Travelog for: Luigi Palermo

Today i am with Henri are in Baden Baden.
The german word, Baden , translates as bathing, to bathe, or baths.
The Springs of Baden Baden were known to the Romans under the Roman emperor Hadrian.





Baden-Baden, Baden is a beautiful city with old avenues, a faberge museum,



fountains and greenery.





And there is a casino we look at it from the outside ,





Henri has an idea, he picks his pocket money from the Bank and we go inside.





It was not a good idea.
He lost everything






how terrible I have to comfort him
.

Today I am with Henri on a trip to St Peter Ording
This is an exclusive seaside resort.







there are giant dunes and a giant sandy beach





























on the beach, we find rare shells







a small cancer









and seaweed.

it's a beautiful sunny day,
we are now going drinking a  coffee

Today I am in völklingen  to visit the old ironwork.

The Völklingen Ironworks (German: Völklinger Hütte) is located in the German town of Völklingen, Saarland. In 1994, it was declared by UNESCO as a World Heritage site.
The ironworks, which cover some 6 ha, dominate the city of Völklingen. Although they have recently gone out of production, they are the only intact example, in the whole of western Europe and North America, of an integrated ironworks that was built and equipped in the 19th and 20th centuries and has remained intact.




I am standing in front of a picture  as  the people are working in side the Ironworks

It looks bad,
all full smoke and fume













the machines are very large
and dirty













It's amazing, here,
dozens of people have been working there

Tromsö Part 1

I'm starting today for a trip to Tromso (Norway).
There, my plane.
I've checked in and then lets  go.





This is Oslo Snow everywhere and cold.
I'm change my plane  here.



Yaa i flew to the the North Cape,
I feel like an Arctic Explorer, as well as Roald Amundsen.







Tromsö







In the morning it goes in the wilderness to the Husky  sled racing.
There are wild guys who love the snow.

















The racing was very cold

brrrr.

I'm warmed up with a small snack at the fire i feel better.

Tromsö Part 2

today I visit my relatives the whales.





In the background is a Postship of the Hurtigruten, but we use a smaller.



It was still dark when we leave Tromsö .







We have to go there.









Excuse the whales were only a short moment on the surface  I don't could make a image...

so I visit Polaria  the world's most northerly aquarium.
There are seals









Crab







Seagulls, they are very hungry
I hope they don't see me





the other fish are very curious and talk to me,







unfortunately I don't understand  Norwegian.
Good bye

now it's time to fly back  home.



bye bye  North Cape

hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii, guys & gals everywhere!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this night I spent in an airplane on the way from hamburg via istanbul to tabriz in NW-IR together with dear KROETE who invited me to come with her!!!! boah.. we got thrilled!! for sure she will bring another TV-buddy with her and we'll get friends, also with all the toyvoyers we supposed to meet a ipue's!!!!??!?!

and so it happened!!! KROETE brought with her also dear F.M.Baer, who had been in IR last year or smth like that....... ! and although CHRISSI from essen was coming with her, sll to be ipue's guest during the stay of kroete in IR, and now we have a 3-member-zebra-gang!!!!!! can you imagine this?????????????

and besides she's a GREAT photographer and we are supposed to get gorgeous pics from her for our albums!!! (and here you can see the 2nd + 3rd ones in this row, the one where we are sitting in the grid around the monument!!! (c)KROETE)

after a deep power nap we got breakfast all together and got friends immediately - and decided to explore downtown tabriz!!!!!

here you may see the famous Blue Mosque, view from khaghani garden with a monument of the poet khaghani! and also the tiles mosaic in the downstairs yard of the silk tower!!

and last but not least dear KROETE took a pic when we helped dear F.M.Baer to call home for plueschi, coz he was really homesick.... but nobody answered.... :-((((( what a pityyyyyyyyyy, he would like to hear his meouwwww....

back home in the afternoon we helped dear ipue-hostmom to prepare a typical iranian dish, potato-coucou, and we liked it a lot and even we helped ipue to prepare it - KROETE called this *kartoffelpuffer*... pfffffff.........

hey, everybody, it's meeee, LUIGI, calling from tabriz in north-western IRAN!!

today we continued our sightseeing trip and I saw more of the main spots of this city, the city of ipuenktchen, her second home town since nearly 40 years.....!!!!

for instance the *gonga*, the ancient tram with horses, going in qajar era from gonga-bashi straight to the railway-station!! (the monument built by the sculptor mr. ahad hosseini) from there we went to the about 700 years old citadel *ARK*.

