Günther, Delligsen, home, Germany

Dr.Kröbner Posted Apr 19, 2012, 12:06 pm	Hello, my name is Günther and I´m a gecko and a pirat and after my little chat with Joesy, I know....I´m a TV and I like to see the world this is my friend Hase, she is also a TV    my friend Mur.... he is also a pirat but no TV here on this pictures you see what I like...... here are my body measurements... now I need a nap with Paul the sheepdog if you like to host me  , please send a PM Günther
Takata Posted Apr 29, 2012, 8:16 pm	Hi Mummy! Today we arrived with the Rollerle (engl: scooter) in Lichtenfels. We drove the whole night. Weisbaertle, my pilot said that real guys do this  I am not hungry at all after the trip. I had so much flies between my teeth on the autobahn  I think I am the first TV who arrives by scooter at its hosts. I even rang the doorbell myself! Then Weisbaertle and me drove into the apartment. We were welcomed by sooo many plushies! I think we will talk the whole night! Weisbaertle invited me for a guys day, but he didn´t say what this means... I will see  So, keep me in mind! Yours, Günther
Takata Posted May 13, 2012, 6:31 pm	Hi, my dear Mummy! Have a nice Mothersday! I love you! This evening we made a barbecue. I assisted hostdad at the grill. It was very hazardous job! But real guys do that! At first we had to fire the coals. Then we blew the coals that they glow. After that: Spareribs on! Because I am a liitle bit too small to turn the meat, hostdad helped me. Look, doesn´t it look yummie? It even tasted yummie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so full, I think my stripe dress is a little bit so small  Love you, Günther
Takata Posted May 23, 2012, 4:09 pm	Hello Mummy! I am back from our trip to Kaldenkirchen. *Paul* and me accompanied hostdad this weekend to the sequoiafarm. It was a long journey and it was a little bit boring. So we said hostdad where he has to go. Ok, we just repeated what the GPS lady said, but this was quite funny  . We were 4 plushies, Luna, the cute sheep and Bob who lives in the car. At first it was raining but then the weather got better! Finally we reached the farm. At the entrance you see a pretty old house, called "Heidehäuschen". Then I learned a lot about Sequoias. Exspecially about the Coast Redwood or Sequoia sempervirens. Sempervirens means that this tree is always green. In the photo you see one of the biggest Redwoods in Germany, this tree is only 50 years old and sooooooooooo big! Mummy, can we plant a sequoia in our garden, too? I think you will like it! Yours, Günther
Takata Posted May 28, 2012, 7:53 pm	Hello, Mummy! Today we made a trip tp the Bavarian Garden Exhibition in Bamberg. Cheerio, *Paul*, Wavy Gravy and me accompanied our hosts. Because the exhibition is so big we travelled in hostmums backpack. But I got a special place: In hostdads shirt  There were so many flowers, I don´t know which of them I like most. The purple or the white one? We rested in a deck chair before we continued our walk. We saw pretty artwork Then we were very thirsty  We tasted original franconian beer  But then we saw the most intersting thing on this exhibition: A simulator of a river boat! I steered the ship through the channel. Wow, what a small gecko like me can do!!! What a intersting day! Love you, Mummy! Yours, Günther
Takata Posted Jun 6, 2012, 3:33 pm	Hey Mummy, hey, Daddy, hey Paul, hey Dr.Kröbner and the others! Last weekend we made something very special! You know there was neraly no rain in Germany in May. Hostmum was so sad, because nothing grew in her garden. We decided to help her. Hmmmmm, what to do??? Wolley had a great idea! We could make a rain dance! Wolley explained what we should do. At first: build a circle Second: Dance to the left Third: Dance to the right Fourth: pot with coal in the middle Fifth: Fire the coal Sixth: resin and other stuff on the coal And I looked out of the window. I couldn´t believe it: It started to rain! And the rain goes on  Hope you are back home savely! Looooooooooooooooooooove you! Günther
Takata Posted Jun 8, 2012, 6:36 pm	Hello to Delligsen! Is it true? Today I fulfilled my first lifemission! I invited the TVs to a teaparty! But which tea should I serve? I chose the rooibos tea with vanilla flavour. I had a lot of guests: Aaron, Cheerio, Wavy Gravy, Maeusle, Baerle and *Paul* In the evening we sat down on the sofa and Maeusle read the book about the mouse, the duck and the blue elephant. Very interesting! I looked at the most exciting parts on myself  Looooooove you, Mummy! Yipieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhh, my first life mission!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Takata Posted Jun 9, 2012, 3:46 pm	Hello Mummy!!! It´s me again! Today no teaparty, we had a lot of work! I helped in the garden. You know hostdad has a big garden and grows giant sequoias. Ok, the trees are young and therefore they are not so big as you expect when you hear "giant sequoia". But every big thing starts small I climbed on the tree and measured it. Wow, 1,5 meters or 5 feet high! Then I helped to cut the grass. Baerle drove the tractor and I accelerated  But then it was time to make a rest. BTW: I saw that Tiffy learnt how to fly in Delligsen! Do you think I can fly in Delligsen, too??? Love you, Mummy! Yours, Günther
Takata Posted Jun 17, 2012, 5:52 pm	Dear Mummy! Today hostdad had a job for me! He said, I am allowed to open the envelope the postman brought. I wondered who will have a letter for me  But then I saw that this was post from Delligsen! I was very excited! Oh Mummy! Souvenirs from Tiffy and your hoildays in Denmark were inside! At first I looked at the photo of Tiffy and Dr.Kröbner and then we hissed the danish flagg (hmmmmmmm, who will win the match this evening???) We looked at all the photos you made of Tiffy. I liked the one most when I sat on her knee  I am sooooo happy about your present! And hostdad and hostmum certainly, too  Yours in love, Günther
Takata Posted Jun 22, 2012, 8:12 pm	Hello, everybody at home! Today we made a trip to Nueremberg! I wanted to go by car but hostmum prefered the train  She bought a family card and so we could occupy four seats  To shorten the time we read an interesting magazine about science.  In Nueremberg we started our sightseeing tour at the opera house. Next stop: Lorenzkirche with a great view to the old emperor castle. Then we came to the Hauptmarkt. This is the place where the world famous and oldest christmas market takes place in December. Can you see the balkony of the church? There stands the Christ Child while opening the market.  That´s for today! And: Daddyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy: Happy Birthday to youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!! *kiss* Yours, Günther
Takata Posted Jun 24, 2012, 2:31 pm	Hello, Mummy, Daddy and everybody at home! Today I was in Nueremberg one more! We had 2 things to do: help Baerle to buy his bike and free the big bear in front of the bears shop. We saw him yesterday but we had no idea how to help him. Today we rescued him! I was very proud and hostmum paid for a round of icecream! Then it was time to go home again. IN the station of Nueremberg we saw a cute mosaic with symbols and flaggs of sevaral states. Do you know them all? I likes the symbol of Denmark most and I took a closer look to the mermaid *uuuuuuuuups* Love you, Günther
Takata Posted Jul 7, 2012, 11:19 am	Berlin, Berlin, I was in Berlin! Hello everybody at home! Your little Günther speaking!  After a lot traffic jam we reached Berlin (I took a nap on hostdad´s leg during the jam). SO much to see in this big city! Berlin is muuuuuuuuuuuuch bigger than Delligsen, Mummy! And so much famous sights! We watched the Reichstag, where the german parliament is located and the Brandenburg gate, where former the border between west and east was. But now you can move whereever you will go  We met also a lot of TVs! Alex_Squirt and his guests met us in Berlin main station! Great to hear their stories! That´s it for now, yours, Günther
