Witten, Germany - 14th July 2012
By: Mandrara
I'm the youngest of the children but i'm the first who will start to travel!!!!!
But I'm going to tell you more abiut me very soon
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Posted Jul 14, 2012, 10:34 am
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Witten, Germany - 15th July 2012
By: Mandrara
Hallo all.
I'm Little Dragon I'm the youngest Dragon of the Family. My mum was a birthday present and me and my siblings were told to be Toyvoyagers. But.. what's this I asked. I'm a little bit shy and so I was doubtful about my new situation.
It was unnecessary now I know. We got a fluffy blanket to sleep. And because my sister and brother were with me and had no fear. Mandrara is a nice mum for us and our mummy Imodra always looks after us.
There are a lots of soft toys at our new home because Mandrara has two little children and at it's best the kids tried to take us to their room to snuggle with us and show us there toys. But I did'nt have the heart to do this and stayed with mum.
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Posted Jul 15, 2012, 2:39 pm
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Witten, Germany - 15th July 2012
By: Mandrara
And then I found a friend! "Zeitgeist" he is the TV of Mandraras man and he is old as we dragons are and wise and he is full of mischief, like me.
Me and my friend "Zeitgeist"
At the End of may Mandrara invited friends to a party. People where singing or they believed they do... But for us it was funny. A lots of other TV's come to visit us. and we all together watched the " Eurovison Song Contest"
At the fiorst time I was so shy that I climbed on mums head and hide from the others. But then I noticed that all of them where friendly and at least I shared my meal with two others
I was so proud of myself at the End of the day.
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Posted Jul 15, 2012, 2:55 pm
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Witten, Germany - 15th July 2012
By: Mandrara
Hi it's me again!
A few days after the party mum invited to a gaming night and also a lots of Tv's came. For us it was nice because we need to wait for our passports bevor we could start traveling.
But we practise traveling as you can see. Maybe not the way we're going to travel in future but for the moment it was ok.
Or we played in Clans! For sure I played with my brother and sister because Mandraras friend has a lots of guests and I don't know all of them. So my family I know.
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Posted Jul 15, 2012, 3:03 pm
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Witten, Germany - 15th July 2012
By: Mandrara
And then our passports arrieved. I don't know if I'm happy because thats means that I need to stay alone with others I don't know. But maybe I find new friends!!!
At the first time, all of us who needs a passport sit around the envelope and take a look at the Togs.
After that mum, her man and a friend search for the right passport for everyone of us,
After getting my passport Mandrara told me, not to be afraid to travel around the world. And to have an easy start Mandraras friend took me with her to the USA for holiday. Thats my first journey at all. I hope I will not being homesick because of my mum Imodra and Mandrara because we are pols apart, but I think Mandraras friend will guyed me and watch after me. I'm a happy and a little bit nervous maybe you can understand why! BUT I'm the youngest but the first who start traveling! I'm proud
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Posted Jul 15, 2012, 3:14 pm
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San Francisco, America - 16th July 2012
By: Shilo
Good morning Mum and Mandrara.
Today is our first real day here in America. I am so happy about it. After a great breakfast we started our tour on the union square. Look we found these cool looking hearts on every corner of the square.
Before we could start our trip to fishermen’s wharf, we had to buy some water for the day. I think it would be a long day without something to drink. On our way to the supermarket, I saw this cool looking house.
Then we went to the cable car station. I was so happy that we will ride on these famous cars. Unfortunately it was so full on the cable car, that we couldn’t take a photo from our tour. But I promise we will take a picture of the cable car later. It was so full that I was scared in the first moment, but after a while it was ok for me and I had fun.
We went off at the Lombard Street. This is a very famous street because this street has very tight turns from the top to the end.
We decided to walk the rest of the way to Fishermen’s wharf. On our way we climbed up a small hill, from which we had a wonderful view down to Alcatraz. The others told me that many years ago, there were special prisoners arrested on this island.
We also saw this old fire truck. You could make a tour over the Golden gate bridge with this car, but we didn’t want to ride on it.
Finally we arrived at Fishermen’s wharf. Here we saw a lot of shops and it was full of people. It was really cool here.
We went down the pier, to have a look over the bay. From here we had a look at the Golden gate bridge at the end of the bay and we saw this see lions relaxing in the sun.
On our walk around the pier, we went into a Ship museum. The first ship was an old paddle wheel steamer. And on this ship we could see a lot of old cars. It was really cool.
