!
It is very simple soup, but very tasty. It isn't similar to other soups, much more hot and sour because of pickled cucumbers. Such unusual taste!
First we take potato, carrots and onions.
We should cut them. Look, what a remarkable grater. My fingers are far from blades because of the holder.
Then we take pickled cucumbers and olives. They give to soup especial taste.
Cut them…
Then we fry vegetables and boil potato at the same time.
Put cucumbers and fry the mix some more minutes.
Finally we put everything together in a pan and cook some minutes so all products will mix up in a single dish
Bon appétit!
Now let's prepare a dessert. It will be tastiest cakes with a chocolate stuffing. It is prepared very quickly. We take sugar, oil, milk (my host uses soya), and flour.
We mix everything in dough in one second.
We put all in beautiful forms, we strew with edible ornaments or sesame, and in the middle of each cake we put a chocolate slice. We bake it in oven within 25 minutes.
Mmmmm, delicious!
I decided to write down this recipe in my notebook to prepare this wonderful dish at home. It is time to buy olives!
Posted Jan 24, 2012, 7:59 pm
This weekend we have visited one of the most beautiful and ancient monastery in Moscow – Andronikov monastery! There are working churches inside, so we can’t take any photo, but my host tell me that it is consecrated to the Holy Image of Saviour Not Made by Hands and it is home to Andrei Rublev Museum of Old Russian Art, named after the most famous monk of this abbey.
In fact, there many buildings in this monastery are devoted to Andrey Rublev (the greatest medieval Russian painter of Orthodox icons and frescoes). Already during his lifetime some his icons were appreciated and esteemed as wonder-making. Here you can see copper monument to Andrey Rublyov working.
Near the monument there is an arbor, and there you can see a copy of the most well-known Russian icon of Andrey Rublyov - the Trinity. You know something about it? Trinity depicts the three angels who visited Abraham at the oak of Mamre, but the painting is full of symbolism and often interpreted as an icon of the Holy Trinity.
The monastery was established in 1357 by Metropolitan Alexis as a way of giving thanks for his survival in a storm. Its first hegumen was Saint Andronik, one of Sergii Radonezhsky's disciples. The extant four-pillared Saviour Cathedral was constructed from 1420–1427. Andrei Rublev spent the last years of his life at the monastery and was buried there.
Newer and more harmonous church of Michael the Archangel (1690s) perfectly looks at my photo!
And of course there there is a small belltower where it is possible to ring by a bell. Oh, it seems, all Moscow could heard it! Icons are also represented on bells, probably, they help to sound better!
Posted Jan 29, 2012, 2:36 pm
Today we have decided to take a walk across old Moscow, to look how people lived there earlier. Despite the fact that Moscow is a huge megacity where the population is more than 11,5 million persons, some areas were not built up with modern skyscrapers, and have been left the same as they were several centuries ago.
Well, we begin all the same with a Stalin skyscraper (it means that have constructed it at the time of Stalin - 1952). This residential building, costs on Kotelnichesky quay. It consists of 32 floors and has height of 176 m. In a skyscraper 540 apartments are located. In modern films if want to show that the hero is rich, but has earned riches not on gamble, and occurs from dear family, he usually lives in this building.
Later on our way we have saw the church of Nikolay Chudotvorets (Nicolay Miracle). It is said that it is last medieval building in Moscow. You know that in 1689 Peter the Great became the tsar in Russia. He has decided that Russia should follow Europe at all and within several years has changed everything - an economy direction, fashion, architecture, art. And this church has been constructed in 1697 under the direction of Osip Startsev. He didn't approve reforms, therefore has constructed the building in old Moscow style. And nobody after that has dared to contradict the tsar!
We pass to street with a name of Alexander Solzhenitsyn which is entirely built up by buildings of 18-19 centuries. They are not inhabited, and are leased by offices of large firms. I don't know, how much it is prestigious, to work in this building, but it seems to me it is not very convenient - there can be drafts, a cold. Precisely in winter!
There is a very beautiful church of Sacred Martin Ispovednik, the Pope, in this street. It has been constructed in 1806. It is said as one of the most beautiful temples in Moscow. It is well-known for a surprising event. During occupation of Moscow by Frenchmen, in 1812, when the city was grasped by the enemy, was plundered and was burned down practically entirely, this church remained untouched. It was so pleasant to Napoleon that it has given a platoon of soldiers for protection from marauders. This platoon has surrendered by a captivity of Russian armies entering into a city, left a temple in an excellent condition! Under a temple beats a spring from which priests take water for consecration.
