Travelog for: Agatha

Hello everyone

Yesterday my mummy found me in her basement amongst some toys she was sorting and thought I would make a perfect toyvoyager because I am very small, cute, and purple 
My name is Agatha and I LOVE solving puzzles and mysteries! Can you guess why I'm called Agatha???

Right now I must solve the mystery of why my mummy has not posted any pictures of me  She says she is at school right now and when she gets home she will upload some photos for this travelog!

I really hope I will find a host soon so I can start my sleuthing and exploring of the world 

On Jan. 17 my mummy and her mummy are going downtown to Toronto to see something special and very mysterious. She will not tell me because it is a surprise so i will try and figure it out before then! She did give me one clue though: gold....

Hmmmmmmmm..... very interesting indeed. I will have to put my best sleuthing skills to work on this one 

If anyone would like to host me then please PM my mummy! I can't wait to travel the world!

Travel Itinerary
Germany- RikeH (leaving Jan. 18- March 22)
San Diego, USA- Nancyjb (April 3- )

So my mummy told me today that I will start my journey off in Germany with RikeH! I am very, very excited 

Today my mummy went back to school but she did not take me with her because she is sick and she forgot both me and her camera... 

Instead when she came home we explored her house and here are a few pictures:
This is me, ain't I cute?


My mummy collects autographs of actors and actresses. Today she received one from Jimmy Smits He's doing a play on Broadway and she sent him a letter and this picture to sign. It looks like they're staring at me doesn't it??? 


This is me with some of my friends on my mummy's bed. Donald got a bit drunk and fell over. Those sailors sure drink a lot 


Here I am on my mummy's bookshelf with a selection of her ghost stories. Some of my favourites 


Here I am with my mummy's fish. The big one is Pandora and the smaller one is Jane. They are part Jelly Bean cichlid and part Red Blood Parrot fish!


And finally, here I am with my mummy's kitty Whiskey who is her babykins! She kind of blinded him with the flash though 


Well that's it for now! Oh and mummy gave me another clue as to where we are going on the 17th: symbols  hmmmmm..... still puzzled.

So mummy is at school right now and is feeling terribly sick and wonky from her cold pills  So she has left me to explore the house by myself. I warned her what might happen if she left me alone... pure mayhem!!!

However she also gave me another clue as to where we are going: royalty. Very interesting indeed. I think I shall spend the day pondering what these clues mean...
Here are all of the clues so far:
gold
symbols
royalty

WHAT DO THEY ALL MEAN???
So I googled all of these words together and these are some of the images I got:




Apparently one of these images is very close to what we will be seeing 


There might be pictures later when mummy gets home... unless she passes out from exhaustion before she gets the camera out!

Hello again

Not much has been going on. My mummy just got over a terrible cold so we have not been doing very much.

She has gotten quite a bit of mail though. Last week she got a Lauren Bacall autograph and a postcrossing postcard from Germany



We've also been watching season 2 of Chuck which is one of my mummy's favourite TV shows of all time! You should all watch it I really like it as well





AND my mummy has given me the final clue as to where we are going on Sunday. I think I finally know where we are going and I am so very excited to solve some mysteries. The clue is: Egypt
And here are all of the clues:
gold
symbols
royalty
Egypt

So today mummy took me to school  I was very excited to get out and explore. Here is a little itinerary of the day which will be updated throughout the day as mummy is at school from 9:30 AM- 8:00 PM 

9:00 AM: Mummy and I have arrived at school and are walking to the building where she has her first class (American Literature)

This is the view beside the building where mummy's class is. IN the distance you can see Hamilton Hall which is one of the oldest buildings at McMaster:


Here is another view where you can see the student centre and Museum of Art in the distance:


This is the building where her class is. It is called the Burke Science Building (weird because she has an English class here but that;s university for you 


2:00 PM- So mummy never really got around to showing me too many things but she got one last picture near Edwards arch which I thought was really pretty. Here's a little info on it:

So today my Mummy finally took me to the secret surprise: The King Tut Exhibit at the AGO (Art Gallery of Ontario) in Toronto!  I was super excited and I had a blast  Unfortunately the Egyptian government would not allow pictures in the exhibit but I will tell you all about it and I have a few pictures of other things I saw today too! (They will be uploaded later, my mummy is a bit tired right now).

9:30 AM: We have to wake up. This is a bit hard for my mummy as she had a work party last night and was very hungover  We had breakfast and got all prettyful for my first big adventure!

