Travelog for: Turty

Turty has packed his pocket full of sunshine and is ready to start his journey!!

Turty is on his way to salzburg to his first host.
he should be there soon

Hi there!

The last weeks had been really hard here in Austria. Although it was not raining or snowing the weather was really bad... we had so much fog, you won't believe! And because of this weather our sightseeing was limited. But within the last days it got sunny.
Although there is still no snow here, we already visited the inner city of Salzburg, took a walk through the very famous "Getreidegasse", passing by "Mozarts Geburtshaus" and had some hot wine punch (called Glühwein here in Austria) and a baked potato.... yummy!!!!

So that's all for today... but as the weather is fine at the moment we can do more sightseeing!

Greetings from Austria.

Hi mom...

today I started my trip to my new host family!
Goodbye Salzburg, hello Vienna.... here I come!

hello my dears,

Today i reached my new host in vienna.



I was happy to go out of the dark and narrow box. And now, here i am



The first i saw were friendly looking fluffy toys. They welcomed me very heartily



After the long and strenuously journey i was tired and went to bed soon



Next morning i had a fine breakfast and a cup of coffee (decaffeinated of course) together with one of my new friends, the smart little dog named FUTZI



Later we went to the supermarket to get some foodstuff, first and foremost sweets for me. I was allowed to sit in the shopping trolley, there i had a fine general survey



In the next days, maybe on following weekend we will make a trip to the city of vienna. I am already excited. Send you many regards and kisses, see you soon

Hello,

last saturday evening i had a nice party day with fluffy toys of my hosters. We played a funny and excitingly parlour game named scotland yard.



It is a board game in which a team of players, as police, cooperate to track down a player controlling a criminal around a board representing the streets of London. I was the criminal, mr. x and had to hide in the streets.
Amy, the dog of my hosters helped me a little bit ;-)



It was very funny and I even won the game. Here you can see me at the awards ceremony



Yesterday i could relax and watched tv, the australian open tennis tournament final round between Novak Djokovic und Rafael Nadal. It was a very thrilling play



On the afternoon we planned to make a little walk to the Donauinsel. I had a look in the computer to be informed.



There i could read following:

The Donauinsel is a multifunctional project at the Danube with the ostensible purpose of regulating the Danube in the urban area of Vienna. it is a freestanding island between the main stream and the discharge canal. there are situated naturist beaches as well as a multifaceted bar scene.

Well, here we are. We visited one of the fishing boats (similar to little housboats)



In the background you can see the Floridsdorfer Brücke, one of the Viennese bridges across the Danube connecting the 21st district (Floridsdorf) with the 20th district (Brigittenau) and the Handelskai (it is a very long street in Vienna, in fact one of the longest in the city. It stretches over some 8,5 km along the Danube)



Danube, millenium tower, the school ship, nordbahnbrücke (railway bridge)
The milleniumtower is the uppermost high rise office bulding of vienna at the moment, hight 202 m, built in the year 1999



The Schulschiff Vienna. it is a ship anchoring on the Danube in which is located a secondary high school



here i am watching ducks swimming on the danube



I had much fun with my hosters dog, the little terrier Amy. She is really a jumping dog which loves timber sticks  ;-)





Graffiti



Donauinsel, a flying kite and view to the Donauturm



We went by car to our next target



The Donaupark with the Donauturm
The donauturm is the highest building of austria, hight 252 m, it is a lookout tower and one oft he landmarks of vienna, with two revolving restaurants at a height of 160 and 170 metres







the donauturm is surrounded by the donaupark. The donaupark was created in 1963 and 1964 on an island between the Danube and the Old Danube under the auspices of the 1964 Vienna International Garden Festival







Following weekend, maybe, we will visit the centre of vienna and its famous buildings. I am already excited. Send you many greetings.

today we made a trip to the neusiedlersee / burgenland
(the second largest steppe lake in central europe) and took a walk on the ice near the village of rust.
The ice was frozen extremely clear, it was shining in the sun like a mirror and you cold see trough the ice to the bottom of the sea. The temperatur was -11°c and really chilly







In the village of rust we could espy a stork on one of the rooftops (unfortunately the picture is a little bit unfocused) this poor stork, why does he not spend this cold months in southern regions like all his other conspecifics? Hope he will stand this icy temperatures



Later we visited some angus blackbulls on a farmstead



Please show courtesy to the greylag geese



We thought they are still in their summer residences, but few minutes later we could see a big swarm of this birds



Best wishes and greetings

sightseeing in Vienna

Hi my dears at home. Today i had fine hours in the first district. We started at the Vienna State Opera (was the first major building on the Ringstraße, opened 1869, there will take place the annual Wiener Opernball on 16.02.2012)







View to the Kärnterstraße and Stephansdom





Souvenir, souvenir



Kärnterstraße (is the most famous shopping street in central Vienna . It runs from the Stephansplatz out to the Wiener Staatsoper at Karlsplatz on the Ringstraße)







Oberer Gerichtshof in the Justizpalast (supreme court of justice – law courts)



A hooded crow was disturbed by our viewing 



It was sooo could outside as you cann see by this steaming drain


Austrian Parliament Building (The main construction lasted from 1874 to 1883. Built in a greek revival style)















View to the Viennese Volksgarten (public park in the Innere Stadt, the first district of Vienna and part of the Hofburg, it was opened to the public in 1820)







This was a very interesting turn we have taken in the first district of vienna but the temperatures had made me freezing like a dog and i was hungry. So we made a stop at a Wiener Würstelstand.
The warm drink there and the fine frankfurters have revitalized me 



in the evening i will fall asleep very soon i guess. I send you many greetings and kisses

Hi,

yesterday i cold do a little bit cooking. Together with my hosters i made *geselchtes mit kartoffelpüree und zwiebelringen* (smoked meat, potatomash and fried onion rings ) a typical austrian meal. Hmmmm tasted very fine






Now it is still snowing here in vienna since yesterday evening. Pretty to watch.

Hello my dears

Today i had a little walk together with my hosters and their dog amy to the marchfeldkanal (a constructed  channel to supply the vegetable farmers in the environment with water from the danube; it has a length of appr. 18 kilometers and is also a recreation area for the residents)



Also beavers have settled down here and make a good job with felling trees ;-)


Also amy likes the first snow of this season

Send you best wishes and regards

Hello my dears at home,

today i had my last day in vienna which i spent in the office of my hosters together with the office mascot NANA.

We had a lot of fun in exploring the rooms and facilities. Also we helped our hosters doing their job. We watered the flowers




Helped to make the alphabetical filing




Here we are making scans from ourselves




Time flies and later in the afternoon it was time to make me ready for the next trip to switzerland.

NANA put me on the scales to be able to fill in the receipt of the post office.




And then we had to part and say good bye. We have made good friends and we both were sadly to have to part now. NANA implicitly wants to go in to the box and come with me




But i had to travel alone to my next target. Besides, NANA has to do her job here in the office and could not leave. We kissed each other.




And kissed




And kissed




Bye bye NANA. We had a fine time together, i will miss you. Bye bye

Finally arrived here in Winterthur a few days ago. Unfortunately my host has a lot of work to catch up and so I'm just cruising. I met LoverBear today and we're having a lot of fun together. Hopefully I can soon go to visitit Zurich with him.
Talk to you later!
Turty

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Today me and LoverBear were taken to the garden. The sun was shining and we got to see some of the early spring flowers. We even climbed a tree. Zurich tomorrow and I can't wait. LoverBear has his little mission to fulfill and I get to join him. Zurich seems to be a very cool city and I'm very excited.