Travelog for: Chrissy

Hey Mooooooom!

Today we did a sightseeing tour. First we weren't sure where to go...


We decided to go to the Brandenburg Gate. It is one of the most well-known landmarks of Berlin and Germany.



The next stop was the Gendarmenmarkt. There's the Christmas market now.


We also saw the Friedrichswerder Church and the monument of Karl Friedrich Schinkel.



Not far away you can see the Museum Island. We just stopped in front of the "Altes Museum" (old museum).


Next to the museums you can find the Berlin Cathedral.


Not far away from the cathedral there's the Marx-Engels-Forum.


Last but not least the highlight of our tour. The television tower next to Alexanderplace. It was constructed between 1965 and 1969 and with its height of 368 meters, it is the tallest structure in Germany. There is a visitor platform and a revolving restaurant in the middle of the sphere. The tower is part of the World Federation of Great Towers (WFGT).
The big wheel is part of one of the Christmas markets.



This is a special picture of me. Here you can see lots of sights in only one picture: Berlin Cathedral, Humboldt-Box, St. Mary's Church, Hotel Park Inn, television tower and the Red City Hall.


Love, Chrissy

I'm famous!!!
I AM A STAR !!!

I found a picture of me in a brochure of a big Swedish store!
Have a look, Mom!

Hello Mum!

This day was so exciting!!! I met 2 real rats! They travelled with us by car from Berlin to this small village in the middle of nowhere! I couldn't take a picture of them. Maybe I meet rats again some day.

When we arrived we enjoyed the sun while walking to a park.
At the end of this long street we found the park. We climbed up on different things (trees, benches and...dunno what it was). And we found some snowballs. I've never seen snowballs on a tree before! Tapsi, Beate and I did a small snowball fight. It was fun!








Hugs, Chrissy

Hey Mum,

my hosts Mom took me to school! It was my first time!


First I checked all the technical facilities. We got a tv, some radios and an overhead projector.



Then I took the green chalk.


Have a look, Mom, Tapsi painted my stomach into yellow! Can you see it?!


Sadly we all were to small to write on the board.

Hello Mommy,

today we took some pictures on our way from A to B.
We stopped at the Charlottenburg Castle. It was windy!



And our second stop was the airport Tegel TXL. Sadly there we couldn't see planes.

Today I wrote my list of wishes for Santa Claus.

Dear Santa Claus,
I've been a good girl, all the time! Really!!!

Hello Mom,

today we boarded the kitchen!
First we formed the meat into balls that I could bake it. I think Tapsi stole some of the meat. Then we mixed some milk with different ingredients. While I stired everything and Beate checked if I did it correct, Tapsi was searching for something to eat in the bag of the ingredients. Crazy little lion! We added the mixture to the balls. I cut the cheese and we put it on the top of everything. Then we waited for a long time... et voilà... it was delicious!!!

Mommy Mommy Mommyyyyyyyy,

today we welcomed a new tv. His name is Joe and he looks like ME!!! Are we twins?





Yours confused, but happy Chrissy

Hello Mommy,

today we wanted to do a big sightseeing tour, but it was raining until noon and started again after a short time. So it was a short day for me outside.

First we went to the Oberbaum Bridge. From here we had a fantastic view to the East Harbour section of the river Spree. On the left side you can see the buildings of Mediaspree, like Universal Music Headquarters (Germany), MTV Central Europe and TV Dockyard. On the right side you can see the Treptowers and the TwinTowers. And in the middle of the river Spree you can see Molecule Men. These thirty meters high metal sculpture was designed and executed by the American sculptor Jonathan Borofsky. Symbolically, they represent the intersection of the then three districts Treptow, Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain.


We walked along the East Side Gallery. It is the longest open air gallery in the world. The art mile is located along the banks of the river Spree in Friedrichshain. It is 1316 meters long and it is also the longest segment of the Berlin Wall that is still standing. Right after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the East Side Gallery was painted by 118 artists from 21 different countries. Using various artistic means, the artists commented on the political events that took place in 1989 and 1990 in over 100 works of art found on the eastern side of the wall.
In the course of the years, many of the images became greatly weathered and, in 2009, forty of these works of art were restored.


