Ape Apina, Jyväskylä, Finland

mmm105 Posted Apr 13, 2012, 12:38 pm	HELLO EVERYONE! My name is Ape Apina. I'm a little monkey. I got my name, because "apina" means "a monkey" in Finnish. I'm very easygoing in my charachter, and very curious to see different things. I really want to travel all over the World, to see and experience new things. If you want to help me on my journey, and to be my host, please send a message to my mommy mmm105. Thanks!
mmm105 Posted Apr 14, 2012, 8:11 am	Hello! Terve! Moi! Hei! I was walking outside, and right now I want to show some places of my hometown Jyväskylä. This is the street, where the most of the shops located. We call this strees as kävelykatu. It's like a main street of this city, and there's no aloud to drive a car. There's a long stairs. These stairs are in a place called Harju. It's like a small hill just next to city center. Just take a look down, and you will see some part of the city center of Jyväskylä. This building is one of the evangelical lutheran church in Jyväskylä. ...And there I am, sitting with ToyVoyagers friends on the stairs of that church. There's Sylvia, Tokki, Sweetheart-, Krok Little, Mo,me, Bzzzzz, Porridge, Amie and Niiskuneiti. Hugs, Ape Apina xxx
mmm105 Posted Apr 14, 2012, 8:22 am	Today I had a nice day. Mommy has many ToyVoyagers with her, and she was thinking it would be nice if all can meet other ToyVoyagers, too. So, together with her friend Reissari, they planned a ToyVoyager meeting! They decided to meet with all they travelling toy friens in the Natural History Museum of Central Finland... The Natural History Museum's website (click) tells that "The Natural History Section serves as a preservation unit for natural scientific research, and displays environmental subjects and research material. It takes care of the living plants of the botanical garden on the campus. It also receives wild animals found dead and prepares scientific samples of them. The section has a collection of over 250 000 samples, the most numerous being invertebrates, plants and moss." I met many other ToyVoyagers, and we all became friends. How nice is that! Here we are... all sitting together in front of the big sized bear. Let me show you, where this country is. Finland located on the north side of the Earth, in scandinavia. It might looked funny to be on the planet Earth ball, because others came on it, too. This place was really exiting!!! I saw some wolves, too!  ...and some flowers. xxx Ape Apina
mmm105 Posted Apr 14, 2012, 8:32 am	Hi! After visiting the Natural History Museum of Central Finland, I was really hungry. So, we all went to eat something at the restaurant named Food. It was nice place. Here we are, waiting to have something to eat. Here we all are eating some nachos, mmmmmmmm, yummy!  bye, Ape Apina xxx
mmm105 Posted Apr 15, 2012, 4:35 pm	Hello! Yesterday I was in ToyVoyagers meeting (as you already knew), but guess what I did today? I was in a postcrossing meeting!  The meeting was in the café named Wilhelmiina, in Jyväskylä city center. Mmmmmmmm, I tasted a piece of cheece cake and hot chocolate. Delicious!  Look how many postcards!!!  Other ToyVoyagers were there, too. And then it's time to mail all those postcards. We went to the local post office. Post office is posti in Finnish. Behind us there's a Hockeybird flyers. The charachter Hockeybird is the official mascot of ice hockey World Championships in this year. bye, Ape Apina  xxx
mmm105 Posted Apr 15, 2012, 6:01 pm	TVs are eating TVs and watching TV, and there's a picture in TV where are TVs eating TVs and watching TV.  There's Ape Apina, Bzzzzz, Porridge, Niiskuneiti, Mo, Sylvia, Tokki and Amie.
mmm105 Posted Apr 16, 2012, 11:32 am	Today I said goodbye to 3 ToyVoyagers. They leave from home today. Bzzzzz goes to Austria. I gave her a goodbye hug. Amie goes to Germany. and Niiskuneiti goes to Germany, too. I hope they all will have a great journey! xxx Ape Apina
mmm105 Posted Apr 17, 2012, 6:41 pm	Hi hii, I made origami today!  It was fun! It is a hat. Is it cool?  xxx Ape Apina
mmm105 Posted Apr 18, 2012, 6:42 pm	I had a fun day today! I was skiing! Others were there, too. And we got more company here. ToyVoyagers Finfin ladybug and PinkLady bunny. It's nice to have more toys here! ...But I'm little bit jealous, because I would really want to start my own journey soon... hopefully someone would want to host me soon... xx Ape Apina
mmm105 Posted Apr 24, 2012, 4:35 pm	Hey! Today we got company. A cute frog Telie arrived here from Luxembourg. We all gave Telie a group hug as a welcome. And here we all are: Me, PinkLady, Hipsu, Telie, Finfin, Sylvia, Mo, Porridge and Tokki Telie showed us some pictures of Luxembourg. I think it is a beautiful country. I'm so exited, because mommy told me that very soon it's my turn to start travelling. I will go to USA, wow!  xxx Ape Apina
mmm105 Posted Apr 24, 2012, 8:37 pm	It's so dark here! I'm already in my envelope, and I start my very first travel. I aaaaaam goooooing to Uuuuniiiteeed Staaaateeesss! Bye mommy! Bye Finland! I'm going now. All adventures are waiting for me!  Love and kisses, Ape Apina
freestyle Posted May 4, 2012, 1:00 am	Hi everyone! I have arrived in Southern California, USA. I'm visiting my new host, freestyle I heard she'll take me to Disneyland, I'm really looking forward to it I came in the box with lots goodies mommy packed for freestyle, I think she really love them!
freestyle Posted May 14, 2012, 6:22 pm	Hi! Yesterday we went to downtown Los Angeles, there was an art event and we saw lots of cool things! For dinner we had tacos, it's mexican food, and they were so spicy!
freestyle Posted May 23, 2012, 7:21 pm	Hi there! today we finally visited the exciting Disneyland! I was so happy and I had such wonderful time, it's so magical and colorful, and all the rides were so fun! say Hi to Walt Disney~! Oh splash mountain! my favorite! freestyle said she wanted to go on winnie the pooh ride, I think that's her favorite Disney character  wow so dark, and wow what's that!!??  there were lots of Winnie here! how do I look with the Mickey hat? I think I found my monkey familes  Meeting Mickey & Minnie! next, we are going to california adventure park! I can't wait!
