Travelog for: Karlos

Gooooooood Morning Mama,

here I am back from a one week vacation to lake constance all the way down in southern germany right at the border to Austria and Switzerland.
It was very interesting and I got a lot to see. Unfortunately the weather wasn't the best. We had two and a half days of sunshine but the rest was ääääääähhhhhhh not so nice. But see yourself.

And here we go with the report of my first day at lake constannce:
On Thursday we went to see the worldcultureheritage Pfahlbauten Museum (dwellings museum) right by the lakeside [url=http://www.pfahlbauten.com/lake-dwelling-museum/virtual-museum-tour.html][/url]
First we took a guided tour and then we explored the place ourself.

In the afternoon of that day we drove to a petfarm. They have more than 220 different  types of animals there. Chicken, ducks, donkeys, horses, mice and so on. But they also have animals that I wouldn't consider to be pets. Or do you know someone that has a
reindeer, a lama, a peacock....?
All of them were very cute.

And that was my first day of the vacation.
More is soon to come.

Love

Karlos

Day 2:

On friday we even left Germany and spent half the day in Bregenz/Austria. Once we got there we took the sky train up to the top of the mountain Pfänder (1064m. high). From there we had an amazing view over Lake Constance, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and 240 mountain peaks (of the alps).
For some reason  hostmum thought that it is a good idea to walk down that mountain. In the beginning I thought so too but after a few hours everyones feet hurt (and the next day we all had muscle pain). But as an reward we treated ourself with some very jummy cake in downtown Bregenz. Hmmmmmmm.......
From there we took the train to Lindau/Germany where we spent some time. In the evening we went back to our hotel by ship/ferry.

Day 3

On saturday we first went to see some place that is called Affenberg (monkey mountain) in Salem. More than 200 Barbary macaques live freely within a forest area of 20 hectares.Specially prepared popcorn is distributed free and can be fed to the monkeys.
What of course we did. That was really fun. 
In the afternoon we visited the Salem Monastery and palace (Founded in 1134) which today is a school.
It also has an abby church which is very beautiful. But we were not allowed to take any photos inside.

That was quit an interessting day.

Day 5
(don't worry I didn't forget to write about day 4. We just didn't do anything on sunday. Just were lazy and relaxed).

On monday morning we took the train to the town of Konstanz. As soon as we got there we discovered that the border to Switzerland is right in town. So we hopped over there looked around (we went to a small supermarket to see if we can get some good swiss chocolate. But no luck for us) a bit and hopped back. 

Konstanz is is a town of great historical relevance - A walk through town is an encounter with many traces of past centuries of prosperity.
We didn't do anything special just walked around and viewed the colorful, old buildings (some of them even have paintings).

To get back to the hotel we took the bus which even drove on a ferry to take us to the other side of the lake. That was kinda strange (because we didn't expect that).

Since the weather was pretty nasty that was all we did that day.

Good Morning Mummy,

this is my report of day 6 at lake constance:

when we got up on Tuesday it was raining quit a bit. So hostmum decided to go to a shopping mall. But when we got there we found out that the place is rather small. That's why we were done in about an hour. But when we got out the weather was a bit better and we thought it's a good idea to do some more sightseeing.
First we drove to the basilica church of Birnau which is very pretty. But as always we weren't allowed to take any pictures inside.
From there we went to the Town of Meersburg. It has a pretty old part of the town and a huge castle. But as soon as we got there it started pouring. We walked around there anyway but not for to long.
On the way back to the hotel were two more castles that we wanted to see but since we all were already soaked we decided that's better to not go outside anymore.

And that was the last day at Lake Constance.

Have a nice sunday.

Hi Mummy,

I still have to tell you about our departure day from Lake Constance (sorry that I didn't write about it earlier).

On Wednesday morning we left Lake Constance to drive back to host mum's home, means looooooong car ride again. 
But we didn't went directly back to Susie's hometown. We took a two hour break in the small village of Rothenburg ob der Tauber. The old part of the town is medieval and very romantic. It has those narrow alleys, beautiful buildings and a wonderful market place. But the main reason why host mum wanted to go to Rothenburg is a very special store: Käthe Wohlfahrts Weihnachtsdorf (christmas village). It sells christmas decoration all year long. And since she is obsessed with christmas (her own words) she loooooooves that store. 
Unfortunately we couldn't take any picuters inside that store (it was to dark and we weren't allowed).
That store was pretty cool. 

Love

Karlos

Hi Mama,

the weather was so very beautiful today and to be able to enjoy it we(host mum her, TV little T.B. and me) spend it outside in Frankfurt/Main.  We went to see a place called the old Airport (till 1992 it was an U.S. military helicopter airport and today it's an Nature reserve).To get there we took the train and to get back we took the subway.
Man that place was packed.  On the fomer runway people were biking and skating and on the meadows they played games, just laid there and relaxed and someone even tried to let a toy dragon fly.
There was a creek and a lot of paths to discover.

That was a really nice day. 

Bye Mom

Good evening Mommy,

hostmum and me went for a short walk in Bad Homburg yesterday.
We came by some ruins that are supposed to be left leftovers of a roman mansion called Villa Ober Eschbach.
But see yourself! 

Sweet dreams.

Karlos

Hej Mommy,

a new Toyvoager arrived today. We welcomed her this evening.
Lancel is with us now. 

Hugs

Karlos

Hello Mama,

hostmom made some Halloween Costumes for us.

I am a classical ghost and a scottish guy.

Klöver wanted a Springroll costume. But I think that there was some kind of ah uh misunderstanding. 

Lancel is an easter egg and a cloud. Cloud number 9 (or was we say in Germany Wolke 7).

And little T.B. is a Pumpkin and a Santa Clause.

If you wanna see the other TV's Costumes please check the Forum because we are all paricipate in the Halloween Costumes  contest.

Bye

Hi Mama,

this morning there was lot's of hugging and cuddeling because two of the other TV's left. Little T.B. is on the way to his first host olgamaus.
And Klöver is traveling back home to her Mom to Sweden.

Love you

Karlos

Poor hostmum was sick for a few days. 
But good TV's as we are we did what we could to help her to get better asap. 
We prepared a bath for her and put some strong smelling  green stuff in. And made a hot drink by a recipe of her mum. Milk with butter and some honey. Sounds nasty but I guess it helps. 

Am I a good boy or what? 

Today we went on lunchbreak with Susie's. She took us to the restaurant of a swedish furniture store. Guess what it's called? 
But since the line for lunch was so long and we didn't have too much time, host mum just got some cake. Her friend (who was with us) just grabbed a hot dog. And then we were gone again.

Love you

Karlos

Hi Mommy,

it's me Karlos! 

Today we spent the day in Wiesbaden on a fair called Creative World. Cause one of hostmums hobbies is Scrapbooking. She bought lot's of stuff there. Maybe we will get do some scrapbooking with her. 

Night Night

Hallo Mami,

a new Toyvoyager arrived today. His name is Druri .Now it's three of us here. 

Send you a hug.

Karlos