coraline Posted Apr 6, 2012, 7:58 am |
Hello! My name is Virgo, I'm a little TV and now I'm staying with my mum for a while. I've heard that there is a biiiig world with a lot of wonderful countries and I can't wait to visit them! My mum says that there are even more continents and my dream is to visit each of them (and eat honey of course)
I really hope that many TV's will come here, in Lithuania, where I could show them my home and have a great time! |
coraline Posted Apr 9, 2012, 10:14 am |
Happy Easter everyone! It's a sunny morning in Lithuania (too bad that I can still see snow through my window...) and the second Easter day. As the first one is for family and second one is for friends and relatives, I'm very excited to visit my mum's grandmother's house and have a good time there.
Our eggs weren't very colorful, but they were delicious and strong! And we also made some salads... Mmm... This is what I got for helping! Yummy! With my friend Rabbit I hope that the spring will finally come to Lithuania and after some days I'll see sun and green grass, not only snow. Bye for now!! Virgo |
coraline Posted Apr 14, 2012, 7:43 pm |
Hello!
After Easter holidays, everybody got back to work. My mum went on studying and I had a lot of work to do, too. We both with other family members (my mum's mum, our rabbit) took care of plants yesterday. As we have a lot of beautiful flowers in our home, it took almost all day! Seeing this happy cactus made my day! I finally feel the spirit of the spring I also remembered that I don't have my ID card yet and that means that I can't travel safely. Me and my mum had a really good time making it for me. Want to see the result? It's LEGEN...wait for it...DARY! But still a secret I was very tired after all of that fun I had today. My mum says that maybe soon I'll go to my first trip. Can't wait to visit that very mysterious country or other continent and have fun with the family which will host me. I think I'm going to dream about it now. Nighty night! Virgo |
coraline Posted Apr 15, 2012, 6:29 pm |
Bonjour!
Today I had a great time being outside. It was a sunny and warm day, so we went for a walk in the forest and saw there many violets. They're so pretty and cute! Dreaming and feeling happy... Make this evening special and spend it with your family. Bissous, Virgo |
coraline Posted Apr 18, 2012, 8:40 pm |
Hi!
Today I had an amazing day sewing some things for me and my soon-to-come guests. Ding dong! Someone has just arrived! A little toy voyager showed his nose, when we opened the letter, and... tadaam! It was a guest from Germany, her name is Dottie Mouse and she's going to stay here for a while. Hooray! I gave this little mouse a big hug and showed her our house. Then we had a great evening talking about our countries and other things. Dottie Mouse is such a great voyager! She has visited many many places and have a lot of things to tell. But after her journey she felt a bit sleepy, so we made our beds and said "good night" to each other. Good night to you too! Virgo |
coraline Posted Apr 22, 2012, 12:03 pm |
Hello!
Yesterday me, Kit-Kat and Dottie Mouse had a great time at Vilnius Lyceum. It was the beggining of "Art Week 2012" in this school and on Saturday all creative students came there to decorate the walls. We painted some birds and a funny cat. After that, we went to the mall and then outside. It was a sunny day, so we had some fun in the grass Then we all helped our mum to wash the car. That was a hard job! Later that day my mum told me great news - I'm going to see the world! My first stop will be Germany and I can't wait to see the beauty of it!! Of course, it was sad to leave my guests from Germany in Lithuania, but they told me that I will absolutely like it and that my mum will take care of them. We had a big family hug. With my tiny journal and other things I was ready to go. Bye, Lithuania! Bye, mum! Virgo |
coraline Posted Apr 24, 2012, 6:45 pm |
Hey there!