Then we went onto the next ship. It was a beautiful old sailing ship. In the bottom of the ship we could see, a lot of things out of the history of the ship. What it has loaded and how the crew cabins looked like.
After that it was time to go back to the hotel. But before I forget it, here is the picture of the Cable Car I had promised.
See you tomorrow.
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Posted Jul 23, 2012, 6:37 am
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San Francisco, America - 17th July 2012
By: Shilo
Good morning Mum and Mandrara.
Today is our second and last day here in San Francisco, because tomorrow we will travel on to the Yosemite National Park. But I don’t want to talk about tomorrow, because we have planned a lot for today.
After our breakfast, we started our tour at Fishermen’s wharf again. From there we planned to walk to the Golden gate bridge. I am so happy that I will walk on this amazing bridge.
On our way to the bridge, we walked along the beach. Isn’t the view great from here? I could see Alcatraz and far far away the bridge.
After a long way from an hour we are very close to the bridge. I am so excited about it and the weather is so unbelievable nice today.
On the bottom of the bridge we arrived at an old Fort. Fort Point was build 1794 and was completed just before the American Civil War, to defend San Francisco Bay against hostile warships. The fort is now protected as Fort Point National Historic Site, a United States National Historic Site administered by the National Park Service as a unit of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
We looked around the fort and then climbed up the stairs to the top, to have a look around from the top.
It was cool to look around the fort, but now it is time to move on to the bridge. But wait beneath the fort we found these interesting looking sign. A friendly old man, told us about the story behind this sign. Hopper is a true San Francisco hero. He is one of the many Golden gate bridge’s iron workers that not only risk their life each day maintaining this beautiful bridge, but volunteer to save the lives of lost souls attempting to end their lives jumping off the bridge. He saved 30 people in the time he was working at the bridge.
When he noticed that waterfront joggers have a ritual of touching the fence at the dead-end of the sidewalk next to Fort Point, he had the bridge's sign painter make a sign with two handprints on it, and another sign with two dog paws, because one woman had her dog touch the fence.
Now everybody is touching this sign. We also touched it, before we went the way back to climb up to the bridge.
Mum I am standing on the Golden gate bridge. I am so happy and the view over San Francisco is so beautiful. But it was a little bit too windy here for me.
After the bridge we walked on to the National cemetery. It was very impressive to see all this graves. We saw graves from people who fought in more than one war and survived them. And we saw a grave from a person who got the Medal of Honor.
Before we went back to the hotel we made a short stop at the Palace of fine arts. This place was very special, because you had the feeling like you were in Greece.
It was a wonderful day here in San Francisco. I will always have beautiful memories of this city. But I am also excited to see the next stop on our tour through America tomorrow.
So good night and see you tomorrow.
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Posted Jul 25, 2012, 5:00 am Last edited Jul 25, 2012, 5:01 am by Shilo
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Yosemite National Park, America - 18th July 2012
By: Shilo
Good morning Mum and Mandrara.
Today we were driving to the Yosemite National Park. There we will stay two days, before we will travel on to Death Valley.
Here I can show you our car, we rent for our trip. Isn’t it huge?
We were sitting comfortable on the backseat.
On our way to the park, we saw this pretty lake and this cool view when we were making some breaks. But it was so hot outside that we didn’t left the car for too long.
After approx. four hours we finally arrived at the Park. The first thing we saw here was a forest from burned trees and bushes. It was really strange to see something like this.
We took the chance and climbed down a small hill, to have a first view over the park.
Unfortunately we had to climb up the hill again, to go back to the car.
After a while we arrived at Curry Village. Here you can see our cabin for the next two days. In front of the cabin stands a bear box. There we had to put all our food and shower stuff in, so that the bears won’t get them.
Then we decided to use the time to walk to the Mirror Lake, to see the Sunset there. On our way we walked along the Visitor Centre.
It was a long walk, but it was nice because we had a nice view around us.
Then we arrived at the Lake, just right for the Sunrise. Unfortunately there wasn’t much water at the lake, so we haven’t the feeling of a mirror. But it was I nice Sunset.
Next to the Lake we saw these cool towers.
After the sun set of, it was quickly getting dark. And because we were afraid of bears and mountain lions we quickly went back to Curry Village.
It was a long day and I am really tired. So good night and see you tomorrow.
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Posted Jul 30, 2012, 1:47 pm
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