FerdiFuchs, On the way, Japan

Hippo Nino


Posted Sep 7, 2012, 9:59 am
Together with female magpie. Old memories.
Hippo Nino


Posted Sep 7, 2012, 10:03 am
One morning, she was gone. I looked for her at home.
Hippo Nino


Posted Sep 7, 2012, 10:11 am
Now I look out side for her. Female magpie where you are just?
Hippo Nino


Posted Sep 7, 2012, 10:19 am
Oh female magpie! Please you help me find it.
Hippo Nino


Posted Sep 10, 2012, 1:29 pm
Today I am still learning a pair Blommer words in English.
For my big trip.
Today we will ever go to Blankenheim.
To celebrate my farewell.
Hippo Nino


Posted Sep 10, 2012, 1:32 pm
We crickets and it was good  :D
Hippo Nino


Posted Sep 10, 2012, 1:36 pm
We took chips yet and I said goodbye.
and we sleep dependent

good night
Hippo Nino


Posted Sep 10, 2012, 1:41 pm
Now I allow myself to wrap my big trip last start.
olgamaus


Posted Sep 11, 2012, 6:51 pm
Hi Mummy,
I arrived in Remscheid today. This was a rather short trip! I am not the only ToyVoyager here. There are also Emma Squirrel, HolgiHH, MiniMarshmallow and MuhKuh. My host Katja and all TVs gave me a warm welcome.

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My host was happy about the present I brought with me, the "Sandmaennchen Wine Gums". She loves stuff like this :D She said she had never seen them before in a shop here.

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She promised that tomorrow we will taste them. When I toldmy new friends about me and Mrs. Magpie, Emma Squirrel promised to help me find Mrs. Magpie. While I will search under the trees, she will climb into the trees and have a look. There is a park just in front of my current home, maybe Mrs. Magpie is hiding there.

Bye
FerdiFuchs
olgamaus


Posted Sep 13, 2012, 8:41 am
Hi Mummy,
the weather here is rather bad, so my host decided to decorate the walls in the living room. She moved to this apartment in July and did not finish all the painting works. Today was the perfect day to do it :)

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With the help of o stencil we painted roses onto the wall.

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Have a look at the result!

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Bye
FerdiFuchs
olgamaus


Posted Sep 17, 2012, 2:32 pm
Hi Mummy,
today we made a fantastic trip to Gelsenkirchen in the Ruhr area. We visited a zoo there, the ZOOM-Erlebniswelt.

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This zoo is specialized in animals from Alaska, Africa and Asia. The whole area is divided into three parts. We started our adventure in Alaska.

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We found a hut like the one of a trapper.

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My host could have spent hours here with the raccoons :D They are extremely cute.

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Nobody has to starve here.

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We saw several bears here: Grizzly bears, Kodiak bears and polar bears. Can you also see what I saw in the bear enclosure?

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Magpies!!!

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They must have been completely insane to get so close to the bear! I hope my girlfriend would not be so careless. (Indeed the bear did  not care about them at all.)

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The bear was separated from the visitors only by a thick glass panel.

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We entered Africa  than!

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It is so cold today that I prefer the comfort of a heated apartment to those huts :D

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The lion was very lazy behind his glass panel.

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Zebras and antilopes were much more agil than the dozing lion...

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... as well the giraffes.

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Those monkeys were living free on a small island.

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We entered Asia than.

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Here we also found a typical hut.

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Those cute quailes were also living free in a large enclosure like a greenhouse. They are the smallest galliformes in Europa.

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We had a lot of fun with those monkeys, gray langurs. They were playing endlessly in their enclosure, chasing each other and climbing and jumping from their ropes and nets.

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What a fantastic trip! And I even met friends of Mrs. Magpie.

Bye
FerdiFuchs
olgamaus


Posted Sep 17, 2012, 3:56 pm
Hi Mummy,
after attending a birthday party and eating far too much we felt an urge to take a walk in the late afternoon. First we went to the municipal park, only a few minutes to get there. On our way there we came along those nice dwellings.

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This is the police headquarter with a little park in front of it.

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We went to the municipal park than. In the entrance area you can find the observatory.

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We enjoyed the lovely weather.

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We left the park to reach the historical district Hasten. Here many lovely old houses remained after large parts of the city centre of Remscheid were destroyed in WW II.

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There are calm streets to live in .

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I like those traditional houses with their green shutters.

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This Patrician villa was built in the late 1790 years. Nowadays a museum is situated in the building.

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The German Tool Museum (Deutsches Werkzeugmuseum) is also situated on this estate. Here you can see some of severeal outdoor facilities.

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This looks like some kind of weird instrument of torture :)

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Another calm residental area ...

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From here we had a good overlook to the green surroundings of Remscheid.