There is another beautiful house in the street of Solzhenitsyn. In my opinion, again, not so comfortable. My host told me that Solzhenitsyn was a writer , who, through his often-suppressed writings, helped to raise global awareness of the gulag, the Soviet Union's forced labor camp system. Solzhenitsyn was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970. He was expelled from the Soviet Union in 1974 but returned to Russia in 1994 after the Soviet system had collapsed. It was named as “prophet and conscience of an epoch”. He died on August, 4th, 2008 and already on August, 12th this street has been renamed from the Big Communistic street into street of Solzhenitsyn. It has broken the Russian law that says that it is impossible to name streets in honor of known people till 10 years from the moment of their death. However the government of Russia so wanted to underline that it is against communism (Solzhenitsyn struggled against it also) that have agreed with infringement.
Oh, I am a little bit tired. Let’s make a break and take a bite? Look at me, I am the King of burgers!
One more small wonderful church in that area, constructed in 1659. It is temple dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos (Uspensky temple). The main relic of the church is the wonder-making icon of the Virgin Mary - "Troeruchitsa" – “Having three hands”. The icon has received that name in honour of healing by Saint Mary the cut hand of sacred John from Damask. It says that, thanks to protection of this relic the Uspensky temple wasn't closed even in the difficult periods of the Russian history and has kept all its bells.
Wow, I totally didn't expect to see here such a modern and amusing building! It is a small wine bar constructed recently; it is so allocated in the general view! And the skyscraper which costs on a background forces us to forget that we are in the oldest quarter of Moscow.
And last temple that we saw today - the Temple of Saint Sergij Radonezhsky. It always was one of the richest temples of Moscow, with large quantity of icons, silver dishes. It was well-known for the chorus of the blind men. Interesting feature of this temple is that it is constructed in “old believe” quarter. Old Believers don't recognize modern orthodox religion and have their own little temples. Therefore the Temple of Saint Sergij Radonezhsky has been made such huge, light and ornate to entice parishioners to the Orthodox Church.
Posted Feb 7, 2012, 4:59 pm
Today we visited an exhibition of Japanese art not far away from our house. The excursion was very interesting, now I would like to visit Japan, to learn its culture better, because I like this exhibition very much! Perhaps sometime I will go there...
We have seen Bisjamonten – the deity most known and esteemed in Japan. He is one of Shitenno – «Four kings», keepers of four parts of the world. Among four deities – he is the leader, the others are his vassals. He is known as the god of War, the patron of people who is engaged in military arts, and also – as god of healing, who possessing force to protect emperors from deadly illnesses and to expel of demons of a plague. In the left hand he holds a treasury in the form of a pagoda. It collects and protects treasures, and also distributes it to worthy persons.
The following hall has been devoted kimonos. The guide has explained to me, that kimonos are T-shaped, straight-lined robes worn so that the hem falls to the ankle, with attached collars and long, wide sleeves. Kimono are wrapped around the body, always with the left side over the right (except when dressing the dead for burial), and secured by a sash called an obi, which is tied at the back. Do you know, that today, kimonos are most often worn by women, and on special occasions. A few older women and even fewer men still wear the kimono on a daily basis. Men wear the kimono most often at weddings, tea ceremonies, and other very special or very formal occasions. Professional sumo wrestlers are often seen in the kimono because they are required to wear traditional Japanese dress whenever appearing in public.
One more hall has been filled by toys. You know, that Japanese dolls were initially created not for game, but for magic? They said that with them it is possible to ask mysterious forces to help people and bring good luck in hunting, good harvest, to provide a victory over the enemy, to relieve of harm and illnesses. There was an interesting custom of protection of fields from insects in May. Such dolls representing soldiers had protective function and were pledge of the future harvest. Interesting, this soldier would not like to be a toy-voyager?
Near cafe there is a small hall where lessons on Budzinkan Budo were conducted. It is school of military arts and principles (ways) of Japan, created Hatsumi Masaaki (1931). Budzinkan - literally from Japanese language - a temple of the divine soldier - is a classical martial art. A main objective of its followers is to lead healthy life, without causing harm to a society, developing an interconnection between the Nature and Mankind through practice of military arts and principles. And, of course, it is remarkable possibility to interest somebody! This high and lean person, the teacher, easily consulted with the strong and brawny pupil! What girl won't like it?
And at last we came into a local little shop. Certainly, we have bought nothing, but have admired beautiful small lamps. I want the same one in my room as a night lamp, so cosy!
