Travelog for: Pauli

Hallo Mami,

heute bin ich bei meiner Gastgeberin Steffi und ihrem TV Lui in England angekommen.
Die Reise war anstrengend den mein Reiseumschlag wurde beschädigt und ich daraufhin extra nochmal eingetütet. Aber keine Panik Mama, mir geht es gut.
Steffi und Lui sprechen Deutsch, das macht die Sache viel einfacher aber ich werde versuchen während meines Aufenthalts meine Englisch Kenntnisse zu verbessern.

Nachdem Steffi mich aus der Tüte und dem Umschlag befreit hatte wurde ich von Lui mit englischen Keksen begrüßt. Gleich darf ich noch Flugzeuge sehen und heute Abend zum Taekwondo Training.

Steffi hat auch schon Fotos gemacht, jedoch noch Probleme sie zu posten.

Viele Grüße aus Ilchester, Pauli

Hello Mummy, today we explored the beautiful garden and the magnificent Elizabethan house in MONTACUTE.

The house is surrounded by 300 acres of parkland, the Montacute House was built between 1588 and 1601 by Sir Edward Phelips and was the home of the Phelips family for over 300 years.
The house has an H-shaped ground plan with many renaissance features including plasterwork and heraldic glass.

The layout of the 12 acre garden is contemporary with the house, but the planting is 19 th century.

Today was a Craft and Farmers Market at the Montacute house, we bought Fudge a Sunflower bread.

We also went to Yeovil for food shopping. Yeovil is a town and civil parish in south Somerset, England.
It has palaeolithic remains, was on an old Roman road and was recorded in the Domesday Book as the town of Givle, and later became a centre for the glove making industry. During the Middle Ages the population of the town suffered from the Black Death and several serious fires. In the 20th century it developed into a centre of the aircraft and defence industries, which made it a target for bombing in the Second World War, with one of the largest employers being AgustaWestland who manufacture helicopters.

But Steffi und Lui live in Ilchester.
Ilchester is a village and civil parish, situated on the River Yeo or Ivel, five miles north of Yeovil, in the English county of Somerset. The parish, which includes the village of Sock Dennis (also known as Stock-Dennis) and the old parish of Northover, has a population of 2,021. Sock Dennis lies on the Monarch's Way long-distance footpath.
In the Roman period, the village was named Lindinis and was the site of a fort and then a town on the Fosse Way. It eventually served as one of two regional capitals for the Durotriges tribe. There is evidence of continuous occupation from the Roman and Saxon eras.

Steffi made new pictures but still got problems resizing them. But she will poste them later on to my Travelog.

Pauli

Hello Mummy, today I spend my day in Bristol.
First I went shopping at IKEA, than we got nearly lost in traffic - trying to find a parking space to go into the town center.

You need to know Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100. So you see Mummy, a lot of people, a lot of traffic, to many round abouts and we are not from there!

At the town center we went to the Carport Circus Mall! This mall is huge! I have never seen a place like that! And Mummy, I had Sushi for lunch. Later I went to a German Christmas Market in Bristol. For some reason the UK likes German Christmas Markets, there are everywhere.

Steffi made more pictures but there are still to big to be posted

Steffi finally found a way to make her pictures smaller.

The pictures below show:
My Welcome Party
Me eating cookies
Me shopping at Carpon Circus in Bristol
Me eating Sushi.
My visit to the Christmas Market.

Pictures from our visit to the Montacute House!

Me and Lui at the Icehouse.
Me and Lui at Montacute Garden.
Me and Lui in front of Montacute House.

Hello Mummy, today Steffi went with me on a ride on her bike.

We tried to go to the postoffice in Ilchester but is was closed allready, so Steffi decided to show me the village.

Below you can see me ...

... in the village center
... at the River YEO
... Pauli calling home
... looking for cheese
... riding on the bike
... meeting some sheeps

The people in England do not realy have "Nikolaus" but my host Steffi is from Germany. She got me my own little Chocolate Nikolaus. Yummy!

Today I help my host cleaning the cache of her pets and I was brave enough to meet them.
Later I played hide and seek in my hosts "Weihnachtsstern", Steffis new TV Mr. Bean found me later

Hello Mummy, this morning when I got up it was already raining but  my host Steffi took me and Mr Bean to the Old Wardour Castle close to Tisbury/ Wiltshire today.

The castle was built on land previously owned by the St Martin family, but when Sir Lawrence de St Martin died in 1385 it was handed over to John, the fifth Baron Lovell for reasons unknown. It was built using locally quarried Tisbury greensand,with William Wynford as the master mason,after Baron Lovell had been granted permission by Richard II in 1392.It was inspired by the hexagonal castles then in fashion in parts of the Continent, particularly in France; but its own six-sided design is unique in Britain, as is its inclusion of several self-contained guest suites.

The rain would not stop but Steffi still took me for Geocaching close to the Castle as well. I had a lot of fun. Good night Mummy.

Hello Mummy, we are at the Airport in London (Heathrow) and we are waiting for our plain to Germany (Munich).

My host Steffi is going to visit her parents in Germany for Christmas and New Years Eve.

Steffi told me that I will be able to see some snow and her home town. I am sure my host will make some new pictures!

This morning we took the bus to London, in London Hammersmith wie took the Underground for the Airport. A long journey - but I like it so far!

See you soon Mummy, Pauli

Hello Mummy, I am in Germany now.

Like I told you last time, my host is visiting her parents for Christmas. My host Steffi told me that I will visit another country soon I am looking forward to my next trip.

The "home" village of my current host is a village with some history.

Kaisheim was the local High Reeve's office and belonged to the Imperial Abbey, Kaisheim Abbey. The Abbey was founded in 1133 by Graf Heinrich III von Lechsgemünd and his wife Liutgard. The abbey was probably already given Imperial Abbey status before 1370, however it was not until 1656 that the Imperial immediacy or sovereignty from the immediate lord was recognized

Since the German Mediatisation of 1803, Kaisheim has belonged to Bavaria and from the Bavarian reform edict of 1818 the present day community arose. Kaisheim was given market rights and is sometimes referred to as Markt Kaisheim.
The Latin title given to the town was "Caesarea" from "Kaisersheim"

My host showed me the village center and took some pics. (pictures will be posted later on).

Pauli

Dear Mummy, I have a wonderful time in Germany. My host Steffi told me that I will visit Hong Kong next. I am realy exited.

Here are some pictures from Kaisheim:

Me in front of the Kaisheimer Abbey
Me and the Kaisheimer "Torturm"
Look Mummy, "bad" Pauli in front of the Kaisheimer Jail
Pauli in front of a Bavarian "Biergarten" (to bad it was closed)
Pauli on tour on the "Bavarian Pilgerweg"
In front of some old "Monk leftovers"
and visiting some duks in Donauwoerth

Merry Christmas!

Today my host Steffi took me to the post office.

Mummy, I am on my way to my next host!

See you soon.

This is Tsim Sha Tsui, a district that full of tourists and shopping malls.
Behind me is the Clock Tower of the Former Train Terminal,
it is next to the Star Ferry Pier (Kowloon Side).

Can you see the skyline of Hong Kong Island? Many skyscrapers!
And here is the star ferry too, I am going to take a ride on it~

Here I am on the Star Ferry. 
When I look back to the Kowloon side,
I see the Clock Tower and the Cultural Centre (the pink building),
I can see big big ship too.

After a few minutes, I see the Central Star Ferry Pier (Hong Kong side).
Time to get off the ferry~