the pilgrimage site *seyed hamze* was our next goal!! and also we had a glance, at a sangak bakery to see how they are making this tasty bread!!

from there we went to the potters house!!!!!!!! a favorite place of ipue!!! it's an old mansion from the qajar era with a nice yard with a bassin in the middle! it's a life museum, and there are a pottery workshop with many potter's wheels and a traditional kiln and other classrooms! and upstairs there is a permanent exhibition of work pieces of tabriz potters!! we love the salon with it's beautiful windows with coloured glass!! and we were so excited so see there a workpiece from ipuenktchen, too, (in the photo in the right where we were looking from above!!!) and we made all our efforts to see as much as possible!!

and a yummy pastry we bought at ipue's favorite confectionary; you may see us in the afternoon at home - and instead of a late lunch we ate all the cake at once!!!!!!!!!!! and believe it, nobody got sick!!! lucky toyvoyagers we are!!!!!

some of these pics by dear KROETE (c)

hellooooooooooo, friends and followers!!

boahhhh... we are going by bus from tehran to kashan today!!!!
there is a part of world heritage site of *persian gardens* - the FIN garden, baghe fin!!!!!!! what a beautiful place.. and we can imagine how ppl chilled here out in olden times in the hot weather of summer season, kashan is an oasis.. surrounded of salt desert.... and so they have also a special architecture, houses with windtowers, low temperature inside the houses without any air-condition!!

this pic was taken in the bus with our snack-box!! pls be patient for more pics!!!!!

it is nice weather we make a trip to the north sea
we stop for a moment in Büsum it is a fishing and tourist town




beautiful





the police boat comes back from patrol



the harbor is a busy place







there are many tourists walking around in the city

Today I am in Ingoltadt I have a driving licence but no car.
The Audi museum is located in Ingolstadt.



museum mobile is an automobile museum owned and operated by Audi AG in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany. Opened in 2000, it is devoted to the history of Audi and its predecessors, and is the focal point of the Audi Forum Ingolstadt.

I'm gonna look at cars there…





there are bicycles, you sit pretty high up there









old and newer motorcycles.









and old car





some of them have a very attractive colour







the racing cars are very chic and fast







but I like this one.





I have to go, I'll have a car packed and sent to me


see you soon

Hi Today I am in Regensburg it is a city in south-east Germany, situated at the confluence of the Danube, Naab and Regen rivers.
With over 140,000 inhabitants, Regensburg is the fourth-largest city in the State of Bavaria after Munich,

The medieval centre of the city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a testimony of the city's status as cultural centre of southern Germany
in the Middle Ages.

I am here on the Donau





Behind me is an old Steamer and the St. Peter's Church – the Regensburg Cathedral
The official choir for the liturgical music at St Peter's Cathedral are the famous Regensburger Domspatzen.







I'm now  downtown



I love these old cities with your small streets
and this painted walls

hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii from BIELEFELD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

guys, believe it, I'm in bielefeld for the 7th postcrossing meetup even there with 60 participiants from alloverwhere.... great, great, great!!!! Dr Who's wife brought me here, sitting in her car beside the front window!!! and just same time she gave me to ipuenktchen, my actually host-mom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and I'm sooooooooooooo excited to go to IR for another trip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

there was a beautiful fall mood all around, and I like it so much, when the leaves are falling down from the trees...

all the traveltoys with ipue and even KAIPO from hawaii had been around me while sitting beside the window with such a beautiful chutney-tree with its leaves in fall colours....

bye for now!!!!!!!!

still in bielefeld I'm looking around at the guys here what are busy with........

some of them are preparing FOUR pumpkins for HALLOWEEN!!!!!!!!!!
woooooooow, great job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
and some other, before collecting stamps to stick on a long table as a decoration!! nice idea!!!
and of course - most of them were signing postcards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the main purpose to come to bielefeld.. hehe........

bye for now!!!!!!!!!!!

today we could admire the fantastic pumpkins,
ready for halloween!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and later we went to visit the gorgeous collection
of bottle cups yo had ever seen.. http://www.asippel.de

no more pics, because tomorrow we had to leave.....
and so many cards still rest for signature.......

bye for now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

boah... I'm so excited as I see ipue-hostmom is so busy coz we will be leaving very soon... she ordered the tickets for all of us, even got our boarding pass!!! as you know I brought my identy card and my drivers licence with me, and I'm very proud of!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bye for now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!