Posted Feb 18, 2012, 7:35 pm
Today we decided to be engaged in good business and to help birdies to live happily. You know, in Russia it’s really cold in winter, therefore wild animals in the city have problems – where to live and where to eat. My host lives near to park, so we solved to create a feeding for titmouse and sparrows - almost free, but effective!
At first we take a juice package, certainly empty. I like an apple one - beautiful green box, reminds of summer among white snow.
Then we measure distances accurately and line everything by the pen. Hm, it is not so convenient to me to hold the handle by my paws.
Now we take a knife and start to cut out apertures. Not so simply, when a knife is bigger than you!
We paste a paper over edges to help birdies not to wound when they would fly inside. Well we also can do more beautiful! What do you think?
Last but not least - a tasty feed! For this case we bought the real delicacy - apples, peaches, grapes, cherry, seashell crumb, seeds and cereals. Sounds good! Now in park there will be the thickest and healthy titmouse and sparrows.
Finally, we adhere a feeding to a tree and wait for visitors. Bon appetit!
Posted Mar 3, 2012, 10:37 pm
Terrible snowfalls still storm in Moscow; therefore we cannot visit Kremlin in my last days. OK, let’s continue with a museum! I’m waiting for spring, streams and birdies so much!
As we've already seen the Japanese museum, today we will go in the Indian one. Directly on the entrance we are met a sacred cow – it is necessary to put a coin and there will be happiness to you!
Do you know that the cow has been a symbol of wealth since ancient Vedic times. However, they were neither inviolable nor revered in the same way they are today. The cow was possibly revered because the largely pastoral Vedic people and subsequent generations relied heavily on it for dairy products and for tilling the fields. Thus, the cow’s status as a 'caretaker' led to identifying it as an almost maternal figure. According to Buddhist texts, there was a Hindu sect taught to imitate a cow's acts for reincarnation to deva.
Here you can see puppets from special puppet theater - Kathputli - it is a join of two rajasthani language words Kath meaning wood and Putli meaning puppet... They aren't able to go, only a few to move hands. Dolls cope from above, through threads. In doll performances basically it is told about life of an imperial palace, about court intrigues and about patrimonial feudal disputes. Performances usually come to an end with fascinating fights on horses and camels during which time dolls-soldiers finish with each other. Historically, these puppets were not only a source of entertainment, but also provided moral and social education.
Next hall has been pasted over by sheets with the well-known Indian texts. On a photo – palm sheets with the Ramayana and its illustrations. It is one of the greatest epics of India and Nepal. It depicts the duties of relationships, portraying ideal characters like the ideal father, ideal servant, the ideal brother, the ideal wife and the ideal king. The name Ramayana is a tatpurusha compound of Rāma and ayana ("going, advancing"), translating to "Rama's Journey". It tells the story of Rama (an avatar of the Hindu preserver-God Vishnu), whose wife Sita is abducted by the demon king of Lanka, Ravana. To release the spouse, the Rama has a deadly duel with the tsar of demons and wins.
Ganesha is one of the deities best-known and most widely worshipped in the Hindu pantheon. His image is found throughout India and Nepal. Hindu sects worship him regardless of affiliations.
Although he is known by many other attributes, Ganesha's elephant head makes him particularly easy to identify. Ganesha is widely revered as the Remover of Obstacles and more generally as Lord of Beginnings and Lord of Obstacles, patron of arts and sciences, and the deva of intellect and wisdom.
According to one of legends, his head was cut off by his father - god Shiva. Ganesha didn't let his father who has blazed with passion to his spouse, go in rooms where she was. Then Shiva in anger beheaded him, having thrown his head so far away that nobody could find it. The goddess was in anger too and has refused to forgive Shiva until he rectifies situation. To calm the spouse, Shiva has sewn Ganesha a head of an elephant who was nearby.
And finally we have seen sitar — a multistring Indian musical instrument with the richest, orchestral sound.
We have been told that sitar has 7 basic strings, as explains an origin of its name from Turkic words «si» — "seven" and «tar» — "string". But except them sitar has 11 more resonator strings which are called taraf (orchestra). These resonator strings, responding on sounds of main ones, also create that divine sounding which distinguishes sitar from other tools.
Sitar has appeared in India in XIII century in strengthening of Muslim influence. Do you knew that earlier sitar were made of huge pumpkins?
Unfortunately, it is time to leave Moscow and to go further, to Japan! I can hardly imagine, I should cross all Siberia and Asia! But, as I has decided to be the ToyVoyager, difficulties will not stop me!