Takata Posted Jul 7, 2012, 2:35 pm	Hello to Delligsen! On our way back from Berlin we made a stop in the Miniworld in Lichtenstein, Saxony. The first sight we visited was the castle Eltz in Rhineland-Palantinate. It wasn´t destroyed over the ages and shows the original status from the 12th century. We explored it and I must say, it was a wonderful experience! Then we were back in Berlin for only two minutes  See us in the garden of castle Sanssouci in Potsdam. And once more in Berlin city in front of the Brandenburg Gate and the Siegessäule. Time to leave Germany! Wavy Gravy, Bernie and me climbed up the Leaning Tower of Pisa  Uuuuups, I felt like drunken Without any jetlag I reached India and the Taj Mahal! Last station and coolest of all: The Sydney Opera House! So we made a trip around the world in nearly one hour! Have a nice weekend! Günther
Takata Posted Jul 7, 2012, 5:43 pm	Dear Mummy, dear Daddy, dear Dr.Kröbner! Next week I´ll come back! Today we said goodbye to the crazy african dog Wolley. And we took the chance to chat together about our experiences of the last few weeks and month. I think I´ll start to pack my travelbox. This box will have the right size! I just must think about what I must take home to you... The drum we bought for you... and my new friend! Hostdad allowed me to take him with me! He is the twin of Paul!!! So we can cuddle on the journey! I am so excited to see you again! Yours, Günther
Takata Posted Jul 9, 2012, 7:20 pm	Hello, Mummy, hello, Daddy, hello Dr.Kröbner! Soon I´ll be back! Today I said goodbye to all my TV friends, exspecially to Baerle, he was like a Daddy for me  All my friends came to sing me a farewell song. I nearly cried... But I will not travel alone, I have Paul II with me! Just before I checked in my travelbox hostdad said, that Mr.Shaun is back! And that he was on the Queen Mary II!!! I am so excited to hear his stories! So, hostdad, thank you for the nice time we spent together! Don´t forget your Günther
Dr.Kröbner Posted Jul 15, 2012, 4:36 pm	Hello folks, I safely arrived at home, it was very comfortable to cuddle with Paul 2 , thank you hostdad  many faces looked at me as my box has been opened....Philly, B.o.B., Mr. Lemony, *coco*, Dr.Kröbner and my old friend Mr.Shaun. I am just arrived at the right time,  tomorrow is a surgery and all rely on my expertise as an anesthetist, I  do not know how they come up with this idea, ok, I be well schooled in rum, and I also have a calming voice
Dr.Kröbner Posted Jul 24, 2012, 1:46 pm	Hi folks, Last weekend we made a trip into the capital city of Germany – Berlin I was the navigator on the road dad had to take part by a sailingboat race on the Müggelsee.  I think it was something special…. I saw a lot of different numberplates from Europe at the cars and many crazy boats and peoples.   That was to thrilling for me and I persuade mum to go downtown Berlin. After riding by bus and train we saw the river Spree the Reichstag building, after its completion in 1999, it once again became the meeting place of the German parliament: the modern Bundestag.   In such a huge town it is impossible to visit the interesting places in one day, so we continue the sightseeing for the next two days. on the top of the Berlin tv-tower 207 metres high Suddenly, in a showcase I saw a blue shimmer, so nosey as I am I take a look and what´s that!!!!  Lots of blue plushy elephants…. and I feel in my bones I had seen tham before...and when I came closer I saw that there were a lot more plush friends....Alex_Squirt, Chalon, Crawfish, Fiete, DuDette, Gwenelle, Kuzma........  We spend an exiting afternoon in a coffeebar with a lot of plushy stories from our journeys Kisses Günther
MA_17 Posted Jul 25, 2012, 10:10 pm	Mommy!!! Didn't you notice that I'm not at home? Don't you miss me? I'm really confused! In the morning after the meeting I got up very late. The whole time I heard familiar voices in the travelbag so I felt really relaxed. When I crawled out I realized that I wasn't at home! I was in the wrong bag! Didn't you notice that Mom? I don't remember what happened after the meeting. In the afternoon Alex showed us a postcard he got from his brother Phog who is in Finland. He told us about the finnisch language on the card: "Kesäterveiset Jyväskylästä!" Alex told us that "kesä" means "summer", "terveiset" means "greetings", Jyväskylä is the city where Phog is and the ending -stä means where it comes from. So the whole sentence (just 2 words!) means "Summergreetings from Jyväskylä". Mommy, I learnt some Finnish! I already started to like my new roommates.  Günther
Dr.Kröbner Posted Jul 26, 2012, 12:03 pm	I´m sooo happy to see that you are ok, my little stripegecko...so enjoy your time in Berlin everything is fine ... we love you
MA_17 Posted Jul 27, 2012, 1:36 pm	Hey Mommy, today Alex asked me what I visited the last weekend. I showed him on a map! I think he was confused! Then he allowed me to take some driving lessons. It was funny, but I failed. Maybe I'll do my license! In the evening I went to the famous Ku'damm (short form of Kurfürstendamm)! It is one of the most famous avenues in Berlin. The street takes its name from the former Kurfürsten (prince-electors) of Brandenburg. This very broad, long boulevard is full of shops, houses, hotels and restaurants. In particular, many fashion designers have their shops there! The avenue with four lines of plane trees runs for 3.5 km (2.2 mi) through the western Berlin. Günther PS: Mommy, Daddy, brothers & sisters: I love you!
MA_17 Posted Jul 27, 2012, 2:16 pm	Hello Mommy, that little freaky hamster called Chalon left today for his first big journey! He is traveling to Bruchsal. First he wrote a card for his new host. I was surprised that he's able to write! When he packed some chocolate into his bag Alex get angry. He told him to take candies instead of chocolate because of the heat. Fiete gave him a little cow as a talisman for his first journey and I gave him a book about his basic rights in the EU. Then he left. Good luck little Chalon! Günther
MA_17 Posted Jul 27, 2012, 8:05 pm	Hey Mommy, we did a short stop-over in Halle/Saale, the largest city in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Its early history is connected with harvesting of salt. The town was first mentioned in 806. According to historic documents, the city of Halle has been a member of the Hanseatic League at least since 1281. This is one of the shopping areas. In case of the heat there weren't so many people. The city is called "City of the 5 towers" and here you can see "the towers above the city" (as a building is named). Four towers (on the left) belong to the Market Church St. Mary (Marktkirche), built in 1529–1554. It is using elements of two medieval churches, St. Gertrud Church dating back to the 11th Century and the older St. Mary Church from the 12th Century. The church has four steeples, the two western octagonal ones are called Blue Towers because of their dark blue slate roofing. The other two Hausmannstürme are connected by a bridge and on this bridge was the fire watch. The church owns as well the original death-mask of Martin Luther. The big tower (on the right) is the Red Tower (Roter Turm), originally built as campanile of the older St. Mary Church between 1418 and 1503. Roland (on the foot of the Red Tower, maybe you can see it), originally (13th century) a wooden sculpture representing the urban liberty. Today’s sculpture is a sandstone replica made in 1719. And on the left, just a few steps away you can see a monument to George Frideric Handel, built in 1859. The sun was not really helpfull in this pic. On our way back home we took lots of pictures in the car! This is one of the water towers. You can find a few of them all over the city. Look, they write the name of the street ON the street! And we didn't use the freeway. This lake is the famous \"Goitzsche\". (Sorry, the link is in German) And we saw a beautiful sunset! Yours Günther
MA_17 Posted Jul 28, 2012, 5:56 pm	Hey Mommy, my first road trip with Alex' car!!! First we traveled on a street next to a lake. Then we reached the freeway and Crawfish hit the gas! When we passed the lake Sachsenburg we did a short stop-over for a picture. You have to know that Fiete's life mission is to take pictures in front of lots of water. This beautiful small lake is an abandoned coal mine which was flooded by domestic water. Then we went on by car and left the lake. We stopped near some flowers for a picnic. It was a special day for Crawfish, because she got her driver's license for Germany! Then Alex gave a heart to DuDette, that she always knows which DuDu is her hubby. She was a little bit confused when she heard there's another DuDu. DuDette and the real DuDu both have a heart on their stomach. We enjoyed our picnic. Some of us got lemonade, some milk, a cake and fruits for all of us and a piece of cheese for the mouse. When we went back home after the picnic Alex and I decided to try out the new skateboards. We lashed the boards behind the car. What a fun! Günther
