Travelog for: Knut

Hey Mum!

We took a quick walk down to the river Weser, because Juls wanted to show us the gorgeous yacht that is currently being repaired in the docs on the other side. There are many shipyards lining the left side of the Weser. Some for repairing, some for constructing and some for interior design.
It was very posh. Roughly: 1m = 1 million euro. That is before taxes. And before interior design. Anyway it was a treat to see one of them. They frequent here a lot and are then forwarded to Dubai, America...
Hey, maybe I can make cruise one day....

More soon!
Knut
xxx

Hey Mum!

We finally made into town
So at last I got to see some of the famous sites of Bremen. The town musicians, the famous chocolaterie "Hachez", the cathedral.
Spring arrived at last and it was nice to go out for a bit. We had bubble Tea. THE drink that is currently en vogue. Little shops are popping up all over town. It was Juls first Bubble Tea too (she didn't like it - so we could have it all!)

Later that night we went to visit a friend. They own this huge fish tank! It some 2m wide! And it was so many colorful fish inside!
Finally I met "Socke" (engl. socks - yes the clothing). He is such an enormous cat. He looks a bit scary but he is a dear and would even hold still for a couple of pictures!

love
Knut
xxx

Hey Mum,

the other day we went to a castle museum! It was so exciting. It has a lot of regional exhibits from Bremen, from all time periods.
We saw the femur of a mammoth!!!!!!! It was found near Bremen.
And then there was this funny bike which people used to cycle on. I can't imagine how that must have looked.
There was the original kitchen from back when the castle was built and exhibits on the man who built it, he was a real adventurer: he brought stuff back with him from all over the world. Peacocks from China, shrink heads from Africa....

Juls also took me on her holiday trip to Scotland.
More on that asap :-*

And then I will continue my journey across Germany. Can't wait to meet my new host and search for easter eggs!
Knut

Greetings from ye olde Edinburgh, capital of Scotland.

For a long weekend I accompanied Juls on her holiday up north!
Sadly the weather was less then good. We had coast fog on a daily bases. That is why most of the pictures we took liked like this:

The 1st picture actually shows me some 20m in front of Edinburgh castle!
here's a link in case you want to see what it looks like: castle

Hey Mum,

look what I found: sunshine!
Once we left the city for a day trip around the country, the weather improved. So this is me at Glen Coe.
Nasty piece of scottish history took place here: The clan of Campbell slaughtered the clan of MacDonald.
Their graves can be found a on a wee island on Loch Leven. There is a even a song about the massacre. (Juls thinks it's too nice a song to describe this terrible event. But what do you think?)
The Corries - Massacre of Glencoe

Same day - new location!

Later that day we reached Loch Ness! I was looking out for Nessie- but it never showed itself.
This is me in front of Urquhart Castle. It is only a ruin, but it's nickname was Guardian of the Glen. It sits right at the shore of Loch Ness. It is pretty cool. It was built round about 1230 AD.
Here we went for a little hiking and we had a good view of the Glen.
Loch Ness is the second largest body of fresh water in all of Britain! The largest is in Scotland too: Loch Lomond. Anyway the Highlands are so cool!

Hey Mum,

back in Bremen I am preparing for take off again.
Soon I'll continue my trip. Juls has promised to drop me off at the post office tomorrow or the day after.
I am going to miss Blou Beer but I am sure to make new friends.

Love
Knut

Hello there!

I arrived safely at FraJ and I told her about my past stays.

Good Friday we have been a walk in Coblenz. On the Baldwin Bridge we had a good look at our today's destination: The German Corner.



In the back you can see the fortress Ehrenbreitstein. Built in 1828 by the Prussian King Frederick III. The fortress was never involved in combat operations and soon had no strategic significance.
And the old town of Coblenz:



On our way we passed a water playground.
At the temperatures I was feeling very well, but FraJ didn't want that I get wet 



Jahaa, here I am! In Rhineland-Palatinate!



And here the Emperor William I. watching on his horse over the German Corner.



And here the German corner from the top!



And beside the fortress Ehrenbreitstein again.



