Travelog for: Schnattchen

Hi, this is Königs Wusterhausen my home in Germany. It is very nice here but I am drawn into the great world beyond. I would like to learn about new cultures and customs, and travel around as many countries as possible. I hope that my journey will begin soon.

Today it has finally come, I come to my first trip. It goes to Oklahoma City.
I am very nervous and I am excited for new acquaintances.

If you don't know what Steampunk is, you are missing a lot of fun! It's very community related. I highly recommend checking out Airship Isabella's website and forums.

Cpt. Cedric Greyhawk Whittaker of Airship Isabella and Ambassador Mordecai Hale posed in a professional photo with me and the other Toyvoyagers who went to the Expo with me. Airship Isabella are wonderful people! They make and sell really awesome Steampunk items. Not only that, but they share resources! They are more than happy to answer questions, give you advice in making your own stuff, and love seeing what you can make. They take commissions on a lot of various Steampunk related things.

The rest of the photos are of me (and the other TV's) at the convention. Cpt Amelia of Airship Horizons (our host) took the other photos.

Look at all these amazing Steampunk ornaments we've been making! They are amazing. We're going to be making bigger ornaments and some Steampunk Snowmen softies too! The xmas tree will will look so cool, but it won't go up until after Thanksgiving Day (an American Holiday).

We went to Hooters to eat and watch UFC (Ultimate fighting Championship). We didn't get many photos because it was hectic but fun. Turned out there was an OU game (Oklahoma University Football) and they weren't showing UFC, so we paid for our appetizers and went to Buffalo Wild Wings. We had to wait an hour or more for a table because it was already packed. Despite this, we had a great time.

When we got home, we made more Steampunk ornaments out of polymer clay and paint. It was a lot of fun making them. We've made a lot of ornaments, all handmade, and we have more to make (it's a full sized christmas tree). This Thursday is Thanksgiving and we'll be putting up the xmas tree this weekend!

So, I learned that a long time ago, Pilgrims came to America, from England, to get away from religious persecution and the Native Americans helped them survive on the land and taught them many things. Religious persecution is the mistreatment of people because of their religious beliefs. The Pilgrims actually thought that this was India, which is why they called the Native Americans "Indians". There was a big feast that the Pilgrims and "Indians" had together in late November, but no one knows exactly when, so now Thanksgiving Day is on the fourth Thursday in November.

There was more history in this time including the Native Americans being forced off their land. Oklahoma is part of the Trail of Tears where Native Americans were marched into reservations and many of them died. This part of the history is quite terrible and sad. However, they still celebrate Thanksgiving Day in America and it's all about giving thanks for what you have and being with your family.

I got to enjoy Thanksgiving with my Host Amelia and several other TV's and we all helped out with making dinner...

Jinny's Masataku
Mischa's Paul
Katie's Charles
MamiTig's Myka
Xadrian's Drashuven
Mellialida's Mr.Shawn
GubbL's Kalso
Klubwerks (my host) Toki, Mulvane (Mully), Fleece, and Chico

We did not put up all of the ornaments because we all agreed that more of the ornaments were too dark to see as well as they would show on a white tree! Our host says that if the white tree turns out good enough she may donate the current tree. It will be fun decorating another tree.

I'm getting presents under the xmas tree. Only one is for me so far, but Toki told me that she is making me a present too!

I met some my host's toys today. I met Thai, the big yellow duck. He's a big gentle giant and he's adorable. I also met Lily the frog, Holiday (the bigger snowman), and Starshine (the smaller snowman).

Amelia (my host) also showed me two special ornamrnts, a koi and sushi xmas ornament. They were sparkly and pretty.

My host got a few small xmas gifts today which included a ducky bath toy. He's been named German, after all the German TV's she had visiting.

Also, she handmade a new tiny toy last night. His name is Mr. Poley and he's a little polar bear. He's my size!

Some toy adoptions arrived today! We got to meet Percival Hippo, Waddle Penguin, and Stretchy Ostrich. Our hosts employers gave us a glass bottle of candy too! We enjoyed being at work with our host today!

Hi Mom!!

We decorated the Christmas Tree today. My host Amelia made all the ornaments herself, with the exception of a few sentimental ornaments. Tannen the Bedtime Bear ornament is one of the toys that lives here. I got to meet all of the xmas toys that live here too.

I posed in Jane's Hat, from the tv series Firefly. Then I helped make some treats called "Puppy Food". It's not really puppy food and it's really yummy!

The household decided to open presents early this year. They wanted plenty of time to play with thier presents over the weekend. Everyone in the house caught a terrible cold, so presents made everyone feel better too.

So, we toyvoyagers decided to open presents too! My host made me a such a lovely red dress with a pretty white collar, and a pastel scarf. I love my dress the best because it's so pretty! Thank for my gifts!

Oh, and it's supposed to snow this weekend. We'll see!

Mr. Shawn and I went for some Mexican food at Los Vasqueros. We ate some tasty queso and a Chile Relleno dinner. We had a nice time.

I finally got around to adding a little something of my own to the TV Memory Book. I met two TV's Sookie (penguin) and Sveni (moose). We really didn't do much today. I should be doing something more fun this upcoming weekend.

Cheers!