MA_17 Posted Jul 29, 2012, 9:23 pm	Mommy, we went to a border line! Ok, it's just the border line of the rural district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld and the urban district of Dessau-Roßlau. Each sign of the districts show the emblem of the area. Did you know that there are 295 rural districts in Germany, but only 107 urban districts? "Welcome to the rural district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld" "See you in Dessau-Roßlau" (They forgot the "urban district" on the sign!) Kiss kiss Günther
MA_17 Posted Jul 30, 2012, 8:19 pm	Hi Mommy, as you know Crawfish got her driver's licence these days. Now all of us want to be allowed to drive cars. So Alex opened his own driving school! Ladies first - DuDette started and did it perfect. Then it was Fiete's turn and he failed. Last but not least my turn. I was so fast that I couldn't stop. Then it was time to have some fun! We guys did a race on the skateboards. DuDette gave us a starting signal and Crawfish waited at the finish line. First I was the leader, but then I got a problem with my balance and fell off the board. Don't worry, I'm ok. So Alex won! The whole time Fiete didn't know how to start the board. It was a funny day! Günther
MA_17 Posted Aug 2, 2012, 10:29 am	Hey Mommy, here are some more pictures of Berlin! This is the Berliner Philharmonie, a concert hall and home to the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Next to the Philharmonie you can find the St. Matthew's Church. The church is part of the Kulturforum which is a collection of cultural buildings in Berlin. It was dedicated in 1846. Günther
MA_17 Posted Aug 5, 2012, 9:19 pm	Hey Mommy, Alex got another lovely postcard from his brother Phog who's still in Finland. Later we all took one of the skateboards and went cruisin'. Then we saw somebody relaxing in Alex' canvas chair. He also had a beautiful skateboard! He told us his name is Casanova, Mister Casanova. He's Alex new brother. Günther
MA_17 Posted Aug 5, 2012, 10:22 pm	Hello Mommy (oh and hello Daddy), today we went to one of the major rivers of Central Europe - river Elbe. It rises in northern Czech Republic, then passing Germany and flowing into the North Sea at Cuxhaven, 110 km northwest of Hamburg. Its total length is 680 miles (1,094km). The Elbe's major tributaries include the Vltava, Saale, Havel, Mulde, Schwarze Elster and Ohre rivers. The Elbe River basin, comprising the Elbe and its tributaries, has a catchment area of 57,247 sq miles (148,268 square kilometres), the fourth largest in Europe. The basin spans four countries, with its largest parts in Germany and the Czech Republic. Much smaller parts lie in Austria and Poland. The basin is inhabited by 24.5 million people. Our host told us about the big flood in 2002. The river flows really fast, but I can't imagine that this beautiful river can do something like this! Yours Günther
MA_17 Posted Aug 6, 2012, 10:08 pm	Once again we've been to Dessau. Today we visited the fruit tree orchards and a vineyard which also belongs to the Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm. A lion welcomed us warmly. He and his brother belong to the lion gate. Another gate. It's the knights gate. Isn't it romantic? These are the vineyards. This little cute building is the vineyard castle. From the castle we had a viewshaft to Kühnau Lake, but there were too many mosquitos so we didn't go there. Can you see the water? Günther
MA_17 Posted Aug 7, 2012, 8:37 pm	Hello Mommy, look what I saw today! As you remember Fiete failed last time at driving lesson. So he got another chance! And he did it really good. Then Alex invited us to a tour in his car. We found a nice place for a picnic. And guess what... we ALL got our driver's license! Alex handed it out to us and Crawfish gave all of us a bottle of wine. Alex and Crawfish drank the rest of the bottles. Yours Günther
MA_17 Posted Aug 9, 2012, 8:50 pm	Hey Mommy, today DuDette left. We all cuddled her. May your journey be safe! In the afternoon we found a treasure map. It was made by DuDette! Pass the tree, meet the orange ball-flower, pass the pond and the sunflower, find the red vegetable and the red X... Ok! We passed the tree... ...found the orange flower... ...passed the pond... ...and the sunflower... ...and finally found the tomato and the red X! We started to dig and after a while we found the treasure! We went to another place to open it. There was a coin, a flower, some gems and a big piece of cheese inside! Günther
MA_17 Posted Aug 11, 2012, 9:01 pm	Hello to all at home! What an exciting day! This morning we jumped into the big car. First we passed Lake Goitzsche. Can you see it? We already knew this way. We've been here when we went to Halle. Hmm, no freeway today. We finally parked the car and whoohooo we are in one of the two largest cities in Saxony! This city is called Leipzig and it has about 530.000 inhabitants. First we did a walk through the city. This beautiful building hosts the Cafe Riquet. The St. Thomas Church (Thomaskirche) is a Lutheran church and most famous as the place where Johann Sebastian Bach worked as a cantor. Mini St. Thomas Church The New Town Hall is the seat of the Leipzig city administration since 1905. In the 18th century, Leipzig became the centre for trade with Polish and English goods. It was called "the marketplace of all Europe". In 1678/87, this stock exchange was built. In German it is called "Alte Handelsbörse". Auerbach's Cellar is the best known and second oldest restaurant in Leipzig. It was described in Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's play Faust I, as the first place Mephistopheles takes Faust on their travels. The St. Nicholas Church (Nikolaikirche) has long been one of the most famous in Leipzig, and rose to national fame in 1989 with the Monday Demonstrations when it became the centre of peaceful revolt against communist rule. It was built around 1165. Johann Sebastian Bach monument inside St. Nicholas Church. The Gewandhaus is a concert hall and the home of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. It is the 3rd Gewandhaus and opened on 8 October 1981, 200 years after the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra moved into the original hall (Gewandhaus 1). The Central Station is Europe's largest railway station when measured by floor area (83,460 m²). It has 24 platforms housed in six iron trainsheds, a multi-level concourse with towering stone arches and a 293 metre-long facade. It handles an average of 150,000 passengers per day. The station was used in the film "Shining Through"  (1992). Now it was time for some new buildings...like the City-Hochhaus. It is 36-storey skyscraper. With its 466 ft (142m) it is the tallest multistory building in the city as well as the tallest in the former East Germany. The building is nicknamed "wisdom tooth" (Weisheitszahn) or "university giant" (Uniriese). Maybe it's a good idea to go upstairs. Finally on the top of the city! Time for some more history! We visited the Monument to the Battle of the Nations (Völkerschlachtdenkmal). It is a monument to the 1813 Battle of Leipzig, also known as the Battle of the Nations. Paid for mostly by donations and by the city of Leipzig, it was completed in 1913 for the 100th anniversary of the battle, at a cost of 6,000,000 Goldmark. The monument commemorates Napoleon's defeat at Leipzig. The structure is 299 ft (91m) tall and it contains over 500 steps to a viewing platform at the top. The structure makes extensive use of concrete although the facings are of granite. The monument is widely regarded as one of the best examples of Wilhelmine architecture. Inside the monument. Finally arrived on the lower platform. On the top of the monument! On our way home we saw Lake Goitzsche again! Look, this is an old East-German car called Wartburg. These are not produced anymore for about 20 years! Günther
