Travelog for: Zed Dog

Today I went to the nearby woods with Tsukumo and host-mum. It's her favorite place because there are seldom any people and it's a wonderful way to relax and think. 

We're sitting on bridge parapet here



Beautiful green field. Can you see me? ^_^



I like the view! You can see a part of Mantel in the background (the small houses).





We took a short break on our way up the hill ^_^



Sitting on trees 









This is where the woods begin.



We found a few apples but they didn't look very tasty



We also found a bird house, an abandoned deerstand and a pile of chestnuts.







Another short rest in the woods. Tsukumo was sitting on my head but I'm a strong dog so I didn't mind



The hearts host-mum found when she went outside with Isidore the other day were still here. Aren't they cute?



Hugs,
Zed Dog

Hi Mommy,

it was snowing todaaaaaaaaaaay! ^o^



I went to Weiden with host-mum because she wanted to meet a friend she hasn't seen in ages. We're waiting for the bus here 







We also went to the Christmas market, look what I got, a banana covered in chocolate, yummy 





XOXO,
Zed Dog

Mommyyyy,

We baked different cookies and gingerbread today!! *___*
Here's the recipe ^_^

Gingerbread:
2 x white of an egg
150 g hazelnuts
180 g sugar
50 g flour
1 packet vanilla sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
wafer papers

Bake: 15-20 minutes / 160°C

Chocolate crescents
220 g flour
120 g butter
100g powdered sugar
4 tablespoons cocoa powder
2 tablespoons Milk
2 egg yolks
1 pinch cinnamon
Orange zest of 1 Orange

Bake: 10-12 minutes / 180°C













The chocolate fondant for the gingerbread is still missing but they already look nice I think ;>

Love you,
Zed Dog

Aloha mommy,

we finished the last cookies today (butter cookies). I helped to decorate them!





Here's a picture host mum's sister made. It's a Christmas present for their grandma and I'm sure she will like it.



In the evening I tried to help host-mum with her Spanish homework and I learned some new words and phrases.
Hello, my name is Zed Dog = ¡Hola! Mi nombre es Zed Dog.
I am from the United Kingdom = Soy del Reino unido.
How are you? = ¿Cómo estás?







So much fun! ^o^
I also met 'Toni', he's host-mum's cat and although he's usually afraid of dogs he didn't run away from me. Well, I am a nice little dog after all! :>



Greetings,
Zed Dog

Muuuuum,

do you know what we did today? We watched 'the Hobbit' !!



When we arrived at the cinema I took a photo with Martin Freeman, hehe



There were a lot of cinema posters tbh.



So while we were waiting inside until we were allowed to enter the cinema hall I was reading in a magazine. It was called "Kino & Co." and there was a nice article about 'The Hobbit'



These 3D glasses really look cool on me, don't they?!



I was soooo excited for the curtain to open and the movie to start!



3 wonderful hours later we left the cinema! Wow, what a great movie it was. Host-mum is an avid fan of Martin Freeman and she loves The lord of the rings and the Hobbit a lot. The soundtrack was amazing, too. Can't wait for the 2nd part - maybe I'll watch it with you back in North Wales, mummy? ♥

Host-mum's sister has this poster on her room door, nice nice



Good Night,
Zed Dog

Hello Mama,

tomorrow is the 4th Advent and I'm sitting in the advent wreath here 



We wanted to decorate the Christmas tree today and I helped host-mum with all the candles, christmas balls and deco. So much fun! ^_^



















Can't wait till Christmas! ♥

Miss you,
Zed_Dog

It's Christmas today, mommy! *___*

Look what host-mum's sister got from a good friend. A Bilbo plushie and he even has his sword Sting in one hand



Host-mum got a CD from that friend. It's called "Janus" and from the Korean boyband "Boyfriend". They're really good.

She also got that lovely Hobbit calendar, some money (which was hidden inside that snowman plushie ;D) and a Mona Lisa (Paint-by-number).





She already started with the painting You can't see much yet.



Well, host-mum has already finished the same picture about 2 years ago but her mum wanted her to do it again for her own room. Here you can see the "finished project", it's sooooo much work, it really takes some time! Next to "Mona Lisa" by Leonardo da Vinci there's "Der Mann mit dem Goldhelm" (The man with the golden helmet) by an unknown painter but often assigned to Rembrandt van Rijn, which was also painted by host-mum here.



