Travelog for: Emma Squirrel

Hooray! I'm a ToyVoyager now. My mummy registered me here and I hope that many, many people will receive me and show me there place. I am so excited!

If you want to host me, please write my mum.

This are our pets.
The cat is called Dicker. It is the german word for people who have a couple of pounds too much. So he is really fat.
And the budgerigar is called Racker, named after the little Sea Turtle of the movie "Finding Nemo". In english the Sea Turtle is called Squirt.

My mum decided that she wants to host TVs as well. And today, the first TV arrived! It is Katie Pillar. We welcomed her and hoped that she will have a great time with us.

Our TV-family gets bigger and bigger. Welcome Winter Bear!

It was so a lovely weather, so played in the garden.

My mum had a doctor's appointment today, so we drove to Burgdorf. Burgdorf is the next larger city.
We drove by car to Burgdorf. The diddl-mouse next to me is the guardian angel of the car.
Then my mum had to make an allergy test. How colourful she was.
Then we drove back with bus. I also had a bus ticket.

Hiiiiii Mom!

I arrived here to my new host Susanna a while ago. And I have been busy getting familiar with her and surroundings here. Weather has been typical Finnish spring weather cold and rainy, so we haven’t been able to go out much.

Yesterday weather was nice, and we took a long walk. We went to neighborhood, where is lots of small old wooden houses. Susanna loves those kinds of houses, and they are quite nice, don’t you think?  Way back, I noticed beautiful old trees and of course want to climb. Susanna didn’t let me climb very high, she was afraid I might hurt myself. She is so funny, what we squirrels do best….climb….hurt myself…hah!    At least she let me climb to this very small tree. Well we hope weather is getting better and we can go out at weekend (and maybe see some squirrels too)

Love you Mom!
Emma

Hi Mom!

Today we were finally able to go out. It was brilliant, because I was literally    climbing up and down the walls here inside. Weather was warm and sunny. We take a walk in small forest nearby. There are these big spruces in the forest and of course I “try” them a little. Spring time is here and everything is so green and beautiful. I also found these little white flowers; wood anemones. I virtually send one of them to you mom. I even had a little snack, cones as you can see. Our walk was very nice and relaxing.

Take care Mom!
Emma

Hi Mom!

Yesterday we took quick one day trip to Seinäjoki. We haven’t got time to take many photos, but here is couple. I got to see glimpse of famous church called Lakeuden Risti. And of course it was fun to travel with train. Can you see Mom, there is character of Richard Scarry’s children’s book painted on the train.  Mostly I travelled in my host’s bag, but in train I sit at window and was able to see Finnish sceneries.

Take Care Mom, Love you!

Emma

Hello there!

Yesterday was very fun day. We travelled to small town Porvoo and spent  easygoing day there. Porvoo is famous of  it’s old town and beautiful old church. “The story tells that in 1346 Maunu Eerikinpoika (Magnus Eriksson), then the King of Sweden, visited Porvoo and granted the town rights there and then”. “Porvoo Cathedral, dedicated to Mary, the Mother of Jesus, gained its present form at the end of the 15th century”.

As I have told you, my host loves old buildings, so you can see lots of pictures of them. People actually live in those old houses, and my host would love to live there.  There are also small shops in old town with decoration stuff, antique and clothes, and we did little shopping too. One of the shops has little Moomin house as window decoration, I would love to live there.  You can also see me at riverside of Porvoo river. Well really exciting day for a change. At home we ate chocolates we bought from local candy store called Brunberg , yummy.

xxx
Emma

Hi Mom!

Last weekend we have holiday here from Friday to Sunday. It was time of Midsummer. Days are long and nights are short in this time of year. There is an old saying, that after Midsummer days are starting to get shorter by rooster step every day. My host really don’t know, where that saying comes from.

Midsummer eve we went to market place and bought new potatoes, tomatoes, cucumber, peas, strawberries and beautiful flowers. Growing season here in Finland is very short and when new vegetables and berries are ready, they are so good. That’s true Mom, I tasted everything (except flowers).  We took few pics at my host’s balcony, and you never guess, what time is it? Almost 11.00 p.m.

Many Finnish people go to summer cottages or to see bonfires at Midsummer. My host is not a fan of either, so we stayed at home. We eat well, relaxed and have a good time.

Love you Mom!
Emma

Hi Mom!

I got new friends. Last week arrived two funny fellows called Wotwots.

And last weekend we all travelled and spend few days at small community called Haapamäki, with our host’s school mate. As you can see, she lives in beautiful old house. There are also other nice buildings, like sauna (last small red building), at her courtyard.

And of course we had to go to sauna. It is old fashion sauna, which we heated up with wood, not electricity. And we had birch whisk, which we used in sauna. We spend nights in little room, where there was old stove and this funny old radio.

We went by train, and Wotwots were excited. I have travelled so much by train, that it was nothing new to me. But in last photo you can see Lahti railway station from different angle, than before.

Take Care Mom!
Emma

Hello, mum!
I finally arrived at my new house! I've met Zed Dog, a lovely puppy from England, and now I became friends with Leila! I brought my new friends and my host mum Karolina many presents from Finland. They really enjoyed it!:





Karolina said that it's time to go and see Vilnius! What a great start - we stopped here, next to the fountain:



And this is the Town Hall! Isn't it beautiful?



Here I am near the Barbora Radvilaitė statue. She was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania as consort to Sigismund II Augustus:



Look! I'm posing in front of one part of the Vilnius University - it is the oldest university in the Baltic states and one of the oldest in Eastern Europe. It is also the largest university in Lithuania:



The Presidential Palace is located in Vilnius Old Town, in 1997 this place became the official seat of the President of Lithuania:



Here is the very famous Cathedral of Vilnius (Vilniaus Šv. Stanislovo ir Šv. Vladislovo arkikatedra bazilika). It's the main Roman Catholic Cathedral of Lithuania. You can also see the Bell Tower!



We were going back home and stopped to see the panorama of Vilnius. You can see Gediminas' castle here!



Whoa, that was a great day and I had so much fun with my new mum and my awesome friends! I'm a bit tired now, I guess I should rest for a while.

Love,
Emma Squirrel

Hello, mummy!
First of all, I'm so sorry that I couldn't upload new pictures within this week - Karolina was really busy, so we didn't have much chances to go and see something. But we spent a really good time at home!

Soap bubbles are so much fun!



And look how many nice postcards Karolina has received from Belarus, Italy... (maybe one day I'll visit these countries, too?):



We wanted to choose a place where to go next (in Vilnius). Our host mum gave us a map of the city and we had a really hard time thinking what would be the best place to go next week. But we did it, we chose it! You'll see it in my other updates...



A day with a movie is even better -we saw "Tangled". It was such a great story!



And then Karolina decided to take us for a walk outside, near the house. Another friend came with us - it's Karolina's rabbit, named Mr. Rabbit He's so adorable:



Well, that's it for now. It's really hot outside, so I'm almost melting here. But I guess it's the real summer, right?

Hugs,
Emma Squirrel

Greetings!
Today is the first day of the last month of summer and also the day when I have to say goodbye to my friends.
Zed Dog and Leila are going to Germany and I'm going to miss them so much! I wished all the best to my friends and to have a safe journey.





Love,
Emma Squirrel