So now I'm in a small box, going to my new host in Germany to see many wonderful places there. I'm missing Lithuania already and also my great friends there (Kit-Kat, Dottie Mouse), but I hope that they will see The Cathedral and Vilnius Old Town soon. And I hope to have fun in other country, maybe meet other TV's Soon you'll hear more from me! Hugs, Virgo |
olgamaus Posted Apr 25, 2012, 8:00 pm |
Hi Mummy,
I arrived in Germany today! Wow, what a fast trip My first host Katja and some more ToyVoyagers gave me a warm welcome. My new friends are Herlinde the dragon, Schnatterchen the duckling, Tamina the rhino and Albus Star the dog. They all were delighted about the candies I brought with me Katja told me that she will stick the postcard sticker to her fridge. It is rainy here, so we did not go out. Instead I had a look out of the kitchen window. Later Katja had to hang out the laundry in the attic, I went with her and looked out of the roof lights. Can you see the towers in the background of the next photo? One of them belongs to the city hall and the other one is a water tower. Hopefully I will have a look around tomorrow. Love Virgo |
olgamaus Posted Apr 28, 2012, 11:33 am |
Hi Mummy,
today we were picked up by a friend to take a walk in a nearby forest and to do some shoppings later. Although Remscheid is an idustrial city, it is surrounded by woodland areas, rural areas, valley and creeks. We went to a district in the West of the municipal area, close to a large woodland area. Katja told me that Germany's highes railway bridge is connecting Remscheid with the neighbour city Solingen. You can see a small part of it on the following photo. Due to the bad weather this week there are some creeks running across the hiking paths. We reached an historic outlook pavilion, built in late 19th century. The pavilion is situated high above the valley of the river Wupper, flowing in the valley between Remscheid and Solingen. You have a fantastic view to Muengsten Bridge from here. Muengsten Bridge was built of steel, completed in 1907. It is about 480 m long and 107 m tall. There are extensive repair works going on in the last few years. We followed our hiking path and found more creeks and waterfalls along the path. We walked under the bridge. Katja knows a secret hiking path which is going through the abutment of the bridge. You have a stunning view across the valley from this point. Our path was leading through a rural area than ... ... and soon some houses came into sight. This farm has a garden full of fruit trees. We went shopping than. Bye for now Virgo |
olgamaus Posted May 3, 2012, 7:46 pm |
Hi Mummy,
we took a long walk today along the so called "Obstweg Leichlingen" (translated it must be something like "Route of Fruit" ). Leichlingen is a small town, halfway between Remscheid and Cologne.. This path is following a route through traditional orchard meadows, along homesteads and through rural hamlets. It is about 9 km long. We had to follow the apple trail marking. You can find many information boards telling you facts about fruit, the landscape and so on. Katja told me that we were a bit late, most of the apple trees were not blooming any more. Katja said two or three weeks ago the whole region must have been an sea of flowers. You can also find those half-timbered houses here. We walked along picturesque farms and houses. We found those wooden pigs We came back to the town than. Everywhere farmers were working on the fields. In the gardens we already found lots of flowers. We also took a short walk in the city centre of Leichlingen. This is river Wupper, which is already flowing under Muengsten Bridge. Not too far from here, about 9 km, it is flowing into river Rhine. We had an ice cream and drove home afterwards. Bye Virgo |
olgamaus Posted May 3, 2012, 7:49 pm |
Hi Mummy,
my host is celebrating her birthday today. How old she is? I don't know ... she looks older than 35, so I'd better not ask But this means, she is not virgo, but taurus. Bye Virgo |
olgamaus Posted May 3, 2012, 8:42 pm |
Hi Mummy,
today we went to Wuppertal, one of the neighbour cities. First we took a walk along the "Sambatrasse", a former, now closed railway track, rebuilt to a lane for pedestrians and cyclists. It is following the original track through the forest, meeting some interesting points. It is called "Samba"-Trasse because the trains were swaying on the winding track - like you were dancing Samba Here is an historic train, it was used until the 1950's. I did not find my home town on those signs. Next stop was an open air pool which is heated by waste heat from the nearby incinerator. Can you see it shimmering through the trees? You can go swimming here the whole year. Katja told me that it was only covered when there were extremely low temperatures outside. This is the incinerator. We walked along allotment gardens, many gardens are decorated with memorabilia from the former railway track. We found those giant wood stacks in the forest. The lane is running next to the A 46 motorway for a while. Than the most interesting part followed: The Sambatrasse is crossing the