Travelog for: Yetta Bear

Hi Mum,
Today, we are travelling by steam train!

We are leaving Porthmadog station. We are at the back of the train.

We've just crossed the cob leaving Porthmadog behind. 

We stopped at Minffordd station, where a train passed us.

There's some nice scenery

This is Llyn Tanygrisiau.

We've arrived at Blaenau Ffestiniog, and the engine is going to pull us back.

There are a couple of tunnels on the journey. Can you see the ToyVoyager tag?

Flash!

We are returning over the cob, with some of Snowdonia's mountains in the background.

Looking out over the estuary.


The engine is fuelling up.

Hi Mum,

A package arrived...

Hello MuhKuh

We have come to the Victorian Extravaganza in Llandudno.

There is some live music, with banjoes.

There are some fun things for children to do and play

A helterskelter.

A band on its way to the bandstand.

Maintenance on a little engine.

Another little engine.

A little railway

Lots of steam coming out!

A "wind-up doll" in front of an old traction engine.

Chair-o-plane and a little big wheel

A traction engine.

My host's son is on this ride.

My host and her family didn't fancy a ride on this tall thing.

My host has been on this sort of ride before, she tells me.

On the way home, we stopped off to find a GeoCache.

Puffin Island and Anglesey can be seen from here.

It is a bit windy up here.

Even though the sun is shining and there is blue sky, it is a bit chilly.

Another view of Puffin Island and Anglesey.

we found the cache. My host's son wants a bouncy ball.

View towards Conwy and Llandudno

Out there is the Isle of Man, but I can't see it in this photo.

Hi Mum,
Today, a new visitor arrived.

Let's see who it is...

Hello Twixx

Farewell Wales, I'm off to my new host... Hope the journey will not be a long one....

Hi Mum,

I arrived in Sülfeld. Dicker Kumpel is the host here – he gave me a warm welcome.



He introduced me to the other ToyVoyagers here.



I showed the postcard and card I brought with me.



I found this wonderful flowers inside.



I went outside into the garden and flew with this friendly gull.



Then I searched for more flowers.





Look – this flower was like a cap.



This flower was really nice.



I talked with these funny guys.



Back in the living-room I found this wonderful flower.



Yours
Yetta Bear

Hello Mum,

We are on our way to Finland now. RikeH was very busy the last days, so we didn’t update our travelogs, but now it will be better, we hope.

We went from Travemünde,Germany to Helsinki, Finland with the Ferry Finnlady. The weather was wonderful, but it was so stormy that RikeH decided to take only one photo of me outside. She didn’t want me to fly away.



Fortunately we had a wonderful cabin with many windows. Through this one I saw the way we went.



Then we all went to the window on the side of the ship. The sun was wonderful.





Of course we wanted to look to the other side.



Our ferry was great – look, there in front of us was a cruise ship.



Our Captain did a good job, so we won the race!





yours
Yetta Bear

Hello Mum,

I am in Finland now. 

The day started in a small village called Rauma. It is famous for the old part of it with many wooden houses.



I think this was the town hall, but I am not sure about it.



Look – this bear was so friendly!



They had a nice old church.



We drove to the next place Pori – and started with another church.



Behind me you can see a great park!



We had a nice view back to the city.



There was another old building  - maybe the town hall. Unfortunately I cannot read the signs here.



Our last stop of the day was at the seaside.  We found this great beach.



Can you see me in the Dunes?



Here I am!



Bye
Yetta Bear

Hello Mum,

It was time to explore the nature. We went into a national park called Helvetinjärvi. We saw this small stream.



I sat on one of these big boulders.





We went down to this beautiful lake and had a picnic there.



This was the famous place for the national park – a small gorge.



But I prefer this view!



Love
Yetta Bear

Hello Mum,

In the late afternoon Dicker Kumpel told me and the others that he had a surprise for us.



We all were excited and we jumped into our travel bag.



Look, what happened! RikeH met two Finish hosts – mmm105 and reissari – and all their TVs and TV-guests. So we had a big TV-meeting!





To have a better view of us – we made smaller photos.









It was great to meet so many new TVs. Hopefully I will meet some of them again on my trip around the world!


Then we had another meeting – we went to a postcrossing-meeting. You can see the postcards of the postcrossing-members. We had so much fun talking with these friendly women.





What a nice meeting!

Yours
Yeeta Bear

Hi Mum,

Great news – I saw the the biggest wooden church of the world.



We went inside, of course. (It is not always possible to go into Finish churches, because most of them are closed.) This one opened today.



There were many children coming into the church.



Look – the bell tower stood alone.





In the afternoon we reached the national park with the Koli Mountain. We had a great view over the lakes around.






And we saw trees. There are lots of forests in Finland!



Maybe this was a religious place in the Past?



Believe it or not - we found snow!



Can you see me with this funny guy?



This is a ski region in the wintertime. Look – I would take the black way!



A funny kind of tram brought us back to our car.



On our way to the next hotel we stopped and enjoyed the sunshine next to this beautiful lake.



Yours
Yeeta Bear

Hello Mum,

We had a lazy day at home. Look, what we had for dinner



Then we sat in front of the fireplace and talked.





I love it to look into the fire!



And I want to show you the funny kind of drinks we had.



Bye
Yeeta Bear

Hey Hey,

Today we went to another National Park - Oulanka NP – and made a walk called the Bear Loop (yes – it was named after me!).

We started at this suspension bridge.



We saw this little boat, but we didn’t have to use it.



Then it was so great – we stopped next to these rapids.



We went into this old mill.





We had to climb up mountains and had this great view!



Later we stopped at this waterfall. It was nice to sit there.



But it was even better to have a picnic in the forest!



The other direction!



Then we were back at the beginning – this was the view from the bridge.



Yes – I am a brave bear– I crossed this dangerous bridge!



Yours
Yeeta Bear

Merry Christmas Mum!

The Finnish people are crazy sometimes. We arrived in our new home today. And look, what we have in front of our house – a Christmas tree!







This was really strange. But RikeH told us that we are in the Santa Claus Village. Santa lives here – this is amazing!e

Maybe we will meet him tomorrow. Who knows? But first I had to show you two funny things in our room. This is the wonderful lamp!



We had fun playing on it.



Now I believe that the Christmas Time comes nearer!



Hohoho
Yeeta Bear