Cachoeirinha, Brazil - 26th November 2008
By: Crafty_witchy_girl
Hey! I am really excited to start my adventures. I hope someone out there can help me being my first host or hostess![tv]
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Posted Nov 26, 2008, 9:45 pm
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Cachoeirinha, Brazil - 8th December 2008
By: Crafty_witchy_girl
Crafty_witchy_girl said: | Hey! I am really excited to start my adventures. I hope someone out there can help me being my first host or hostess![tv] |
Eatcookie is leaving today for Texas!!!
List of hosts/hostesses:
SunshineLily in Texas
Szandra in Hungary
Elayoe in Germany
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Posted Dec 8, 2008, 4:37 pm Last edited Dec 9, 2008, 9:30 pm by Crafty_witchy_girl
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Texas, USA - 24th December 2008
By: SunshineLily
Hi! I'm so excited! Lily picked me up on Monday and she was so happy! (She's already eaten half the candy!) Unfortunately, she didn't have her digital camera with her until today, so she took film pictures of Monday and Tuesday so she can send them to my mamãe in the mail. We went to the mall to look at the stores, and we went to a fancy Italian restaurant! It was pretty. Then, we went with Lily's boyfriend to an Irish Celtic Christmas concert by Danny O'Flaherty. It was so pretty!! Very traditional.
There aren't any pictures right now but there will be today after we go shopping with Lily's dad, stepmom, and brother. And then tomorrow is Christmas!! I'm very excited and I can't wait to show you pictures. More update later. Merry Christmas Eve!!
~Eatcookie
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Posted Dec 24, 2008, 4:43 pm
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Texas, United States - 5th January 2009
By: SunshineLily
Sorry about the wait but Lily has had lots of computer problems, but is borrowing a computer now. We've had so much fun I keep forgetting we haven't updated! Here are the pictures from the state border. I've been to TWO states now: Texas and Louisiana!
The sign is really big (over 10 ft tall). The bottom words are French and say the same as the English words. The little sign underneath says "America's Wetland" because Louisana has a lot of swamp/wetlands and has interesting wildlife cause of it.
Sadly, the boardwalk was closed, but I still got to look over some of the famed swamp land. Lily didn't let me get too close though; she didn't want to dive in after me!
This is me with the Six Flags of Texas. (We're back on the Texas side of the border now). They represent each of the six different governments over Texas: Spain, France, Mexico, Republic of Texas (when they won their independence and ruled themselves for awhile), the Confederate States of America (during the American Civil War, when the South split from the North), and then finally the United States of America, which Texas entered by treaty. That means they are the only ones allowed to fly their flag equal to the National flag, they are the only state with a pledge, and are the only state that can legally secede. (Texas is COOL!) Sorry, but I'm excited about learning so much!!
This is me IN Texas Geographically, that is about where I am, too. Right on the south east border and coast. It's still SO FAR from home.
Now it's getting dark and we had to use the flash, so you can't see me as well, but this is Welcome to Texas
We haven't gotten to go to Spindletop yet but I'm hoping we will before Lily has to send me on to my next host. That time is coming soon! I'm excited about all the new things I've learned and I'm surprised how different things are from Brazil. Later, Lily says we're going to a party to watch movies and play Rock Band, and I'm invited!
~Eatcookie
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Posted Jan 10, 2009, 10:55 pm
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TEXAS, USA - 1st February 2009
By: SunshineLily
Greetings from Texas! Apologies for the time it took to update. Lily's computer was very sick and is just now better. Good news, we had lots of fun! We went to a medieval Yuletide celebration called Twelfth Night and Lily made me a medieval monk outfit to wear. It's part of the SCA (www.sca.org), a living history group. All of the people were really nice.
Me in my monk's robe.
Two lovely medieval girls, Sophia and Isabelle.
Lady Padraign ignean Asatriona.
Count Sir Simonn of Amber Isle. He is one of the most respected men in the kingdom!
M'lady Abigail, so sweet!
