Travelog for: Prajna

We went to the Edo-Tokyo Museum.
It is one of the popular museum in foreign travelers.
The Edo-Tokyo Museum was founded on March 28th 1993, as the place where we come to learn more about Tokyo’s history and culture, and which also serves as a projection onto the city and the living of the future.
You can see, in the Permanent Exhibition area, there can be found original and replicated exhibits, as well as large-scale models, faithful representations of their originals, which had been reproduced after painstaking investigations and research.
It is easy to lose track of time when We are in here.
We had a wonderful time today.
See you later.
your Prajna

Hello!

Today,Temperature is somewhat sultry 30 degrees.
It is because the typhoon is approaching.

We came to the Kasuga shrine .
Sacred air is there and we can relax.

You can see Guardian dogs(called Komainu) in a shrine.
A komainu "stone lion" in Chinese and "imperial guardian lion" in English) is an imaginary mythical beast that resembles a dog and lion mixed together.

Komainu greeted me with a smile.
We had hug and said good bye.

Konbanwa!(=Good evening!)
I could see harvest moon.
It is said that On the moon's surface,these shadows looked like a rabbit making rice cakes.
Oyasuminasai(good night)

We went to "Kanagawa university of human services."
Today is closed because it is Sunday.
It was founded ten years ago, This university is a small university.
Here, it can learn about nursing or social welfare.

We went to the "Hiroyama park" in Zushi for one of Prajna's life missions "See Mountain Fuji in Japan".
Here is a good scenic spot of view.
We could see many monkeys,peafowl, etc.in park.
We played in lovely small flower garden.
Although it may be unable to see with a photograph, we were able to see the slightly highest mountain "Mt. Fuji" in Japan.
Mt.Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan.
The mountain is 3,776 m tall and famous for its beautiful symmetrical cone shape.
The mountain last erupted about 300 years ago. 
This year UNESCO added Mt.Fuji to the list of World Heritage sites for its universal and and outstanding cultural value.

Then, We went to the "Oosaki park" in Zushi, not Sushi.
This rabbit statue was made for  Kyouka Izumi(Japanese famous writer),
because he loved rabbit.
When we were walking along the park, cat seemed to hurry very much.
You can see a red cluster amaryllis.
It is called Higanbana in Japanese.
And,It has a nice view from the Oosaki park.

Hi, Mum!
Thank you for a new nice host found to me.
I am very excited that going new journey.
But, It is a little sad because I have to say good bye.
My host bought me Kit Kat(strawberry taste), rice cracker of Rilakkuma.
I said goodbye to everyone.
I was able to spend 3 months really fun in Japan.
Yellow frog told me "We will not forget you. We are forever best friends. We wish you will have safe journey and wonderful adventure, Take care!".
I am looking forward to seeing new host in Germany.
See you soon!
many smiling and big hug
your little bird
Prajna

Hello Mom,

I have successfully arrived in Germany. My host mom and dad and my host siblings were giving me a very warm welcome. They were very happy to see me safe and sound in my travel-envelope.
Hotte and Hansi Hü, the small horses, showed me around and told me a good place to land after my first flight in the apartment.
My former host mom sent me to Germany with some gifts - my new host parents want to say THANKS A LOT to cocoaby, we hope she will read this!
Tomorrow we will do a little bit of sightseeing here in Balingen, I'm sooo curious! But now I will have to go to bed, I'm so tired...!

Hugs and kisses to you mom!

Prajna

Hey mom,

when I woke up this morning and looked out of the window, I totally experienced autumn. The weather was really lousy! So my host mom made me a German specialty called "Glühwein". You always drink it during autumn and winter when it's cold outside - it heats you up from the inside - yummi !

Then we did a little bit of sightseeing here in Balingen. It is a nice, little Swabian town!
I checked out the fountain on the market square, said hello to all the statues I could find and also discovered some of the last flowers before the first snowflakes will be falling! My host dad said it won't take long and we will have the first snow this year - I'm already so excited!
Furthermore I got to know that people here in Germany also celebrate Halloween. Pumpkins and spiders everywhere!
I also discovered very nice and very old buildings with secret stairs - so spooky!
And last but not least, a small river called Eyach which is very close to my host home!