freestyle Posted Jun 6, 2012, 11:47 pm
SiniS Posted Jun 20, 2012, 10:56 pm	Mmmm!!! It's a very comfortable trip!!! Uhh?? What's happening? A-Close the envelope!!! My feet get cold!! A-Uh? A-Hello!! My name is Ape Apina!!! Z-My name is Zero!!! I will be your host!!!! Nice to meet you!!! T-And I'm TezTez, nice to meet you too!!! Z-Do you know what, Ape Apina??? You helped me to get a part of one of my lifemission!!! You're my second host!!! Mommy!!!!! I'm in Barcelona, Spain!!! You can see I arrived well and safe Here, Zero is the host and I helped him to get a part of one of his lifemissions as being his second host!!! This is a great arrival!!! We spend the afternoon talking about our trips and our things. I told Zero and TezTez my days in Disney Don't worry about me, mommy, I think I will be fine here ^^ Miss you!!! But I'm happy!!! Ape Apina
SiniS Posted Jun 26, 2012, 3:51 pm	Hi mommy!!! How are you? Zero sais that I could not have come at a better time This weekend is “Sant Joan”, here people celebrate the night of 23rd to 24th going to the beach, throwing fireworks and lighting bonfires. It’s also tradition to bake and eat “coques”, a kind of cake, and that is what we’re going to do, by ourselves!!!! Look how we do it We need a natural yoghurt to start. We put the yoghurt in a bowl and clean the pot to use to measure the other ingredients. We add 3 eggs and a measure of sunflower oil and we mix them with the electric mixer. Now we add 2 measures of flour, 1 yeast packet, 2 measures of sugar, 1 measure of cocoa and a bit of salt and mix them well. We put the mix in a baking tin and we bake it in the oven at 180ºC during 40-45 min. Ooohhh!!! It has broken a little when we remove it from the baking tin… But it seems yummy!!!
SiniS Posted Jun 26, 2012, 11:17 pm	Mom!!! I will bake again!! Well, TezTez and Zero too. This one will be a present for Zero's mommy's dad and it will be a "coca de llardons" (crackling pancake). We need a sheet of puff-paste, we stend it a bit and make it bigger. Then, we cut it in two. We will use the big part as the base and we have to prick it with a fork. Now we add the crackles. Oohh, mommy!!! I wanted to eat some, but Zero didn't let me!!! We add sugar… …cover it with the other part… (a very important thing because it has to cover all and well!!) ... prick with the fork again… … and paint it with egg. Now we add more sugar and some pine-nut. Bake in the oven at 200ºC during 10-15min. Et voilà!!! Wiii!! I think this is a success!!! And we did it ourselves too!!! Do you like it, mommy??
SiniS Posted Jun 27, 2012, 1:02 pm	Hi mommy! Maybe you wonder what are we doing. We’re doing some crafts, but it’s a secret!!! I can’t tell you, you will know later
SiniS Posted Jun 27, 2012, 2:56 pm	Hello mommy!!! Today we will celebrate “Sant Joan”!! We don’t go to the beach, but we will celebrate it at Zero’s mommy’s boyfriend. We have to take the train. A-Ooohh!! It’s dark outside!! Z-Yes, we can’t see anything!!!! It’s time for dinner!!! We have pizzas, chips, something to drink, our “coca”… and while we are eating, we will do a film marathon. We will watch “Spiderman 1, 2 and 3”. -¡Guys! ¡¡The film starts!! Z-Wait!!! We have to prepare ourselves!!! Tachán!!!! Surprise mommy!!!! You wondered what we did this morning? This is the answer!!!! We did disguises from the characters of the movie!!!! I’m Peter Parker, Zero is the spider that bites me and then I become Spiderman (TezTez)!!!! Z-Now we are ready!! T-The movie can start!!! When the first movie ended, we go to a square near home to throw some fireworks!!! Mommy, do you know there are some fireworks for kids? That fireworks were wich we threw!!!! And we threw one firework each one! After that, we came back home to watch the other movies. Mommy, this weekend is so funny!!! Did you had a funny weekend too? I hope so!!! Miss youu!!!!!
SiniS Posted Jun 28, 2012, 12:31 pm	Z-Good morning boys!!!! A-Hi! Z-I forgot to register you in my guest registration notebook!!! Can you come for a minute? T- I arrived first. Write: TezTez from Austria Z-You check in on 11th June 2012 T-Yes. A-And Ape Apina, from Finland, arrived on 20th June 2012 Z-Ok! Z-You can share the room!!!! You don’t mind, do you? T&A-Nooooo!!!! This will be funnier!!!!
SiniS Posted Jun 28, 2012, 1:23 pm	Mommy!!! What a surprise!!! Today I got a part of one of my life missions!!!! Zero teach me how to say “banana” in spanish and catalan!!! TezTez was there too and he learnt too Z-Doing a summary, we can find two kinds of bananas: American bananas and Canarian bananas. The difference between both is the way how it mature. American bananas are not so sweet, so people use it to cook. Canarian bananas are sweeter and are better for desserts. Z-So, American bananas or bananas, have the same name in spanish and in catalan (the language that people talks in Barcelona and the rest of Catalonia). But with Canarian bananas (from Canary Islands), the name change: in spanish is “plátano” and in catalan is “plàtan”. Thank you Zero!!!
SiniS Posted Jun 28, 2012, 8:08 pm	Hi mommy!!!! Today I had another surprise!!!! We did a fruit salad (“macedonia” in spanish/catalan) and we ate it for an afternoon lunch. Where is the surprise? Maybe you’re wondering… The surprise is: the fruit salad was made with banana!!!!!! So… I got another part of one of my life missions!!! First we get the juice of the oranges And then, we add different fruits. I wanted to add the banana Bon appetit!!! Wiiii!!!!
