Travelog for: dicker Kumpel

Hello from the Danube and Vienna !

On the way to Vienna, we passed Bratislava – and made these nice photos.






This is the view out of the cabin.Then I relaxed on the sun-deck. It was wonderful.







When I arrived in Vienna, I visited the big Stephans-Dom. After that, I went to the Hofburg, where are many Fiaker.









I had fun in front of this monument of Johann Strauß !



Dicker Kumpel

Hello again from Vienna !

First we visited the beautiful Karlskirche and the townhall.






After it I drove to the castle Belvedere. I loved the Statue – it is much bigger than I am. Then we relaxed together in the sun.







In the afternoon we went to the prater - a funny place in the town. We first rode the big wheel – it is very old -it was built in 1897. After it we rode in the a funny little train called Liliputbahn.










We love this holiday !!!



Dicker Kumpel

Hello from Melk!

Today we visited the beautiful cathedral of Melk. It was so beautiful – I loved the interior and the garden,too.









Back on the ship I played chess, but I didn't understand how to play Shuffleboard.






Well, now our cruise is over – we only go to Passau and then back home to Sülfeld. We spent the last hours on the ship – watching out of the window and talking about our adventures!




I really hope to make the next cruise soon!!!

Dicker Kumpel

Hi from Sülfeld !

Pinkz and Meleca arrived at Rike’s home today – and there were me, Slummy, Milala, Murph and Ninni just coming back from our cruise! We gave them a warm welcome and talked a lot about our adventures.



Ninni is the ToyVoyager of the week, we are all very excited and will have a party this week. She got beautiful flowers from Rike – we made a photo of both of us – and then with all of us!





Later I went out in the garden to watch these lovely flowers on the little lake!



Dicker Kumpel

Hello from Hamburg

Today we went to Hamburg, because we celebrated Ninni. She is the ToyVoyager of the week.
The weather wasn’t that nice on the way to Hamburg, but there it went better .



First we did some sightseeing, but not too much. We looked at the town hall – first from the front – with the little festival, where we wanted to celebrate.





Then we went to the other side of the town hall, where a nice fountain is.





Here you can see us all together – celebrating Ninni!! And me playing in the wine !






We had wine and ate something delicious – called Flammkuchen. You see a photo before we started – and when we finished.





Oups – maybe a little too much wine?



We really had a great time!!!


Yours Dicker Kumpel

Hello from Bad Segeberg !

We were in Bad Segeberg again, because we wanted to find the people from the monument.

It is strange, that they are here – but we found out, that they play theatre in this town – written by Karl-May.



We found this funny telephone box – and I wanted to call someone. But it didn’t work…



This funny man had a good time. It was so hot, but he stood inside a fountain. I wanted to stand next to him, but RikeH didn’t allow it. So we only played outside the fountain.



At the end of our walk, we saw this lovely church.



Summer-Greetings

Dicker Kumpel

Hello from Hamburg again.

Last week we hadn’t had nice weather in Hamburg – so we tried it again today. And look, what we saw out of the window of our train – the sun!





The town hall looks much nicer in the sunshine. And we saw the Alsterarkaden – they are very beautiful.





Then we crossed the street and went to the Alster. There we saw the fountain and the nice boats. When we walked on the boarder of the lake, we saw swans and geese.







This wonderful view is from the other side. Because we all loved this view, we wanted to have an own photo - and one from all of us!





On the way back to the train station (on the second photo) we made a stop at the Kunsthalle – a museum of Art.





Inside the station we waited for our train – and I wanted to show you the nice station!





We entered the train and had a nice meal – what a great sunny trip!!!



yours Dicker Kumpel

Today Slummy told us, that he will go to his next host.



We all gave him a big hug – and we all hope, to meet again somewhere in the world.



Slummy was so sorry to leave, but I gave him a special hug and told him, that this is the only bad time in the life of a ToyVoyager – to leave nice friends.

But there will be new friendly hosts, TVs and pets on his next places! So now he is happy to go to his next host.



I will miss Slummy and wish him a wonderful trip in the future!

yours Dicker Kumpel

Hello from Lübeck !

We went to Lübeck. It is a nice city – in 1987 the Unesco declared the existing cityscape to be a World Cultural Heritage Site.  And it is a great city.

First we saw the Holsten Gate – it was on the 50-DM-bank-note of Germany. But now they have the Euro here. 





Next to the Gate are the Salt Warehouses.



Then we climbed up the tower of the St. Peter’s Church. We had a lovely view of the city…





We saw some other nice buildings – and a funny animal.







When we arrived at home, a new ToyVoyager was waiting for us - she is called Rhinono and we talked a lot! She came from China – and had a very fast trip !





What a wonderful day !

yours Dicker Kumpel

Hello from Hamburg,

we went to the port of Hamburg today. Rike told us, that there are many beautiful ships.