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Remscheid is an old industrial city. You can often find industrial complexes - often historical ones - among dwellings. This is a famous producer of car seats.

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We decided to take a longer way home, through another park.

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My current home is in the house just beyond the park.

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Now I am hungry!

Bye
FerdiFuchs
olgamaus


Posted Sep 21, 2012, 10:21 am
Hi Mummy,
today we visited friends in another district of Remscheid, it is called "Luettringhausen". We could have taken the bus, but we preferred to get there on foot, through a valley and a forest.

We left home.

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We walked through a housing area. In the background there are already the green surroundings visible.

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The city centre of Remscheid is situated on top of a hill. The slopes of this hill are rather steep. Of course there were houses built, but also lots of allotment garden areas, like this one.

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We reached the valley than. Along the creek which formed this valley industrialization began in  middle ages. Even nowadays you can still find industrial sites here, here a steel works.

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We left the streets to follow another creek.

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When we reached a forest we only had  15 minutes more to walk. Can you see the encircled "R" on the tree? This sign is marking a walking train which is running along the border of the municipal area of Remscheid, about 64 km long.

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We reached our destination. This motor-bike belongs to the husband of Katja's friend.

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Next time I must show you the ferrets. They are so cute and hoggish :) They often share their food with me.

Bye
FerdiFuchs
olgamaus


Posted Oct 2, 2012, 1:15 pm
Hi Mummy,
we took a short walk in the late afternoon in the surrounding forests, most of them are nature protection areas.

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Summer is over now, have a look at the fruits of a plane tree.

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The path was following a railway track for some time.

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Once more we walked through a housing area with those lovely houses.

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We had to hurry home than, it started to rain again.

Bye
FerdiFuchs

olgamaus


Posted Oct 2, 2012, 1:43 pm
Hi Mummy,
we had almost two weeks with really ugly weather. It was cold als also raining the whole day. Today it was a bit better, so we took a walk in the city centre when our host had her lunch break.

First stop was the city hall, originally built in 1906, than partly destroyed in WW II and rebuilt afterwards in a more modern style.

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There is a pillar on the large place in front of it, showing a lion, the heraldic animal of Remscheid.

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The shopping  mall ...

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This is the theatre,

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The shopping street ...

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... and the central bus station.

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I saw a wall which was covered with lovely read leafes.

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We went towards the central station, here several larger buildings were built in the last ten years.

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The whole station area was rebuilt from 2007 until about 2010.

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Back in the city centre Katja showed us this funny fountain.

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This is the main entrance of the shopping mall with the tower of the city hall in the background.

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At the end of the pedestrian area you can find this statue, two large forceps. They are a symbol for the tool producing industry here.

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There is a water tower close to the city hall. The silhouette of Remscheid with those two towers close together is visible from all the surrounding cities.

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On the right side of the next photo you can see the parking and loading zone of the shopping mall.

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We had to return to the work place than.

Bye
FerdiFuchs

olgamaus


Posted Oct 2, 2012, 2:29 pm
Hi Mummy,
MiniMarshmallow invited us to a marshmallow lunch. We had marshmallow-banana-shashlik with chocolate :)

First the chocolate was melted.

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Than Katja's daughter showed us how to roast marshmallows over a flame.

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The shashlik was already looking good ...

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... but even much better with a a chocolate topping!

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Enjoy!

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Love
FerdiFuchs
olgamaus


Posted Oct 6, 2012, 8:00 pm
Hi Mummy,
we are having lovely weather today - a good opportunity to take a walk in the surroundings of Remscheid.

There is a lot of green around, several outskirts are hidden there.

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Turkeys, chicken ... this is paradise for a fox!

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Sheep are also tasting good, although they are a bit too large for me :)

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WE found the remains of a villa hidden in the forest. The house is no longere there, but those stairs.

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We walked through a rural area than.

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We enjoyed the sunshine :)

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Back in the valley we found some old mill ponds.

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This is the creek the valley was named after - Morsbach.

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From here we had to walk uphill for some time to get back home. Why does my host  has to live on top of this damned hill?

By the way, I did not meet any magpies this week, who knows where Mrs. Magpie is hiding?

Bye
Ferdi Fuchs

olgamaus


Posted Oct 21, 2012, 9:53 am
Hi Mummy,
the weather has gone crazy - we are having sunshine and about 20°C. This was a good reason to make an excursioin to one of the touristic highlights of this reason. Because my host does not have a car, we took a long walk through lovely rural areas and forests to get there. Katja's son accompanied us.

We walked to a distrcit in the West of Remscheid and reached this lovely point soon.

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I saw a cat sneaking towards a bird ...

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Oh no! A magpie!

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I called to it "Hey, magpie, fly away, there is a cat behind you! And tell Mrs. Magpie that I am sill searching for her!"

