Travelog for: Fusco

Hello ! I'm new on this big adventure. I'm a French rabitt and I would like to travel around the world...

First I'll travel my own country, and in August I would like to go away in other places, and maybe I'll meet other ToyVoyagers !!!

See you soon, Bye,
Fusco

I visited Avignon but my real house is in Arles, 40 km away.

I arrived to Deborah's office... in the morning...

I am very excited to be in London. I began my sightseeing straight away with a visit to Buckingham Palace. This is where the Queen of England lives. In France we are a Republic and we executed our Royal Family at the guillotine, but the English have kept their Royalty and turned them into a popular tourist attraction instead.

The Queen has some servants in strange costumes. Outside her palace are the Foot Guards. I wanted to go and look at them more closely but the policemen would not let me past the railings. The small red dot in the background is one of the Foot Guards. Can you see him?

Outside Buckingham Palace is a monstrous edifice called the Victoria Memorial. This was erected by King Edward VII as a tribute to his mother. She was another very famous Queen of England, who died in 1901.

All the hustle and bustle of other tourists made me feel a little stressed, so I went for a nice walk in St. James's Park, which made me feel much calmer.

In the distance I could see an enormous wheel towering over the skyline. I'm not sure what it is, but I think I will go and investigate another day.

As I left the park I had a bit of luck. I got to see one of the Queen's other servants up close. This one was one of her Horse Guards. He didn't have a horse, which seemed a little odd, but there was lots of poo around so I think the horse must have recently escaped.

After all that walking I was quite tired out and pleased to make my way to my new host's house. I felt a little shy as I arrived to meet Travel Ted but he was very nice and made me a lovely salad for my dinner and put me at ease by telling me silly jokes about the English humans.

On my first morning in London I got up very early as I couldn't wait to go out and see more sights. I took the train into the city centre where I visited Trafalgar Square. The square is very famous for its pigeons so I was rather disappointed not to see any at all. Perhaps they were all still in bed?

This evening I was invited on a date by the extremely glamorous Pussy Galore! It was a very wonderful night as we both completed our first mission. She took me to a movie theatre where we watched the movie Goldfinger, featuring the famous British spy, James Bond.

I thought I'd do some shopping today. First of all I headed to Covent Garden as I had heard that there were all sorts of good market stalls there as well as street entertainers. Unfortunately in my eagerness I got there so early in the morning that very little was open.

Afterwards I walked over to Chinatown, which had lots of restaurants and stalls selling exotic fruit and vegetables that I didn't recognise at all.

My next stop was Leicester Square where all the big film premieres take place. Sometimes fans wait there from first thing in the morning to catch a glimpse of their favourite Hollywood stars arriving for evening events but it was all very quiet today.

From there I walked down to Piccadilly Circus. This noisy, fume-filled junction is one of London's tourist hot spots but personally I'm not quite sure why.

After taking my life in my hands to cross the road I headed up Regent Street, where I paid a visit to Hamleys, the world-famous toy shop.

I was starting to feel quite tired but after all that shopping but I thought I should make time for a litle bit of culture and so I made my way to the National Gallery which stands on the north side of Trafalgar Square. I kept my eyes open for the pigeons but didn't see any today either.

Today we said goodbye to Pussy Galore. She is travelling to my homeland of France. This is her first long distance voyage so she was feeling rather apprehensive as Travel Ted and I made her comfortable in her padded envelope. I am sorry to see her go as I had hoped to woo her with my gallic charm but I know that she will have a wonderful time in my beautiful home country.

Today I went for along circular walk by the River Thames. First of all I went to see what the big wheel was that I saw on the skyline last week. It is called the "London Eye" and has big pods holding lots of people who ride in them in order to see panoramic views across London. Apparently it's very popular.

Walking along the Victoria Embankment took me to Westminster where I saw the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey. It was all very impressive indeed.