zoo. Can you see the lawn in the background? It's the tiger enclosure! Unfortunately we did not see any tiger. We reached the end of the Sambatrasse than. We walked towards the city centre of Wuppertal than. We walked through the zoo quarter, a villa quarter with lots of interesting houses. Katja showed us a house which is painted all over with the loveliest animals. Wuppertal is an old industrial city. Due to the river Wupper which is flowing through the city there were dye works and weaving mills since the middle ages. You can also find typical worker's housing areas. One of the global leaders of pharmaceutical industry is situated in Wuppertal, Bayer AG. Here you can see the main attraction of Wuppertal - the "Schwebebahn" (suspended monorail). It was established in 1901. The tracks are 8 m above the streets and 12 m above the Wupper River. Here you can see one of 20 stations along the route. A train was leaving the station ... ... and meeting another train from the opposite direction! Here is another station, also a modern one. We had a pizza in this restaurant. My host's daughter is working there as a cook. Afterwards we went home, relaxing the rest of the day. Love Virgo |
olgamaus Posted May 11, 2012, 9:47 pm |
Hi Mummy,
today we bought food for the pets on the farmers market. My host is keeping three ferrets, they eat lots of meat, mostly poultry. We bought stomachs, a neck and hearts from turkey and chicken wings and necks. Everything had to be hackled and packed into servings, than it was packed into the freezer. Katja told me that the ferrets liked their food raw - yuck! But they are predators, so it ok for them. Bye Virgo |
olgamaus Posted May 11, 2012, 9:51 pm |
Hi Mummy,
unexpectedly the weather became much better in the afternoon, so we took a walk around the city. My current home is not too far from the city centre, here you can see the tower of the city hall in the background. Only a few steps further the view was completey different: A large playground to my left and lovely old houses. In the background you can see the outskirts of the neighbour city Wuppertal. We walked downhill to the district Hasten, one of the oldest districts of Remscheid. The "Route of Tools" is starting here, a former railway track which was built to a lane for pedestrians and cyclists. We will walk the whole lane another time, it is nearly 5 km long. Unfortunately the photos do not really show how steep those lanes are! This street is leading to the municipal park, also goint straight uphill. A few minutes later we reached our home Bye Virgo |
olgamaus Posted May 17, 2012, 9:06 pm |
Hi Mummy,
today we had fantastic weather, so we took a walk in the outskirts of Remscheid. We started in the district Lennep, one of the historic parts of the city. Soon we left the city area and walked through rural areas. We reached an upstream temporary dam, it belongs to Wupper dam. We followed a path along a now closed railway track. This is the old railway building. We walked through an old worker's housing estate. They once belonged to a cloth mill. In the forest we found lots of blooming trees and bushes, like this hawthorn. We enjoyed the warm sunshine We also took a walk in the city centre of Lennep. Here you can find an historic city core, most houses were built in late 18th century after a great fire. You can find typical "Bergische Häuser" here - mostly half-timbered houses and houses which are covered with slate, with characteristic green shutters. This is "Klosterkirche", a former church of an abbey. Nowadays it is a cultural centre and a lovely restaurant. This was a lovely trip, Bye Virgo |
olgamaus Posted May 27, 2012, 5:37 pm |
Hi Mummy,
we visited an exhibtion for "garden and living" today in the neighbour city Solingen. It was taking place in the palace garden of Schloss Gruenewald. You could see the most interesting things around gardening. Flowers of course, decorating items, barbeques, all sorts of fire places, exclusive furniture for balcony and patio, also handmade jewelry, intesting food, spices, cheese, handmade clothings .... There was also a bird of prey demonstration. This is a garden decoration made of wood and coloured glass. Here you can see the castle, completely different from what I have known as a castle by now. Those branches with leaves made of glass were at least 2,5 m tall. We bought marine salt from Camargue with herbs and a piece of honey soap. On our way back to the car we came across this rape field. There were wooden boxes - bee homes (that's where rapeseed honey is made ). Bye Virgo |
olgamaus Posted May 27, 2012, 5:43 pm |
Hi Mummy,