Lady Meresankh, who is very good at crafts and is from Egypt. I want to go there!
Mmmm. Mead. I wasn't allowed to drink any, but it smelled good!
This is Bells & Pillows. It's a medieval game played between two people who are each blind folded, have a bell tied to an ankle and to a wrist, and given a pillow to see who can hit who first. It was very funny, until Sir Simonn got knocked over and broke a figurine!
All the teddy bears!
And this is me, with my hostess in her medieval garb, Lady Lily.
Her Excellency Elisabeth of Green Mountain Keep, the baroness.
And of course...
We had lots of fun then, and we went to Spindletop too! It was very interesting, to get to learn some of the history of Texas. This is where the first oil was drilled in Texas!
A very tall oil spindle, and this is a smaller replica!
Eatcookie, oildriller extraordinaire!
This is me on this monument:
This is built over the exact first place they found the first oil in 1901. And I got to sit there!!
We had lots of fun there too. Tomorrow, I'm being mailed to Szandra in Hungary and I'm very anxious My journey continues!!
~Eatcookie
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Posted Feb 3, 2009, 3:11 am
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TEXAS, USA - 2nd February 2009
By: SunshineLily
Today is my last day in Texas! As a treat, my hostess's mum and we went out to eat at a local favorite, Cracker Barrell. It's an old fashioned American country store, so I got to see a lot of neat things, and the food was very good.
The giant checkered board! Lily taught me some moves, but it's hard to move the pieces...
The rocking chairs are big too!
This is some old fashioned candy. It looks like candy canes, but has different flavors, like licorice and strawberry.
The world's biggest Hershey's Bar! FIVE POUNDS of chocolatey goodness!!
An original sock monkey, a toy that was common for kids when Lily's mum was little!
Tricky Triangle game, one on every table, and original Stewart's rootbeer, a classic American favorite.
They had a real hearth and fireplace, like an old country home! but there was no fire, so it was safe to go near.
An oil lamp and an old picture taken in the early 1900's. I bet they never knew they'd take a picture with someone from Brazil!
YUM!!
And then it was time to go home and get ready to go to the post office.
First, one last picture with my first hostess.
Then I got in my box. Lily let me keep the one that Mamãe sent me in so I would have a piece of home with me.
Then Lily wrapped up my box and decorated it to look like the Texan flag, so that Szandra will know its me when I get there!
Here I go!!
~Eatcookie
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Posted Feb 3, 2009, 3:55 am
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Miskolc, Hungary - 11th March 2009
By: Szandra
Mummy, I eat a lot here!!!
See, we baked chocolate muffins with Szandra and the other ToyVoyagers.
And we tasted also some pancakes.
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Posted Mar 22, 2009, 6:19 pm
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Miskolc, Hungary - 12th April 2009
By: Szandra
Happy Easter, Mummy!!!
I learnt how to say it in Hungarian: Kellemes Húsvétot!
We ate a lot of boiled ham, egg and sausage!
I have a lot of photos to show you from the previous weeks, I promise, I'll update my travelog soon!
Miss you!
Hugs,
Eatcookie
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Posted Apr 15, 2009, 9:13 pm Last edited Apr 15, 2009, 9:14 pm by Szandra
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Hameln, Germany - 18th May 2009
By: Elayoe
Hi!
now my host finds the time to update my travellog. They didn't had internet connection until middle of December and now she has the time..
Here you can see me arrive at my host Solveig..
I travelled with SillyWilly another toyvoyager, who tries to find his new hosts..
Solveig is engaged and has a little son (7 years), with whom we played a lot in the last time..
Love,
Eatcookie
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Posted Dec 27, 2009, 12:31 pm Last edited Dec 27, 2009, 12:32 pm by Elayoe
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Wehrbergen, Germany - 21st May 2009
By: Elayoe
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Posted Dec 27, 2009, 12:43 pm Last edited Dec 27, 2009, 1:33 pm by Elayoe
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