See you soon!
Posted Mar 10, 2012, 5:00 am
I'm in Japan now?
The guy who opened my box is "Danbor" the carton-box.
Someday he becomes a ToyVoyager?
Posted Mar 20, 2012, 4:50 pm
March 3rd was the Girls' Day in Japan. It is also known as Hina Matsuri. It means "Doll Festival".
hanachan displayed beautiful dolls representing Emperor and Empress in ancient court costumes on the day. This is the tradition that parents pray for their girls' growth and happiness.
Usually dolls are put back in the box soon. hanachan decided to leave them for a while. Because she has more TV guests in this month. Yes, one of them is me. I was lucky
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We came to Kurashiki-city, Okayama pref.
This area is kept the old city view of Tokugawa Shogunate period. (17th-19th century)
There are many historical houses beside the canal. These were once used as warehouse of cotton.
"Kura" of the city's name means warehouse in Japanese.
Mummy, what do you think about "JinRikisha(Rickshaw)"? Nice photos we took!
Cubby
Posted Apr 7, 2012, 5:08 am
Check View Map where I am
We are far away from Takamatsu now.
Hinomisaki faces the Sea of Japan where blue sky and clear sea water are beautiful. The Hinomisaki Lighthouse is about 40m high, and is the highest of stone-build lighthouse in Asia. The guidebook says that the Lighthouse was selected as one of the World's One Hundred Most Historic Lighthouses
Near the lighthouse, there is Hinomisaki Shrine.
Posted Apr 21, 2012, 12:21 am
It's a pity the weather is bad
more about Matsue Castle
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Unfortunately it is cloudy here. The sun went behind the thick clouds. So let's see it on TV!
Posted Jun 18, 2012, 6:16 pm
I finished to write my logbook. I'm leaving here for the next place.
See you soon,
Chubby
Posted Jun 22, 2012, 6:25 pm
I have arrived safely in the United States of America! Whoa~!
I am glad to get out of the mailing box.
My new host has two cats! Hello, kitty!
What kinds of things will I see here? I hope they have sweets!
Posted Jul 9, 2012, 8:27 pm
We took a stroll through the Elm Creek Park Preserve behind my Host mom's house. It's so pretty here~!
We didn't know which path to take, but we found our way out and back to civilization somehow.
Posted Jul 12, 2012, 7:12 pm
I made lots of new friends!
They took me on the trampoline. It was bouncy!
We even went for a tractor ride. How many people are normally supposed to be on this.....?
I enjoyed being in the garden best!
Miss you!
~Chubby Berry
Posted Jul 12, 2012, 7:43 pm
We're going on a special trip to Duluth, Minnesota~!
Hop in the car, everybody!
It's a three hour car trip; good thing I get a front window seat.
We got a bite to eat and stretch our legs at this rest stop.
We're almost there and the view is spectacular!
I asked Host Mom if it was time for lunch...... and we stopped here at Grandma's Saloon. Yum!
We took some dessert to go!
Our first stop was to Canal Park.
We got to see the famous Lift Bridge. What a site to see!
Look at this big thing I found:
Then, host mom saw these funny bicycle things-- so we just HAD to rent one to ride around!
Look at me-- I'm driving!
You can see the entire Lift Bridge in the background. It was really windy outside! Our bicycle contraption was very funny-looking..... heheheheh!
We rode to the end of the pier to see what Lake Superior really looks like.
Group picture time!
We went into a cute shop called "Monkey Business"-- they only sold monkey related items! I found a friend who is even bigger than ME!!!!
We're heading off to camp now. Host Mom tells me we'll be hanging out at the beach all week. Hip Hip Hooray~!
Bye for now!
~Chubby Berry
Posted Jul 12, 2012, 7:50 pm
Sunbathing!
We went fishing, too!
Look at what I helped create: A giant sandcastle!
I'm sure having fun at Camp!
Posted Jul 30, 2012, 4:47 am
We're here at the Mall of America! It's the largest indoor mall in North America. It has it's own indoor amusement park, movie theater, sea exhibit, and wedding chapel!
We parked the car in the ramp labeled "Nevada".
I'm gonna push the button!
Look-- We found the amusement park! It's called "Nickelodeon Universe".
I even met President Obama! ..... okay, not really. But his cardboard cutout was very handsome.
And we even found Lego Land~! Host mom loves this place.
Can you see the Minnesota store in the background? We went inside to get some postcards.
We didn't eat here, but the Rainforest Cafe is an infamous place.