in Katja's lunch break we took a walk around the city centre. Let me show you the water tower first. The city centre of Remscheid is situated on a hill, the water tower was built at the highest point of that hill. Its tower and the nearby tower of the city hall are visible from the surrounding cities. Here you can see the company bulding of the local newspaper, Remscheider General-Anzeiger. This is the central bus station. The shopping street with the pedestrian area is beginning here. A farmers market is taking place here twice a week, on Tuesday and Friday. We walked along the shopping street ... ... and soon we reached the shopping mall, Allee-Center. Those giant forceps are marking the beginning of the shopping street. They are symbol for the worldwide well known tool producing industry. This is the city hall, its tower is 48 m tall. When we walked towards our home Katja showed us a part of the city with lots of lovely old houses (and a renovated hospital). From here we only had to walk a few minutes to get home. Bye Virgo |
olgamaus Posted May 30, 2012, 8:12 pm |
Hi Mummy,
I visited a medieval festival today. It was taking place in Wassenberg, a small town in the Niederrhein area. My current hosts, Katja's sister and family, were already well prepared for the festival. Before we left, I had breakfast with some other teddy bears - lots of honey! The bears taught me to say "bear" and "honey" in German. bear = Bär honey = Honig This was quite easy Katja's sister Ina decided that I also should get dressed for the rock concerts which would take place there. Have a look at me Looks sort of dangerous ... This is the name of the family's most favourite band. To stay awake the whole day I had a strong coffee. The mug is showing the logo of the festival. Finally there! I wanted to buy a harness, but we would have had problems to get it into the car. The favourite band, Saltatio Mortis, was on stage than. These two band members were so kind to take a photo with me We were really hungry than and bought dough rolls filled with feta cheese. I got a souvenir - a little bell I'm wearing it now, so I hopefully will never get lost. Love Virgo |
olgamaus Posted May 30, 2012, 8:15 pm |
Hi Mummy,
today it was time to leave Germany. Katja helped me to pack my things, I also wrote a postcard to you When you read this, I already will be on my way to Kansa in the USA. Love Virgo |
olgamaus Posted May 30, 2012, 8:30 pm |
Hi Mummy,
today Leopoldi and I helped our host Katja to make a rhubarb cake. Yesterday, when Katja took a walk she picked some rhubarb in a friend's garden, Yesterday in the eveining she already cooked delicious jam with rhubarb and bananas. For the cake we needed rhubarb of course , butter, sugar, vanilla sugar, flour, baking soda and eggs. We cut the rhubarb into pieces while Katja prepared the cake dough. She put the dough onto baking tray and added the rhubarb. While the cake was in the oven for about 25 minutes we prepared the meringue topping: beaten egg white and sugar. The meringue was spread on the cake. Another 15 minutes in the oven and the cake was ready. Bye Virgo |
MamiTig Posted Jun 12, 2012, 5:45 am |
Virgo arrived safely in Iola, Kansas! |
MamiTig Posted Jun 12, 2012, 5:48 am |
We visited Arnold's Greenhouse! It's such a magically relaxing place, with all of the amazing plants and flowers! |
MamiTig Posted Jun 12, 2012, 5:51 am |
After visiting Arnold's Greenhouse, we visited a curious place called Luther's Beef Jerky and Convenience Store. There were lots of unusual things there! |
MamiTig Posted Jun 12, 2012, 5:52 am |
Virgo enjoyed Sabbath supper at the SDA church. |
MamiTig Posted Jun 13, 2012, 4:50 am |
We took host mom's parents to meet Lula and work in the garden. It's looking so pretty and nice as all the weeds get gone! |
MamiTig Posted Jun 16, 2012, 1:58 am |
Virgo enjoyed dining at El Charro! |
MamiTig Posted Jun 17, 2012, 8:46 pm |
Today we went to the Farmer's Market- then we got to go to El Charro for the second time this week, to celebrate a birthday! Yay! |
MamiTig Posted Jun 18, 2012, 1:46 pm |
Today we went to Deanna Rose Farmstead! There were so many fun things to see and do. The gardens are lovely and the petting zoo animals were very curious. We had fun playing and exploring! |
MamiTig Posted Jun 20, 2012, 5:23 am |
After visiting Deanna Rose Park, we went to China Star for dinner. Some people think that dessert is the very best part! |
MamiTig Posted Jun 20, 2012, 5:23 am |
After visiting Deanna Rose Park, we went to China Star for dinner. Some people think that dessert is the very best part! |
MamiTig Posted Jun 21, 2012, 5:37 am |
There are always interesting things to see and do in Lula's garden! We had fun exploring! |
MamiTig Posted Jun 22, 2012, 4:17 am |
The ToyVoyagers loved the tooth fairy bench at Legends Drive Dental! |
MamiTig Posted Jun 22, 2012, 5:13 am |
Host mom was really excited that she finished her daughter's Prinplup costume today! Only about a month until Tokyo in Tulsa and she can show it off! |
MamiTig Posted Jun 24, 2012, 7:28 am |
One of the host family boys was in a play this morning, at the community theater. It was all very exciting! |
MamiTig Posted Jun 26, 2012, 1:21 am |
Today I went fossil hunting with the host family! It was so pretty and we skipped rocks and saw lots and lots of interesting things |
MamiTig Posted Jun 26, 2012, 5:04 am |
Today we bid bon voyage to Virgo! Safe travels! |
MySongIsLaughter Posted Jul 4, 2012, 9:01 am |
Today I arrived in Portsmouth! It was very exciting to be greeted by so many TVs As you can see, I'm staying with Rosalind, NoMi, Mimi and George and Porridge!