MA_17 Posted Aug 12, 2012, 8:22 pm	Hello Mommy & Daddy, we did some sports today! This time we didn't use our skateboards, we borrowed one which we could use all together. We cruised along the Europe Bicycle Path "R1" for a few kilometers. It's a 3500km bicycle route through Europe, starting in Boulogne-sur-Mer (France) and finishing in Saint Petersburg (Russia). We used the part around the lake Gremminer See, a lake created as a result of the redevelopment of the former brown coal strip mine of Golpa-Nord and on whose shore is found the Ferropolis ("the city of iron" ) industrial memorial, actually a museum dedicated to "industrial culture". We passed a big field full of sunflowers! After a while we found this red box! Alex told us it's called lunch box! We climbed up the lunch box and enjoyed the view. The lake is still not full. It will be flooded until the end of this year. Around 30 years ago there was a village on this place instead of the lake! Then we went on cruising. After 4km we found another lunch box! This one was yellow. Alex told us there's also a blue one somewhere... As you can see there was nobody around the lake except us! Yours Günther
MA_17 Posted Aug 13, 2012, 9:02 pm	Hello Mommy & Daddy, I went to the European championship of powerboats at Lake Goitzsche! I don't know who won, but it was really interesting! Can you see the boats on the water? Günther
MA_17 Posted Aug 16, 2012, 9:47 pm	Hello to my beloved ones at home! Today we found a mystical box. There were nice pictures and strange symbols on it! While we realized that the pictures were stamps we didn't notice that somebody was watching us! It's little Sunny from China! Now we know that these strange symbols on the box were Chinese letters! Mommy, do you speak Chinese? Günther
MA_17 Posted Aug 18, 2012, 8:02 am	Hello Mommy, time for another road trip by car! After traveling a while we noticed something big in front of us... We stopped the car and started walking. Wow, it was a big cow! We tried to talk to it, but it didn't notice us. Hmm, Fiete is a cow, too! So he jumped on the big fat nose of that big cow and talked to it in cow language. After a while Fiete told us that we are allowed to ride on the big cow. From this height we could see so much more than from the ground! In a short distance we saw another big animal! We wanted to get closer. We jumped off the cow and walked to the other animal. It was a sheep. We were allowed to sit on it, too! What a nice sheep! We talked with both for a while and told them about our adventures. Then we went back home. What a lovely day. Günther
MA_17 Posted Aug 20, 2012, 10:42 pm	Hello Mommy, it was really sunny today, so we decided to go to the lake. We went to Lake Goitzsche which is created as a result of the redevelopment of the former brown coal strip mine of Goitzsche. In 1998 they started to flood the old coal strip mine with the water of the river Mulde and they planned to finish this in 2006. But in 2002 during the big flood the dike of the river broke and the lake was full within 2 days! This is an area of 13,32 km²! There's also a marina at the lake with so many yachts! We could rent one and sail over the lake and along the coast which is 66km in length! The lake is also called Lake of amber... But I couldn't find any amber, just these colored houses. Oh, I forgot the suncream. I think I got a sunburn. Yours Günther
MA_17 Posted Aug 20, 2012, 11:04 pm	Mommy! Daddy! What the...!!! Yesterday when we were at this lake I saw a corsair! I didn't tell anything to the others but this ship will be MINE! So I went back and had a look for the corsair. Look, isn't it beautiful? And this beautiful blackjack on the mast! Hmmm, they all will be terrifying pirates? Are they sure? I sat down and watched them for a while. Non of them have sabers nor any other weapons. I think this will be easy for me to board the ship. In this part of the ship I could create a room for lots of pirate parties! They are all in the front part of the ship. So I will start to board from behind... WHAT'S THIS??? WHO IS THIS??? Oh gosh! The captain is wearing a saber and other weapons which I don't have! Mommy, visit me! I need your help! Until you are here I start to board the hawser of the corsair! Your little pirate Günther
MA_17 Posted Aug 22, 2012, 10:28 pm	Hello Mommy! Today we visited Bitterfeld, a small town with about 15.300 inhabitants. During the GDR years, it gained notoriety for its chemical industry complex which caused remarkably severe pollution, even by GDR standards. Look, there was a movie filmed in this city! There's not so much to see, esp. on Sunday when everything is closed. At the market place you can see the protestant church St. Antonius. It was built from 1905–1910. The city hall is also near the market place. It was built from 1863–1865. This is the back of the house without the trees in the pic. Love you. Günther
MA_17 Posted Aug 24, 2012, 10:28 pm	Hello family, it was time for Fiete to leave us. We all cuddled him a lot. Then he crawled into his envelope. His next stop is Switzerland. Goodbye Fiete. Günther
MA_17 Posted Aug 25, 2012, 9:07 am	Mommy, Mommy, Moooommy!!! I saw a volcanic eruption in the middle of Germany!!! This is the volcano "Vesuv" (also called "Stone" ). It is an imitation of the original Vesuv in Italy and the onliest artificial volcano all over the world! This one was built from 1788–94 and it still works the same way like it did in the 18th century! First there was an explosion. Whaaa it was so loud! You even could't here your own voice! Ok, these days they have a little bit more pyrotechnics than 200 yrs. ago, but the way the red lava runs down is the same! Can you see it running down from the top along the red lights into the lake? Your beloved Günther
MA_17 Posted Aug 27, 2012, 7:56 pm	Hey Mommy, today we had some cultures... First we walked around the castle and the park. The Gardens had its origin in the 17th century, when the marriage of Leopold's great-grandfather Prince John George II of Anhalt-Dessau to the Dutch princess Henriette Catharina, in 1659 brought a team of engineers and architects from the Low Countries to lay out the town, the palace and a Baroque garden in the former settlement of Nischwitz, which was renamed Oranienbaum in 1673. The Dutch influence remained prevalent in the Principality of Anhalt-Dessau for many decades. Oranienbaum Palace was finished in 1683 as the summer residence of Henriette Catharina, where she retired after the death of her husband in 1693. From 1780 on Duke Leopold III had the palace and the park rebuilt in a Chinese style with several arch bridges, a tea house and a pagoda. In 1811, the orangery was built, with 175 m (574 ft) in length one of the largest in Europe, which still serves to protect a wide collection of citrus plants. The front... ...the back. The fruits (oranges and lemons) mellow. We also went into the castle! We visited the Dutch Design exhibition which takes part for a few months. It was opened by the Queen of the Netherlands. We bought some tickets where we didn't have to pay the full price and a permission for taking pictures inside! It was really interesting and so much to see on 3 floors! Some vases... ...and a lovely lamp. It's time for dinner! They had chicken in the cellar! Ok, no real ones... I think I could need a new dress... I really enjoyed the day! Günther
MA_17 Posted Aug 30, 2012, 9:15 pm	Hello Mommy, how are you? Here the weather isn't the best: sun - rain - sun - rain - hail... Today when we came home we found 2 envelopes. Crawfish tried to read the address. One was from Australia and one from you, Mom! When the others opened the big foreign envelope I tried to crawl into your envelope to find out what you sent. There was somebody crawling out of the big envelope! It's Kevin, a little Kiwi from the other side of the world. He told us about his journey. Then he went back into his envelope. We all thought he doesn't like us. But he came back with a postcard and a keyring from his home. Then he helped me to get out the stuff from your envelope. I got my traveltag. I am so happy! Your happy Günther
MA_17 Posted Sep 5, 2012, 10:14 pm	Just a little walk through the village...
