Travelog for: Drovius

Hi!

I'm Drovius (Shy) and I'm ready for travel. My best friend Apelsinas is already travelling to Czech Republic 
I'm a cat person- I just love cats  My best friend is a real cat ( you can see her as my mentor avatar). And my love of my life is Hello Kitty. I think the most beautiful she looks in Japan so I want to go there from the botom of my heart.
I'm very sensitive person so I and my mentor hope that you'll cherish and love me when you meet me.
Hugs

I'm still at home and with none invitation to travel. So, my mentor decided to do something interesting- a photo session 
That was great idea but when we went outside I felt how freezing the weather was. So we stayed in a balcony just for a while. I grabbed Lithuanian flag and my mentor took her favourite photo camera ( Olympus e-520). She hopes that she will be able to make more photo sessions with other TVs.
What is more, she told me that I'm a very photogenic person and she believs that my future hosts will be happy to make beautiful photos with such a beautiful guy. 

I'm still at home and totally bored. My mentor tried to make me happy with playing some the Beatles songs. I just love them! I grabbed my wig and pretended to be John Lenon  He is my favourite 
Here are some photos of our photo session.
What is more, I'm still looking for my travel destination.
Hugs

Hi, it's me Drovius!

After several weeks of traveling in a cramped envelope I have made it to my destination in San Diego, California! When my host saw the package was from Lithuania she thought that it was a package from a swap she did from Lithuania, but to her surprise it was me!



When my package was finally opened I was introduced to several other toys that lived in the house. First there was the Pillar family. They are a family of windup caterpillars. Next was Hoots the owl, he is a toyvoyager just like me and has been visiting my host for sometime.



I gave my host the Lithuanian coins and postcard you had sent along just as you asked!



My host was very surprised and says thank you!

Can't wait to see what adventures await.

Drovius

It's me again, Drovius!

Today my host took me to the Sea World aquatic theme park down in Mission Beach!  Sea World is full of many different sea life exhibits, and home of the world famous Shamu show!

First stop in the park was to the shark exhibit. Unfortunately the exhibit was inside and with little to no lighting. The pictures did not come out well at all.    But I did get a nice picture near the end of the exhibit of me by a real shark's mouth.  Scary!



Next we got to see some seals.  Look at the seal with his head up.  This seal was actually falling asleep like this!



Flamingos!  You could buy food from a machine near them to feed them.



The Forbidden Reef...



Not very forbidden if they advertise it 

This is the outside of Cirque De Del Mar.  It is an attraction opening in May.  It will be a cross between an aquatic show and Cirque de Soilel.





There was this strange cow statue in the park riding a surfboard.  Whenever anyone would come close he would shout of phrases about milk and tell jokes about milk.  Very strange...



We are here.  Where is here? I dunno, but the map says we are here. 



Next we got to visit the sea star, sea cucumber and sea snail petting pool.  Visitors were allowed to pick up the sea creatures, gently of course.



Sea stars are very rough on the outside!



The world famous Shamu show!



The killer whale tanks are huge and connect to a nearby resturaunt where visitors can eat beside the whales.  Visitors can also go downstairs after shows and see the whales swimming around.  Most of the time they come right up to the glass!



While at Sea World we got to view the Killer Whale show. I'm not in these shots as they had to be timed just right, but you can see just how cool the show was!







After visiting Shamu... we decided to get some eats at the Shipwreck Reef Cafe and then we went on the Sky Ride in the park.





I got to see a beautiful view of Mission Bay and of all the boats and yachts that dock near Sea World!



I visited the Anheiser Busch area of the park.  Anheiser Busch the brewing company actually owns the Sea World parks all over the United States. On site they have a fake brewery and the famous Clydesdale horses.  I hear the pens to the Clydesdales are usually open when my host has visited in the past, but today they were locked up and we were not able to see the horses. 



Outside of the Anheiser Busch building was a collection of flags, but we were unable to figure out just what the flags were for.  Oh well!



