Travelog for: Vince

Vince was prepaired to travel soon and today was the day for my little 2 mice.

He and Vinnie  packed their bags...got tagged and were send to stay with Jennifer in the USA.
We wish them a real safe trip and a happy stay overseas.
{{hugs & Kisses}}

from Tess & Wendy

picture of Vince and Vinnie

We got home today from running errands and found the sweetest little  fellow waiting for us. The kids are so very happy to see him, the first thing we did is have Vince show us on our world map where he is from, and the kids showed him how far he has traveled. We wil post an update later.    Poohbear and cubs

What a day. Today we went and seen the biggest bugs you have ever seen. The biggest one is a Praying Mantis it is 18 feet long and 20 feet wide. It is also the heaveist one weighing about 1,200lbs. We went to Innis Woods Park, this park was a gift from two sisters called Mary and Grace Innis. Back to the bugs, there were 11 huge bugs. they are made out of different kids of wood, like black walnut, red cedar, willow and black locust wood. There is 3 ants, a praying mantis spider and web,ladybug, grasshopper, damselfly, drangonfly, and an assassin bug. we also got ot meet the man that made the big guys his name is David Rogers. What a nice person . Well I am getting tired so bye for now.

Today we went letterboxing with Poohbear and her two kids. We found two boxes and got lost twice, but it was still  fun. The kids showed us the stamps that they have got and they were real cool. Poohbear tolds us that the stamps are handcarved, bet that is alot of work.

My little Mice, Vince and Vinnie have been send to stay with Bun-traveller in Orgeon.They are travelling as we speak or as you might read.

Safe journey little Mice ..we miss you guys...
I (Tess) will send you something that might be needed, if your new host agrees.

Mom Tess ( & Wendy)

   


                     
                             

                                Happy Birthday Vince!


Vince and Vinnie arrived today just in time for their host to arrange for a birthday party for Vince.  Their host is taking a lot of photos and they will be arriving tomorrow. 
Since Vince and Vinnie arrived late in the day their host had to arrange to hold a party in the evening.

                                  All toyvoyagers love a party!


Vinnie was so excited to arrive in Oregon he asked if he could sit on top of Vince's backpack in order to get into the full picture.
Then when Vinnie heard there was going to be a party for Vince, Vinnie screamed with delight and covered Vince's eyes while trying to hold on.  Our host said shhhhhhh---it's a secret!

Vince got Vinnie calmed down finally so they could get a photo taken by their host and talk about the party to Vinnie in secret all the way home.

Vince heard wispers that there was going to be a party but he had no idea it was going to be for him.  He forgot all about his birthday and so it was a grand surprise.

As soon as the word spread that there was going to be a party --wellllllll--you know how silly toyvoyagers get when they know there is going to be a party.    Everyone was jumping all around.

Vinnie was very excited and tried to keep it a secret.  It was very hard for little Vinnie not to tell Vince ---but he promised everyone he would wait until everything was in place.

Vinnie was so excited as the list of voyagers for the party grew and grew.  He couldn't imagine so many voyagers all at one party and so many new friends.

Struppi from Germany and Nick from Germany too.
Small Fry from Canada, Beagley Snifers made it back home from Australia just in time for the party and so did BallPark Frank who came in from Ohio.
Of course Gobo had to join in on the fun.  Gobo never misses a party.  Then there was Jelly---Jelly looooooves parties!

The twin Graham Sisters had to join in as soon as they heard about it too.  Then little toyvoyager William the seal from Germany was visiting and he wanted to come to the party too.
Jungle Joe bear, little brown bear and her friend Pricilla were among the others that had come to join in.  All in all it was a great party.

Everyone had Silly Soda, Jelly Bellies and tiny bear cookies for treats.  Our host provided everyone with little toys.  They are made for playing with in the bathtub---what fun!  And little tiny cars too.

Then we had marshmello cake for everyone.  We sang songs (Gobo led the tunes) and we played party games into the evening.