MA_17 Posted Sep 5, 2012, 10:55 pm	Hello Mommy, we jumped into the car and drove around a little bit. We saw lots of different houses and a water tower. Sorry, at the moment we don't have time for so much more. Günther
MA_17 Posted Sep 9, 2012, 10:50 pm	Hello Mommy, another update by car. This time we used the freeway. Hit the gas to get some speed... ...passing a truck... This bridge isn't for cars or people. It's for animals like deers, foxes or boars to go from side of the freeway to the other side. ...free way, hit the gas, reached 160km/h (about 100mph)... ...passing another freeway (interchange)... ...and another interchange... ...arrived in Berlin, this bridge is for the city train. ...traffic jam... ICC - International Congress Center ...on the city-freeway... ...through the city... ...and back the same way... This old tribune belongs to an old race course of the GDR called Avus. So we are traveling on a racetrack! ...passing bridges and trucks... Your Günther
MA_17 Posted Sep 10, 2012, 10:48 pm	Hello Mommy, today we did a short stop-over in Oranienbaum. We visited the Baroque parish church which was built in 1712. We also stopped in front of the famous orange tree on the historical market square. The tree is the symbol of the city. Günther
MA_17 Posted Sep 14, 2012, 8:19 pm	Alex told us about a problem he has with a mouse. He decided to built a trap and needed our help. We put some cheese and sausage in the trap. Mice like that. Then we hid ourselves behind a tree and waited. After a while we saw someone in the trap. We caught it!!! We let the trap down and oh... it wasn't a mouse. It was Alex' brother Rudy. We told him about the mouse and the trap and tried it again. We hid ourselves again behind the tree. After a short time there was somebody else in the trap. We caught that creature! When we let the trap down we found just 2 golden coins instead of a mouse or cheese or sausage in the trap. Rudy told us to use some pumpkin seeds, mice would love them. So we did. We went behind the tree and after a short time we saw someone in the trap again. We caught it! Yeah, we could see the feet. We got it! We let the trap down and...what the...just another golden coin?! How could this be??? Alex is confused now! Günther
MA_17 Posted Sep 14, 2012, 10:05 pm	Hello Mommy, today we enjoyed our day at the lake "Gurke" ("cucumber" ). The original name is "Abandoned quarry Golpa II". The lake has a size of 20,94 hectare! It was an opencast for brown coal from 1936 till 1957. Now it is full of groundwater. Lots of people like to swim, do fishing or dive. Some people say that there are old trees under the water, but I don't believe that! At the lake is also a rowing club. Günther
MA_17 Posted Sep 16, 2012, 6:50 pm	Hello Mommy, today we jumped into the car and went to Delitzsch. It's a city in Saxony with about 26,300 inhabitants. First we visited the Baroque Castle with the Lustgarten, former widow of travel and residence of the Dukes of Saxony-Merseburg. This beautiful building is the registration office. The "Breiter Turm" (Wide tower). It's a part of the defensive wall. The City Church of St. Peter & Paul is a brick church of the 15th Century with significant high altar. On our way back home we took some more pictures. Günther
MA_17 Posted Sep 16, 2012, 7:57 pm	Hey Mommy, today the weather was beautiful, so we decided to do a little tour in our car. After a while somebody stopped us. He introduced himself as Flow and asked if he could drive the car. We all were really confused. Alex told us that one of his brothers drove along with Flow few weeks ago. While all seats in our car were filled with us there was no space for that Flow-guy. Alex told him that he's allowed to shift the car. He did it! So we saved lots of energy. Günther
MA_17 Posted Sep 17, 2012, 4:06 pm	Hello Mom, today we enjoyed the beautiful day at the abandoned quarry "Seelhausener See". It was sunny, warm and very windy. But have a look, isn't this beautiful?! Günther
MA_17 Posted Sep 17, 2012, 4:58 pm	Hey Mommy, time for some sightseeing in the German capital. First I saw the German Bundestag which is located in the Reichstag Building. The centrepiece of the building is the generously glazed chamber that is crowned by the dome. A funnel with panes of mirror glass reflects the daylight from above into the chamber. Then I saw one of the most well-known landmarks of Berlin and Germany, the Brandenburg Gate. Near the Brandenburg Gate I found the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, also known as the Holocaust Memorial. It is a memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust. It consists of a 19,000 square metres site covered with 2,711 concrete slabs or "stelae", arranged in a grid pattern on a sloping field. The stelae are 2.38 m long, 0.95 m wide and vary in height from 0.2 to 4.8 m. Potsdamer Platz - it is an important public square and traffic intersection in the centre of Berlin. It is named after the city of Potsdam, some 25 km to the south west, and marks the point where the old road from Potsdam passed through the city wall of Berlin at the Potsdam Gate. After developing within the space of little over a century from an intersection of rural thoroughfares into the most bustling traffic intersection in Europe, it was totally laid waste during World War II and then left desolate during the Cold War era when the Berlin Wall bisected its former location. Since German reunification, Potsdamer Platz has been the site of major redevelopment projects. The Sony Center is a Sony-sponsored building complex located at the Potsdamer Platz, opened in 2000. Sony Center contains a mix of shops, restaurants, a conference centre, hotel rooms, luxurious rented suites and condominiums, offices, art and film museums, cinemas, an IMAX theater, a small version of Legoland, and a "Sony Style" store. At its highest point, the roof measures up to 67 meters above the Forum and has a free span of 102 meters length on the main axis and 77 meters length on the ancillary axis. By night the roof changes its colors between pink, red, blue, green... Your Günther
MA_17 Posted Sep 20, 2012, 6:14 pm	Hello Mommy, we put some skateboards behind the car. Crawfish hit the gas and we guys skated behind the car. Little Sunny checked that we don't lose anybody! Günther
MA_17 Posted Sep 21, 2012, 9:42 pm	Hello Mommy, we've been to the "Kohle-Dampf-Licht"-Radweg (Coal-steam-light-bicycle route). There are a lots of statues made of discarded metal. Have a look. Günther
MA_17 Posted Sep 22, 2012, 10:19 pm	Today we found an empty box. There was nothing inside. Then we heard someone laughing. We turned around and saw GustavHH. He'll stay with us for a while. Günther
MA_17 Posted Sep 22, 2012, 10:39 pm	Hey Mommy, today we went to the river Mulde. It is a river in Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, a left tributary of the river Elbe and 124 km in length. In August 2002 a flood caused severe damage! All places we were at these pictures were flooded in 2002, too! Günther
MA_17 Posted Sep 22, 2012, 10:48 pm	Today we said goodbye to Kevin the little kiwi. We all hugged him. Then he crawled into his envelope and left to Thuringia. Have fun little bird! Günther
MA_17 Posted Sep 25, 2012, 10:55 pm	Hello Mommy, Crawfish found her perfect profession (except driving a car): pianist! She played all kind of songs the whole day while we were listening to her. I liked it! Your Günther
MA_17 Posted Sep 29, 2012, 10:17 pm	Hey Mommy, we visited a small lake called "Sachsenburg" today. It is an abandoned coal mine which was flooded by domestic water. Günther
MA_17 Posted Oct 2, 2012, 10:23 am	Hello Mommy, we did a sightseeing tour through the neighbor village. The city is called Gräfenhainichen and it had its first documentary mention in 1254. The first printing shop was set up in 1874. As of 1890, brown coal was being mined in Gräfenhainichen, first underground, and then in strip mines. As it is a city they also have lots of horses all around the city. Can you see the white one behind me? We found one of the 3 wind mills of the city. This one is from the 19th century and worked until 1963. This is the only little pond in the city. It's called Vorstadtteich (in English "suburban pond" ). There are lots of ducks. This is the ruin of the old castle. It was built in the 12th/13th century on the ruin of an older castle. It was destroyed in 1637 during the Thirty Years' War by the Swedes. No one ever rebuilt it. We couldn't go inside, it's only open when the open air theater is used for festivals. This is the town hall. It was built between 1695-1699. There are 2 towers in Gräfenhainichen. This is the upper city tower. It was reconstructed in 1448 with some other fortifications. It was also used as a jail for a while. There's also a lower city tower, but we couldn't take a picture. Next to the upper city tower we found a long piece of the old city wall. This is the highest building of the city - the Protestant church "Sankt Marien". It was also destroyed by the Swedes in 1637, but it was rebuilt from 1658 to 1666. The tower was built in 1867/68. The church got its origins in the Romanesque and Gothic. The water tower was built in 1927. The bubble design was the idea of a classmate of my host! One of the sons of the city is Paul Gerhardt. We visited the Paul-Gerhardt-House which was built from 1907 to 1909. It serves as a places of public assembly for the Protestants. Another son of the city is Johann Gottfried Galle. He was the first person to view the planet Neptune in 1846! This is the Galle monument which was built in 1977 for all his work. The last famous person of the city is Hugo Winckler, but we couldn't find anything about him. Your Günther
MA_17 Posted Oct 4, 2012, 9:39 pm	Hello Mommy, today little Sunny left. We all cuddled her. Then she crawled into her envelope. Her next stop is Finland. Günther