And I got a present, too. A red scarf!  ♥



MERRY CHRISTMAS MUM! I HOPE YOU ENJOYED IT!!!

Love you,
Zed Dog

NEW YEAR'S EVE TODAY!

Host-mum's cousin and his girlfriend came over to celebrate with us and they also brought sweets, alcohol and some pyrotechnics.





At 9 pm we started with the "Raclette", the typical New Year's food in Germany (and fondue, too ) Cheese, meat, maize, onions, baguette/bread, sausages, veggies and different sauces. It was really delicious.









At about 11.30 pm host-mum and her sister prepared a dessert they found in a cookbook written by the famous Jamie Oliver, hehe.
It was called "Schokoladenauflauf mit karamelisierten Orangen" (chocolate soufflé with caramelised oranges). It was the best thing ever!!! ;o;









A few minutes before midnight we went outside in the garden where host-mum's cousin, his girlfriend and father had already made up a fire.



and BAMF! at 12 pm the fireworks finally started! We had quite a nice view and even managed to take some photos (even though they're a bit dark.)









We went back in at around 0.45 am and clicked glasses with everyone! I was allowed to drink some champagne but not much. 





Anyway, we had a nice party and went to bed in the morning. Still so tired /yawns
HAPPY NEW YEAR MOMMY!
I hope that 2013 will bring you a lot of happiness, joy, success, love and friendship. See you soon! :*

Yours,
Zed

Hi Mom,

it's been so long! Host-mum is super busy with work at the moment and has to do so many extra hours/work on Saturdays lately that she doesn't have time to go on trips with me. Today she took me to work with her, you can see me sitting in front of computer screen and the telephone here. Host-mum is currently working for a major German mail-order firm called 'Witt' and the three subsidiaries 'Sieh an!', 'ambria' and création L'. They sell clothes 





When work was over it was dark outside already and we went through the pedestrian area to the train station. I like cities by night. Oh, and we went to McDonalds, too xD

















Love you mum,
Zed

Hey mum,

Brook came home today
We helped him to get out of the envelope and gave him a biiiiiig hig 







He brought a postcard from Italy, too!



Later we helped him to climb back in the envelope because he's already travelling on to a new host. Huh, so busy but it was nice to see him save and sound again even if it was only for a short time.



Miss you,
Zed

Hi Mommy,

today kleinerKobaer arrived and we helped him out of the envelope and gave him a warm welcome



He brought a nice postcard from Chemnitz, Germany and some sweets we shared as Twix has already opened them 



Later that day we made a cake for Easter. It's a small bunny ^_^





We put it in the oven and waited  It was very delicious ♥



Love,
Zed

HAPPY EASTER !!!!

Hope you have a nice day at home

I went out with Twix and kleinerKobaer to search for some eggs and we found some! ^_^





Host-mum gave everyone of us a piece of chocolate out of the little Easter bucket she got from her parents. Yummy! 

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Best wishes,
Zed

Hiii Mom ^__^

Today we went for a little walk in the morning. It was quite windy and rainy but still a beautiful day.
So we went host-mum's favorite way up to the woods, do you remember it? I was there with her and Tsukumo already about 5 months ago

Everywhere you're standing you have a very nice view. We came by lots of fields and benches

There's usually water running through that pipe but it's all dried up now.



Me, kleinerKobaer and Twix found an interesting tree stem! There was so much moss covering it. Wow! 







Another pile of tree stems, can you find me there?



The sky turned quite dark after a while and just when we arrived at the woods it started to pour. Only for a short moment though.





Look, there's a heart floating on the water puddle. So cute! ^o^



On our way back we saw some nice blossoms, which means spring is finally here, thank god!



Hugs,
Zed Dog

Hello there,

we went to see St. Moritz church near host-mum's home today!
You can read about it here

It's very beautiful!  That's the side view.



And here's the front view!



You can get all the important information from here



There's even a little memorial place not far from the church.



Love,
Zed

Hi mommy,

these days three new TVs from Germany arrived at host-mum's place and we greeted them warmly. They are called Freya, HelgaHH and Stripes. Well, how do they say? The more the merrier!







Love,
Zed