Bristol , England - 17th June 2009
By: DeliciousJu
Hi!
I am Misty & i am already at my 1st destination .... Germany!
Wonder what adventures i will have there? I did hear something about a holiday, i cant wait
Currently with: twennifer in Scotland
Next host is: marcie08
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Posted Jun 17, 2009, 9:54 am Last edited Sep 29, 2009, 9:15 pm by DeliciousJu
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Remscheid, Germany - 23rd June 2009
By: olgamaus
Hi Mummy,
I am in Germany now, in Remscheid. My host Katja took me with her to her workplace today. When Katja finished work we had a coffee with her colleague. There were already several Toyvoyagers sitting in her bag. They are Herbie the mole, Penny-Bo the little horse and Hugo the frog.
After work Katja had to buy a few things, so we went into town.
Katja is working close to the city hall, so this was the first thing she showed me. There is a lion on a pillar in front of it, the lion is the heraldic animal of Remscheid.
This is the space in frot of the city hall, the farmer's market is taking place here every Wednesday and Saturday morning. In the background you can see the shopping mall.
We went through the shopping mall. It's looking pretty here, Katja likes to go here because it is often raining in Remscheid, due its geographical position (I'll feel at home here )
When we left the shopping mall I saw the theatre ...
... and the public library.
From here it is not far to the bus terminal.
Here you can find the publishing house of the local newspaper, Remscheider Generalanzeiger. This statue is showing the symbol of the newspaper, a man with a bell, shouting out the latest news. From this picture the "local" name of the newspaper, "Tüpittter" is derived. Tüpitter is a word from the local dialect and means something like "Pull, Peter! (the bell)!"
We walked to the shopping street than.
Here I found a pretty fountain, funny coloured.
Now you can see one of the churches in the city centre.
Close to a nearby park I saw this coal tub. It was a present from the twin town Wansbeck in Northumberland.
From here you have an overview to the heighest spot of the municipal area, a housing area called "Hohenhagen".
These Keith-Haring-men are painted to the wall of a school.
This is the water tower, situated close to the city hall. The drinking water for the inhabitants of the city centre is pumped here from a dam in one of the surrounding valleys.
We went home than. The next two photos were taken close to my current home.
When we came home, one of Katja's own ToyVoyagers returned home. It is Dottie Mouse who came home after a year's journey. She visited the Netherlands, Japan, Tenerife, Germany and Belgium. She said she'd be very to be home for a while.
Bye
Misty Mouse
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Posted Jun 23, 2009, 3:02 pm
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at home, Germany - 5th July 2009
By: olgamaus
Hi Mummy,
Katja told us that we will travel to Spain tomorrow, to Barcelona.
That's great!
We'll come home on Thursday in the late evening.
Bye
Misty Mouse
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Posted Jul 5, 2009, 11:36 am
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Remscheid, Germany - 6th July 2009
By: olgamaus
Hi Mummy,
we went to the railway station to go to Düsseldorf airport. We'll fly to Barcelona!
When we left the house, we found an envelope on the stairs with cute little mouse UrselHH inside. She arrived just in time to accompany us to Spain.
At the railway station we climbed out of Katja's bag to get a bit of fresh air.
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Posted Jul 12, 2009, 3:55 pm
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Barcelona, Spain - 6th July 2009
By: olgamaus
It was late evening when we had reached Barcelona, went to our hotel by bus and went out to the promenade. We walked to the harbour and had dinner.
Bye
Misty Mouse
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Posted Jul 12, 2009, 4:04 pm
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Barcelona, Spain - 7th July 2009
By: olgamaus
Hi Mummy,
today I went out with Katja and her friend Kerstin, Penny-Bo, Migui+Gui, Herbie and Nijntje. We had planned to watch some of the touristic highlights. First we went to the promenade again and walked to the old town along the coastline.
These highrisers were built as the olympic village for the 1992 summer olympics. The left one is cointaining a famous hotel nowadays, the right one is an office building. In the background you can see the fish fixation, created by the architekt Frank Gehry, manifested by a 35 metre x 54 metre fish made of steel lattice. The fish marks the start of the Olympic Port area and is placed at the base of the two landmark towers.
Barcelona has about 7 km coastline with several beaches.
We reached the old harbour, called "Port Vell" than, situated opposite of the old town.
Here you can see the statue "El Cap de Barcelona" by the American pop artist Roy Lichtenstein.
We walked to the beginning of "Las Ramblas" than. Underneath this path a two-lane motorway is running, you don't see it nor can you hear it.
I took a look to the newer part of the harbour.
We walked through the wonderful old town than. It was built in medieval times.
These are the famous "Ramblas".
We also had a look at the old market "La Boqueria", coverd with a cast-iron construction.
Here I am standing in front of the cathedral, which is under construction at the moment, hidden under a scaffolding.
Here I am at Placa de Catalunya, the central traffic point of Barcelona, where the old town and the newer parts of the city meet. The plaza is surrounded by walls, statues and fountains to keep the traffic noise away.
We went along "Passeig de Gràcia" than, a famous shopping street. Here we saw one of the famous buildings, designed by Antoni Gaudi, "Casa Milà", also called "La Pedrera". This building was built during the years 1906 - 1910.
We took a bus than and went to Park Güell.
Park Güell is a garden complex with architectural elements situated on the hill of el Carmel in the Gràcia district of Barcelona. It was designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí. It was built in the years 1900 to 1914. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Works of Antoni Gaudí". We did not use the main entrance, but the entrance at the top height of the park.
You have a fantastic overview across the city from here.
We reached the central part of the park than, the main terrace, surrounded by a long bench in the form of a sea serpent.
You can find this fountain in the main entrance area. Nearly effery surface is tiled with colourful fragments of tiles.
This is the probably most famous statue in this park is this mosaic dragon.
This is one of the entrance buildings, decorated very original and remarkable with fantastically shaped roofs with unusual pinnacles.
Here you can see the "heart" of Park Güell.
We left the park than and walked to another masterpiece of Antoni Gaudi, Sagrada Família (its original name is Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família), a massive, privately-funded Roman Catholic church that has been under construction in Barcelona since 1882. It is supposed to be completed not before 2026.
This is the Passion faccade, facing to the West.
Here you can see the Navity faccade, pointing to the East.
In the late evening we returned to our hotel, after having dinner and a few drinks in a nearby beach bar.
Bye
Misty Mouse
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Posted Jul 12, 2009, 5:46 pm Last edited Jul 12, 2009, 7:22 pm by olgamaus
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