We started at the Landungsbrücken – it is the place where the ships arrived in the past. In the other direction we saw nice old ships – we made nice pictures nearer to them later this day.





On our way to the old ships we saw these colorful bikes. They are for rent, but we didn’t rent them. My legs are too short for these bikes.





Then we saw this big anchor – can you see me in front of it?



This is the Rickmer Rickmers. In 1896 it was constructed as a three-master ship on Rickmer's shipyard in Bremerhaven. It was rebuilt to a three-master barque in Capetown in 1904 after having been damaged a heavy storm.
The Rickmer Rickmers was sailing between Europe and Chile, loaded mainly with carbon and nitre. In 1916 it was confiscated by the Portugueses. From this time on it was used as training ship for the Portuguese navy under the name SAGRES. In 1983 it was sold to the organization "Windjammer for Hamburg" and towed to Hamburg - as a fully dilapidated hulk (without masts).
After a restoration of several year the wrack became a neat symbol of the Hamburg harbour. Important facilities like the engine-room or the officers' cabins were restored with love. The ship can be visited daily.
Under deck there is a restaurant as well as a show room where interesting, often changing exhibitions of maritime contents can be seen.
We didn’t want to see the inside – so we only took nice photos from the outside.





This is the other old ship. The Cap San Diego, built in 1961, is a unique testimony to seafaring and is berthed in her old home harbor of Hamburg as a »museum you can touch« since 1986. She is the last of the classic cargo ships, referred to as the "White Swan of the South Atlantic."






This is the look over the port where a swimming crane came along.



At the end we saw the fire-ship – and on the other side a huge building, where a big publisher has his rooms. The church you can see behind the building is called ‘The Michel’ and is a very famous church for the people from Hamburg.





I really loved this day at the port. Hamburg is a wonderful city!

yours Dicker Kumpel

Hello from Hamburg again,

we went to the cruise ship terminal in Hamburg today.  That was the big tower – we will have a nice view of the ship, when we are on the tower.



But you can see, what happened. We saw the building, but there was no cruise ship.



Then I looked in another direction and found a beautiful ship. We all decided that we wanted to play on it.



We played hide and seek. I was the first who run away and I found a great place to hide.





After it we wanted a photo on the ship. First we were on the deck…



…then we climbed onto the mast. We had a nice view from there! We talked and enjoyed the sun!



We decided to have a race to the swing. Rhinono had the best start – she jumped – and won. We others climbed down the mast. Rhinono is very brave!



On the swing we had a great time. Playgrounds are great for ToyVoyagers.



At the end I relaxed in the hammock. What a wonderful day in Hamburg again!




Yours
Dicker Kumpel

Hello from Sülfeld !

It is Sunday – and we made a tour with the bike. We made a rest at a nice place. You can see me on the bike.





This is a big field with corn, but it is not really ready to be eaten.





Here you can see all of us – we had so much fun together on the bike!



Look – how long our way was!




Some miles later we saw these nice horses.



Back home Rike showed us, how the corn looks like, when you buy it in a shop.



Yours Dicker Kumpel

Today Milala told us, that she will go to her next host. She will go to Belgium.



We all gave her a big hug – and wish her a nice time there.



I wish her always nice hosts, great adventures and a good return home to her Mum.

Hello from Hamburg again.

here is a big fair – called Dom. First we looked around and saw many people and carrousels. One was for children; the next one was very interesting – so fast moves…








Then I was very afraid – a white shark came from the side. Fortunately I found out that he was a friendly shark – and I was allowed to make this scary photo!



That was amazing. I needed to eat something – and found delicious strawberries with chocolate.



We then saw the big roller coaster with two loops. I didn’t want to try it out…





Look at this funny corn-man. I loved him!!!



Later we saw a boat trip – the people became wet in it – it was funny.



We wanted a nice photo of the group and found this funny place. After it, we bought a nice heart from Hamburg.







When we walked around we saw the big wheel. It is really big – the biggest big wheel, that can travel around the world. Maybe it is a Big Wheel Voyager?





I wanted to make a trip with the big wheel – and we went into it. I had to hold the hand of Tobi, because he was a little afraid. (Or maybe I was a little scared, because it was so high.) We saw many interesting things from Hamburg from high above - the Dom, the Port and the church Michel. It was great!











What a wonderful day!!!! We went back home and relaxed on the couch.


yours dicker Kumpel

Greetings from the stadium in Hamburg !

Today it is time for sports – not me, of course. I went to the HSV – a German soccer team. The best of course!
We went into the stadium. It is really big. Before the match started, all players were on the field for the warm-up.





We had nice places – but later more people came to watch the match.











At the end, our team lost – bad luck…. But it was interesting – and better than watching it in the TV.

yours Dicker Kumpel