MA_17 Posted Oct 6, 2012, 10:49 pm	Hey Mommy, time for a road trip!  We went to the Mosigkau castle. The castle is one of the few Rococo palaces in Central Germany, resembling Sanssouci at Potsdam, which had been designed by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff. It was built between 1752 and 1757 for Anna Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Dessau, the daughter of Prince Leopold I. The ensemble includes an orangery and an art collection of Flemish Baroque painting, stemming from Duke John George's II union with the House of Orange-Nassau, that features works by Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck. Around the castle we found a lovely garden and some sheep. Isn't it a lovely place?! Castle 1 of 5 of the UNESCO Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm finished. √ Günther
MA_17 Posted Oct 6, 2012, 11:07 pm	Hello Mommy, today we went to another castle. John George (1748-1811), a younger brother of Duke Leopold III, had the Georgium Castle erected from 1780 by Erdmannsdorff. Located in a riparian woodland in the north of Dessau, the palace features an English garden with several monuments. Today the Georgium hosts the Anhalt collection of art, including works by Albrecht Dürer - especially an old master print of his Melencolia I - and Lucas Cranach the Elder. Castle 2 of 5 of the UNESCO Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm finished. √ Günther
MA_17 Posted Oct 10, 2012, 8:19 pm	Hey Mommy, today we went to another castle. It's the Wörlitz Palace and it was finished in 1773. This palace was the residence of Duke Leopold and his wife Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt. It was the first Neoclassical building in present-day Germany. The palace and its interior with valuable cabinets from the studio of Abraham and David Roentgen as well as a large collection of Wedgwood porcelain were publicly accessible. Castle 3 of 5 of the UNESCO Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm finished. √ Your Günther
MA_17 Posted Oct 10, 2012, 9:01 pm	Today the doorbell rung. We opened and it was Alex' brother Cheeks. He returned from Switzerland! We all cuddled him. Later he told us about his adventures. Günther
MA_17 Posted Oct 12, 2012, 3:21 pm	Hey Mommy, once again on tour... We visited the Oranienbaum Palace which was finished in 1683 as the summer residence of Henriette Catharina, where she retired after the death of her husband in 1693. The rich furnishing includes leather wallpapers and a dining room equipped with Delft tiles. From 1780 on Duke Leopold III had the palace and the park rebuilt in a Chinese style, according to the theories of Sir William Chambers, with several arch bridges, a tea house and a pagoda. In 1811, the orangery was built, with 175 m (574 ft) in length one of the largest in Europe, which still serves to protect a wide collection of citrus plants. Oranienbaum Palace together with the park and the geometrical settlement conception forms one of the few original Dutch Baroque town layouts in Germany. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, has been there in 2004 and 2012! Castle 4 of 5 of the UNESCO Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm finished. √ Günther
MA_17 Posted Oct 13, 2012, 9:20 pm	Hello Mommy, today when we went to our tour we found a crocodile in the forest! We were a little bit afraid, but as we noticed it was a nice guy! That lovely guy lives near the ruin of a house which is called Swedish house. And there's nothing else! Just lots of grass and some trees. After a while we found the Luisium castle. It was a gift from Duke Leopold III to his wife Louise and it was built from 1774 in a plain Neoclassical style as a country home according to plans by Erdmannsdorff with adjacent gardens, pastures and a stud farm. Leopold died at the castle on August 9, 1817 from the consequences of a riding accident. It's the smallest of all castles we saw! To the area around the house belongs a so called snake house. And this castle has an orangery! Castle 5 of 5 of the UNESCO Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm finished. √ Yours Günther
MA_17 Posted Oct 13, 2012, 9:37 pm	Halloween is calling...  We found a pumpkin, took a knife and a spoon and started to make a really spooky face. But what the hell is Alex doing with this stick?  When it was dark we put a candle into the pumpkin. Ouh spooky! Then we turned the pumpkin and saw what Alex did with the stick. Really cool! Günther
MA_17 Posted Oct 13, 2012, 9:56 pm	We are going on a big journey tomorrow!!! So we did what we had to do! Packing everything important into our car. We need something to eat and drink and plates, of course. I said we should take some of the pirate gold with us. Maybe we have to pay something. GustavHH is sure we need the canvas chair, if the sun will shine. We also need our skateboards and our driving lesson cars to cruise around. Everything has to fit into the car! We fixed the canvas chair and some boards on the car, there was no other free space. And fixed one of the little cruisers behind the car. As there are only 5 guys allowed in the car Rudy has to sit on the cruiser behind the car! Holidays we are coming! Günther
MA_17 Posted Oct 20, 2012, 11:24 pm	Hey Mommy, I arrived in Cologne, the fourth-largest city of Germany! It is located on both sides of the Rhine River. First I went to the Cologne Cathedral (officially High Cathedral of St. Peter). It is a Roman Catholic church and the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne. It is a renowned monument of German Catholicism and Gothic architecture and is a World Heritage Site. It is Germany's most visited landmark, attracting an average of 20,000 people a day. Construction of Cologne Cathedral commenced in 1248 and was halted in 1473, leaving it unfinished. The work restarted in the 19th century and was completed in 1880. It is 144.5 metres (474 ft) long, 86.5 m (284 ft) wide and its towers are approximately 157 m (515 ft) tall. The cathedral is the largest Gothic church in Northern Europe and has the second-tallest spires and largest facade of any church in the world. This is the City Hall and it is Germany's oldest city hall with a documented history spanning some 900 years. The ancient cigarette factory houses now the bureau of vital statistics of Cologne. I found these lovely houses in the historic center of the city. Aren't they cute?! Behind these houses you can see the Great Saint Martin Church. It is a Romanesque Catholic church and its foundations (circa 960 AD) rest on remnants of a Roman chapel. The Rhine is a river that flows from the Swiss Alps to the North Sea coast in the Netherlands and is the twelfth longest river in Europe, at about 1,233 km (766 mi). It's huge! This is the chocolate museum. But it's Monday so it is closed. Günther
MA_17 Posted Oct 21, 2012, 12:34 pm	Hey Mommy, I made it to another country! I'm now in Amsterdam, the largest city and capital of the Netherlands. First we visited the Amsterdam Centraal, the central train station of the city. It is also one of the main railway hubs of the Netherlands and is used by 250,000 passengers a day! It first opened in 1889 and was designed by Pierre Cuypers and A. L. van Gendt. This building is a big shopping center. It's located on the opposite of the palace. As the palace isn't really beautiful, we decided to take a picture of this house! I really like the design of all these houses! And they are all very old. Günther
MA_17 Posted Oct 21, 2012, 4:38 pm	MOMMY!!! I saw a beautiful corsair in Amsterdam! Sad there was too much water between us two. Maybe we can go there together one day to board that ship?! Your little pirate Günther
MA_17 Posted Oct 21, 2012, 7:57 pm	Hello Mommy, before going back to Germany we did a stop over next to the North Sea. We enjoyed the sunset at the beach. It was really windy, look at the waves! Günther
MA_17 Posted Oct 24, 2012, 8:29 pm	Hello Mommy, we are back to Cologne! Today we had a look over the city from a really high building. Can you see the big famous Cathedral? And the bridge over the river Rhine.  It's the famous one with all these love locks. Look, there is the famous Lanxess arena. Later we went to the Rhine. The water is really cold! Tomorrow we are going back home. Your little Günther
MA_17 Posted Oct 27, 2012, 7:57 pm	When we arrived back home somebody stopped our car. It is Petunia from Finland who arrived while we were on holidays. We gave her a lovely welcome hug.
MA_17 Posted Oct 28, 2012, 6:25 pm	Hello Mommy, time for hiking! We walked wand walked wand walked... and finally arrived near a lake. Isn't it beautiful? But we couldn't stay here, we had to go on. Can you see the wind engine? This is where we want to go. Finally arrived! This wind engine is huge! And there are so many more! We had a wonderful view. Lots of forests. But far far away we could see the highest building of Leipzig! Can you see the little chimney at the horizon? Normally it's a really high chimney! But now it looks so small! While we were walking around and enjoying our view our host found some "Slippery Jack" mushrooms. When we were home she cooked the mushrooms for us! So yummy! Günther
MA_17 Posted Nov 2, 2012, 2:55 pm	Hey Mommy, have a look to this beautiful sunset!
MA_17 Posted Nov 2, 2012, 4:29 pm	Hey Mom, I visited the famous tv tower "Fernsehturm". It was constructed between 1965 and 1969 and with its height of 368 meters, it is the tallest structure in Germany. There is a visitor platform and a revolving restaurant in the middle of the sphere. The tower is part of the World Federation of Great Towers (WFGT). Günther
MA_17 Posted Nov 2, 2012, 4:50 pm	Hey Mommy, we were hard workers today! We helped our host in the garden. Petunia dug a hole with a really big spade. Then we put some seeds of zinnia flowers in the hole. Petunia closed the hole and GustavHH raked the terra. Now we hope the flowers will bloom next year. Günther
MA_17 Posted Nov 2, 2012, 5:03 pm	Hello Mommy, Alex left a bag of sweets for us on the table. We all were really excited about it! The sweets are called "Knusperflocken" (crunchy flakes). These are made of rye crispbread with milk chocolate. Alex gave all of us a plate and put one flake for each of us on it. Mmmmmhhhh... We all were munching the sweets so fast. It was so delicious! Your Günther
MA_17 Posted Nov 2, 2012, 5:13 pm	Hi Mom, the sun was shining so we decided to go by car through the neighbor villages. Look how green the lawn is. And the trees are losing their leaves...that's autumn!
