Travelog for: Philly

Dear Mummy,

Last weekend I visited a nice castle ,the Garvensburg.  The castle was built in 1894-1898 by industrialist William Garvens, who was knighted in 1908 and afterwards called William of Garvens. He built a hunting lodge in the style of the late period, a castle-like villa, surrounded by an English garden, currently there is an exhibition of sculptures of an African artist

















Love

Philly

Hello Mummy,

a short trip to Hannover by train, we visited a cinema (Ice age) 











Love
Philly

My dear mummy,

again a short trip, I accompanied Hostmum to her sambagroup in Bad Wildungen..
first a delicious breakfirst..



a nice view and wonderful flowers



this big drum is a "Surdo"



and that is a "Chocalho"



hugs and kisses
Philly

Huhu Mummy,

last monday a new TV arrived here in Delligsen...the cute little DuDette.....
I know you know this because you've sent DuDette 







yesterday I spend the afternoon in the warm summersun





nothing special to do ..only relax 



Love
Philly

My dear Mummy,

DuDettes great day 

After Anästhesia has finished her work and Dudette felt into a deeply sleep, Dr. Kröbner put his brand new operationdress (he bought from the revenues of the last leg-transplation) out of his locker.





The old assistant-crew B.o.B , Mr. Lemony and I attended the spectacle as well as the first time, and Mr. Shaun allready supervised from out of his Deckchair.





Anästhesia controlled the heavenly dreams of Dudette, Dr. Kröbner masterd his work with needle and pins and after a few minutes Dudettes leg looks as good as new. Mummy, I undergo the End of the operation at full avareness., I`m sooo proud 







During Dr. Kröbner and his team works wonders, Spikey fixed a comfortable warm bed for the patient.


*coco*, Spikey, Phillip and Scruffy McGee waitet full of impatience for the End of the operation.



the first visit after the operation...



Love
your proud Philly

…… ………

Hello Mummy,

My time has come, I must leave Delligsen...

hostmum showed me where I'll go.
JAPAN is that true .... so far.







but I'm a brave squirrel, why not Japan.



Is this my first flight mommy ???

but I`m a brave squirrel, wwhhhyy nnnot a pppplane



then we had a small farewell party under the TV galery , B.o.b Dudette and I were allowed to sit on the nice big chairs.








hostmum had farewell gifts for us, toothbrushes for B.o.b and me  and a photo for Dudette.

we all hugged





..... then I crawled into my envelope ..... Goodbye my dear friends, it was a good time
Japan I come





Love
Philly

The old photo studio, the location of the scenes in the movie "Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World"
Hi Mummy!
This is my first picture from Japan.
We drove to the neighbor town Aji. This old photo studio was used a location in the movie. People in love visit here as a "holy" place
It is very close to the coast. The Inland Sea is very calm.
 
I'm enjoying here. 
Philly

Socrates in Love (Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World)

This is Ritsurin Garden, a typical Japanese garden. It is located in the center of the city, among the modern buildings.
For 228 years long since 1642, the Matsudaira family, the Federal Lord of Takamatsu owned and maintained the garden. Today the garden is open to public.

more about Ritsurin Garden

Shodo-shima - Shodo Island
Shodo-shima is located north of Takamatsu, the capital city of Kagawa prefecture. The ferry boat took us here. It was about one hour trip from Takamatsu port.
Now We stand on the highest place in the island. This area is called Kankakei, if it's November we can see the beautiful autumn color.
On the way to the rest house from the peak of the mountain, we came across a group of wild Japanese monkeys!!!
I was surprised  

Takamatsu Castle
This castle is also called Tamamo Castle. Exactly Takamatsu (Tamamo) Castle Ruins. Main tower doesn't exist today. A few buildings still remain in the Japanese Garden.
Bonsai is miniature trees. There are many Bonsai here.
I love them. 

Takamatsu Castle (Sanuki)

Saburo-ike, The pond where the dragon lives in
Legend has it that the guardian of this pond is a large snake.
In Japan dragons and snakes are often worshiped as a deity of water.
They call clouds and shower benefits upon fields. Japanese folklore.
See the map. The shape of Japan looks like the dragon climbing the sky.

hanachan bought 'take-out' sushi and arranged them on a cute plate
Itadakimasu!

Otsuka Museum of Art
The world's first collection of Ceramic-Board Reproduction of Masterpaintings.
Now I'm not in the Sistine Chapel, Rome. I'm really in Japan The room is an authentic-looking reproductions of the Sistine Chapel's art works. This is one of the exhibits in this museum. These are not original paintings.  They are ceramic works using a special manufacturing technique. Visitors can see over 1000 full-size ceramic reproductions of major works of art. The works are transfer-printed from photographs before being fired and retouched.
Of course I enjoyed reproductions of great paintings in the modern ages.

Say Good bye to 2012
Japanese people have many parties called "Bo-nen kai" in December. Bo-nen kai is a drinking party where they begin to forget about the problems in this past year and look forward to the new year.


(oops, the battery of camera is empty...)

Happy New Year! - Akemashite Omedetou!
Osechi Ryouri & Ozouni
Hi,
The new year day in Japan is very calm. Family people meet together at their parents' house to celebrate the New Year, wishing for the future health of everyone.
The first meal in the new day is Osechi Ryouri and Ozouni. The New Year's food arranged in the lacquer boxes and special soup with rice cakes, vegetables, etc.