Travelog for: Henry the Adventure Hound

Hello!

Today we baked 'cakejes'. They are delicious!


Here we have all the ingredients to make them.



The cakejes are ready!

But now we still have to decorate them. We used circus animals and little balls.


Big hugs Henry

Hello!

Today we celebrate the birthday of Eva her son Mirdin.


First we decorate the house with 'slingers' and 'balonnen'.

After that we ate a delicious pie!
There were 4 candles on it and mirdin blow them out in a second.


Suddenly the doorbell ring. Eva didn't expected more people. It was an envelope with a tv in it!


It was Amelie! Great to meet a tv with the name wich inspired people to host toyvoyagers.


Eva and Mirdin asked us to help making little presents for the children in his class. We wanna do that!




Tadaaaaa!


It was a great day!

Big hugs Henry

Hello!

Today it was time to say goodbye to Mulalu. He's going to Marjolein who also lives in the Netherlands. I'm gonna miss him, because he is a great guy. I wish him all the best on his travel.

Bye Mulalu!


Big hugs Henry

Hello!

Today we played with Mirdin his toys. We played with his little puppets and garage. It was a lot of fun!




Big hugs Henry

Hello!
Today we met the pets that live here.

This is Isis. She is a sweet fluffy eleven years old cat. She sleeps most of the time.


This is Mammoet. He is a sweet rabbit.


Big hugs Henry

Hello!

Today i wanna do something creative. Eva her mother paints a lot so she learned me to paint.

This is what i made, tadaaaaa:


Big hugs Henry

Hello!

Today we meet local cartoon caracters because it is a life mission of Muumipeikko.

This are Woezel and Pip



They told us their story:
We are caracters from a story for children here in Holland.
The woman who brings us to life is Guusje Nederhorst. For many years Guusje played in a soap called "Goede tijden slechte tijden'' (good times bad times).
In 2002 she discovered her real passion: writing stories for children. That was the beginning of Woezel and Pip. Two inseparable dogs who experience funny and sometimes naughty adventures.
The little novels are a big hit here in Holland.
Unfortunally Guusje never had the change to see how many children enjoy the adventures of Woezel and Pip. She got breast cancer and died in 2004. Her husband set up the Guusje Nederhorst foundation as a memory for her creative, headstrong and brave personality.

Big hugs Henry

Hello!

Today it is my last time in Alkmaar, the Netherlands.
I had a great time here, but it's time for me to move on.
First it was time to say goodbye to Amelie and Muumipeikko.


Bye Alkmaar, Leidschendam here i come!

Big hugs Henry

I arrived at Charda's place today. I met Roots Bear and HitchaRideDooey here again.

Tonight we watched an online video of Prinsjesdag. It's a Dutch tradition where the queen tells the government and everyone in the country what the policy will be in the next year. First she travels in this golden carriage.

And this is the Queen of the Netherlands: Queen Beatrix.

Last Friday a new tv arrived, called Beatritsche!

Today we accompanied our host to her work. She wasn't able to take any pictures there, so we just sat inside her bag and listened to the security people who were guarding the bag while our host was working. After just a few hours our host came back, fetched the bag from the security people and went outside. She then took us for a small walk through The Hague. Here I am in front of the Buitenhof. This is where the government convenes and where they take all the big decisions.

Here I am in front of a statue of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt. He was a Dutch stateman in the 16th century.




This sofa was made of mosaic tiles for an art project in the city. It wasn't really comfortable, but it was pretty.




This is the other side of the Buitenhof. The little tower in the middle of the picture is where the prime minister resides.


Here's another Dutch statue called 'Kleine Jantje'.


This is the skyline of The Hague. The building on the left is the railway station, the central station of The Hague.


And to top it off: here's me with a Dutch lamppost.

Today we received a box by mail from Germany! Our host has participated in the Random Acts Part 2 challenge. This is what she received:


And look at these pretty flowers she also received today:

Today our host brought us along to Leiden where her university is. And because the weather was really nice today, we got to see something of the city. Here I am in front of a statue of Rembrandt, a famous painter who was born in this city.

There's lots of water everywhere here in the Netherlands:

And of course, a Dutch windmill.

More water, but also a very pretty sight.

Here's another statue of the painter Rembrandt.

And this is one of his paintings, mounted on the wall behind me.

And finally, some more water and Dutch trees.

Today Synapse, Hoppity and Resi and Chipper left us. We wished them all the best and hope to meet them again some day!

We were sad to see them leaving, but then the doorbell rang and two new TVs arrived! Count and Ambrosius!

This morning we had a really nice breakfast with fresh croissants. We baked them off ourselves and it smelled delicious!

Look at the picture of the windmills on the cheese package. That looks pretty Dutch, right

Hello!

I went with Marjolein on a schooltrip to Hilversum!

We went to the Centre for Images and Sound (Centrum voor Beeld en Geluid & www.beeldengeluid.nl), this is a sort of museum where they keep (almost) all the images and sounds ever transmitted by Dutch people. We weren't allowed to make photo's inside the building because of copyright, but the building itself is also beautiful.



The building is located in Hilversum. This is also the place, where the Dutch media is located. Especially in the area of the building of Beeld en Geluid. This is the Mediapark. Almost all the tv- and radiomedia work here.



In the mediapark, the Dutch politican Pim Fortuyn was murderered in 2002. He just had an interview on the radio.

Inside the building of Beeld en Geluid you can look at lots of old Dutch tv-shows. But they also have foreign tv. And cartoons. You name it, they have it! You can make your own radioshow or read the news. It was good fun!

They keep about 700.000 hours of radio, television, music and movies. That makes them one of the biggest audiovisual archieves of Europe. They keep all this stuff in about six stories under the ground.

Bye bye Henry