MA_17 Posted Nov 2, 2012, 5:20 pm	Hello Mommy, we went back to the garden today. There we found some mushrooms! We picked them up with the spade as we had no knife. Then we found some more mushrooms and picked them up, too. Look how many mushrooms we found. We are not sure if these are eatable. No one of us was clench enough to try them. Günther
MA_17 Posted Nov 2, 2012, 5:40 pm	We went to the cinema to watch "Madagascar 3". It was really interesting to watch other animals traveling around the world, like we do! Günther
MA_17 Posted Nov 2, 2012, 5:47 pm	Alex bought a new appartement. He doesn't have any furniture yet, but decorated the whole room for Halloween. Crazy kitty!
MA_17 Posted Nov 2, 2012, 8:21 pm	Hey Mom, Alex told us about a weird dream he had when he noticed his dream became true. He introduced his became-true-dream as "Oops". I'm confused! Günther
MA_17 Posted Nov 4, 2012, 8:14 pm	Hey Mommy, I'm on my way to Italy. All the others cuddled me and Cheeks, who's also leaving. We climbed in our envelopes and left the house. I'll miss these guys! I hope I'll arrive at my new host soon. Günther
annix Posted Nov 21, 2012, 4:08 pm	Hi mum, I'm in Italy!!!!!
annix Posted Nov 26, 2012, 3:40 pm	Hi mum, here it rains so I'm at home eating a typical Italian pizza, with ham and mushrooms! I'm also tasting some breadsticks made with pizza-bread, the're quite spicy and peppery! Bye, Gunter
annix Posted Dec 12, 2012, 10:50 am	Hi mum, the first snow of the season has just arrived! It's so cold here at the moment!!! Bye, Gunther
annix Posted Dec 14, 2012, 4:38 pm	I'm waiting for Christmas...I've also met Santa Claus!!!
annix Posted Jan 16, 2013, 3:42 pm	Looking through the window...
annix Posted Feb 18, 2013, 10:24 am	Hi mum, my host is moving in a new house and I'm helping her with all the things to do...it's an hard job! Love, Gunther
annix Posted Feb 20, 2013, 3:07 pm	Hi mum, I'm at the Castello Sforzesco, a Medieval Castle right in the city center. This is the woman fashion week in Milan so also here you can see some of the most famous stylist with their models and creations. Bye, Gunther
annix Posted Feb 25, 2013, 2:06 pm	I'm in "Piazza Duomo", the main square in Milan, you can see the Cathedral called Duomo. Today it's a cold and rainy day...I'm preparing to come back home! See you soon!!! Gunther
annix Posted Feb 28, 2013, 9:05 am	Hi mum, I'm coming, wait for me!!! Gunther
Dr.Kröbner Posted Mar 7, 2013, 9:44 am	Hello world, Home sweet home..... back in town But where is the greeting commision around Dr. Kröbner & Co.???? only his kids Harald and Heinz await my arrival. And the new guests, Bubele and Mr.Stanley and Scruffy  OK but where is the rest of the TV-gang?…  I expected they would help me to carrie my big treasure of gold! Now I have to lug everything alone  Hmmmm…. And what´s about a welcomedrink? I hope they have not drank my rum!!! Harald and Heinz told me a few days ago suddenly they misses Dr. Kröbner, Mr. Lemony, Knöpfchen and Coco. And nobody know where they are!!! Mysterious!!!  After one cup of my delicious fermented Sugar cane sirup also my mind arrived back home and I started to telling about my adventures from Berlin and Italy…. Günther
Dr.Kröbner Posted Mar 7, 2013, 10:44 am	Huhu, Today Dr. Kröbner and the other eloper arrived back haome. THEY HAD MADE A TRIP TO NEW YORK .Could´nt they wait for me? BRAZENNESS!!  After a short greeting we sat around and for the next hours we spinning a big clew of cock-and-bull storys. Great day!!! Now I need a good hiding place for my gold treasure  the box is good, but it is not so easy to open it... managed....puhhh.... bye,bye günther
Dr.Kröbner Posted Apr 1, 2013, 11:20 am	Happy Easter! Today is Easter, we look outside and what did we see: All is covered with snow . Happy playing Hide-and-seek while collecting Eastereggs! After Breakfast we went out . What great luck, we found a cluster with eastereggs and chocobunnys yummy….    But what´s that! In front of a tree we discover something with plushy brown collar. It was the easterbunny! Poor boy, he wanted to rent a snowmobile for his easterjob, but all mobiles were out of stock. So he started by ski, but unfortunately he lost one and now he has got stucked. We invited him to eat some goodies, but he defeated and continued his way. Tough guy bye,bye Günther
Dr.Kröbner Posted Apr 10, 2013, 11:37 am	today a new TV arrived, the cute little bee Bzzzzz, we welcomed here with a bathtube full of flowers Günther
Dr.Kröbner Posted Jul 20, 2013, 11:26 am	Hey folks, it´s me,Günther!, and  I´m seized with the wanderlust again to discover foreign countrys. But at first I had to check the travel budget….. hmmmm…. I´ve to be shure that nobody is looking at me now….. I should chek my treasure……. The savest keeper for a treasure are angles - fundamentally honest - …ahhh…. Here is the box….. carefully open….. counting…..hmmmm….I thougth it should be much more……it´s probably not enough to charter a 50ft.yacht with a solid stock of pure jamaika rum….. And where do I travel now? Let me take a look to the travel guides in the library. Hmmm … no extraordinary cheap country…. It seems I´ve to travel by envelope again….. Now I´m a little bit unsure if I should trust the angles again (even they look so innocent)… I´ll ask Hase, if she will supervise the angles keeping my treasure for the duration of the journey ( she also looks very innocent) …….. first I said goodbye to Bzzzzz, she is off to England bye,bye my sister Hase bye,bye Dr.Kröbner Bubele Aura Scruffy and *coco* and Mr.Lemony Squab Bye I´m off. See you in …???? Günther ..........