Disney store!
Whew! We had a full day of shopping. We got home in time to make a pizza for dinner. Yummy~!
Posted Aug 4, 2012, 3:00 pm
It's furry.......
and white.......
and it's a giant......
GORILLA!
Holy Toledo! This guy is WAAAYYY bigger than me! :O
Host mom is going to call him "Turk" from the movie Tarzan.
No way could he be a toy voyager, right?
I shudder to think what his postage would cost!
Posted Aug 4, 2012, 3:03 pm
Yummy goodness~!
Noodles and I love strawberries!
Host mom and I found this cool new store in the area! We will come back when it is open to try it out!!!!
Posted Aug 11, 2012, 4:27 pm
We stopped in Moose Lake, Minnesota on the way to to the cabin. It's just a little town on the way.
Can you guess what I'm riding?
Now can you guess?
Hee hee hee! It's a GIANT MOOSE!
It loves me! <3
Oops! Sorry everyone! I didn't see the sign.
Hey guys! I think we're almost there!
We have arrived!
Hay bales!
We're going to spend this sunny day just hanging out here. I'll update again later. Miss you!
~Chubby Berry
Posted Aug 20, 2012, 5:50 pm
Guess where we are!
Give up?
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Lake Superior~!
Don't worry-- Host mom made sure we were completely safe on the rock here:
We're making a Toy voyager pyramid! Hahaha!
This is the little bridge near the cabin we are renting.
I love my TV friends!
We're going to an island tomorrow! Yay!
Posted Aug 20, 2012, 6:05 pm
Our destination is Devil's Island.
Look how calm and peaceful the lake is today:
Host mom's Grandpa was stationed on this island 53 years ago when he was in the Coast Guard.
It was his first time back since then......
(so it was a very special trip for us).
They even have a lighthouse!
Whew! We climbed all the way up 97 steps to see the view from the top=
Time to go back-- we had a great time here!
Posted Sep 7, 2012, 5:11 pm
We took a trip to a really cool place--- The Minnesota State Fair!
More information here!
Any kind of food you want on a stick can be found here. Hoo Boy! I am in paradise~!!
This was our first stop: the Colosseum. (Pictures inside for the horse show didn't turn out so well...)
Oooh? What's this? Cookies?!?!?
Yummy!
Okuma and I really enjoyed them.
Look at all the people!
Host mom wants to ride this!
Whoa! Do you see that GIANT slide? We should try that!
Isn't the view up here great?
Oh! There's the Colosseum we visited earlier.
See all the rides? Fun!
Trolly ride! Trolly ride! Beep Beep!
What a beautiful sign. <3
Oh cool! We found the Health and Wellness building.
They're going to give us a free diabetes testing..... I don't need to worry about that.... right?
.....right?
Nope, it's all okay! I'm a stuffed animal!
More snacks, please!
Whoa! Look at this bucket of french fries we are going to share!
It's as big as me! Hahahaha!
Good thing they have all you can drink milk here at the fair-- I'm super thirsty.
What an adventurous day! I hope to see lots more.
Miss you lots!
Posted Sep 20, 2012, 6:53 pm
I've been helping Host Mom study for school.
Whew! It's more exhausting than I thought!
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It is nice and sunny outside today.
We got dressed up and went over to family's house to open gifts. YAY Presents!!!!
I just love this hat!
Here's our Christmas tree.
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First, we helped set up, then we got to eat!
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When I got to Maryland, I got to eat yummy food - fresh cheese basil pasta with a side of mixed baby salad with mozzarella cheese and tomatoes.
We poked around the house a little and found some cute animals im the window.
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We explored all the wonders she had. Most of the things you see were made out of clay - all of it was made by her Grandma.
Her grandma even keeps an indoor garden because it's still cold outside!
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Then we met a Macaw at the River Hill Nursery! We looked at all the pretty flowers.
I liked the Ginger best.
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We got to go to a pretty lake in Cambridge, MD.
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We saw pandas, jellyfish, hermits crabs, butterflies, and an ancient dinosaur fish called the Arapaima!!
My favourite out of the whole zoo was the otters.
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They have the world's best veggie burgers (we think) and all the french fries you can eat
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The first thing we did when we arrived was unpack and make ourselves at home in the cabin. Next, we spent some time playing in the recreation area. In the evening, we enjoyed a campfire service on a bluff overlooking the Tuttle Creek Reservoir. Sunset was stunningly gorgeous!
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I love the bright orange fabrics, they look so cheery!
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