Here, the view from the top of the German Corner on the monument and the old town up the Moselle.



And up the Rhine:



Finally, a look at the monument



On the way back we passed the Liebfrauen church



In the evening we painted a few eggs.
FraJ told me how to make Sorbian eggs. Fraj is originally from Cottbus. Her family makes the eggs a little different than the old sorbian, but the eggs look very pretty. Almost too good to eat. I've tried it and I painted a pretty breakfast-egg! 



I look forward to an exciting month in Rhineland-Palatinate 

Greetings!

Cya Knut

Hellooo from sunny St.Goarshausen!

Today we visited St.Goarshausen and made a picknick on the three castles view.

I wouldn't tell much. Look at the great pictures and let them speak 











St.Goarshausen is so popular because there was the legend by the Lorelei:
The ballad told that a mermaid, called Lorelei was sitting on a rock and attracted by her voice, the Rhine boatmen, because of their beautiful singing, don't respected the dangerous currents and rocks and shattered their fishing boats. Her long blond hair she combed with a golden comb. And last year there is a ship ran aground again...
And Katz Castle in the background is unfortunately in Japanese private ownership. We can not visit then. The Lorelei we could not visit because there was an event. 



But the trip was nice and I hope that April is still warm and sunny 

Greetings!

Cya Knut

Helloooooooo!

Because it rains constantly and FraJ has a lot to do, we have organized a game night!

Roscoe is a rescue pet from FraJ. He can't travel cause he have to be with FraJ all the time. But he wasn't a lucky player. He lost in every single game we played in the evening...

First we played a game called Looping Louie: A funny guy wants to steal our chicken  but not my chicken!



And we've played ludo or in german: "Mensch ärgere dich nicht"





...and much fun I had at Dice





And "mill" was a difficult game against Roscoe



The most fun I had with Rummy ... We have played many rounds





Totally tired we went to bed ...

Cya and greetings!

Hiya

Today we were in Braubach. First we were in the Rose Garden and I climbed up on the fountain in the middle of the complex:









There is also a war memorial and you have a beautiful view of the Marksburg:







And on the way to Marksburg there is a very interesting sign:



Beware of squirrels!?! 
But we have seen no dangerous squirrels 

Tomorrow we're going to see Lahnstein and then I am ready to travel to my next host!

Cya soon!

Hello!

Today we took a walk through Lahnstein.
Finally the weather is good again and we walked along the river Lahn.





Very interesting is the Inn on the River Lahn. The building is very old and even Goethe ate there.
But even there, the high water level of the flood of the century is recorded.





Have been unimaginable how much water the river Lahn must!





Next, we have discovered the "Baareschesser". For the protection of groundwater, the people in lower Lahnstein have facilitated in baares and not in pits. The upper Lahnsteiner found it not very nice to have kept the butt against them.
Since then there is a small feud between Upper and Lower Lahnstein... 





So I had to sit down once on the Baare:



And here you can already see castle Stolzenfels ... Beautiful!



Because in the grass grow on so many dandelions, I grabbed one!







And again Stolzenfels:







And now I say goodbye to Rhineland-Palatinate!



I'm looking forward to RikeH, my next host! 

Hello Mum, 

I arrived in Sülfeld. Dicker Kumpel is the host here – he gave me a warm welcome.



Then he introduced me to his other guests.



Later I went into the garden – I found some nice plants.





I talked to this funny guys.



Look – I had a flower hat!





Love
Knut

Hi Mum,

We went to a city near to Sülfeld, called Bad Segeberg. The weather was not nice, but we had no rain.

Behind me you can see the church.



We went onto a hill – and had a look in the theatre.



In the other direction I saw a nice lake.





Later we saw these nice ducks next to a little lake.





Look – I loved this sculpture.



Love
Knut

Hi Mum,

Today we visited Dicker Kumpel’s Grandma. We had something delicious to eat.



Later we heard some music outside and went onto the balcony. There was the Schützenfest – and the marksmen walked through the streets.



It was really interesting.





There was a car of the fire service at the end.



Yours
Knut