Travelog for: Santa Bear

Hello mommy!

I just want to tell you, mom, that I arrived in Finland few minutes ago.
I'm safe and feeling good.
I met some other ToyVoyagers here, they said welcome to me.



And here I am with Kurnau cat, who is  also my host while I'm staying here. He promised to show some places to me.
I think we will have great time!



Love,
Santa Bear

Hello mommy!

Did you know these little things about the flag of Finland?
Well, I tell you these anyway...

The blue colour symbolized the blue sky.
The white colour symbolized the white snow.
And the shape of blue cross symbolized the Nordic Country.

Interesting things, don't you think so?!?
It's nice to learn new things!

Love,
Santa Bear

Hello mommy!

Today I visited to see the oldest building of Jyväskylä.
The building called as Taavettilan riihi, which is in English the drying barn of Taavettila.
The building has buildt somewhere in 1700's, the exact year is unknown.
First, building used as a drying barn, but somewhere in 1800's it became usual barn/cabin and it got windows then. In 1900's the building started to be a cabin museum.

Love,
Santa Bear

Hello mommy!

Today is laskiaistiistai, so we all baked some laskiaispulla.

Laskiaistiistai or in English Shrove Tuesday (also known as Pancake Tuesday and Pancake Day) is the day preceding Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. Shrove Tuesday is determined by Easter; its date changes annually.

In Finland the day is called laskiainen and is generally celebrated by eating green pea soup and a pastry called laskiaispulla (sweet bread filled with whipped cream and jam or almond paste). The celebration often includes sledging.

Here you can see photos about we are baking the laskiaispulla.




First we mixed together some warm milk, eggs and put little bit cardamom there.


And then we add some sugar, butter and other spices.


...and ofcourse some wheat flavor.


Mixed them well together.


Now it's time to wait little bit...


...and after waiting some time, it has increased by itself!!! 


We made some big balls (these are going to be sweet pastries), and put some egg and sugar on them.


Hmmmm... it already smells so good!


After having them in the oven, they were almost ready.
We cut them in two pieces, and put some jam there...


...and then we put some whipped cream there, too.


Yummy! 
Now they are ready, and we can eat them, and just enjoy! 


Sooooooo good!!!


Love,
Santa Bear

Hello mommy!

Today I was helping hostmommy doing laundry.
It was hard job, but it was nice to help hostmommy.

Love,
Santa Bear

<3  Happy Valentine's Day, mommy!  <3


Today I spent a relaxing moment with hostmommy's cat.
His name is Jeppe and he is 2 years old. He is very kind, and laaaaaazzzzyyyyy

Love,
Santa Bear

Hello mommy!

I had very nice day today!
Hostmommy started a new hobby: geocatching.
It's an outdoor recreational activity, people use a GPS receiver and other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers, called "geocaches" or "caches", anywhere in the world.
It was really fun!!!
And we found some caches! In the picture you can see how hostmommy has written her username mmm105 to the little book, which was inside the cache box.

And mommy, I visited in the snowman village, too!!! And I ride a snowdog!!!

What a fun day!

Love,
Santa Bear

Hello mommy!

Mom, did you know, that in Jyväskylä there's more buildings designed by master architect Alvar Aalto (1898-1976) than any other city in the hole World!!! 

Today I show you some of these buildings.

This building is Nuora talo (Nuora building). It has buildt in 1923-24, and it's the first work of Alvar Aalto.



This is Viitatorni (buildt in 1961)


This is Airatalo (Aira building, 1924-26)





This is Kaupunginteatteri (Jyväskylä City Theatre, 1964-82)


This is the building of Sport Science of Jyväskylä University (1969-70)


There's lots of more buildings designed by Alvar Aalto in Jyväskylä. Many many more. These are only few...

Love,
Santa Bear

Hello mommy!

Look, I'm in front of the City Hall of Jyväskylä!!! 
It has buildt in 1899, and the architect was C. L. Engell.




And this is the church of Jyväskylä (buildt in 1880, architect L. I. Linqvist)


There were some BIG icicles!!! 


Love,
Santa Bear

Hello mommy!

I was eating in the restaurant. The food was really good!!! 





I ate so much... Chicken and french fries were so yummy! Oooh, my tummy...

Love,
Santa Bear

Hello mommy!

A new toy arrived here today.
His name is Phillip and he is a zombie.
Wow, he is my very first zombie I have ever met! 



We hugged him as a welcome



Then we celebrate and drink... GUESS WHAT WE DRINK, MOMMY!!!
We drink Moominmamma's magic potion!!!   





It was good.

And mommy, I tell you a secret now. This drink (Moominmamma's magic potion) is only tea. 

Love,
Santa Bear

HAPPY EASTER!
HYVÄÄ PÄÄSIÄISTÄ!

Look, mommy! We all toys got a chocolate egg!
Mmmmmmm, it's so yummy! 

Hi mommy!

Today was nice day. I was in the postcrossing meeting in the restaurant called Café Lounge, with hostmommy and Kurnau, Mimi-Lilo, Phillip and Nyankororin. Together we have lots of fun there. We met some other toys there, too!



While humans wrote postcards, we looked menu, and some special offers of the day.



We tasted some chocolate drink. It was really tasty!



...I mean really really tasty and yummy! 



Love,
Santa Bear

Hello mommy!

Can you see me? I'm here, behind all those postcards! 

Guess where I am! Can you guess what I am doing? hihii 

Mom, I'm in the postcrossing meeting (again) with my hostmommy.



Offcourse there were also my toy friends.

We ate some yummy cookies, and drank some juice, and wrote some postcards.





It was really fun!

Love,
Santa Bear

Hello!

Today we made a surprise to Phillip, because he has a birthday today.



We bind his eyes, so that he coudn't see anything. 



S-U-R-P-R-I-S-E !



"HAPPY BIRTHDAY PHILLIP !"



This was a birthday surprise to toyvoyager Phillip.
He was so happy. And because of that, we all were happy.
It was really nice day!

Love,
Santa Bear