Travelog for: AliG

This is me reading  the The Sunday Times before my host could read it.

Im just getting ready now to travel to New Zealand.
My host will be posting me tomorrow afternoon.

Hi Everyone

AliG arrived safely in Wellington a few weeks ago. The weather here has been absolutely terrible with floods around the country and I've been sick in bed so we haven't had much chance to get out and see the city.

We have watched alot of TV though! :] We have watched a season each of Dexter, Gilmore Girls and Battlestar Galactica.

Here is a photo of AliG snuggled on the bed ready for the final of Dexter. Sorry the quality is poor it's a camera phone.



Hopefully we'll have some better updates shortly.

xxoo Kim & AliG

The weather is slighty better in Wellington now but there have been storms in New Zealand over the past couple of weeks.
On Saturday we had a friend down to stay with us so we thought it would be a good opportunity to show her and AliG the bays at the same time. It was so windy! Wellington is known for it's windyness, but this was so much windier than usual. We went out to Island Bay to have a look and it was amazing how big the waves had gotten and how rough the sea looked. We had just enough time to snap some photos before we jumped back in the car so we wouldn't freeze!

AliG in front of the choppy sea


AliG and the island of Island Bay


The last few days were quite nice and a good opportunity to admire the view from AliG's temporary residence and bask in the winter sun.

The view over the city


The view up to Mt Victoria and lots of trees

The days are getting longer and it wont be long before daylight savings starts again. Ali G and I took the opportunity to walk home by the waterfront and snap some shots.

A duck in the harbour


AliG with the harbour and Mt Victoria in the background


AliG and a sun dial in Frank Kitts Park


By the lagoon and City to Sea bridge


By the lagoon


In Waitangi Park with Te Papa (the big building, our national museum) in the background

Well here i am in Honiton, Devon, and I have arrived after a long journey and I have arrived to the sun.... yeah man... apparantly I have been told I am a very lucky person as England has had no sun all year only last week and this. WOW

Anyway... hope you like my photo mum, with Gina Giraffe, mind you how I am supposed to keep cool next to a yellow spotted thing and sitting on its knee I do not know, will have to change that and tell them who is boss around here, and the giraffe loses ... hands down... 

We could be going sunbathing tomorrow, depends on the weather, so could be good, as long as the yellow spotted thing stays at home... if you know what I mean...

Then I am going to spain, got my bag packed already, well actually I never unpacked so I am as you say READY.... 

Well it was a lovely sunny day today, in England believe it or not, and we went out, without the yellow spotted creature, I tell you does she shut up, talk and talk and talk, I will have no ears left, Gina the Giraffe never stops, what can a boy do!!!

We went to Weston-Super-Mare, you will see the photos a large strange thing, apparantly we read it was a bus stop, very strange and it lights up at nights and goes way up into the sky... 

We then went to have a coffee near the beach, I was taking in the sun it was lovely.... behind me you can see the pier, at the left side it looks black as there was a big fire only a few weeks ago so they are trying to raise funds to rebuild it.

Well we arrived in Spain and boy was it lovely to start with, I sat on the wonderful beach with hardly anyone on it, this is what I call heaven well for 4 days anway until the floods came in and then it reminded me again of England!!!

Well we went to a beautiful church today Norvella I think it was called right up on top of a hill, it was very gothicky and beautiful, very spiritual.

Mummy oh Mummy, why oh why did you put for me to sit on a real cacti, is it something you really want todo, do you not understand the indignity of it.  I mean spikes up your bum!!!  now this really hurt, I have to say what a wonderful photo I take but i mean, a cacti,

We also went to a place called Aguilas, lovely place and very quiet we sat and had a meal..

Well not updated for a while... so here goes...
We went to my hosts friends and played cards, a good evening, Gina the Giraffe had to come and eat all the food but never mine she is leaving tomorrow!!!  We were shown how to play poker... my host thought I looked the type to run a gambling club.... 

Then two days later we went to another friends for Halloween, you should have seen the house, it was covered in cobwebs etc it will take hours to clean up.... See if you can recognise my host... ha ha ha...

Then I met a new friend, Alpina, now that is a lady.... and Ducky Duck which is my hosts duck, she was lost in the post for a whole 6 months, how lonely... mind you she might have had adventures we dont know about

Well today I went with Alpina to my hosts place of work, we had a good time, used the radio and the telephone and typed, well ran along the keyboard, but as my host was typing she wasnt too impressed, for some reason she told me I couldnt spell!! the cheek.  We went for a walk at lunchtime, it was very cold but we found some beautiful leaves.

Anyway it is time for me to leave I am going to Marjolein in the Netherlands, but my host tells me she doesnt think it will be much warmer than here, it rains a lot in Devon and its getting very cold.

I said goodbye to my friends, Shakesbeare, Galaxy bear, ducky duck, Gina, and Alpina my new friends   

AliG is in da house!

Dear mum,

It's the time of the year for christmasmarkets in Germany again! Marjolein and her family go to Oldenburg every year. But this time they decided to go to Leer.









First we ate some cake.



We drank some Gluhwein, it was very good.





It was great fun!

AliG

But wait! It was very cool in Leer, but Marjolein convinced her mother to also go to Oldenburg!

Look it this market, doesn't it look much cooler than the one in Leer? It's certainly much bigger.







And as we walked in Oldenburg, it turned dark and all the christmaslights went on, doesn't it looks beautiful?



We ate a lot and bought a lot and had so much fun!

AliG

Hello!

I went to Amsterdam today!

Marjolein wanted to visit the Rijksmuseum to see the skull made by Damien Hirst called For the love of God. We weren't allowed to make photo's inside the museum, but this is what it looks like on the outside.



This is the Dam, the centre of Amsterdam, you see the Palice on the Dam, the kings and queens of the Netherlands used to live here.



This is on the left The Bijenkorf, the most famous store of the country. On the right you see the memorial statue for the victims of WWII. Every year on the 4th of May the queen puts flowers at the statue for the victims.



AliG