This afternoon, MySongIsLaughter had to go to play in a concert at a school, so we had to get the ferry! It was very exciting, particularly because the man checking our tickets got our host to give him a private concert on the way across. At the other side, we could see across the water to where we came from! The green and white boat is the one we came on. |
MySongIsLaughter Posted Jul 14, 2012, 12:33 pm |
There are only a few more days until we will travel to Scotland! I am getting very excited! This afternoon, we had to go and buy some train tickets for while we are up there. Just as we were about to go, Frances brought a package up. Who could this be, who has arrived just in time to come to Scotland with us? It's Kasimir Kashmir!
So we enjoyed walking to the station, particularly as it wasn't raining which it seems to do a lot in Portsmouth! On the way home, we noticed a park that was empty because all the children are still at school, so we went and played in it! That was very fun! |
MySongIsLaughter Posted Jul 20, 2012, 9:07 pm |
I helped Frances make a chocolate cake today! She needed one for a friend's Baptism tomorrow, so we all agreed to help her out as best we could. We tried not to distract her too much by playing and eating the cake batter, but it was difficult! |
MySongIsLaughter Posted Jul 20, 2012, 10:33 pm |
I'm in Scotland!
We've had a very long journey, but there's been plenty to do along the way. We read a book together, and watched a movie on Frances' laptop. At King's Cross station, we had a lot of time while we waited for our train so we looked around lots of shops and found platforms 9 and 10, so we know that somewhere between them is platform 9 3/4! On the way from London to Edinburgh, we had a window seat so we could watch the views as we travelled further North. It was very exciting! I'm excited to find out what adventures I can have in Scotland! |
MySongIsLaughter Posted Jul 20, 2012, 11:35 pm |
It's sunny today, so we went for a walk around Strathclyde Loch. It was nice seeing the lovely scenery, and we also explored some Roman ruins, and also met some very nice birds, including swans and geese. I'm glad we got to spend some time outside and get some exercise, especially after our long journey yesterday! |
MySongIsLaughter Posted Jul 31, 2012, 6:00 pm |
I went for a bit of a road trip today, because my host wanted to go to a flute course and we wanted to see a bit of Scotland on the way. We passed through many lovely places, and stopped off for a walk through a magical forest with very tall trees, small caves and a big waterfall! The weather was lovely, so we enjoyed walking and playing together! |
MySongIsLaughter Posted Aug 1, 2012, 2:15 pm |
We came home from Scotland! It was a very long journey - we were travelling for more than 12 hours! Now I am a little tired, but I can rest a little.
When we got home, we found that Cheney has come to see us! It is very exciting that toys are always coming and going! |
MySongIsLaughter Posted Aug 3, 2012, 8:40 am |
Guess what? I'm on my way to Germany! I'm very excited, although sad to be leaving the friends I've been staying with in Portsmouth and Scotland. Who knows, maybe I'll bump into them some day!
I'm glad I will not be lonely on my journey, because although Rosalind is going to stay with a different host we are both travelling to Germany, and we found ourselves in the same bag at the post office so hopefully we can talk to each other on the way! I'm very eager to see what adventures I can have in Germany! |
Susie's Posted Aug 6, 2012, 9:06 pm |
Hi Mom,
today I arrived in Germany!!! I got to meet my new host Susie's at her office. But I wasn't the only one that got here today. There is also Doofus who came here from the netherlands. The both of us are Susie's first toyvoyagers to host ever. When we got to her home after work there was a surprise-welcome party going on for us. There were so many of them and they were just there to welcome us. The party was so fantastic. We trank lemonade and had lots of chocolate. *yummy* Tomorrow I'll spend the day with Susie (the teddybear you can see in the picture) and Poschti who is a TV himself and will start his very first journey by the end of this week (he told me he is going to Sweden). They wanna show me there home and tell me all about it. I'm going night night now. Bye Mom, I send you a big hug from Germany. Love Virgo |
Susie's Posted Aug 7, 2012, 7:56 pm |
Good Evening Mommy,
it's me again with a very short update. My new host Susie's wanted us to meet her mom. So we went there in the evening. We hung out in the yard for a bit and got to meet two little cuties (of course not in the yard). One of them is called "little angel". Guess which one it is. Love Virgo |
Susie's Posted Aug 9, 2012, 9:37 pm |
Hi Mommy,