Our last stop was the o2 World. It was opened in September 2008, a modern multi-function arena setting new standards for Berlin. Up to 17,000 people can attend the concerts – then the stands can be converted to a sporting arena within a few hours after they leave.
The o2 World is particularly suited to large and spectacular shows, such as “Walking with Dinosaurs”, which features life-size dinosaur replicas. Concerts are also provided for by the ultramodern technology and video projections. The arena is also the home of the national league basketball club ALBA Berlin and the ice hockey team Eisbären Berlin.



By the way. It is cold in Berlin, but it is still not snowing!

Yours, Chrissy

Hey Mum,

today we did a short stopover at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, also known as the Holocaust Memorial. It is a memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust. It consists of a 19,000 square metres site covered with 2,711 concrete slabs or "stelae", arranged in a grid pattern on a sloping field. The stelae are 2.38 m long, 0.95 m wide and vary in height from 0.2 to 4.8 m.


When we came home in the evening there was an envelope waiting for us.


Joe and I took the scissor to open it. We were afraid of cutting somebody or something inside. But nothing happened...


Me and Joe crawled into the envelope. Tapsi and Beate had to help us out of it.


When we came out of the envelope we had a new tv in our arms. His name is Greeny delMonte. He's really cute.

Hello Mommy,

today we found a colorful envelope at hour hosts home.


We opened it carefully and saw something red inside. We were a little bit afraid.


It was Crawfish in the envelope. She came the long way from the US. And she had something sweet to eat for us.


Love,
Chrissy

Hey Mommy,

today I left and my journey goes on. Next stop is England. I'll take Tapsi with me!
Beate also left today. She's going to Kiel.





Love, Chrissy

We've arrived in England Mum! Woo. It was a bit of a rough ride for Tapsi and I; our package got slightly ripped and wet in the post. But thankfully we were all fine and dry inside

The welcoming TVs loved their presents and postcards, especially the chocolate with the characters on. Our new host says thankyou to MA 17! Tapsi and I showed off our travelog tags Sienna the monkey really liked Tapsi's hair, it was quite funny

The other TVs we met were Pinky Bear, Pengy and Edelweiss. I had a photo with Pinky Bear as we seemed to match well Soon we will all help to put the Christmas tree up!

Today we went to a nearby shopping centre mum! It was all pretty and Christmassy I am going to have to split this into a few updates in order to have a rest between uploading the photos, so more will come another day. There is only so long a little rat like me can tolerate the brightness of the computer screen

We went through the main shopping area, then into 'The Orient', where all the restaurants and cafes are. It is designed to look like a big ship, can you tell? And guess who was flying across the sky?! Santa himself! And his reindeer of course.

I am sorry the picture of me in the hall leading to the door is a bit blurry. I had a peek outside but only I had chance to get a few photos before it started raining again, so the others say they may steal those pics for their travelogs too.

We found the birth of Jesus! The stable looked a bit hidden and out of place against all of the extravagant decorations, but I guess a stable isn't very classy is it? Maybe they could have made it bigger though... it looked like it had been thrown in as an after-thought! Where has the true meaning of Christmas gone, we ask?

These are the rest of the photos from our trip to the shopping centre.

I found a small waterfall We thought there must be a big Christmas tree somewhere, and sure enough, we found it! Only it wasn't any old tree, it was a singing tree! The branches at the bottom moved, as a mouth, but you can't really see that on the photo.

We then discovered China Town which I liked very much. You can see me browsing the postcards They didn't have great image quality on them though, so we only bought two.

Next, something funny happened. I was posing for a picture on the statue of a music band, when this little boy pointed to me and said 'can I have that mouse mum?!' Well, it wasn't funny at the time, I was scared that I was nearly taken away! But the other 'safe' TVs found it hilarious. I'm obviously too cute for my own good I was rather indignant at being mistaken for a mouse though.

Recovering from this incident, I braved getting out of the bag again and had a look at where the cinema is. We went back through the Orient then up some steps to get there.