It was a grand party with all the balloons and party favors. 
Vince told everyone he was very happy and lucky enough to visit America just in time for his birthday.  Vinnie giggled and told everyone he was very happy he and Vince had made so many new friends.

This is a photo of the whole party group.  I thought Wendy would love to see all of us together.  Everyone says Hello Wendy. 

Vince and Vinnie miss you!

                                 


                                          Tess and Wendy

We are writing home again very soon and will send another postcard to let you know of our adventure and long voyage to Oregon, USA.

My host helps me write in my little backpack journal each day to tell of our exciting voyage.  Vinnie helps by watching me and he will soon learn how to write too.

Love Vince and Vinnie

Our host mentioned to us the next day of our travels that we were going to the Scandinavian Festival.  Vinnie and I thought this might be an interesting trip to make for the day.
This Junction City area of Oregon was settled a great many years ago by the Scandinavian settlers from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.  Who would ever guess that where my host lives that it is called "Daneland".

While at the Scandi Festival we saw many things that were similar to our country but most of the time it was very different.

The windmill was called the information booth.  If you were a child or a very small mouse and got lost from your host at this big festival,  the friendly viking man,  took you to the information booth and there you got to eat abelskivers and ice cream with strawberry jam on them.
This funny looking viking man was very nice to me and told me that if I got lost---he would help me find my host.  Vinnie was scared and held his eyes closed.  He knew I would never let him get lost and neither would our host.  But it was fun to think of the ice cream and stawberry jam.

Vinnie had a great time meeting all the new people and was very happy when we were being held by some little girls that were dressed in costume for the Scandinavian dances that day.  The day that we were at the Scandi Festival was called Denmark day.  The children were all dancing in a big circle and having a lot of fun.

There was so much to share with you Tessa and Wendy that we will be back here another day and share with you more photos of the Scandinavian Festival.  We had such a good time with out host.  She is very nice to us. 

More grand photos to share of our day at the Scandi Festival. 
As we walked through the crowds we came upon the big Scandinavian horse that is a symbol of the festival.
Then we saw all the children dancing in the main courtyard.
It made all of us have "happy feet"  and we felt like dancing with them.

As we walked and walked through the festival I noticed this big clock and it was near time to eat.
We both started to feel very hungry and asked our host if we might find something sweet to eat.  Little mice love sweets!

We saw there was a place to eat that was serving "elephant ears" ---oh dear.  Who would want to eat an elephants ear?  Here they are fried sweet dough and then dipped in sugar and cinnamon.  Yum!
Vince had to try just a bite but you couldn't convince Vinnie to even get near this thing.

The abelskivers were the choice for the day with sweet vanilla ice cream and stawberry jam over the top of them.  YUM!
Vinnie was licking his lips before it even got to the table.
And wouldn't you know it---our host was so busy eating hers she forgot to show you how wonderful they are. 
Silly host!  

After eating we went to the lemonade stand and ordered lemonade to drink.  It was very refreshing on such a hot day.  It is squeezed right there from big lemons while you wait.
Then we ventured on to view more arts and crafts.

As we walked we could not believe our eyes.  Clogs!  Clogs in many colors.
Who on earth wears clogs in America?  Do you think they do clog dancing here in the USA?  It is a funny thing to see.

Then we met this wonderful frog who loved talking.  Vinnie was scared and told me not to get to close to this frog.  He was such a funny looking fellow. 

We got along just fine.  He told me many things about the festival.  He enjoyed most of all watching all the people passing by. 
What fun to see such strange creatures walking all about in their funny clothes. 
You know---I never thought about it like that.  He was a very wise frog indeed.

Then we came across all these painted brooms, pottery and the many items made with wheat.  Very interesting and very pretty we thought.

Then we came upon a very interesting booth where they made dancing puppets.  We saw these wonderfully funny dino's that were bobbing in the air and puppy puppets too.
Then we saw the small little toyvoyagers that they called finger puppets.  Those were just the same size as Vinnie.  He really liked them.