SiniS Posted Jul 3, 2012, 10:41 pm	Hello mommy!!! This weekend was raining!!! After a week with high temperature on Sunday started to rain and didn’t stop until Monday!! And we went to Gavà because it was the annual local festival, but it was cancelled But today the sun came out again and we did an “spooky” itinerary!!! We visited some places where something paranormal succeeded and Zero told us about them. This is the map: Our itinerary is “La Rambla maleïda” (The damned Rambla), so we took the train to the city center, where all started. In the train, we read about the places we went to visit. This is Plaça Catalunya, the city center (although it’s not the geological center). But it’s a comercial knot where some important streets born. La Rambla is one of those important streets and is where our itinerary starts. Do you know that this street was a simple torrent until XIX? In this part of the street was the old gate of “Sant Sever” with its towers called “Canaletes”, wich gave the name to the most famous fountain of the city, “La font de Canaletes”. TezTez and Zero where here few days ago (they told me that this the fountain where people celebrates when Barça wins an important match), but I didn’t, and, moreover, Zero didn’t tell the spooky story People say that, in the middle of XIX, there was a “Ghost of Canaletes” who walked around the area. One night, nobody knows why, talked to some girls that were taking water from the fountain with their jugs and they were so terrified that they spent some days in bed. People decided to face the ghost, but it disappeared. Maybe the ghost was a victim of that enchanted waters because, according to an old tradition, who drink water of this fountain fall in love with the city and never can’t depart. In the base of the fountain there’s a plaque where is written: “If you drink water of this ‘font de Canaletes’ you will be a Barcelona lover forever and don’t mind how far you go because you will always come back”. And this is the moment when I fell in love with this beautiful city!!! Then we went to “Carrer Estruc”. “Estruc” comes from “astruc” that at the same time comes from “astròleg” (astrologer) and also was the name of an herb used in medicine. In this street there’s a plaque that explains this and also explains that this street had the name “Astruc Sacanera” at the beginning of XV and there was where “Pedra Escurçonera” (a natural herb, a cure against rage and pricking) was sold. At number 22 of this street is the exactly place where it was sold. We continued until “Portal de l’Àngel”. In the place where is situated this fountain (it seems like “Font de Canaletes”) there was a well where lived a hell being. Maybe this being wasn’t so mischievous… In the middle of XIX, an stranger stole the keys of the city, but he wasn’t able to leave the city because the access points were closed. Thirsty and unknowing the story about that well, he wanted to drink some water, but two pale hands come out from the well and asphyxiated him. The day after, his body and the keys were found next to the well and this was enough to verify that a phantom lived there. We went to the church of Santa Anna. There, at the beginning of XX, two students attend a died mate which had a long beard that obsess one of that students which bet with his friend that he was capable to pull out three hairs of that beard. When he pulled out one, the corpse moved a little. Then, he pulled out another one and the corpse moved again. But when the student pulled out the third hair, the corpse woke up, opened the eyes, took a chandelier and threw it to the student who ran away. The clerk of the church keep that chandelier as a proof, but we didn’t see that because the church was closed Our next stop was in “Carrer de Bertrellans”. In this street was situated the first coffin manufacturer. The marketing of the coffins consist in a card with the name and the address of the manufacturer and a note that said that any client complained about the quality of their coffins. People says that a corpse who was a “client” of the manufacturer of this street, was so uncomfortable in his coffin that woke up and go to the next room where the manufacturer was working and said to him: “Your coffins aren’t worth anything!! What an uncomfortable short time!”. The manufacturer was faint-hearted and since then nobody dares to say that any client complained. We continued our way and we found an interesting thing. Maybe it’s an spooky place but it isn’t in our itinerary. This is the sepulchral roman way discovered during the construction of a building in 1954. We arrived again at La Rambla and at number 107 we found “el palau de la Virreina” (the palace of Vicequeen). This palace was built on XVIII and is where Vicequeen lived before to become a tormented soul. I will explain you later… We went straight on and arrived at “Mercat de la Boqueria”, a very known market where people sell everything. If they don’t sell it, it’s because doesn’t exist! There’s a shop where insects are sold to eat!!! But it was closed This wonderful place keeps an spooky story too. This market was built over the ruins of “convent dels Carmelites Descalços de Sant Josep” (Discalced Carmelite of Saint Joseph Convent). On 15th July, 1835, the friars decided to not celebrate the vigil. The day after, while the friars slept, some voices were singing psalms and woke them up. They run to the church and were able to see some skeletons with monastic customs celebrating the vigil. They followed the skeletons to the cemetery and saw how they went inside their graves. Ten days later the convent was burned. People say that on 15th July you can listen some voices during the night inside the market. This is “el Pla de la Boqueria”. Today is decorated by Joan Miró, a very known painter, but some centuries ago, was the place where dead animals, tripes, intestines… were sold, things that were related with satanism. Our next stop was “el Liceu”, an opera theatre. Its story is sooo long, but Zero did a summary. This theatre was built over the ruins of “convent dels Trinitaris Descalços de la Bona Nova”, a burned convent, on 1844 and on 4th april 1847 was opened for the first time. On 1852 there was celebrated the Carnival but a friar shout that they were dancing over sacred land and predicted that it will be burned. This was a reality on 9th april 1861. An old man said that if the liceum was built again, will be burned again, because it was a damned place. Six months later, the liceum was re-built, with water tanks on the roof for if in the future there’s another fire. But one day a very strong storm started and flooded the theatre. The liceum was finally built but on 7th november 1893, two Orsini bombs were thrown in the theatre but only one exploded. This doesn’t end here. On 8th April 1945, the roof fell, luckily there wasn’t people inside. And on 31st january 1994, a worker was repairing the firewall with a soldering iron and there was two workers with fire-extinguishers but a little spark got the curtain and all the theatre burned again. Since then, nothing has happened, but who knows… We are coming to the end of our itinerary. We went to “Carrer Arc del Teatre”. In this street you can see on 24th june, during the night, the spirit of Herod’s daughters dancing, but without heads!! They are sentenced for Saint John the Baptist’s decapitation to dance for the eternity. And finally, “la plaça Reial” (Royal Square). Do you remember that I told you about Vicequeen? She was Maria Francesca Fiveller i Bru and she got to marriage of convenience with the nephew of Viceroy of Perú. But he left her alone at the altar and the Viceroy, an old and womaniser man, got marriage with her. Three years later she was widowed. And after her death, her spirit walks around this square, but nobody knows why. We couldn’t see her. Well, this has ended!! What a funny walk!!! It was long, but scary and interesting!! I hope you like it, mommyt! Wish you were here with me! I love you!! Bye!!!
SiniS Posted Jul 13, 2012, 4:39 pm	Hi again mommy!!! Our walk hasn’t ended yet!! Before to take the train we saw some interesting places too Look at this photos!! In this hotel there's a plaque that says that Frederic Chopin stayed here when he was in Barcelona with his wife, but in this hotel stayed many others important figures too as Einstein or Buffalo Bill. This little street takes you to “Museu de Cera” (Wax museum). Can you see Superman and C3PO at the top of the building? Oohh!!! This man wants to commit suicide!!! Uff!! It’s just a wax sculpture…  And this man let us to take a photo with him. His always sitting here taking a sunbath That man who’s on the top of that column is Cristóbal Colón, who discovered America in 1492. He’s pointing towards América. And here you can see a special building. It’s known as “La Casa dels paraigües” (The house of umbrellas) because it was, long time ago, a shop where they sold umbrellas (and fans) but its real name is Casa Bruno Cuadros. Can you see the chinese dragon on the right? And the last monument we saw before take the train was this. It’s a monument to Francesc Macià who was President of Generalitat de Catalunya (Government of Catalonia) and who proclaimed the Catalan Republic on april 14th, 1931. And that’s all mommy, now is time to come back home, we have walked a lot! I love you mommy!!! Bye!!!
