Travelog for: DuDu

I said goodbye to DuDette and just hung out for awhile with Cheerio and Aslan.

I'm free to travel again.  Please contact KyoSnowball if you want to host me.

Hope to come visit you soon,

DuDu

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Hi, DuDette, thanks for the postcard with the upside down stamp.    Are you really coming home?  Soon?  I’ll be camping in the mailbox.  Your mom says she loves you, too; I want to talk to you in private.    Hugs from your mom and me.  We miss you, goodnight,

DuDu

Ah!! 

I almost fainted again to see that DuDette posted a photo just for me, very glamourous.  I can’t take my eyes off of it.  My host took an iPod screen shot of it so we can take it with us when we go off-line.  We are going for a walk now.  Wish you were here, DuDette.

Bye for now,

DuDu

Absence is such sweet sorrow.  I will wait for you, DuDette.

Love,

DuDu

DuDette and I are very happy to announce that we have eloped. 

Please join us at DuDette’s Travelog for updates.

Living happily ever after,

DuDu

Hi Mum,

I arrived in Germany. DuDette and I will have a nice time here, I think.















If you want to see more, please look at DuDette’s travellog.

Yours
DuDu

Hello Mum.

I spend a nice weekend with DuDette in Potsdam an Berlin. Here you can see some photos of both of us.



















Love
DuDu

Hi Mum,

We spent a wonderful time here in Germany – and in Spain – with RikeH and Dicker Kumpel.

But now it is time to travel to the next host.

Before we jumped into our envelope we made a last trip through the garden – and had our last photos here.







We searched for something to eat and found grapes.



And Apples.










Bye funny guys…



Then we were sad – we had to say goodbye to Dicker Kumpel. He is such a great host and we learnt so much from him.



We will miss him!



Then we got a hug by the others TVs here.



Now we are on our way to the next host.

Love
DuDu

Dear Mum

DuDette and I had a quick trip to Heidelberg and were warmly greeted by a bunch of ToyVoyagers. There's also a cat living here who likes mice as friends so we're going to pose for some pictures very soon.





Bye for now,
DuDu

Dear Mum

Today we went hiking in the nature reserve Neckartal-Odenwald. First we took a bus to the mountain of Königsstuhl. There's also a cable car going to its top but currently it runs only part of the track, due to maintenance works. However, we had a short look at the funicular railway station.





The trail we followed is called Via Naturae and covers about 8 km of the nature reserve.





The first few hundred meters are part of the nature education trail for children and we saw some interesting things there.





Some of the trees still had some berries but most of them were already rotten.



After about one hour of walking we came to a forest lodge where we rested and ate some bread and an apple.







We saw some mushrooms.



As we walked on, we saw this stand for rangers.



Shortly before we reached the end of the trail we rested again on a log because the sun was shining so warmly on it.



It was a great day and we hope to see more of Heidelberg soon.

Bye,
DuDu

Dear Mum

How are you doing? I'm fine. Last weekend DuDette and I went to France with nuriayasmin, her daughter and some other TV's. We spent two very nice days in Strasbourg which is situated directly at the German-French border. It took us just two hours by train to get there but we had to change trains twice. The central railway station of Strasbourg is very modern, you can see it behind us.



At the hotel all TV's gathered around the guide book to decide where to go and learn something about Strasbourg's history.



The city centre of Strasbourg is practically an island as two canals and the river Ill flow around it.  Here you can see us in front of the canal Fossé du Faux and the St. Jean church.



Some of the beautiful old houses were built very close to the water.



This restaurant had an Alsatian name. The Alsatian language is similar to German and was spoken widely in the region but it's becoming extinct now. However, many of the streets in the city centre still have a sign which shows their name both in Alsatian and in French.



This is something we found very funny, we discovered it in Petite France, the most beautiful part of the city centre with many old houses and small alleys - and lots of tourists.



The Maison Kammerzell was built in the 16th century and is a restaurant nowadays.



One of the towers of the cathedral is 142 m high and made it impossible to take a picture of the whole building. They started to built the cathedral in 1176 and only finished it in 1439.



We started the second day with a walk along the canal Rempart.



We would have liked to make friends with that swan but he wasn't interested.



Here you can see us at the Place de la République. It seems that all French towns have a Place de la République to remember the French revolution from 1789.



There was also a memorial for the soldiers who died in Southeast Asia and North Africa during World War II.



When we walked back to the city centre we passed this beautiful old church but don't know the name of it.



Unfortunately we also forgot what this building was but it looks interesting, doesn't it?



There were so many souvenir shops that it was impossible to avoid them so we took a look around.



Last not least we climbed the 329 steps to the viewing terrace of the cathedral and were rewarded with a spectacular view over the city and its surroundings.



There were a lot of inscriptions and we tried to read some of them.





Before we left Strasbourg we took a last group photo at the hotel to show off our souvenirs. Nuriayasmin had bought quite a few postcards and an oven mitt and her daughter had bought this cute stork who will move to Heidelberg now.



We really had a great time and hope you enjoyed looking at our pictures. Bye for now.

Dudu

Dear Mum

It has become quite cold here so I prefer to stay at home at the moment. DuDette and I have made friends with our host's cat Sammy. He sleeps a lot and doesn't mind us to cuddle up next to him to get warm. He doesn't look at us like mice or toys at all, he's a wonderful cat. Here are some photos.













Bye,

Dudu

Dear Mum

Today we said good-bye to Priscilla, the cute dolphin who had accompanied us and the other visiting TV's to Strasbourg. She's going to visit fam-united and we hope she has a lot of fun there.



Then DuDette and I went outside to play a little and this is the entrance of the house where we currently live.



When we returned we were very hungry and ate a piece of yummy pizza.



Afterwards we saw the huge pile of clothes waiting to be ironed.



As nuriayasmin had received a call from work asking her to come although she was supposed to have a day off today, we helped her with the ironing.



Lots of hugs and kisses,
Dudu

Dear Mum!

I went to the zoo. Heidelberg has only got a small zoo but we nevertheless saw some interesting animals.



This is no real turtle but it looks nice, doesn't it?



This shows you how big a cangaroo's foot is. We both fit in.



There was a small waterfall in front of the apes' house.



DuDette and I made friends with some goats.





We watched the seals swimming in their pool.





The big cats are fed at 4.30 am except for Saturdays. Unfortunately we saw just a lion from a distance, all the other big cats were hiding somewhere.



The merkats were really funny to watch.



We strolled to the elephants'.



That elephant in the background turned its back on us.



So we just read some information about the elephants. There are four young male Asian elephants living at the zoo.



This otter looks very cute but we don't like it, we saw it eating a mouse!!!



This bird tried to bite (or eat *scream') us but we were faster.



Last not least, the North Sea scenery.



I really had a nice day.

DuDu.