Travelog for: Mousy Mouse

When I was walking, I found a few kinds of flowers.

I liked the orange zinnia most!

Then I visited a garden named Kenrokuen.
The garden is one of most famous sightseeing places in Kanazawa!

1) A tea ceremony house called Yugaotei.

2) Gankobashi (flying wild geese bridge)

3) Kasumigaike pond

4) Red maple leaves. It was beautiful.

I visited an old house where was built in 1928.
When I was looking at the house, two old women got out of the house.

Then I visited History Museum.

The building was used as army's armory and then as university.

A teddy bear couple performed their marriage at yumi's house today.

I celebrated their wedding with other toyvoyagers.
I acted as a best man! Rangler acted as a priest. Twinette Kani acted as a bridesmaid and Tippi acted a flower girl.

I had to say good-bye to other toyvoyagers.

I was sent to Australia today.
I can't wait to start a new adventure in Australia!

I arrived safely in Australia today, and it wasn't as hot as I thought it would be!
I will get busy taking photos and upload them soon!

OH!! What have I arrived to!! Nik has other TVs visiting - 4 CATS and a LION!
I thought the end had come...

But luckily it wasn't to be! (Phew!)
I met Strider and little Seamus....

And Flora, Alpina and Pussy Galore

It's so hard to believe it nearly Christmas! It's so warm here in Australia. Most people have plastic Xmas trees because real ones just die in the heat. Isn't the tree pretty?
We took a group photo under Nik's nan's tree, and peeked at the presents! I know what Nik's nan is getting for Xmas now

We've been watching the cricket! Australia played New Zealand for the Chapel-Hadlee cup, one Nik says Australia has never won. A one-dayer, so Nik explained, is where each team only has 50 overs (an over equals six balls bowled by the fielding side) to score as many runs as possible. It's a confusing game, but Australians seem to love it!
We all watched for awhile, but it's kind of boring!
Australia won the match, by the way, so Nik was happy!

Nik thought some of us might be feeling a little bit homesick because it's near Christmas, and we're in a strange (and HOT!) country.
So guess what - she made us some pretend snow to play with!
It's called D'Ziner snow. It's like a florist's gel, but it really looks like snow. We had more than you can see here but it was so hot it started melting!
It felt very strange playing with "snow" under the shade of a big tree in 35 degree heat!
We tried making a snowman, but, well, as you can see, December in Australia is not kind to snowmen...even made from pretend snow!

A summer shower finally cooled things down a little bit this afternoon...and look what came after the rain!

Decorating your house with Christmas lights is very popular in Australia! Some towns and cities have huge displays which raise money for good causes, but Nik's house is pretty well lit up too!