how are you? I'm doing pretty good. Host mom's Toyvoyager Poschti was supposed to show us his home so we get to know the place better. But it was the day before he left to go on his first journey. So he was very excited and was running around in circles all day (instead of showing us his home). This morning he left and we all said goodbye. After he was gone Doofus and me explored host mom's home by ourself. And that was my day. But I heard hostmom saying something about going somewhere on the weekend..... |
Susie's Posted Aug 12, 2012, 7:22 pm |
Hey Mom,
how was your weekend? I had a very nice day yesterday. We drove to a small village named Grügelborn which is in the federalstate Saarland. It is more that two hours away from Susie's home. We were invited to spend the day there with friends. We had a very jummy barbecue and some selfmade liquor (it's the green stuff that you can see on some of the photos). I think I had a bit to much of it cause all of a sudden I was very tired and fell asleep right there. And what (or better who) you also can see on the photos is my new friend Elchi (he is not a Toyvoyager). He had those drinks with me. But before that Elchi showed me his home town Grügelborn. We walked around there for quite a while. I got to see some interesting old houses, two fountains, a statue of Jesus and one of virgin Mary. Like I said it was a very nice day. The weather was perfect, the food was jummy, there was some alcohol, I got to see an interesting place and made a new friend. How much better can it get? I really enjoyed it. Bye Mom, I miss you (but just a little bit ) Love Virgo |
Susie's Posted Aug 14, 2012, 8:29 pm |
Hey there,
today we (Hostmum, Doofus and me) went for a walk in Bad Homburg. Isn't the scenery beautiful? The blue sky, the golden cornfield and the green hills in the background (they are called Taunus). We even came by some roman ruins its called Villa Ober-Eschbach. In the evening we helped Susie's to prepare a game for a wedding. We painted a biiiiig heart on an old bedsheet. On the day of the wedding bride and groom will each get a pair of scissors and cut out the heart together. When they are done the groom has to lift up the bride in his arms and they have to step through the heart together. Dosen't that sound sweet? Good Night Mom Virgo |
Susie's Posted Aug 15, 2012, 8:35 pm |
And again we spent some time in Bad Homburg. Our host had to go to the library (and had to pay late fee )
She also wanted to show us the local castle (it was built in 1679-1686 by Earl Friedrich II.) On the way we came by one Catholic church St. Marien (which is famous for it's bells and it's ringing) and one Protestant church called Erlöserkirche (built in 1903-1908). Buh...... and it was so hot today, it it suppose to get even hotter till the weekend. |
Susie's Posted Aug 19, 2012, 3:54 pm |
Hello my dear Mummy,
on Thursday I did something extraordinary. I went to a Tabledancebar!!! Since they wachted us like hawks, we couldn't take any pictures inside. But let me tell you this from the beginning: on Thursday was something called night of the open doors (you could take a look behind the scenes at differed places) in the district around the main station and part of the red light district in Frankfurt. First we took a tour through the Hotel Villa Oriental (the first and only oriantal theme hotel in Germany). We got free samples of figs and selfmade tea while while we had to wait for our tour. Then we took another tour through another hotel. This time it was the Le Méridien were they offered us freshly squeezed juice. And then we finally went to the red light district and visited the Golden Gate Diamond Club (the tabledace bar). But what happens in a tabledance bar stays in the tabledance bar. So I can't tell you anything more about it. When we came out there it was pretty late and time to go home. That was something...... Love Virgo |
Susie's Posted Aug 21, 2012, 6:08 am |
Mommy, Mommy, Mommy you won't believe what I got!
Honey from Lithuania! One of Susie'e friends went to Lithuania for vacation and she brought back this honey! Ohhhhhhhhhh it's soooooooo good! I loved it and couldn't stop eating! Afterwards I was sticky from head to toe because I made quite a mess with the honey. But it reminds me so much of home. Love and miss you Mom! Virgo |
Susie's Posted Aug 22, 2012, 6:49 am |
Gooooooood Morning Mummy,
yesterday I got one step closer to complet one of my life mission. Or to be exact even two steps! Susie's Grandma was born in former Yugoslavia, that's why she speaks Serbian and Croatian. So we went to her place yesterday and Grandma taught me how to pronounce and to write Honey and Bear in both languages. And here is my croatian lesson: |
Susie's Posted Aug 22, 2012, 7:08 am |
.....and here is my serbian lesson.