QuamQuam Posted Jul 28, 2013, 8:29 pm	Hello from Berlin! Today I arrived at QuamQuam's place. But someone was faster than me: It's HolgiHH! Now we two guys are ready to explore Berlin! HolgiHH welcomed me together with Feli, the cat which lives here. She is so cute . Then I went through the flat a bit. I saw a strange poster on the wall and enjoyed the view out of the window. It is so hot here! I think the very big adventures have to wait a bit... Greetings Günther
QuamQuam Posted Aug 1, 2013, 1:47 pm	Hi Mum, today HolgiHH and I went on the balcony to have a look at the beautiful flowers there. We could sit on some plants, climb a tree and we even found a strawberry! I helped HolgiHH to get it and he shared the strawberry with me. It was yummy! The best thing today was that QuamQuam promised us a big adventure soon! I'm really looking forward to it. Love you Günther
QuamQuam Posted Aug 8, 2013, 7:20 pm	Light, camera, ACTION! We had a great day at the Filmpark in Babelsberg. It is a big area where you can see many different things connected with movies: How they are produced, costumes of the actors, movie sets and much more. Because we started our journey early in the morning we were very hungry when we arrived. So we visited a restaurant called "Restaurant Prinz Eisenherz (Prince Valiant)" The name was inspired by the movie of the same name. Inside it was dark and we felt like we were in the Middle Ages. After that we had a look at the statues of fantasy creatures and other things from different movies. Maybe you know some of them . The movie sets were so impressive! Most of them were copied like the fountain from the movie "Der kleine Muck ( The little Muck)". But the little witch house was really used in a movie: "Hänsel und Gretel (Hansel and Gretel)". The sweets on it looked so real . Then we made a boat tour through "Panama". This country is part of a story for children written by Janosch. It was beautiful there with all the green plants and the funny animals around us . There were so many more things to see! We visited a wild west town and a very scary place, brrrr. But see yourself. Greetings Günther
QuamQuam Posted Aug 24, 2013, 2:15 pm	Hello, here I am again! I visited the German-American Fair today. It was near the central railway station of Berlin, so we took some photos of it. It is so big, really amazing! But the fair itself was cool, too. Just look at the roller coaster! And there were so many other rides. Later we looked for something to eat in the American part of the fair. We ate fried cauliflower, it was yummy! Greetings Günther
QuamQuam Posted Sep 16, 2013, 1:33 pm	Hi everyone! Shopping time! Today we went to the "Eastgate", a big shopping center. QuamQuam needed warm clothes for the cold seasons. I have to admit that it was a bit boring. But because we were so patient HolgiHH and I got a whole chocolate bar back home! This was a very nice reward Later that day QuamQuam took us to a market hall where we could try many different meals from different countries. This was a great experience because everything was sooo yummy. I hope you had a nice day, too Günther
QuamQuam Posted Sep 23, 2013, 12:36 pm	Time to say goodye I'll miss HolgiHH and QuamQuam but I wonder why Mum wanted me to come back... QuamQuam knows it but she tells me nothing Anyway, in a few days I'll find out. I hope it is something amazing I gave HolgiHH a huge hug and climbed into my envelope. See you soon! Günther
Dr.Kröbner Posted Sep 30, 2013, 11:44 am	Hey folks, I arrived back home on the back of our black sheep Flocky and all welcomed me warmly it`s a short stop, because I´m one of the chosen plushies who join mum on a special trip. It´s not allowed to tell full particulars, but even so much in advance: we have to behave highly lordly, and maybe I can also get a deckchair like Mr. Shaun…. . but at first I have to washed off the road dust of my last trips. I´ll inaugurate my new Flip-Flops with a refrech Bath.. Oh man, this was pretty wet. I´ll better take place on the heating bevor I come down with a cold bye, bye Günther .
Dr.Kröbner Posted Nov 21, 2013, 11:34 am	Jippieahjeah!!!!! I´ve fulfilled a Life Mission. I proudly present  RMS Queen Mary II  voila, isn´t she a nice maid??? And the best comes now; I will not only see, I´ll enter her,  Jippieahjeah!!!!! What majestically  views from up here…. HafenCity Hamburg is a project of city-planning where the old port warehouses of Hamburg are being replaced with offices, hotels, shops, official buildings, and residential areas. The Elbphilharmonie Hamburg (nicknamed Elphi) is a concert hall under construction in the HafenCity quarter of Hamburg, Germany. The concert hall is designed by Herzog & de Meuron on top of an old warehouse (Kaispeicher A). It will be the tallest inhabited building of Hamburg, with a final height of 110m the dockland Blankenese is a former independent town, now a suburban quarter in the borough Altona in the western part of Hamburg (Germany). It is located on right bank of the Elbe river. In 2006 the population was 13,011. the river Elbe with the eveningsun and Dr.Kröbner Cheers! This sparkling wine is almost as good as rum. I show you the Queen and the best....our private balcony  .....reading the daily programm.... …waiting for lunch… hmmmm sweet with strawberry puree… lovely TEATIME! I LOVE IT  After an unsuccessful visit in Kobenhavn (the capitain couldn´t  anchored in case of strong dangerous current in the sound) we had an extraordinary long stopover in Olso. There we made a bustour to Vigelandpark,  an area with lots of human sculptures showing the whole circle of life Holmenkollen. It´s not the original olypmic one  from 1952, its the new 3 years old skijump.   ……… boring…..to boring for a gecko like me….. Fortunately I discover a norwegian quayside bar ….. and I enter…….hmmm,  dimly lit and awesome objekts at the counter….the right atmosphere for me. As they notice me, suddenly the noise from the guests stops…. It seems, they havn´t seen a seagecko before… As more I told from my adventures on the seven seas on board the QM2, as more the ice is melting between the seagecko and this nice awesome people; and one beer follow the other ….than ginn  ännd woadkka  ännd rrrummmm…..ääännt mooor pjuur  rrummmm ….hicks… Äännnht  tshee losst oofff mmmaaii  mmotshherrrrrlängguiitsch…hicks….. The steward told me, that  a hand full of awesome objekts entered the QM2 last night to bring  a gecko home and he reported me from the pub brawl he read in the norwegain newspaper  “Dagens Næringsliv” this morning….. that can explain my headache this morning.. after another day on the rough sea, we arrived back in Hamburg Bye, see you  Günther
Dr.Kröbner Posted Dec 29, 2013, 3:29 pm	Hello folks, Christmastime is coming and all around the people are busy with decoration and illumination. We too!Dr. Kröbner want to arrange a cristmastree and need our assistance. But where we can get a Christmastree and how did he looks like? Mr. Lemony sayed that he has seen some trees in mums orangerie, so we risk a view inside. Indeed, there were some plants, but which we could use for a christmastree? So we decided to vote by selecting every ones favorit. The result was without anny doubt, we would take the tree in the middle. Now the next problem: how to carry it from the orangerie in the livingroom? After several recommendations they try to permute my  idea: to manage it like the Viking, with logs. First we need a wooden beam and a strong rope to build a lifting arm. With united power we managed it to lift the bucket of the tree at the backside, while *coco* and Phog … could place a log behind the baseplate. At next the biggest of us had to luffing on a lever to lift the baseplate at the frontside for placing a secound log behind the plate. After we managed this diffucult parts  Scruffy and Dr.Kröbner pulling the rope . *coco* ,Mr.Lemony and Gwen Jolies job was, to lay new logs in the front of the baseplate. It works surprisingly good! Wavy Gravy was supervising the experiment . After a while we passed the corridor…. the kittchen… . livingroom. We all are rather groggy and decided to continue tomorrow with the christmasdecoration..... more later Günther
Dr.Kröbner Posted Dec 29, 2013, 5:19 pm	.....Next day, early morning: Christmastreedecoration. At Hostmums attic we found some knitted balls and other oddities and place it into the Christmastree in expectation of big presents At christmaseve: We hearded a big noise like stamping and rumbling. Dr. Kröbner means,  it could be St. Claus. 5 minutes after the noises stopped we enter the livingroom and indeed, the cristmastree was surrounded by presentsand Dr. Kröbner started to distribute them and we unwrap our packets a cap...wow...thank you.. Merry Christmas yours Günther
Dr.Kröbner Posted Feb 3, 2014, 3:36 pm	Hello world, Yay, my brother Big foot is back home, his last stop was Berlin, and from there he brought Troot a new guest from Finland. he has shown his souvenirs, for all he has brought biscuits and for me a special gift from Alex .... Gold ... for my treasure box ..... thanks, I've been hiding it immediately. It's nice that my brother is back  bye,bye Günther
Dr.Kröbner Posted Mar 10, 2014, 9:43 am	Hello, my sister is back home, Hase.. the postman rings and brought an envelope. And it was fidgeting. Hm...... I meen: There could be something inside alive! So we decided to open the couvert carefully and quick. What could be in there? …. HAAASEE!!!! Hase arrives back home! Such a little bunny need such a large traveling suite?…. Oh Look, all the nice souvenirs: sweeties, liquor postcards, sticker…..  We had a long hugging celebration and all TV´s survey all the small presents. …. mjammm  Günther
Dr.Kröbner Posted Mar 10, 2014, 10:31 am	Yesterday we welcomed the spring in the garden, very early this year  after a short carrace ( I won  ) I relaxed in the sun under the nice flowers...what a wonderful day Günther
Dr.Kröbner Posted Feb 18, 2015, 4:52 pm	Hy folks, after a boring year....with a little trip to Norway, there is a lighthouse that has the same strip as I have .. ok... it was a wonderful , the whole trip can be read  at Cutys travelog Günther
Dr.Kröbner Posted Feb 18, 2015, 5:14 pm	its time to travel again.....I received an invitation from Bruchsal,thank you Petra jippih. Goodbye my love plush friends ... see you soon Günther

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