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Hamburg , Germany - 18th August 2009
By: RikeH
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Posted Aug 25, 2009, 12:18 pm Last edited Aug 25, 2009, 12:19 pm by RikeH
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Sülfeld, Germany - 28th August 2009
By: RikeH
Hi Mum,
What a great day – I got a postcard from you. I was so excited, when RikeH told me, that the card is for me.
I showed the card to Dicker Kumpel – and told him, that there is the Michel church on it!
Thanks Mum, I miss you.
Michel
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Posted Aug 31, 2009, 7:58 pm
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Graz, Austria - 2nd September 2009
By: marcie08
Hi Mom!
Today I arrived here in Graz! I think that was pretty fast. 2 days ago I still was in Germany!
I met so many other TVs: Mr.S, Atta Sandi Rose and LittleWestiePup. I think I'll have a great time here!
My host-mom had a great day today - she got lots of cards from postcrossing.
Then we helped her writing her cards for postcrossing and we found some great cards.
I've learned that there are no kangoroos in Austria! But I guess you knew that...
Bye for today!
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Posted Sep 6, 2009, 8:33 pm
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Graz, Austria - 12th September 2009
By: marcie08
Hi Mom!
Today we had to say goodbye to LittleWestiePup, who is continuing his journey!
We had a Linzer cake and champagne. The Linzer cakes comes from the city Linz, which is in another part of Austria and this year's Cultural Capital of Europe. Graz was that, too, in 2003!
It was nice meeting Westie, though we didnt have much time together!
Bye!
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Posted Sep 15, 2009, 8:37 pm
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Graz, Austria - 13th September 2009
By: marcie08
Hi Mom!
We wanted to do some sightseeing today and started with the Opera House. But then it started to rain cats and dogs so we decided to postpone the sightseeing and went home to watch a DVD. We watched Marley and me. Have you seen that movie? It was a bit sad at the end, but I think that Marley, the dog, was really cute! And the popcorn and nachos were great
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Posted Sep 15, 2009, 8:54 pm Last edited Sep 15, 2009, 8:55 pm by marcie08
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Graz, Austria - 17th September 2009
By: marcie08
Hi Mom!
What a surprise!
When we opened the mailbox today, we found your card there! That was such a lovely surprise!
The other TVs were of course really curious about the card and so they all sat in a circle while I showed them the card and told them about Hamburg and all the sights you can see on this card! And my host mom told me she is really curious about Hamburg and even wanted to go there before but she never came around there. But now that she knows how beautiful Hamburg is ( see, I told her as it is my mission) she will definitely go there!
They told me that my stories about Hamburg had been great for yet another rainy day in Graz!
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Posted Sep 18, 2009, 3:18 pm
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Bärnbach, Austria - 19th September 2009
By: marcie08
Hi Mom!
Today we went to the western parts of Styria, to a city called Bärnbach. The city was famous for its coal mining in former days. That's why you see me on some coals and the wagon!
We visited the (catholic) church of St. Barbara there. The church is named after St. Barbara because she is the patroness of miners. This church is quite famous as is was redesigned by the famous Austrian painter and architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser. He designed many buildings for example the Hundertwasser-House in Vienna, the KunstHaus in Vienna, a thermal spa in Bad Blumau, the oncology ward of the University Hospital in Graz, to just name a few.
The inside of the church is mostly the same as it has been before the redecoration, there were just a few alterations made to the altar.
The outside of the church is very colorful with mosaics and nothing is really geometric. Everything is a bit different, no straight lines.
Therefore my post today is also really colorful!
There is a walkway around the church and the path is uneven, made of different stones, bricks, tarmac... You pass through many archways, which all stand for a different religion with symbols of this specific religion on the archway. And then there is one without any symbols. For all people who don't believe or have a different view of life. My host mom decided it would be best to photograph me under the "naked" archway as not to offend any of her guest's parents!
You can also see that the pathway has been decoreted with an autumn theme!
We were given an extended tour through the church and its history and then it was time for some meal! No pics of that though.
We then went on to another city. I'll tell you more about that soon!
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Posted Sep 21, 2009, 5:34 pm Last edited Sep 21, 2009, 5:36 pm by marcie08
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