Virgo PS I even dreamt about all my new word at night. |
Susie's Posted Aug 23, 2012, 8:41 pm |
Good evening Mom,
yesterday we helped Susie's making Ice cream. And today we helped her eating it. And this is the recipe: 200g cream yogurt 50g sour cream 20g honey 40g sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla flavor 125 ml sweet cream 100g berries chocolate cream Mix the cream yogurt, sour cream, honey, sugar, sweet cream and vanilla flaver and stir well. Put it in the freezer for one and a half or two hours. Stir with a spoon every 15-20 minutes. Add the berries and mix it carefully. Take those paper cases for muffins and place them in a muffin bakingsheet fill them up with the cream and pleace some chocolate cream on top and put it back in the freezer. Let it freeze over night. And then just enjoy. Yumm yumm yumm! So good! |
Susie's Posted Aug 25, 2012, 8:11 pm |
Hey there,
yesterday we did something very special! We went to a wedding! For that we had to get up very very early because hostmum went to the barbershop to get her hair done. That took about an hour . From the barbershop we drove to the house were the weeding party should be and helped with some preparations. We also met some of the brides family there and drove together to the castle were to wedding was supposed to be. We could see the castle from the outside and took a peek inside but unfortunately couldn't see the actual ceremony (no bears allowed). But therefor we watched bride and groom taking pictures in every possible constellation afterwards (bride and groom with there parents, grandparents, siblings, friends and so on. that took quite a while ). Then we went back to the house were all the 25 guests got to enjoy a really good buffet for lunch. In the afternoon we had tons of cake included the wedding cake of course (which was selfmade by the grooms sister by the way). In the evening about 100 guests showed up and we had something we call "Polterabend" here in Germany. The guests brought old dishes and smashed it in the driveway because shards bring luck (that's an old german saying says that). For dinner we had BBQ and lot's of salad and a few drinks. That was an interesting and fun day at the wedding. Bye yours Virgo. PS watch out for the cut out big heart in the pictures. It's the one we helped host mom to prepair. PPS the guestbook was selfmade by hostmum PPPS the weired looking stuff in the flowerpot was a funny gift. Vanilla pudding with Oreo cookie crumbs. Very yummy. |
Susie's Posted Aug 26, 2012, 9:20 pm |
Hallo liebe Mama (means:Hello dear Mum in german ),
we spent almost all day in Frankfurt and finally did some sightseeing (went there by train). We climbed on the roof top terrace of a shopping mall and had a very nice round view over the city and especially at the skyscrapers (if you ignore the nasty weather the view was really nice ). From there we walked to a place called Römer which is a very famous sight of Frankfurt. In the 14th century this was the place were the emperors and kings were crowned. Today it is the city hall. From there we walked on to the river Main were the had a huge fair which is called Museumsuferfest (museumriversidefair) because along the river there are lots of museums. But we didn't went inside one. We just strolled around the fair were they had all kinds of different food and drinks from a whole lot of different nations. Not to forget all the music and stages. And funny, interesting and nice stuff that you can buy. Hostmum bought a case for her sunglasses and a bag. It took quite a while till we walked through the whole fair because it was pretty crowded and we stoped here and there to have a snack, a drink and to look at things. And now it's almost time to go to bed. Good night Mommy. |
Susie's Posted Aug 28, 2012, 8:00 pm |
Hello Mummy,
today we spent some time in a small park that surrounds the small castle of Wilhelmsbad in the town of Hanau. We just walked around for a while, climbed up the so called snail hill and had a picnic in the park. On the way down from the snail hill Doofus and me used the rail to slide on it. We got in trouble with hostmum for doing that because it was quite dangerous ( at least that's what she says ) The castle was build by command of Lord Wilhelm IX./I. of Hessen-Kassel and was opened in 1779 because in the area a healing spring was found that was supposed to be used as a sanitarium. But in the year 1860 it dried up. Altogether I enjoyed the relaxing time. Love Virgo |
Susie's Posted Aug 30, 2012, 8:33 pm |
Hi Mommy,
yesterday a new guest arrived. Klöver a Toyvoyager from Sweden got here. Since hostmum told us in advance about it we planned a little surprise for her. But Klöver got here super fast (it just took her just 2 days to travel all the way from sweden to germany) so we weren't quite done with the preparations yet. That's way we had to hurry with the decoration and the dinner we made for Klöver. We cooked something typical swedish. It's called Köttbullar. And it made me (us) very pround we she said that she likes it. And to make her feel even more welcome Doofus and me decided to let her have the very last portion of our selfmade icecream. That made her so happy that she had to cry a happy tear (and she probably misses home and her mum too). Good night Mum Kuss Virgo |
Susie's Posted Sep 3, 2012, 9:33 pm |
Hello there,
sunday hostmum showed us (Klöver, Doofus and me) an other castle called Phillipsruhe in the town of Hanau It seems that there quite a few around here. It is right by the river Main and has a nice little park around it. It was started to be build in the year 1701 by Earl Philipp Reinhard from Hanau. Today it's home of a museum, a Restaurant, people can get married there (which it is very popular for) and rooms can be rent for events of all kinds. Hope you had a nice weeked too. Bye Your's Virgo |
Susie's Posted Sep 6, 2012, 9:25 pm |
Since the weather was very nice Susie's took us for a walk along a lake right outside her hometown. The funny thing is that the trees and bushes around the lake are grown so high and wide that you can hardly see it. But we found some spots with a good view.
