Travelog for: Molly

Yesterday evening my host and her boyfriend went to a spacial movie premiere. The movie was not allowed for children so I stayed at home and played with my new friends.

Today my host met her friend at the café of the main post office. We went there too and had a huge cup of latte while they were chatting. My host told me the latte is the biggest one you can get here in Helsinki - it was really good too.

In the evening we had a big party at home. The party was for welcoming me, but also it was a farewell party to Sam and Thomas too. Sam is travelling to Germany tomorrow and Thomas will travel to Australia. We had fun at our party

Today I went to my first Postcrossing meeting Before the meeting we all had a latte together for the last time. I talked with Thomas and told him all kinds of things he needs to know about Australia. Too soon it was time for Thomas and Sam to go in to their envelopes and my host took them to the post office.

Bye guys! It was nice to meet you both

The PC meeting started and we chatted, had lattes and wrote a lot of postcards together with some Finnish crossers. It was great and I can hardly wait for the next meeting. Manu got a new duck friend from Sweden. Her name is Sigrid and I think she wants to have Manu as her boyfriend

Yesterday we were all a bit sad, because Sam and thomas left us, but we were also happy for them - we are looking forward to read about their new adventures. We went shopping and I got to choose a puzzle for us. I picked up a puzzle with a picture of some native animals of Finland. In the evening we started to play with the puzzle. My host's cat wanted to play with us too, but he wasn't much helping. Finally we got it done

Today my host's friend visited us and after a few cups of coffee he left. It was a rainy day so we didn't want to go out to play. We drove to the city by a tram and walked around the railway station. It was interesting to see so many trains and a lot of passangers there. My host's boyfriend gambled a little and we watched him, too bad he didn't win anything...

Now we are watching a movie and later we might get some ice cream

Hi Mom,

I'm sorry I haven't updated my blog for two weeks, but I've been busy here going around the city. I'm fine and I hope you are too. I miss you, but you don't have to worry about me - I'm having great time here

The last time I wrote here I told you we might get ice cream and guess what - we did get a huge bowl of delicious ice cream with jam

The guys (Manu and Mercury) talked about Moomins. I was curious, because I didn't know what they are. My host took us to a big department store and showed me Moomins there. We also took a picture of me and the guys with Moomins.

On Tuesday before Easter we attended another Postcrossing meeting and this time it was at the café of the main post office. It was the last day to send cards for Easter and there was a great special cancellation for the cards too.

We got a new friend My host found a nice rooster and he told us his name is Keijo. Keijo wants to become a TV too. We wrote lots of postcards there together and had a big tasty latte.

On Thusday before Easter we visited The Winter Garden of Helsinki. It's a really popular place during the Easter time and we wanted to visit there before it would be too crowded. There were lots of beautiful flowers there and we took a few nice pictures of them. We also met the Easter Cock and some chickens there

After visiting the Winter Garden we walked a little at the Töölönlahti area. My host told me it's one of her favourite places of Helsinki and I can easily understand that.

Hi Mom-Raff,

I'm still here in Finland and everything is fine. My host has been really sick and tired for a long time so we haven't been able to update my travelog. She's very sorry about it and now we'll try to update this so I can travel to Ireland next week. It's important for me to get this done before travelling again.

Now we are in the Central Finland near Jyväskylä. We are visiting my host's mother and we came here last Tuesday. It's summer here now and there was still snow in the last pictures we've uploaded here. I think we start with some of my pictures.

The first ones show you how we spent Easter here - with lots of chocolate eggs I found a cute little Hello Kitty from my egg and it's in my backpack now

We also walked around the city and I saw some interesting bars like Molly Malone's and an Australian pub.

I've been in many Postcrossing meetings with my friends. Here's pictures from one which was in an old and beautiful café/restaurant called Kappeli. There were also JuliaCaesar's fox and duck at the meeting and we wrote "a few" postcards there together.

It was a warm and sunny day so after the meeting we walked a little and took some pictures. Here you can see me in front of the Lutheran Cathedral, The Presidential Palace, by the sea and in front of the Art Museum Ateneum.