SiniS Posted Jul 18, 2012, 10:23 pm	Hi mom!! How are you? Today we visited Vilafranca del Penedés, but Zero’s mommy forgot the batteries of the cam, so we didn’t take any photo She says we can call her “idiot” but I’m not capable… So, as I can’t show you nothing about Vilafranca, I will explain something about this city: Vilafranca del Penedés is very known for its wine. Actually, this city is one of the most important wine-growing centers in Spain. It has big wine warehouses and some of its brands of wine are very famous. From Vilafranca , the church of Santa Maria is a very precious monument too and is gothic in style. Maybe we return some day, but I don’t know when. Bye mommy!!! I love youu!!!
SiniS Posted Jul 18, 2012, 11:54 pm	Hi mommy! Do you know what? We visited many places in Catalonia in only an afternoon!!!! “How can it be?” maybe you’re wondering… because we went to Torrelles de Llobregat and we visited “Catalunya en miniatura” (Catalonia in the shape of miniature), it’s a park where are models of famous or important buildings of Catalunya or by Antoni Gaudí (the most important architect) I will show you some of this buildings or places: Estació de tren de Mataró (Train station in Mataró) Esglèsia de Sant Jaume de Frontanyà (Church of Saint James in Frontanyà) In the left Museu-Arxiu Folklòric de Sant Pere de Ripoll (Museum-Folkoric Archives of Saint Peter in Ripoll) and in the right Monestir de Santa Maria de Ripoll (Monastery of Saint Mary in Ripoll). Catedral de Santa Maria de Girona (Cathedral of Saint Mary in Girona) Torre Galatea, Museu Dalí (Galatea tower, Dalí Museum) El Capricho de Gaudí (in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain) Parc Güell by Gaudí (Güell Park) Temple de la Sagrada Familia de Gaudí (Temple of Sacred Family by Gaudí) Casa Milà-La Pedrera  de Gaudí (Milà Home-The Pedrera by Gaudí) and on the right, Casa Batlló (Batlló Home by Gaudí too) Tibidabo (Church and amusement park) Estadi del Futbol Club Barcelona (Futbol Club Barcelona Stadium) Estudis TV3 (TV3 television studio, the autonomous channel in Catalonia) Aeroport de El Prat de Llobregat (the airport in El Prat de Llobregat) Colón with Les Rambles (we visited it some days ago ) And the last photo, here we are taking a rest in Plaça Sant Jaume (Saint James Square), in the right there’s l’Ajuntament (the City Council) and in front you can see Els Castellers (people climb up a tower) and its part of Intangible Cultural Heritage for UNESCO. I suppose it’s more beautiful to see the real buildings but it’s too difficult to do it. Maybe one day we both, you and I, can visit all this places. Would you like to visit them with me, mommy? I miss you!! Byeee!!!
SiniS Posted Jul 22, 2012, 2:40 pm	Hi mommy!! How are you?? I’m so happy because today we did a very interesting thing. Do you remember, when I went to Catalunya en miniatura, that I’ve said that I would like to visit the real buildings? So, today we visited the REAL Sagrada Familia!!! Yes!!! Look at this photos mom!!! Furthermore, Zero explained us about this building Z-This is Sagrada Familia, an expiatory temple that means that this building it has been built from donations. You have to know that this temple is under construction, because it’s not finished yet!! Gaudí started to work on it but he died before the end of the construction. After this, many architects have continued the work. But you will see the differences… Z-This is the original part by Gaudí. I think it’s so beautiful with a lot of details. Its “Façana Naixement” (Nativity Façade) and explains with its sculptures the nativity of Jesus. It’s full of life (the same nativity and vegetals and animals). Z- And his is the new part, “Façana de la Passió” (Passion Façade) by Josep Maria Subirachs. It represents the Via Crucis, reflecting the desolation, the pain and the death of Jesuschrist and it’s made withouth details and with austere materials. Wooww!!!! I loved this visit!!! But I know that this would be better if you were here with me Wich part do you like, mom? I can’t decide. We can discuss this when I get home. Ah!! And if you want to know more about Sagrada familia you can look here: http://www.sagradafamilia.cat/sf-eng/index.php Byee mom!!!
SiniS Posted Jul 22, 2012, 4:10 pm	Mommy!!!!!!!!!! What a surprise!!!!!! A big surprise!!! Today has arrived your travelling notebook!!! I am so happy that it arrived while I’m staying here!!! I was almost crying because I miss you a lot and seeing your notebook brings me your image to my memory, but I hide my emotions because I was ashamed to share them :$ Here you can see me quietly while we open the envelope, but I have to confess I was very nervous. We read the instructions carefully… …¡and we started our work quickly! I can’t show you what I did on your notebook, mommy, because it’s a surprise for you, I hope you like it!!!!
SiniS Posted Jul 27, 2012, 3:38 pm	Hi again mommy! TezTez had an idea, so he asked Zero: T-Zero, can I pssst pssst pssssst psssst? Z-Of course!!!! A-We can search some photos on the computer T-Good idea, Ape Apina!!!!! So, we searched some photos
SiniS Posted Jul 30, 2012, 9:26 pm	Hello mom!!! We had a very special day, today. Read! We went near home, to Parc de la Pegaso and take a walk. We went to the second floor. Z- C’mon boys!!! A-Oww, look!!! There are some games!!! T-And look this, is so interesting!!! It’s a blackboard that teach you Braille! Braille is an alphabet, a dot system with relief that let blind people to read and write. The base are 6 dots and you can get 63 combinations with them. The presence or absence of some dots determinate the character. Each one of us tried to write his name in Braille system. A-I’m going to write my name. A… P… E… A… P… I… N… A…, ¡Ape Apina! After this, we came down again and play a bit in other games T-I want to slide!! Z-TezTez wait for us!! We want to slide too!!! A-Ok, at the same time… Z,T,A- Wiiiiii!!!!!!!!! A-Now we have to pass the net to get the swing! Z-Mom!!! Push us! When we finished our games, we continued our visit! This is the lake This is the principal gate to enter in the park. At left you can see the entry to Guardia Urbana, the police station. Can you see the signs on the floor??? There’s a circuit to learn to drive! Z-Look at this, Ape Apina!!! Palm trees!!! A- I have to climb one!!! I need it!!!! I’m going to get one of my lifemissions!!! A-I will climb this one! While I was climbing the palm tree, TezTez and Zero were watching and animating me. T,Z-Go, go, go, go, go!!!! A- Up! A-Up! A-And up! T,Z-Bravoooo!!!! Z-We want to climb one, too! A-Ok, climb this one, it’s easier! Mommy!!! I get another lifemission! Are you proud of me? We continued our walk in the park. It rather seems a wood! We passed this beautiful bridge And then we had to go out to come back home. -Boys, say “bye” to the park!! A,Z,T-Byeee!!!
