Travelog for: Lina

Josie and I went on a short camping trip  with noisy's daughter and her friends, but the girls made only a few pictures :-(

The boys were gone playing football, so Josie and I decided to cook something yummi for them, because they are very hungry when they will come home.

We made a pasta salad and sausages -easy to make and very yummi :-)

I really think it tasted good.

After eating we snuggled a long time.

Today HömpfMömpf and I were allowed to visit a primary school. Each tuesday Noisy is helping some children with their homework.
I looked around in the classroom and found a little teddy sitting there. He told me that the pupil sometimes are very loud and that he's glad when the school is over in the noon at 3:15 pm. But he told me, too, that he has learned a lot of interesting things since he lives in this classroom.
There were posters at the wall showing what to eat in the break, what happens in the nature in June, and much more.

And I looked at the nice pictures and the calender.

Today I have written and drawn in mmm105's traveling notebook

Noisy took 3*Euro, Josie and me to the stable for helping her with the work.

But first she told us about a little guy called Däumling who was been eaten by a cow ---iiiiiiieeeeh---, so we stayed near Noisy's hand.

Noisy was wondering, why there were only a few eggs in the chicken coop and looked where the chicken has lyed the eggs. We found them in the duck coop. All ducks of Noisy were stolen from the fox :-(



the eggs are quite big, nearly as big as I am :-)



We saw Gabriel's rooster and one of his chicken. The chicken has the same colours like me :-)



We went to the cowshed - and stayed near Noisy!



then we looked for the machines...the BIIIIIg machines...




What a hard day! Now we will go to bed and maybe Noisy will tell us the whole story of the Däumling...

sleep well....see you soon.

Just a short trip to Limburg!

More photos were taken by Noisy's son with his camera, they will be uploaded later!

Josie and I will travel to our next hosts soon.

We made a walk through Weilburg before we have to say good bye.


this is the Staatliche Technikakademie Weilburg

we played on a playground

took a photo with Grand Duke Adolph

Schloss-Hotel

around the castle

a fountain

inside the courtyard

we walked through the castle's garden

climbed downstairs

to see the Orangerie

found a sundial

had a great view to the Landtor


had fun with these guys 

climbed upstairs

walked through this gate

we haven't had any fear even if he looked angry

crossed the market place

and enjoyed this beautyful view on our way home.



Today in the evening I will hop into my travelbox to meet mmm105 in Finland!

Hello mom!

I arrived to Jyväskylä, Finland today!
Jyväskylä is a town in Central-Finland, and there's living about 132 000 people.

I saw many other toys there, when I came out of my box. They all seems to be nice. They said welcome to me.



And here I am with my notebook, a nice postcard and lots of candies.



As a welcome, I ate a heart-shaped bun. It was really good.



And here are we all toys having a welcome party of mine and Honeymooners, who arrived here today, too.



Love,
Lina
xxx

Hello mommy!

An envelope arrived today. We all were so curious, what would be inside of it. Kurnau opened it, and we others were looking.



We were sooooo curious! A secret envelope from China...



Oooooh, it's another ToyVoyager! It's Totoro from China!



It's great to have more friends! 



Love,
Lina
xxx

Hello mom!

I was walking outside today. I saw a nice small park.
And there I saw this statue of Uno Cygnaeus (1810-1888).
He is considered the father of the Finnish public school system.



And because the boy in the statue is reading, I feel like I want to read something. Kurnau show me the local library building.



Kurnau helped me and Honeymooners to find a book about sheeps/lambs.
There's so many books!!! Even more books are outside the photo.



And yes, we found it!!! 



There's an art statue in the library building. This one is called "Tiedonpuu" ("A tree of knowledge"). It has made in 1980.



And there's also a nice exhibition about the history of Jyväskylä-city, the dolls are showing things about this town's developement.

In 1850's Jyväskylä was a small town with many craftsmen.



In 1900's came first railways, and it helped making connections to the World.



In 1910's industrialization grows and became more and more important.



In 1940's Jyväskylä was important supporting hometown during wars.



In 1970's trafic grows fast, and it was necessary to build bigger and better streets.



In 1980-1990's the activities of free-time got more popularity.
(And by the way, ice hockey is very popular activity in Finland, and Jyväskylä is the current Champion in Finnish ice hockey.)



In 2000's Jyväskylä became a bigger town, because some federations of municipalities has made (smaller cities joined together to became one bigger city).



Love,
Lina
xxx

Hey mom!

Let me introduce a big living animal, hostmom's cat.
His name is Jeppe, and he is almost 2 years old (he has a birthday in next month).
He is very kind, and there's no need to be worried, because we became friends.

Love,
Lina
xxx

Hi mom!

Today I saw some public art works outside. They are all so unique.

This one is called as "Elämän koulu - vastuu, luottamus, luovuus"
In English it might be something like "A school of life - responsibility, trust, creativity"




This one is "Karhu" ("A Bear"). The artist's name is Oskari Raja-aho, and the statue has made in the year 1930.


Look, we all are riding on the bear! 


This one is "Keinumieli-Tyhjämieli-Häkkimieli" and the artist is Juhani Petäjäniemi, and it has made in 1989.
The name is difficult to translate into English, but it might be something like "a mind of swing - a mind of emptyness - a mind of cage".


I like this statue. It looks like there's two people flying.
The name of the statue is "Elinehto-ajatus-liiketoiminta" and the artist is Heikki Häiväoja, and it has made in 1979.
The translation of the statue's name is "Lifeline-idea-business".


And there's a statue "Kauppias ja apulainen" ("A Merchant and his assistant). The artist is Pauli Koskinen, and it has made in 1959.




And this one has made the same artist, Pauli Koskinen, in the year 1957. It is art in the outside wall of the building. And it's name is "Reliefi"


After walking a little there started to be dark clouds in the sky, so we turned walking back, and we hoped to arrive 'home' before it's raining...

 

...But mommy, we didn't managed. It started raining so quickly.
And the  rain, it was HARD, we got totally wet within one minute.



We run back 'home', and inside it was time to get dry again, aww...



What an adventure!!!

Love,
Lina
xxx

Hei! Hello!

A new toy arrived here today: Hunny bunny originally from USA.
It's so nice to have more friends!

We had a welcome party for her. We ate all candies what she got with her in the envelope. They were soooo yummi! 

Love,
Lina
xxx

Hello!

One more toy arrived here today. This is so great, to have more friends!

We looked the envelope, and the stamps on it. Who is coming from South Africa? Wow, so far.



"Hello! My name is Phog. I'm from Germany, but I was visiting in South Africa." said this cute dog to us.
We introduced ourselves, too.



Then Phog showed us the great postcard what he had took with him from South Africa.



Love,
Lina
xxx

Hei! Hello!

Today I went outside to walk and look around this surroundings.
And almost immediately I saw the beautiful nature of Finland,
so many green coloured trees, the fresh air, and so on.
Oh, it's so nice to be here!



And this is an orthodox church of Jyväskylä.



And this is an evankelic lutherian church of Jyväskylä.
The church has buildt in 1929, and the architect was Elsi Borg.
This church has called also "the church of angels".





Then I continued my walking, and I found a river named Tourujoki.
This river goes through the city of Jyväskylä. It's about 2 kilometres long river,
and it goes from the lake Palokkajärvi to the lake Jyväsjärvi.





Here are we all toys: me, Kurnau, Wayne, Totoro, Honeymooners, Hunny, Phog, Kit-Kat, Ronja, BarryO, TobiHH and Druri.



And there's a bridge of Tourujoki.



Love,
Lina
xxx