We met a new friend there. He was big and green and his name is Helppi. He is a city guide and lives at the tower of the Cathedral. He looked a lot like a monster, but he was really kind and funny too. He said we would perhaps meet again in the city someday

When my host was too sick to take us to the city or do anything with us we all played together, read a lot especially the Moomin books and slept a lot too. We didn't have any problems with that and it was actually quite relaxing.

Sometimes we visited my host's friend and she has a small cute dog called Laku. I like to play with Laku and even though it might look bad in the picture it wasn't - he wouldn't ever hurt me, we were just playing Mom.

I also like to watch the views at my host's place. There's a big flea market on weekends on the other side of the street and it's a popular place to visit. I've been there a couple of times too, but we haven't taken any pictures inside of the building there.

One day when we were in the city we noticed some great big posters of the World Exhibition of Shanghai. I wanted to have my picture taken in front of the Australian building, of course After that we went to a café for a latte, that's something we all love to do

An envelope arrived in April and we were curious to find out what was inside of it. Soon two small sheep came out of the envelope and told us that they are Shauns (Shaun Green and Shaun Blue) from Czech Republic, they are TVs too They gave us candies and showed us a postcard of their hometown. We talked a little and then we went out, because Shauns wanted to see some snow and ice. That was the last time we saw any snow here

We went to café for a latte, the first Finnish one for Shauns. We talked there and got to know Shauns a bit better. We also wrote a postcard together, but only one this time.

Hi Raff,

OK, now it's time to update my blog - tomorrow I'll travel to Ireland I'm so excited to travel again and see some new places, but at the same I know I'll miss my new fiends a lot...

One Sunday we went to visit my host's friend. My host's boyfriend and the guys changed winter tyres to summer tyres to his car. I watched that, but it was just too dirty job for me. I went inside and talked with my host and her friend. After that we got a huge hamburger meal

Here you can see more pictures of the postcrossing meetings I've attended with my friends. We've written a few postcards there

May Day is a big happening here in Finland. We had a party and we got some donuts and quite strange Finnish baked goods called Tippaleipä. They looked funny, but tasted delicious

The next day we went to visit my host's friends about 10 kilometres from the city. We went there by bus There was a great Japanese garden and we wanted to have our picture taken with the dragon. After that trip we got a big bowl of ice cream at home

And talkink about ice cream - they opened a Ben & Jerry's ice cream bar here and of course we went there to have some delicious ice cream We sat there on a park, trees have became green here already

One Sunday we were walking around and saw the Parliament House of Finland. It was a big and impressive building. We walked to the Olympic Stadium - and went to the tower of it. The views from there were just amazing

Last week we visited my host's mother in the Central Finland. Her garden was beautiful, apple trees were blossoming and there were many wonderful flowers there too. We spent a lot of time outside and the weather was fine, sunny and quite warm mostly. We went by the lake Lievestuore. My host Kirsi and Manu the Duck went swimming, but I thought the water was too cold and stayed on the beach. The week we spent there was relaxing and we had fun there. We also took a nap almost every day

We visited a place called Naissaari (Woman Island) and there we enjoyed the views by walking around. There was a lake too - Finland is known as a country of thousands of lakes - and I've seen many of them now

Well, today I'm leaving Finland - and travelling to Ireland. We went for a latte for the last time all together. I got many hugs and kisses from my friends. I'm hoping I won't have to stay for long in the envelope...

Bye-bye Finland! Bye Helsinki! Bye Kirsi! Bye Manu! Bye Shauns! Bye Mercury! Bye all my friends and postcrossers! I had fun I'll miss you, but now it's time for me to go ahead to new adventures

Hi Mum. Well I finally arrived in Ireland, tired but very excited.
I met Bridie Og and another TV on arrival. I don't know his name but Bridie told me he had  a very exciting time getting to Ireland. Seemingly he was kidnapped well I'm glad to report that didn't happen me 

On my first day in Ireland I got to take a quick trip into Dublin City centre. My host had some shopping to do on the market so I got  a chance to look around!
I spotted a nice horse in Temple Bar.


Then I got to see the wall of fame which has lots of photos of famous Irish bands and singers. Can you spot U2?



Look at these yummy vegetables on the market!



Mum Look what I spotted a georgous cafe in my
favourite colour!!! 



I spotted this cool Irish police motorbike!



Before we went home my host brought me into a pub to sample my first pint of Guinness on Irish soil 




SLAINTE!!!!!!!