I had a lot of fun at Sea World!



Drovius

It's me again, Drovius!

Today my host took me around the city of Mira Mesa to view all of the electric box art.  All over town just about every electric box along the main road has had a picture painted on it.  It is unknown how the artists are chosen, however it seems as if they take turns painting as no artwork stays up forever.  Every few months the artwork is painted over with another creation.  Here are some snapshots we took today of just a few of the electric boxes.































































Neat huh?

Oh, one last picture before I go - This is a picture of me by the Jollibee.  Jollibee is a fast foodish restaurant that serves chicken. My host has never eaten here and is actually grossed out by the horrible fried smell, but she loves the statue, so we decided to take a picture next to it!  What a bee has to do with fried chicken I'll never know 



See ya later,
Drovius

Dear Drovius,

  thank you for your beautiful postcard. I hope to visit California one day. I'm so happy that you knew what kind of postcards I like.
  Give big sweet kiss to Xandria for hosting and helping you with a postcard.

  Hugs, egn

Hi Mom!

I have arrived in Graz and I brought beautiful weather with me!
I met my other toyvoyager friends here but two had to leave today to travel on! I was trhe guest of honor and was allowed to sit on the big red chair!

So, I'll explore my surroundings here!
Bye!

Phew, Mom,

it is soooo incredibly hot here, we have +30 degrees... so we decided to spend the day at an open air bath. We relaxed on a beach towel in the shadow of a tree! Of course we used some sun screen!

That was fun!

Hi Mom!

We were invited to a wine tasting today and so we went to Southern Styria! There the winery presented the new wine, you could taste it and they also had a buffett there with specialities of this region! You can see on the plan where we went...and you can also see the many glasses with wine  Hicks! 
We brought some wine home!

That was a great day!

Hi Mom!

Today we were all watching tv the whole day long! We started in the morning with breakfast! And I can hear you asking "Why were you watching tv the whole day long?". Because there was a wedding between Swedens Crown Princess and her fiancé.

Wow, what a love story. I have to confess we all got a bit teary especially in the church and then later in the evening when the speeches followed!

And then they had a huuuuuuge cake! If I will ever marry, I want a cake as huge as that one 

Hi Mom!

We had fun in the kitchen today! We pickled small cucumbers! First we had to wash them and then make  them a bath of hot salt water. You let the cucumbers cool in the water. Then you remove the water and heat vinegar with chopped onion, dill, pepper corns, mustard seeds. While the vinegar is cooking, you put the cucumbers in glass jars and add mustard seeds, dill, onion and pepper corns. The last step is filling the jars with the hot vinegar.
You can see all these steps on the pictures! And the final one shows me sitting on the glass jars 

Hi Mom!

It was so hot lately here that we didn't do much - except drinking tons of water    And of course we ate just light snacks and so we were really happy to have Sushi one day! You can see me trying different sorts of Sushi and there was also Soy-Sauce. That was a great meal!

Hi Mom!

Yesterday was the big Finale of the FIFA World Cup and so we toyvoyagers got ready. First, we had to decide which team we wanted to support. We did a poll and then decided to cheer for Holland. Hupp, Holland, Hupp!
So we took a Dutch flag and had some Dutch beer. Can you see the blanket we sat on? It has the World Cup mascot Zakumi on it!

You may also think: Who is this funny orange friend? I don't know him... That is Beesie, a friendly Dutch supporter! My host mom got it from a Dutch friend! Those little friends were given away at a Dutch supermarket - Beesie is cute and it was a lot of fun with her!

As you know, the evening did not end good for Holland 
The next day, we looked at a poster of the winning team!

Mom, I really liked the World Cup, but I'm happy that I don't have to listen to vuvuzelas any more 

Hi Mom!

It's a coming and going here around   

First we had to say Goodbye to Mandysheep and Fiorillo! They will travel on to new adventures!
But we also met a new TV, Dusel. He is from the European Toyvoyager-Trail!
He told us about his adventures!