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Remscheid, Germany - 5th October 2013
By: olgamaus
Hi Mummy,
Hi Mummy,
today I took part in a very special event: A ToyVoyagers meeting! Hostmum Katja met Strunki and mcdaniels at Strunki's home. There were 17 ToyVoyagers!
There was a welcome sign for each "TV-Family".
I came here with Kirin, Lamikins,nosyblue,RockyRaccoon, OleOrangescarf and KoalaMimi .
We met Sargent Froggo,*Nick*,UrselHH,Laika,Gozer,Hase,Charlotte,HelmutBluepant,TheWotWots and Elmar.
Strunki prepared a present for every guest
Have a look - a neck kerchief, a scented candle, yummy chocolate and a lollipop.
The ladies were starving, so we helped Strunki to finish the prepared lunch - spaghetti with vegetables.
We explored the garden than.
There is even a pond.
Here is the whole flock of ToyVoyagers
Finally there was a fantastic party with candy, chocolate and other delicacies,also a yummy liquor, Killepitsch.
Maybe we enjoyed too much of this Killepitsch, a liquor delicacy based on herbs. Really weird things happened ... there was something wrong with my dress!
Time to say goodbye!
Love
Tsukumo
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Posted Oct 11, 2013, 3:45 pm
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Remscheid, Germany - 19th October 2013
By: olgamaus
Hi Mummy,
today it is a warm and sunny day. Katja promised to take me and one or two more guests on a walk. rSG Leo, the mascot of the local radio station, and Frederik, at iny mouse, came with us.
Just in front of my current home there is a small park.
Katja told us that she has planned a trip to the outskirts of Remscheid.
The city centre of Remscheid is situated on a hill. To get to the outskirts in the North of Remscheid we had to cross a valley. It took us about 25 minutes to reach it.
Than we had to walk uphill, through a woodland area.
Soon the landscape changed to a more rural area with smaller farm houses, barns, fields and meadows.
Can you see those towers in the background? This is the city centre of Remscheid with the tower of the city hall and the nearby water tower.
We reached a smaller hamlet, called Grund, than.
To get back home we had to cross the valley another time. This time we walked along a calm street with the creek next to it.
There are a few houses in the valley, those houses covered with slate and the traditional green shutters.
Walking towards the centre of the district Hasten we found a lot of industrial sites, partly even historic ones, between dwellings.
A museum is situated in this Patrician villa, built in late 18th century.
This is Hasten, one of the historic districts.
Back home Katja told us that we would make a special trip tomorrow ...
Bye
Tsukumo
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Posted Oct 21, 2013, 3:43 pm
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Wuppertal, Germany - 20th October 2013
By: olgamaus
Hi Mummy,
we visited a fantastic place today - the Bergische Museumsbahnen, a heritage tram museum. It is situated in the neighbour city Wuppertal and is operating its own tram line which was a regular tram line within Wuppertal until 1969.
The museum line begins about 50 m east of the Kohlfurth bridge. Here one of 200 penguins taking part in the Pinguinale, which was taking place in 2006 to celebrate the 125th anniversy of Wuppertal Zoo. 200 penguins were painted by kids and artists. Nowadays you can find then all over the city area. At Kohlfurth bridge a penguin lady, dressed like a porter, is placed.
This is the museum area with the depot and its outdoor facilities.
Some trams was parked on the track outside the depot.
You can find all kinds of historic rail vehicles here and also a model railway.
We had a look at the depot than. So many trams!
Actually there were no tram journeys for visitors today, but a very nice member of the staff liked the idea of Toyvoyagers so much that we were allowed to enter a tram and join a test run.
This tram is originally from the 1920s years.
This is the driver's cabin.
Inside the tram ...
The original line is winding its way through a woodland area to the district Cronenberg.
We really enjoyed the trip through the forest. The route has a height difference of about 150 metres. Poor Kirin fell from the window sill.
Each trip took about 15 minutes. Back in the museum area we had a look at the coat of arms of Wuppertal. A lion with a double tail is the heraldic animal.
This is the tram line's time schedule.
We went back to the car, but had a last look at river Wupper first.
From here we drove to Cronenberg to take a walk in the Arboretum Burgholz. I remember that I have been here in winter this year, it was very interesting.
We decided to walk along a path showing trees of Northern America.
This is a coast redwood tree with its characteristic bark.
These are the tiny cones of these western hemlocks.
We reached a part of the forest which was rather dark, the trees were so dense. Giant sequoias!
Our trip ended here and we went back home, enjoyed coffee and waffles there.
Bye
Tsukumo
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Posted Oct 23, 2013, 2:19 pm
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Remscheid, at home, Germany - 7th November 2013
By: olgamaus
Hi Mummy,
we had horrible weather this week, no chance to visit any places.
Today we helped to cook a delicious risotto, a vegetarian receipe with leek and mushroom. You also need an onion, a bit of garlic, olive oil, butter, vegetable stock, white wine, Emmenthal cheese, Parmesan cheese and of course this special rice, salt, pepper and fresh herbs.
Vegetables and cheese were already prepared ...
...while the rice had to boil.
In the end all the ingridients were added to the rice.
Yummy!
Bye
Tsukumo
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Posted Nov 9, 2013, 10:53 am
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