SiniS Posted Jul 31, 2012, 8:28 pm	Mommyyyy!!!!! I’m still happy to fullfill one of my lifemissions. I thought I should go to desert to climb a palm tree, but I shouldn’t!!!!! But surprises still come to us, today Zero prepared another big surprise for us. We were talking about our things when he said to us: Z-Guys!!! As you know, this week the Olympic Games start in London. A-Yes T-We know it. Z-I’ve got a surprise for you!! Let me introduce you one of my brothers. He is Cobi!!! C-Hello boys!! A-Nice to meet you!! My name is Ape Apina. T-Hello! My name is TezTez Z-Cobi is famous!!! Do you know why? Because in 1992 the Olympic Games were here in Barcelona and he was the mascot of the games!! And it doesn’t finish here. He got a Tv serie where he was the protagonist with some of his friends!! C-Do you want to watch the opening of my Tv serie? A,T,Z-Yes, yes, please!!! All you can watch it too here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYwpuPdMkHU The lyric says: Cobi, the most wonderful mascot Lives near the sea in Barcelona Petra*, Jordi, Olivia and Forçut, No-Si and Cuca too are his troupe. But here comes Dr.Normal Trying to bother Woods and extinction fauna, All I want is to destroy them, Although I do my best Cobi wins and I lose again. To explore, to do ski, to dance, To play, to paint, to travel to… Venus, London, Tokio, India. New York, Senegal, Reykjavik, the jungle, Hong Kong, The desert, Moscow, La Pampa, La Costa Brava! Cobi, the most wonderful mascot Lives near the sea in Barcelona Cobi will be the greatest friend for you C’mon! We’re waiting you with the Cobi Troupe. Friends Forever! *As you can see, Petra haven’t got arms. She was the mascot of the Paralympic Games in Barcelona 1992. Then, Cobi showed us some books about all the history of Olympic Games and we learned a lot. And this is the part about Barcelona. The Olympic Games in Barcelona were wonderful and all the people say that were the best ever!!! Tomorrow will be the 20th anniversary and Cobi will show us some more things. Tomorrow I tell you!!! I’m nervous to learn so much things!!! Bye!!! Miss youuu!!!
SiniS Posted Jul 31, 2012, 10:36 pm	Hi mom!!! Today is the 20th anniversary of the Olympic Games in Barcelona and we will watch a special program in television. Cobi will explain us too what we will see. C-The name of the program is Aquells dies de glòria (Those days of glory) C-This is the moment when Joan Antoni Samaranch sais “Barcelona!” to be the see of Olympic Games. C-This is me!!!! As the mascot of the games!!! C-This is Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé singing “Barcelona”. Freddie died 8 months before the Games and this song become the hymn of the games. C-This is the construction of the stadium and the olympic zone. C-This is the beginning of the opening ceremony of the games C-This is the moment when the archer, Antonio Rebollo, light the arrow to light the censer. C-And this is the flame. C-And, finally, the moment of the Olympic flag. Under the flag there are all the athletes. It has been so impressive, I wasn’t born then but I would like to have lived that games. C-I have a surprise for all you for tomorrow, but you will have to wait until tomorrow!!!! Good night, mom, I have to sleep, I want to be restful for the surprise!!!!
SiniS Posted Aug 1, 2012, 10:41 pm	Hi mom!!! This afternoon Cobi reunited us for his surprise, what will be? What will be? I love surprises!! C-Boys! Are you ready for the surprise? A,T,Z-Yeeeeeessssss!!!!!! C-We’re going to visit the Olympic Barcelona!!!!!!! Wooowww!!!! It will be so wonderful!!!! We had to take the underground And after a short trip, we are in Plaça Espanya!!! C-Can you see the big brown building??? We have to go there and beyond! We are a bit closer… C-This is the Magic Fountain, we will come back later. C-Those four columns are a sign of Catalonia C-We are near!!! C-Look how long we have walked! C-This big brown building is Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC, National Art Museum of Catalonia). But we have to walk a bit more… C-And… here you are!!!! This is the Olympic Stadium Lluis Companys. And a bit closer… C-This is Palau Sant Jordi C-This is the Communications Tower. C-Let’s come into the stadium! In the last photo you can see the censer. Me with the censer In the floor you can see the Olympic Walk of Fame. I tried to put my foot on it, but it’s too small!!! Near this Olympic Walk of Fame there’s the Olympic Museum On one of its wall we could see this poster about Cobi!!! He is 20 years old!!! And on another wall we could see a relief of a circuit. It was the Circuit de Montjuïc, were Formula 1 ran long time ago. It was an urban circuit around this mountain of Montjuïc. This is one of the curves of the circuit C-C’mon boys, it’s time to come back to the Magic Fountain. The show will start soon!!! The Magic Fountain has choreographed musicals for a duration of 10 to 14 minutes which combines musical excerpts. As it get darks, it turns more beautiful. It was so beautiful!!! But it was 11 o’clock and we had to come back home before they close the underground. Thanks Cobi to show us this beautiful part of the city!!!!
SiniS Posted Aug 26, 2012, 3:32 pm	Hi mom!!! Tonight is the Opening of the Olympic Games of London!!! We all are so nervous!!! After having something for dinner, Cobi, TezTez, Zero and I we will sit in front of the television to watch it. It starts!!!! We can’t see all the opening because we have to go to bed early. Zero’s mom too, she has to work tomorrow. Good night mom!! I will dream with you!!! And enjoy the Olympic Games!!!
SiniS Posted Aug 26, 2012, 4:06 pm	Hello mommy!!! Do you remember when we were searching photos on Internet? If you don’t, read the update on 10th July. So, that was a surprise to TezTez’s mom!! And today Zero's mom told us that TezTez’s mom has received the surprise. We are so happy and hope that she like it!! I love you mom!!!! Bye!!!!
SiniS Posted Aug 26, 2012, 5:34 pm	Hi mom!!! Zero’s mommy has been so busy this week, so she let us to play alone. We decided to assemble a jigsaw with 1000 pieces!!!! This is the one we chose: We haven’t assembled it in one day, but we have finished it today. I will show you our process: And… tachán!!! Finished!! We will frame it to hang it on the wall Do you like it??? We had a lot of fun with it!!!! Byee!!
SiniS Posted Aug 26, 2012, 8:12 pm	Hello!!! Today is the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games and we’re going to watch it on TV. Cobi will be with us. Now we have to say goodbye to Olympic Games and to Cobi too!!! We will miss both!!! Thanks London for this beautiful Games and thanks Cobi to share all this with us!!! Bye!!!