Wow, so many new impressions! I really like it, but I hope that I will also experience autumn sun - still waiting for it!

Love,
Prajna

Hi mom,

today it was a great day, I visited the Mercedes-Benz-Museum in Stuttgart! The museum tells the history of the automobile and informs about the beginnings of one of the most famous and popular auto brands in the world.

This is the very first car that was produced!

And this one was very important for Germany... THE FIRST BEER WAGON!

And here you can see the very first car that was really called a "Mercedes". It's the car in the spotlight!

And many other very beautiful old cars like this...

A nice old race car - the picture was made together with my host brother Hotte!

This car is called a "white elephant" because of its roaring sound.

And this is me with one of the famous Mercedes SLS with gullwing doors.

And this is the team bus of the German National Soccer Team, who won the world championship in 1974!

And last but not least the different stages and types of race cars.

FORMULA 1 - veeery popular in Germany!


Wow, what an exciting day!

Love,
Prajna

Hi mommy,

yesterday I visited the capital of the German federal state of Saarland, Saarbrücken. It is a very nice city which is located very closely to the French border.
When I looked out of the window, I had a wonderful view on the Johannis Church. It is a Protestant Church in the heart of Saarbrücken. There is even a little maze within the church's garden, and there are also a lot of flowers in the summer. Now the leaves are changing color and I'm witnessing a European Indian Summer! And the sun was shining, too! Finally...!!!









And here you can see the area around the town hall.



This is Saarbrücken's town hall.





And this is a Catholic Church in Saarbrücken's city centre.



When we came back home, it was time for German Football League. My host dad never misses a match! So I was watching it with him. My host brother Hotte explained the rules to me, very interesting!



Lots of Love,
your Prajna

Hi mommy,

it's quite an autumn day today - gray sky, rain and pretty stormy, but I also experience the trees turning yellow and red and the leaves dancing in the wind! So I really get to feel what it's like to wait for the winter!
This makes me heating-up every single room and also looking for a nice little cap for me - I hope they have some in my size!! I really love the owl cap - I want to be a parrot in disguise - HALLOWEEN is coming soon ;-)!

Love you mom!
Your Prajna

Hi mom,

uhhhhhhhh finally it's Halloween!!! We started the evening with a poker game together with my host dad and my host brother Hotte. Of course we didn't win much, but it was real fun!





Then we created a dark and gloomy atmosphere by lighting some candles and decorating the rooms with pumpkins.





After that we went outside to experience a little more of the spookiness: we walked by a cemetery - I was too afraid to go in, but I was brave enough to take a picture at the gate!



But then I got frightened a bit and flew away as fast as I could - the result was a little crack-up in a huddle of autumn foliage! So I had a soft landing and nothing happened :-)!



See you soon!
Love, Prajna

Hello my dear,

today I went to Phiva's other home to Balingen. It was a 3 hours drive, but it wasn't boring as my host brother Hansi was also with me.





When I arrived home, I started a littler pleasure flight and checked out the nature around the house. I found nice autumn trees and meadows, the last fading flowers and a lot of plants which are bearing fruit like dog roses. Maybe we can make some lovely tea out of it in the next couple of days!









Then I had to take a rest in the branches of a plum tree. Unfortunately there weren't any plums left...!



After my rest I wanted to take a look at the fauna: the only animal I found outside the house was a spider - it didn't move at all!



But when I had a look on the inside of the house, I met some relatives of mine!!! 2 budgies!! They were really friendly and let me have something to eat out fo their feeding bowls!





I also met another animal, a very friendly dog! He was also very nice to me and invited me to snuggle up to him to take another rest! Of course I was very happy to do so!



Maybe I can discover some more animals in the next days :-)!

Hugs & kisses!
Your Prajna

Hi mom,

guess what!!! I found another animal! It wasn't very pretty though, it was only a bug! Nevertheless I was happy to meet it :-)!



Unfortunately the weather was really bad, so I didn't want to leave the house at all! Only grey sky and rain!





I hope the weather will change very soon!

Love you mom!
Your Prajna