11:00 AM: We get on the GO Bus which will take us to Union Station in Toronto. It was very foggy today and all of the buildings looked like they were being swallowed by the fog. Here I am on the bus in front of the Rogers Centre and the CN Tower.





12:00 We are here at the AGO. In front you can see the large Egyptian jackal statue. I was very impressed.



So by now we are inside and viewing the spectacular pieces in the exhibit. Some of the things I saw were canopic jars which held the internal organs of Egyptian pharaohs, intricate necklaces made of gold, the bed that King Tut slept in when he was alive, small and large statues of pharaohs and gods, and even some of the things that King Tut wore when he was buried!

2:00 As my mummy loves to shop, she bought a few souvenirs as well as a new friend. I introduced myself and he said that maybe one day he can become a toyvoyager too! My mummy said she would think about it!


2:30 We are now finished looking at the amazing King Tut exhibit and are on our way back to Union Station. We stop along a few nice looking buildings and take pictures!


This is the Sir George Campbell House who fought in the American Civil War.


And this is Osgoode Hall which is enormous for being a hall

3:20 The bus is finally here and we are on our way home. It was a great experience and I got to experience some really great Egyptian mysteries and artifacts 

I am now going to be on my way to RikeH in Germany. Leaving sometime this week and I'm very excited!

So I am now on my way to Germany to visit with RikeH I am super excited to see Germany  Hopefully I don't get too squished in my package and that I arrive safely

Hi Mum,

I am so happy! I arrived at RikeH's home. And it is wonderful - I am not the only bunny here - Dicker Kumpel gave me a warm welcome.



Then he introduced me to the other ToyVoyagers here. There are some long-time guests and just normal guests.



I showed my nice postcard and told them a lot about Canada.





I will see more of the village tomorrow - it is a cold winter here - so we will have photos with snow...

greetings
Agatha

Hello Mum,

Today we decided to drive to a nice small town. It is called Bad Oldesloe.
RikeH went to school there – many many years ago.

They have a nice river there. I liked it – and saw some funny ducks in the water and on the ice.





This is the townhall. It was not so easy to take this photo, because the ground was very icy.



Another nice place in Bad Oldesloe.



Greetings
Agatha

Hello Mum,

it is still Winter here – and today RikeH showed me Sülfeld. There are some nice old buildings.

This is the old school.



The church is wonderful.



On the other side of the street is the pharmacie.



We walked back home over a nice path with a lot of snow. Really beautiful.









Greetings
Agatha

Helau Mum,

a new guest arrived – his name is Libbs and he is from Singapore.  We gave him a warm welcome – he is so small.



Today we will have a great time – it is Carnival Monday. So I searched for a nice hat. RikeH offered  three different ones.



I decided to take the yellow one.



Then I watched the parade in the TV.





The people in the parade threw sweets – called Kamelle... and I cought some.



I had so many...



I shared the sweets with my friends.



What a wonderful day!
Agatha

Hello Mum,

today RikeH took us to Hamburg. We went there with the train.



I looked out of the window. Still winter here in Germany...



We went to the Alster – a big lake in the centre of Hamburg.







The weather wasn't very nice. So we decided to eat something delicious in a chinese restaurant.



It was a nice day – but we will come back, when the weather will be better.

Yours
Agatha

Hi Mum,

because the weather outside is horrible, we had to stay inside the house. But RikeH offered us delicious cakes. Look, they are really big.



It's too cold outside – there were'nt any tulips, but we had some inside. They were wonderful.



After eating two big peaces of cake I relaxed and talked to the fishes.



Bye for now
Agatha

Hello Mum,

today we started our trip to Amrum Island – a nice German Island in the North Sea. We drove some hours – unfortunately the winter came back yesterday, but we arrived safe on the Coast – and saw our Ferry – called Schleswig-Holstein.



Here you see me inside  - with the typical greeting – Moin Moin.



I went outside – the weather was sunny – but it was cold.



We stopped at another Island, called Föhr. Some people left the Ferry, but we went on to Amrum.



What a great trip. I will write more from Amrum soon.



yours
Agatha

Hello Mum,

we made our first walk on Amrum. Here you see me in front of a typical house. They are so beautiful.



Then we went to the Dunes.



I enjoyed my time on a beach chair.



They had nice paths out of wood in the Dunes.



Amrum is a really nice place.



yours 
Agatha