SiniS Posted Aug 26, 2012, 9:54 pm	Hello mommy!!!! Today have arrived two new TV and Zero is so happy because he improves one of his life missions!!!! A,T,Z-Hellooo!!!! ???-Hellooo!!! ???-My name is Rico the Tiger, I’m from Germany. I bring chocolates!!! We give him a very big hug and introduce ourselves And who’s next??? ???-Hiii!!!! Z- Hel-lo…  ???-My name is Doña Felisa, I come from Austria and I bring sugared almonds!!! Z-Ehh… mommy… she’s a girl… -C’mon, Zero, don’t be shy!!! Z- You’re welcome!!!!!!!!! We have joined what Rico the Tiger and Doña Felisa have bring and then we have eaten it It has been delicious!!!!!!!!!
SiniS Posted Sep 2, 2012, 1:50 pm	Hello mom! Today we went to the swimming pool! We were so excited!! We went to the children’s swimming pool. And then we took turns to use the inflatable seat. It was so funny!! I started to take a sunbath because I was the last to use it… After this, we took a sunbath all together in the towel. And we got hungry!! So we ate some chips and some olives! Later, we went to investigate the place. Look! A wooden bridge!! And a bit closer… Where will this stairs take us? TezTez needed a little help of Doña Felisa to go up. Wow!!! It’s a picnic area! A very big picnic area! Look how many tables there are! Near from this there was a tennis zone with wooden benches. We continued our way and then we noticed that somebody was spying us… R-Hello!!! Z-Come with us!!! T-Don’t be shy!!! A-Come closer!!! D-We won’t hurt you!!! ???-Hi! My name is Vassily and I’m a tennis ball. Sorry for bothering you. I was living alone here since I can’t remember… Ohhh!!! How sad it is!!! Vassily told us he was abandoned for his family because he couldn’t play with them anymore. Zero told him that he could come with us, he was sure his mommy don’t get angry if he joined us. So I have a new friend!!! Bye mom!!!
SiniS Posted Sep 2, 2012, 4:09 pm	Hi mommy!!! Today we have visited Camp Nou!!! And Doña Felisa get one of hers life missions and Zero improve one of his!!! We enter by one of the lateral gates. Can you see all that shields in the wall? They are from each “penya barcelonista”, a community that brings support to a football team, in this case, Barça. This big truck is TVE, a national public television channel that will transmit live the match. Tomorrow there will be a Barça-Madrid match, the two most important teams in Spain. We have found a cartel that informed that. This is the principal gate to the stadium, but you have to pay to visit it. In front of this gate, there are some sculptures. And this is me with Barça flags and Catalonia flag. And finally, outside the stadium, you can see “La Masia”, it was home to the Barcelona youth squad. Congratulations Doña Felisa!!! I hope you enjoy this visit!!
SiniS Posted Sep 5, 2012, 8:32 pm	Hi mommy!!!! This week are the festivities in the neighborhood of Sants. It’s typical to decorate some streets and we have visited two of them. The first one we have found is decorated like a coalmine!!! We are in a coalmine!!! And the second one shows us North Pole and South Pole. Look mom!! I’m at home!!! This decorated street is Finland Street!!!! North Pole… And South Pole. Can you see us? It’s all made with recycled materials: bottles, bags… It’s so beautiful!! Bye mom!!!
SiniS Posted Sep 7, 2012, 12:53 pm	Hi mommy! Today we helped Rico the Tiger and Doña Felisa to draw and write in the travelling notebook. This notebook will travel soon, so they wanted to participate in it before it continues its trip
SiniS Posted Sep 7, 2012, 3:51 pm	Hi mom!!! Today TezTez leaves us to continue his travel and Zero is very sad. Z- Before to do your Check Out, I have to do the Rico the Tiger and Doña Felisa’s Check In R-Rico the Tiger from Germany, 13th August 2012 D-And Doña Felisa from Austria, the same day… Z-Now, TezTez is leaving today… T-C’mon, Zero,  don’t cry!!! Z-We will miss you a lot!!! T-Bye guys!!! Z,A,R,D-Byeee!!!!
SiniS Posted Sep 7, 2012, 5:22 pm	Hi mom!!! Today is Doña Felisa and her mum’s birthday!!!! So, as she asks in one of her life missions, we’re going to do a cake to celebrate it!!!! These are the ingredients: 4 eggs, 1 yogurt (in this case, strawberry yogurt), sunflower oil, flour, sugar and baking powder. First, we beat the eggs Then, we add the yogurt. With the vase of the yogurt we calculate the next measures. We add 1 measure of sunflower oil. We add 1 measure of flour (x3) We add 1 measure of sugar (x2) And we add the baking powder. We spread butter and flour in the baking mould and put the mix. We preheat the oven to 170º during 10 minutes and we place the cake inside during about 50 min. We can check with a hook needle if it’s cooked inside. Happy birthday Doña Felisa!!!! Happy birthday Doña Felisa’s mum!!!!
SiniS Posted Sep 11, 2012, 3:58 pm	Hello mommy!!! Today we’re going to a mini postcrossing meeting!!!! As it is celebrated in the city center, we will visit the place before the meeting. Although I have visited it some weeks ago, I come with them. First, we stop in Passeig de Gràcia. This two buildings are so famous!!! On the right you can see Casa Batlló by Gaudí, and on the left, Casa Amatller by Josep Puig i Cadafalch. And I didn’t visit them before!! We arrive at Plaça Catalunya. Here will be the meeting, but we have some time to visit the city center!! Les Rambles and La Font de Canaletes. Rico the Tiger and Doña Felisa drink to fall in love with my city!!! El Mercat de la Boqueria El Liceu Our old friend is still here!!!! He lets us to take a photo with him again, but is not place enough for all, so Zero it’s not in the photo. Colón Museu de Cera Plaça Reial And now, we come back to Plaça Catalunya to meet the postcrossing people!!! Then, we go to have something to drink and write a lot of postcards!!!! We have had so much fun in the meeting, but now is time to come back home. After this, we go to Portal de l’Àngel, a very famous street due its big thermometer. Bye mom!!!!
SiniS Posted Sep 11, 2012, 5:53 pm	Hi mom! Today Zero will show Sagrada Familia to Doña Felisa and Rico the Tiger. As I have visited already, I will come with them, because I don’t want to stay home alone. So, here I am again!! The old part… … and the new part. If you don’t remember it, mom, you can read the update of 8th July 2012 or visit http://www.sagradafamilia.cat/sf-eng/index.php Bye!!!!
