Travelog for: Dusel

Hi Mom!

Today we visited the famous Kadriorg Park! It is a wonderful place to spend nice afternoons. There is this great swan lake at the entrance to the park and also a wonderful cafe.
People go there to have a walk, a run or just sit on a bench and read a book. We also saw the President's residence. Then we went from this park to the sea promenade where you can find a huge monument.
We also visited the KuMu, a museum for art. We saw an exhibition and then had a bite to eat in the restaurant there.

So Mom, tomorrow we will go back to Helsinki and then we fly home!

Hi Mom!

We are back at home now and of course we had a lot to do: There was the laundry, and giving away the souvenirs.
So we enjoyed our free time at home at the balcony.

You can see that our host mom has a small vegetable garden on the balcony. She has tomatoes there, cucumbers, beans, pomegranate, herbs, pepper, but also flowers.

We really like gardening and of course also eating the vegetables!

Hi Mom!

Today we met new friends: Truska, a funny pink bunny, and Tigger, our host mom's own toyvoyager. Tigger is just here for a few days while his Mom is organizing a new host.

We talked about our travel adventures and they asked about our vacation. So we showed them some souvenirs, for exampel our Moomin postcards! They also really liked our Moomin cookie cutter 

We also showed them the pictures of our vacation!

Hi Mom!

It's time for me to travel on! My next host is waiting in the UK for me and I can't wait to get there!

No, Mom, I'm not riding on this pig there  I will hop in an envelope!

Bye Austria!

Hi Mum,

I have arrived in wet Wales. My host had just returned from walking her son to school to find that the postman had left two parcels in the porch. Returning home was Squizzle in one packet, and I was in the other.
My host's toys and visitors gave me a warm welcome

Hi Mum,

Today, we have come to the Ffestiniog Railway in Porthmadog. We are going on a train to Blaenau Ffestiniog and then will come back to Porthmadog.

We are leaving Porthmadog station.

The tide is high in the estuary. There is a little island in the estuary.

We are travelling first class, though I have to share a seat with Mira, alfie langer, Charlie B., and dotdog

We arrived in Blaenau Ffestiniog and my host took me to see the engine. On route, I wanted to rest for a minute.

There's our nice engine.

It has to go to the other end of the train now.

We popped into the shop. Do I like Thomas the Tank Engine?

Look at the raindrops on the window.

It is a bit grey out there.

We cross a level crossing. Choo choo....

Back in Porthmadog, the tide has gone out.

Hi Mum,
Today, we went to Caernarfon Castle. The Castle is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The castle lies on the Menai Straits and on the River Seiont. Those hills in the background are in Snowdonia.

The dais was used for Prince Charles' Investiture as the Prince of Wales in 1969.

We've come round to the other side. We could have watched the video of the investiture.

Amazing castle.

Hello Mum,
Today we jumped on some buses as we took my host's relative back to the station. We went on to the Isle of Anglesey to a well-known but not well-said village - Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.

We are 4241 miles from Miami, 3262 miles from New York....

There is a station. The sign gives an approximate pronunciation of the name.

After lunch in nearby Menai Bridge, we walked across the Menai Bridge which spans the Menai Straits.

There is a second bridge, the Britannia Bridge which also crosses the Straits.

On Menai Bridge, someone has placed a GeoCache. My host had previously found it one lunchtime and was on the verge of giving up....

We then got to the "mainland" to wait for the bus to take us into Bangor and then for another bus on home.

Hello Mum,
Today, we have come to see Bryn Celli Ddu. This started out as a henge but was covered to become a burial mound with a chamber. It dates back to the Neolithic period.

Below is the entrance.

I think we can squeeze through that gap.

Here we are in the chamber

In the photo below, just above Charlie B. is a letter from someone to a friend who died.

Hi Mum,
Today was a happy and sad day. Orpheus arrived but dotdog was leaving.

Safe travels dotdog.

Hi Mum,
Today, we had a GeoCaching day, in and around the Snowdonian village of Llanberis.

First off, was a walk around Coed Doctor, a community woodland.

The first cache was easy to find.

The second was easy to find but hard to get to - my host's son was put on to my host's husband's shoulders to retrieve the cache.

And the third cache here was near the lake.

The next cache was high up in the hills.

The cache is in the Snowdon View series.

Snowdon is visible in this picture.

Hi Mum,
Today, we have come to Barclodiad-Y-Gawres, a Neolithic chambered cairn. It was a public grave for the local farming community.

It is situated on the Anglesey coast.

Nice and peaceful

Hi Mum,
Today, we have come back to Anglesey, to Din Lligwy. There is a Neolithic burial chamber constructed before 3000 B.C. Also, there is a Roman-British settlement of stone buildings, and the ruins of a medieval chapel.

The chapel was built in the 12th century with some rebuilding in the 14th century and an extension in the 16th century.

Can you see me on the wall?

There was a bell.

You can see some of the North Anglesey coast.

We have come to the settlement. The site was excavated in the early 20th century, finding various things from the 3rd and 4th century including animal bones with some made into tools and even a musical instrument.

There were a few buildings in this settlement.

This was a large building.

My host took this photo from outside the "building".

A slightly closer look at us.

This is the burial chamber, constructed before 3000 B.C., and was excavated in the early 20th century after the settlement. The capstone weighs 25 tons.

It is a big slab!

My host's son was able to go underneath the capstone.

Hello Mum,

I arrived in Sülfeld today. Dicker Kumpel gave me a warm welcome.



Then he introduced me to the others.



It is dark outside, so we didn't make more photos. But I am sure that we will write more soon.

Love
Dusel

Hi Mum,

Today arrived a new ToyVoyager. He is called Frankie_Blue and he shared his Halloween-Sweets with us.



Then we went outside to make a walk. Here you see us...



...on a big tractor.



Look - a beautiful plant and a lady beetle.



The autumn starts - the trees change their colors.





First I saw this little river...



...later a little lake.



We passed a dangerous place - it is the house of the shooting club.



Love

Dusel