Travelog for: Mefito

Hi Mum,

Today was a fun day.  We went to Alnwick (pronounced Ann-ick) and explored the gardens of the stately house, which was created by the Duchess of Northumberland, and is a big tourist attraction now.


This is the Poison Garden - there's all sorts of poisonous plants here.  You can only go inside if you join a tour, and the really poisonous plants are in a cage.


There's a pretty little pond in the gardens as well, with lots of wildlife - especially ducks!


Then we walked through a cherry orchard - it's the biggest orchard of its kind in the world.


This is the Ornamental garden, full with beautiful plants.




Then we took a stroll through the rose garden.




I also managed to get lost in the bamboo labyrinth!  It took me about 20 minutes to find my way out again...


Then we saw a honeybee observatory - we could see the honeybees busy at work.


Don't these grapes look delicious?  They're used to make local wine.


This tree-house is actually a restaurant!




And you have to cross this swing bridge to get to it!


Love,
Mefito

Hi Mum,

You'll never guess what - I'm in China!  We started traveling on Monday, and we arrived in the afternoon on Tuesday.  We're still pretty jetlagged, but that didn't stop us from going to see the Great Wall of China!


To get there we had to walk up this street, which is full of stalls and people trying to get tourists to buy their souvenirs.


Once we were on the wall, the view was amazing.




This massive pot was used to store oil in, so when the guards spotted an attack, they could raise the alarm by setting the oil on fire (like in the Disney movie 'Mulan').

It was such a great place to see!


Love,
Mefito

Hi Mum!

Today we went to see the Temple of Heaven in Beijing.


Originally, there were only seven of these stones, and they represented the seven peaks of Taishan Mountain, which was used as a place to prayer in ancient China.


Here you can see the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests.


The hall was surrounded by quite a few other religious buildings.




One of the Emperors had this door built, as he was 70 and his health was declining.  However, he didn't want his sons to become lazy and always use this as a short cut, so he made the law that you could only use this door once you had reached 70 - hence the name of it; the 70-year-old-door.


And finally, here you can see me in front of the Imperial Vault of Heaven.


Love,
Mefito

Hi Mum,

Today we visited the 798 District, which is also known as the art district.


It was very interesting seeing all the different styles of art and exploring all the galleries.




I really liked this one - it's so colourful!




Love,
Mefito

Hi Mum!

Guess where I was today!  Can you guess?  No?  I was at the Forbidden City!


It was used as the Imperial Palace for over 500 years.


In total, 24 Emperors lived here.


It's so big!


The whole place is over 960m long!


It also has a very pretty imperial garden.


Love,
Mefito

Hi Mum,

Since we're leaving China tomorrow, all of us are hanging out at our hosts house.  They have a massive hammock here, it's so much fun!




I've also been playing with the animals.  This is Lugnut.


And here I am with Mecredi.


Love,
Mefito

Hi Mum,

We're all slowly recovering from the jet-lag.  Well, when I say 'we' I mean hostmum!  Us TVs haven't been affected by it too much, but hostmum sure is sleeping weird hours!  So while she's recovering, we've all been having fun with the stuff we bought back from China.

Can you guess what this is?  It's a hat!


And this is some tea that hostmum bought back - it's very tasty.


And of course, we had to bring back something yummy to eat.




Love,
Mefito

Hey mum!
It´s me Mefito. I am really sorry that you didn´t hear from me for so long.
I was a long time in the dark envelope.
But then my new host-mum opened it and now I can finally see my new home.



Here are many other plushies. A pink monster, called Ui and a turtle with a big head, called Pauline, were the first who welcomed me.



Mum, you know what ?
I met another skunk. His name is Stinkfi and he looks just like me. Okay he is taller but he could be my brother.




I write you tomorrow!
Love, Mefito.

...just adding the coordinates of Frankfurt and the completed life mission... 

Hey mum!

We went for a walk in the forest. But not only to enjoy the woods. We were looking for some Geocaches.



We arrived a little pond. The "Tiroler-Weiher".
Pretty small and pretty dirty. But the atmosphere at this place is beautiful.





We found a statue of the "Grüngürteltier". That´s the mascot of the large forest in Frankfurt.





A few steps further we found another statue of this animal.
This one "guarded" a little viewing point.



After a few hours in the forest we started to find our last cache for the day.
I got it!



Love and kisses,

Mefito

Hello mum!

I went with my host-mom in the old part of Frankfurt.
In the center point of the town.
Here I saw two of the famous sights.

At first the St. Paul´s Church, "Paulskirche".


Today the church is no longer used as a church. Now you can visit some displays or go to little events.

The next stop was the "Römer". One of the most important landmarks in Frankfurt.
Its´s a "Standesamt".




Across from the Römer you can see these old houses.

Hey Mom!
Today we took a little walk and go the "Main" River.
From a bridge you got a wonderful view of Frankfurt´s skyline.

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Hello Mum,

today I arrived at Charlotte, HelmutBluepant and their guests TobiHH and Oink

We had a light first meal together, a coconutcookie

Helmut gave me a warm welcome


I met TobiHH and we talked very nice


Oink was very cute to me

Uuuhh, I like this nice girl from the very first moment

Lotte took me to her favourite place, her poppy-blossom and we huggled together


I think, I will like the idea of taking part in their holidays they want to start tomorrow

Give You hugs and kisses, see You soon
Yours Mefito

Hi Mum,

Great news: Today our holiday to the Northern Sea will start!

So we all packed our things we need there and Strunki cared that we have a safe seat

Well, that´s quite o.k. for a photo, but she convinced us that we would have a better view out of the car when we turn around 

O.K., let´s start our way to Büsum 

Now we have done the most of the journey and drive to direction Hamburg

There we we see the first views of Hamburg, Helmut is so happy to see the town again, he told me he liked it being there with RikeH and the other plushies


But we want to go further so we have to drive trough the Elbtunnel




Woow, that tunnel is quite amazing