SiniS Posted Sep 20, 2012, 6:45 pm	Hi mom!!! Today is a special day in Catalonia. Today it’s “La Diada Nacional de Catalunya” (the National Day of Catalonia). This day people remember when Barcelona was defeated during the War of the Spanish Succession on 1714. A lot of people in Catalonia want Catalonia to be independent from Spain and this day a lot of people go out to the street to express themselves. We have studied a bit about this part of the History and we have seen the manifestation on TV. Ahhh!!! And Vassily has joined us!!!! Look how many people!!! This is “Castellers”, a human tower, add to Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO on 2010. It has been an interesting day and we have learned a lot! Bye!
SiniS Posted Sep 20, 2012, 7:12 pm	Hi mom!! Today I will leave Barcelona to continue my trip. I’m sad because I had nice times here and because Zero is sad too, but I’m happy because I will discover new places Rico the Tiger will leave too, so we have said “goodbye”. Zero have written the date in his notebook… … we have given us a very big hug… … and they have wished us a nice and safe trip. Switzerland, I’m coming!!!
melik90 melik90@gmx.ch Posted Sep 21, 2012, 9:51 am	Hi mum, Today I arrived in Switzerland and got welcomed by three little TVs NicePeter, PieksiHH and Tokki. Concidentially I met Tokki before, we've been together in Finland in Spring 12 already! Everyone gave me a big welcome hug! Then I showed them the route I took from Barcelona.
mmm105 Posted Nov 15, 2012, 6:33 pm	Hello! I arrived back home. It's so nice to tell mommy all my adventures. I had such a great time abroud with my hosts there. Thank you for them! I gave some candies and chocolate from Switzerland. Everyone here liked them. Thanks melik90! Now I'm ready for new adventures, so if you want to show me your hometown and country, just tell my mommy mmm105 about it... Love, Ape Apina
EuroMaus Posted Nov 30, 2012, 12:58 pm	Hi Mommy, i arrived today here in Nuremberg, Germany. My new host was very happy about the presents you send. Her son loves the cocolate lollypop. A old friend of mine was already here TezTez from Austria. You remember we already met in Barcelona, Spain. I was so happy to see him. bye bye mommy, you will hear from me more soon.
EuroMaus Posted Dec 1, 2012, 5:06 pm	Hello Mummy, today we went to Fürth. Its not far away from Nuremberg. Just a blink.  We went also to the Fürther Christmas market but it wasn´t  so nice, so we didn´t take pictures there. TezTez and me took pictures with these statues of iron. Actually its a fountain. This one is a elephant and this one a unicorn and thats a snake. How scary :-/ and when it became dark we saw the town hall of Fürth beautiful decorated with lights.
EuroMaus Posted Dec 2, 2012, 2:14 pm	We got up today and watched outside..oh my gosh..snow...yeah..seems it will be a white christmas here in Germany Our host told that today is the 1.Advent here in Germany. So there was one candle burning on the Advent wreath. We had also a great time baking christmas tree cookies. and we made also chocolate muffins. Hmm Yummy! [img]null[/img] They were really tasty
EuroMaus Posted Dec 3, 2012, 6:59 pm	Today we went to Nürnberg Kinderweihnacht ( Nuremberg Kids Christmas ). It was so beautiful there. We saw also Santa Claus ( Weihnachtsmann ). Everything was decorated so beautiful And there was a very nice old carousel for kids
EuroMaus Posted Dec 9, 2012, 7:23 am	Hello Mommy, today we went with host mum to Rotherburg ob der Tauber. Rothenburg is the 7th beautiful city in Germany. On this pictures you can see the entrance to the old town. Thats a street in which you can find a lot of christmas shops. Thats the town hall and the "Reitlesmarket"- traditional Christmas market..and two policeman with yellow jackets. Thats the St. Jakob Church and at the end we made a picture with Nutcracker.
EuroMaus Posted Dec 10, 2012, 5:50 am	Hi Mom, yesterday we went to Bamberg by train as you can see on the picture. It was a nice comfortable train. It was snowing so much. Actually Bamberg old city is unseco world heritage, but we had no chance to make photos because of the snow. Here is one with St. Martin´s Church. And a last picture with "Christmas Tree of Hope". Everycone can donate money for a some project and get a christmas bulb to hang on the tree. One can hardly see the christmas bulbs because of the snow.
EuroMaus Posted Dec 13, 2012, 7:20 pm	Today we have done a short visit on the Christkindlesmarket. I am sure we will go again there. We saw the Frauenkirche ( Our Lady´s Church). Emperor Charles IV had the Church of Our Lady's (Frauenkirche) built here between 1355 and 1358 on the site of the destroyed synagogue of the former Jewish quarter (pogrom in 1349). It was the first Gothic hall church in Franconia, constructed as an Imperial court chapel with three aisles. Its builder was presumably Peter Parler, the master builder of the Prague St Vitus' Cathedral. In 1361, on the occasion of the baptism of the heir to the throne, the Imperial Crown Jewels were displayed here for the first time. The "Männleinlaufen" ("Running Men" clockwork at noon), created in 1509 by Sebastian Lindenast and Georg Heuß, is reminiscent of the proclamation of the Golden Bull of 1356: seven electors pay homage to Emperor Charles IV sitting on the throne. The main altar is the "Tucher Altar" which was the high altar in the Augustine Church up until 1487. The epitaphs, most of which are from the Dominican's and the Augustine's churches, include works by Adam Kraft (Peringsdörfer epitaph) and by Michael Wolgemut.In 1816, the Church of Our Lady's was given to Nuremberg's Catholic congregation. and then we saw Schöner Brunner ( Beautiful Fountain ). Erected between 1389 and 1396 by the builder and stonemason, Heinrich Beheim, the 19-metre stone pyramid rises from the octagonal basin like a Gothic steeple top, narrowing in three steps, right to the top finial. Forty stone figures are arranged in three rows, all of them important 14th century sculptures representing the world-view of the Holy Roman Empire: in the bottom row allegorical figures symbolising Philosophy and the Free Arts, in the middle row the evangelists and Latin Church Fathers, in the third row the seven electors and nine heroes, at the very top Moses and the seven prophets. The protective railing surrounding the fountain's basin was forged in 1587 by Paulus Kühn from Augsburg. In 1902, it was repaired by Albert Leipold and then furnished with the well-known ring that may be turned. Only fragments remain of the soft sandstone figures of the original fountain, and they are kept in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum. Between 1897 and 1902 the sandstone figures were replaced by shell lime ones. At host´s home we got the ginger bread heart to eat which we bought on the Christkindles market.
EuroMaus Posted Jan 2, 2013, 2:51 pm	Hi Mummy, did you have a nice Christmas ? We had Eearly today wer decorated the Christmas tree. Here is one picture with and without decortation. Can you see me sitting in the tree? For Dinner we had fish , potatos and some sauce with Herbal. It was really tasty. On the next picture you can see the bunch of presents and the sweets Yummy....I eat a lot of sweets.
