Travelog for: Josie

Dear Mum

A new TV has arrived. His name is Nils and he's the white bear on the right. We spent a wonderful afternoon on the balcony while nuriayasmin was working.



Love,
Josie

Dear Mum

Today we bought flowers for the balcony and planted them.





Afterwards we all relaxed in the sunshine.



Sunny greetings from Josie

Dear Mum

It was a gorgeous day, there were almost no clouds in the sky. So the whole ToyVoyager gang went to Mannheim and invaded the Luisenpark. The Luisenpark origins from the late 19th century and has been continously extended since then. It's obviously one of Germany's biggest and most beautiful parks.

Nature is slowing becoming more colourful again. I really like that:


Look, how close I got to these pelicans. The colour of their feathers is almost the same like the colour of my fur.


There's a big lake in the middle of the park. And the bird flying above me is a stork.


There are quite a few storks in Luisenpark in spring and summer.


I think this is a piece of art. I've got no idea what it may mean but I like it.


Another piece of art but not my cup of tea.


I couldn't resist to relax on this huge stone for a while.


Once again the lake, this time with the television tower in the background.


I also met some cattle.


And a very curious goat.


And I saw some cute rabbits.


The Chinese Tea House was built in 2001 and looks really beautiful.


Here I am in an artificial cave which is part of the Chinese Garden.


A last photo before we left.


And the obligatory group photo, of course.


Love,
Josie

Dear Mum

Today nuriayasmin visited a friend in Handschuhsheim, a suburb of Heidelberg, and we took some photos along the way. Handschuhsheim was first mentioned in the codex of the monastery of Lorsch in 765 but people had already settled there for centuries.

This is the Friedenskirche (Peace Church). It's an evangelical church which was built between 1908 and 1910.



The church is situated next to the Tiefburg, a castle from the early Middle Ages which used to be surrounded by water.





There are still a lot of old houses in Handschuhsheim and this one looks quite enchanted, doesn't it?



Nuriayasmin's friend lives in a small street like this one.



Love,
Josie

Dear Mum

The weather is still warm and sunny, so I had a huge piece of icecream this afternoon.



Then it was time to say good-bye to Sylvia who starts her first journey and will travel to Finland.





I'm not sure when I will continue my journey on this trail but as nuriayasmin will start working nightshifts this evening, I'm going to stay home for the rest of the month and have a good time with the other TV's.

Love,
Josie

It was time to say good-bye to Tamina who'll be visiting olgamaus next. Have a good journey, little rhino.





Greetings from Josie

Dear Mum

So now it's my time to continue travelling on the German Toy Voyager Trail. I'm a little sad but also looking forward to meeting my next host, other TV's and see more of my home country. Before I left, I was able to say hi to HolgiHH who has just arrived here and is a cute little donkey. Bye, Heidelberg.







Will write you soon.

Josie

Hey,

today we made a walk in a park. The park is called Nordsternpark. It is in Gelsenkirchen. In 1997 the „Bundesgartenschau“ was in that park. It was really nice there. We went to the platform where you have a nice view and made 2 photos for you!





Love,
Josie

Hey,

today we had a bad case from not knowing where you want to go. BlackCat wanted to visit a nice park in Mülheim a.d. Ruhr and she looked it up online. But when we drove to the address she had found, we weren’t at the park. We were at caste Styrum. But BlackCat wasn’t that sad about it and said we can enjoy our time there. So we did that. And we made some photos for you while spending our time there. I really hope you like them.



We found these flowers in the garden of the castle. I guess spring is finally there, what do you think?



One corner of the garden. I like the tree.



That's the castle itself. I really liked it. Isn't it somehow magical?

Love,
Josie

Happy Easter to everyone out there! We coloured some eggs. BlackCat didn’t made photos while doing it, as she was scared we will get colourful because of it. But we made photos with the eggs.





It was fun.

Love,
Josie

Hey,

today was Rishus and Luisas last day here in Essen.

First we all said Goodbye to Rishu.



And then everyone said Goodbye to Luisa.





Bye bye! Have a nice trip!

Love,
Josie

Hey,

today we saw the emblem of Essen and BlackCat made a photo for you to show.



Love,
Josie

Hey,

today we joined BlackCat on her shopping tour in Essen Steele. It is a part of Essen. She had to go to the post office.



On the way to the post office we saw a pet shop and looked at the rabbits who were jumping around in the window.



Then we saw the church next to the post office.



And an old house on the market place in Steele.



And last but not least the shopping street itself.

Lots of love,
Josie

Hey,

today was the last day of Mr. Pumba being with us. So we all said Goodbye to him!



It was a nice time with him. I hope he has a nice trip!

Love,
Josie

Hey,

surprise, surprise we are in another country.

BlackCat visits her best friend right now and luckily she is living in Utrecht, Netherlands. So we were able to join her while visiting her.

Today we went to the Dom of Utrecht.



This statue was standing next to the cathedral.





And that's the cathedral tower. Isn't it big?

It was nice, really.

Love,
Josie