Travelog for: miffy

Hi ,
I am miffy.  Perhaps you know one of my brothers or sisters or my father Dick Bruna. I really like to travel the whole world , but I am also a little bit scared .

There are no real rules , I just like to go with you and explore the place where you live.

I am just like all other boys , I like to look grown up , so please dress me up  or take me to cool places. Note of owner: no cigarretes, drugs or alcohol . My owner also thinks it's important I get a good education.

When you get me , please post photos on my blog  and tell about my adventures.

Traveling list:
-    Germany
-    Finland
-    Lithuania
-    America1
-    Texas
-    Florida
-    Chigago
-    Venezuela
-    Canada

please let me know If miffy can also come to you!

Hi,
Today I cycled with my owner ! we went trough the forests near a lake called "the oldemeyer"
It was really nice weather  and I even climbed a tree !

the past days miffy
1) traveled by train


2) secretly smoked a cigarette 

3) ate some fruit to compensate this bad behaviour

4)painted


5)had a drink @ V&D la place


6)helped me delivering newspapers

7) read a book with my mother




For some reason I can't upload my photos on toyvoyagers. So I did it with imgshack

Miffy went to the forest along with my mother, the dog and me. Afterwards I send miffy to Germany (yes poor miffy is inside that envelope ... ) Miffy is very excited to start his travel , I hope he arrives in good health.

Hi Mum,

I arrived at Bruchsal finally, but have to tell, that my host is ill right now, so she can't do anything with me for today and the next days. But she told me, that she will feel better soon, so I have to be a bit patient until I will see some nice places.

Bye, Miffy

Today I slept and slept and slept and slept too long until the cake was in the oven. Otherwise I would write a step by step recipe for you, how to bake a rhubarb cake. I've only seen the sponge cake (called Biskuitkuchen in German) in the oven.

In the afternoon we and some members of my host's family club from their church went on a walk from Bruchsal to Unteröwisheim. We had dinner in a Besenwirtschaft called Kannenbesen. A Besenwirtschaft is a tavern selling homegrown wine. They only open the tavern for a part of the year. We all enjoyed the walk there, although it took about 2 hours to walk there - ok, we had been a bit slowly, because we talked too much.

We had a nice view from the edge of the Kraichgau to the Rhine valley.




We also walked through nice loess hollow-ways.

In the evening we finished the filling for the Biskuitkuchen (sponge cake). We used rhubarb and 2 eggs, sugar, Vanillepuddingpulver (custard powder) and rhubarb of course.














Then we had to cut the cake in two layers and fill it with the rhubarb cream.










We only decorated it with a bit powder sugar on the top layer.

Today I helped my host to correct some tests of her third graders. They had to answer questions to the theme weather.

Today I want to show you the recipe for my host's most favorite white bread.

At first we need 1kg white flour, dried yeast, 600g water, 25gr margarine (if you don't have a cooked potato - and we had no) and 25gr salt. We had to leave the yeast dough alone for a longer while until it looked like this.






Then we rubbed the dish with margarine and powdered it with flour.

For Easter Sunday we baked another rhubarb cake.




At first we had to read the recipe. It is the one in the middle, although they used gooseberries there.




Then we started to prepare the dough.












We had to cook the rhubarb.




The pot seems to be a bit small




Another pot for custard.










Then we had to fill the baking dish with the short pastry.




In the afternoon at our host's parents home we were allowed to eat a piece of our cake. It didn't look that well this time, because the whipped egg whites was just too flat.




They also had another cake, but it wasn't selfmade.




In the evening we ate some coloured Easter eggs.

We are still on Easter break, that's why our host asked us, if we would like to walk with them to a house called Odenwaldhütte, which is in Bruchsal too. The weather was nice, that's why we all said yes. They had lunch there and then walked back home with us. We had to walk one hour each way - really a lot for our short legs.




On our way home we saw this cross.




Next to the new apostolic church we looked down on Bruchsal.




After only a few footsteps more we saw the backside of the building called Sancta Maria.

Today is the day of the big wedding in London. All tvs decided to sit in front of the tv and watch tv for hours. We even found a British flag. You see, that it was 9.30am, when we finally sat down.

We saw so many people on the road, who tried to see the lucky couple.




We saw many people in interesting uniforms.




This couple was interesting too. The boy-tvs took a look at David Beckham and the girl-tvs on his wife with her funny hat.




Oh, who is coming here? We're excited.




It's William and his brother Harry. They really look good - that's what the girl-tvs say




The queen and her husband and prince Charles and his wife are coming too.





Oh, exciting, exciting. Here's the bride. Who sees her dress first?





How cute! These little girls and boys and the bride's sister on the way to the church.




The bride arrived at the church finally. We want to see the dress!




Oh, how beautiful!




William and Harry




The church is really big and the way very long. They even put trees in the church.




It is 12pm plus some minutes and finally Williama and Kate are together in front of the priest.




Here they say their marriage promise.





He gives her the ring. We learnt, that in Great Britain it isn't unusual, that only the bride wears a ring as sign of her marriage.




They sind "Jerusalem".




Then they played a fanfare especially composed for the wedding.




Here they all sing "God safe the queen".




Then they all walk out of the church. Take a look at the train.




What a joy, when they walk out of the church door.




The weather is fine, that's why the climb in an open carriage.




That's the queen and her husband in a closed carriage. It was scary, when they climbed in it.




Finally William and Kate arrive at the palace,




while others are still on the way.




It was fascinating to see how disciplined those thousands of people walking behind the police until they finally arrived at the palace too.




Finally the royal family shows up on the balcony.




We are waiting for the kiss and then there were two kissed, but we missed the second.







At last the royal air force flew over the Buckingham palace.

It is a special day today: the 10th birthday of my host's nephew. Usually they live in Karlsdorf, but they are on holiday on a farm in Grafenloch, which belongs to Wolfach-Kirnbach. He and his family invited us to come to visit them at this lovely place. They even organized beautiful weather, so we had been able to sit outside in the sun. We went on a one hour walk in the forest and I loved to see the mountains, woods and interesting houses, the Black Forest house.


We took this photo next to the house. What a nice view!




These cows belong to the farm.












Here's the Black Forest House. The typical Black Forest farmhouse - also referred to as a Black Forest house – has been built in this form for hundreds of years. You will find it mainly in the central and southern Black Forest. Here you can read more about those houses.






The left and middle house you can see belong to the farm were we were today.




All buildings except the one on the top belong to the farm. Maybe you see, that there are some clouds - a little thunder came, but it avoided the house so we were able to sit outside and drink coffee and eat cakes.




Before we drove home, we played a while at the water. But then some more clouds came and we had to hurry, because this time the thunderstorm reached our place too. We were lucky to sit in the car, before it started.

Before we drove home we drove to Heidelsheim to bring my host's son and his girlfriend home to her family. She lives in Heidelsheim, one of the suburbs of Bruchsal.

There is a medieval tower, the Katzenturm, next to their house. You can read more about Heidelsheim here.