EuroMaus Posted Jan 2, 2013, 3:07 pm	The 2nd Christmas Days was just to relax. We played with the toys which Host Mum´s Son got for Christmas. It was fun.
EuroMaus Posted Jan 2, 2013, 3:22 pm	On Saturday we took a walk around the villiage in which host Mum´s parents are staying. Its really small..but we found some animals like monkey and goats there. Sadly we  had not much time to see the other part of the villiage.
EuroMaus Posted Jan 6, 2013, 4:12 pm	Today was a great day. We took a walk to Kaiserburg ( Imperial Castle ). Its a very nice castle. The best is that its in the middle of the city , so you have a very nice view over the old town and the whole city. and we went through a dark gateway..uhhh how scary... on the way back down we saw that miniuatur iron nuremberg..its actually for blind...don´t know how it should work... While going to the bus stop we made pictures with the St. Sebald (St. Sebaldus' Church) and the old town hall
EuroMaus Posted Jan 9, 2013, 2:25 pm	I have to leave tomorrow my host here in Nuremberg Germany. It was great to spend Christmas here and to see a little of Nuremberg. I found new friends,too. Nikita and Wink will stay longer here. I said bye to them and i hope to see them one day again. I will go to Finland . Yeaaah, my home country. I heared the city i will go is famous for glass. Hmmm. i am curius... So i jumped in the envelope...bye bye...
milla444 Posted Jan 15, 2013, 5:23 pm	Hi everyone! Today I arriwed back to Finland, yey my homecountry! I have two host moms and they told me that I'm their first tv ever! Can you believe that? I'm so excited! I had some tea and chocolate with me. I also got to taste a little bit of that delicious chocolate. It was goood! I got some BIG friends! They are all so nice. It must be some kind of a destiny but this card arriwed today from Spain! My host moms are also postcrossing! Yey! I can help them. I was a little nervous when my host moms told that we were going to a vet. IT was scary! The other dog in this family needed to get his shot. I felt his pain. He was so scared and I just wanted to hug him and we waited an hour! As you can see from Hachiko's face he didn't like it at all And look mom I'm wearing a scarf so I'm not cold! Now we are going to bake those thin pancakes! Yummy! Bye!
milla444 Posted Jan 21, 2013, 8:47 pm	Hi all! It's been so much fun here and we have been eaten a lot of treats! Don't worry mom, I'm brushing my teeth.. Like I said at my last post we made some thin pancakes: And finally they were ready and taisted delicious! 18.1. This was my other host mom's name day so we went to eat outside. It was a sushi restaurant in Järvenpää so we went there with train. It was really fun trip! And then we made a cake to my host mom and guess what! There was banana in it! Yummy! Are they all for me? :P I mashed the bananas... ...and the cake was ready! I got to taste it and it was GOOD! And we also made these: lemon-white chocolate fudge!
milla444 Posted Jan 25, 2013, 3:07 am	Hi you all! I got some company couple of days ago. Huhn came here and we had a lot to talk about because we both have a long trip behind. IT was nice! We also made a short trip to Hyvinkää. Again we travelled with train but this time only 10 minutes. We saw some art at the train station! And later that day we were writing postcrossing cards. I always like that! I'm enjoying my time here. - Ape
milla444 Posted Feb 17, 2013, 5:46 pm	Hello everyone! Long time no see and a lot of things has happened! We have had a great time with Huhn and we have become friends. One stormy night at my current home Riihimäki. We also went to the sightseeing in Riihimäki. This is a very small town so there aren't many big or important places but here is something: The statue of a glassblower.  As I read before I came here Riihimäki is famous of glass. The second of two last glassworks was in here. The last one was in Karhula and it was shut down a few years ago. So now there isn't any glassworks in Finland anymore. That's sad.. And actually my host mom's dad was one of the last workers in the glassworks of Karhula! So my host mom knows a lot about that. There is also a garrison in Riihimäki and it shows also in the street view. Here also the trees has scarves! Jaiks! We are high!! Don't worry mom I'm careful (notice the newspaper in the tree..) The train statio from a little differen perspective.. And then the place that my host moms call "the duck pond" but now it's frozen so we didn't see any ducks 8( Two weeks ago we got some company: three new mice! They were cute. The whole pack of eight mice are getting to know each other. (those two white ones with brown noses are a mother and a daughter!) We also made a trip to visit my host mom's dad in Hamina and mom in Kotka: Hamina We have only pictures fro inside because the weather was horrible 8( mmmmh the fireplace was soooo warm Kotka: A bad picture but those are cows made of a scrap metal of cars. The train station of Kotka. And of course we had the Shrovetide! And Valentine's Day: muffins made on Geisha chocolate! See ya! Bye! -Ape
mmm105 Posted Mar 10, 2013, 1:29 pm	Ape Apina is happily home now! And he is ready for new adventures! So, if anyone is interested to be a host for Ape Apina, send a message to mmm105, please.
Sarah Lynn Posted May 17, 2013, 10:44 pm	Hello Mommy! I'm here enjoying beautiful San Diego! Look at the palm trees! I hope I can find one to climb soon, these ones are so tall! I received a very warm greeting from the other Toy Voyagers and the resident cats. The cats are very friendly and greeted me with a hello kiss! I showed Shadow Cat, Alien Princess and Dille the tea I brought. Host Mommy made us a nice tea with fruit to enjoy with one another. What a good day so far!
Sarah Lynn Posted May 20, 2013, 7:38 pm	Hi Mom! We went night time geocaching around Hillcrest! I loved looking at all the lights and people walking around! Each neighborhood in San Diego has a sign that lights up, this is the Hillcrest one! There is also a Dragon sign that lights up, the restaurant is long gone, but the sign was so loved, they left it there! There is also a place called "Chocolat" right next to the sign, everything they sell is chocolate! Ice cream, candy, shakes, anything really. HostMommy said we would go there to celebrate her birthday!! Its on May 29th! One of the tiny geocaches was on a bridge near a grocery store. The special thing about this bridge is that it is a footbridge that crosses from Hillcrest to University Heights. The bridge is, in itself, a piece of art. There are beautiful pictograms on it and quotes from famous people on it. HostMommy said we'd return here to take pictures during the day. The next bridge we went on goes above a major street and no one even notices its there. There is an adult item store and a residential neighborhood closeby. The tiny geocache was up there. Ok bye Mom!
mmm105 Posted Mar 24, 2014, 2:48 pm	Ape Apina has arrived back home few months ago.

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