We took the time to sunbathe for a little while there. After that we climbed up a small bridge that crosses the railroad tracks. Luckily hostmum was quick enough to take a picture with me and the train. Good night Mama Love Virgo |
Susie's Posted Sep 9, 2012, 8:14 am |
Good Morning Mom,
yesterday we went to Frankfurt again and did a whole lot more sightseeing. First Susie's showed us a building with some kind of tunnel right through the middle of it. It's called MyZeil and it's a shopping center (Zeil is the name of the main shopping district in Frankfurt). Then we got to see the building of the stock market with it's symbol Bull and bear. From there we walked along the so called "Fressgass"(it has something to do with eating because there are restaurant and Cafe side by side along the street) to the old Opera house. We also got to see some more skyscraper (the one with the giant € sign in front of it is the european central bank). And then hostmum took us to the main railway station. We even went inside and saw some trains. Bye Mom have a nice sunday. Love Virgo |
Susie's Posted Sep 13, 2012, 8:28 pm |
Hey Mama,
today is really my last day in Gemany. I took the chance and spent the day with my friends Doofus and Klöver. Hostmom Susie's took us to Bad Homburg again. She showed us a place called Kurpark (you could translate it with: spa garden or spa park). There are statues everywhere, a tennis court, a golf course, interesting buildings all around and a playground (where we spent some time). That was a nice closure for my time in Germany. I will miss my new friends. But I also look forward to my time in China. Now I gotta go and pack my things and spend some more time with Klöver, Doofus and everyone else around. Love Virgo |
Susie's Posted Sep 15, 2012, 10:10 am |
Hey Mom,
now I’m on my way…. I’m a bit sad that I have to leave my new friends. But I am also very excited that I go to China. Because it is supposed to be so different from Germany and Europe at all. I’m very curios what it’s gonna be like. On Thursday evening Doofus and Klöver helped me to get all my stuff together (of course I packed my book ). And yesterday morning there was a whole lot of hugging and cuddling. My friends even hugged the envelope when I already was inside. The very last picture in Germany “shows me” right outside the post office. Goodbye Germany and Hello China! I send you a biiiiig hug. Love Virgo |
M_sunny Posted Nov 28, 2012, 1:03 pm |
Dear mom, i have arrived in Sunny's dorm safely ...that's a lonnnnnnnnng journey....i have been waiting so lonnnnnnng
Sunny and her friends are very nice and enthusiastic .when i came ,they gave me a biiiiiiiig hug There are 6 people live in the dormitory. Their dorm is so warm though a litter small .. haha... Sunny said they like to take a picture ...me too There are my new friends.... >.< i feel so warm join the family Love, Virgo |
M_sunny Posted Dec 7, 2012, 12:47 pm |
Hey Mummy! long time no update! Because Sunny is tooooo busy with her school work >.< but i was not alone.cuz everyday there are many friends play with me...
do u know this? it's ukulele!!! she is Moc... do u know what the meaning of the character in her coat? haha... it means CHINA!!! i got a candy!!! ^^ 中国= CHINA |
M_sunny Posted Dec 22, 2012, 7:11 am |
Hi Mommy! long time no see! today we went to Xianhu to see Dragon boat haha ... Chinese people who live abroad organize their own dragon boat races every year
Jingle,little Pink and me ! |
M_sunny Posted Dec 26, 2012, 2:01 pm |
yesterday is Christmas day!
Sunny and her friends were having party in the band room There are so beautiful ...wow... they are so high [img]null[/img] What a happy christmas !!! Love,Virgo |