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We went into the forest than. Oh, what a lovely view, all those golden leafes!

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We rested on a bench for a moment.

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This is an extremely large beech - Katja loves this tree.

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This tree is showing several route markings. The encircled "R" means Roentgenweg. It is following the border of the municipal area of Remscheid, about 62 km long. It is named after the founder of the X-rays who was born in Lennep, one of the historic districts of Remscheid.

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We simply had to follow our path downhill to the bottom of the valley.

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River Wupper is flowing in the valley.

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I saw a cute little outlook pavilion at the opposite side of the valley.

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Katja told me that you had a spectacular view to our destination from there. We were visiting Muengsten Bridge, Germany's highest railway bridge. It is connecting Remscheid and the neighbour city Solingen, overspanning the valley of the river Wupper.

Here it came into sight.

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The bridge was built of steel in late 19th century, it is 465 m long and 107 m high. You can find more information here, in German.

The bridge is so wide that it is nearly impossible to take a proper photo of the whole bridge. Of course our host knows the location where she could take a halfway proper picture. On our way there we had a look at the leisure park which was built under the bridge some years ago. You can find large lawns with benches for relaxing, playgrounds for the kids, a crazy golf course and riddles. We preferred sitting on a bench, enjoying the lovely surrondings and the sunshine.

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This is river Wupper.

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Isn't it looking fantastic?

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We had to walk back home than, uphill for more than an hour!

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We came along a stadium, construction works were taking place there.

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Can you see the church tower in the background of the photo?

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This is where I am living at the moment, another five minutes walk from this church. I will fall into my bed in the evening, my little feet are already hurting .

Bye
FerdiFuchs
olgamaus


Posted Oct 21, 2012, 10:25 am
Hi Mummy,
the forest was calling again! This time we took a walk in the outlying districts of the neighbour city Wuppertal. We started our trip in a nearby valley.

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Katja told us that this path was leading towards a small dam.

There were several fish ponds along the way.

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Soon we reached the dam (Ronsdorfer Talsperre), a really small one.

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There are information boards along the path, you can learn a lot about wildlife in the forest. Have a look at this board, displaying soil animals.

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We reached another rural district with horses on the meadows.

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Another fish pond while we walked back.

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The weather forecast for tomorrow is also promising :)

Bye
FerdiFuchs
olgamaus


Posted Oct 25, 2012, 1:24 pm
Hi Mummy,
today it was time to say good-bye to Remscheid. Katja showed me where I will go next.

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She also  told me that it would be very warm there, not like autumn here :)

We wrote a postcard for my next host and packed a tiny fridge magnet into my envelope. Now I am on my way to Asia!

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Let's see if I maybe will find Mrs. Pagpie at the other end of the world.

Love
FerdiFuchs
olgamaus


Posted Oct 26, 2012, 2:38 pm
Hi Mummy,
today we met my host's daughter in the city centre. She wanted to buy shoes and later take a walk with us. After buying shoes we walked towards the station.

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We walked towards a valley, leaving all those industrial complexes behind. Deep in the valley we found older dwellings and allotment gardens.

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I met this hard-working spider.

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Back in the city ...

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Katja told me that we'd had to pack my things because I would leave the next day. She told me that I will travel halfway around the world!

Love
FerdiFuchs
Linda Fdph


Posted Nov 27, 2012, 1:12 am
Dear Mum........
iam arrived in Indonesia
Whew,,,,,the weather is very hot..
Because iam arrived in the morning, just before my host going to work, my host take me to her workplace, Sanglah General Hospital. And after her time work is over and before leaving the hospital,she take me for my first journey, around interesting view in Hospital. we take a picture at the Balinese statue, traditional flowers boquet, the place for Hindu pray, the traditional music app, and wood relief.

Love
FerdiFuchs
Linda Fdph


Posted Nov 28, 2012, 3:41 am
Hello Mum

Here is my welcome party in my host home :)
The background is traditional balinese textile, called Prada

Love
FF
Linda Fdph


Posted Dec 1, 2012, 11:45 pm
Hello Mom,

Here iam now..., at Bajra Sandhi Monument
Bajra Sandhi Monument or usually known as Puputan Fight Monument is a monument established to honor the soldiers in Puputan war. This monument is a symbol of Balinese people fight and dissemination of the spirit preservation from generation to generation

The architecture of the monument is very unique, taking the shape of Bajra or Genta, a bell that used by Hindu Priests during religious ceremonies

Every statue and each carving in the monument compound has its own meaning. The whole of the monument symbolizes Mount Mandara where, according to the epic Mahabarath, the Gods had a battle with giants fighting for the Water of Eternity.

Love
FF
Linda Fdph


Posted Dec 11, 2012, 12:30 am
Hello....Mum

Here iam in one of Museum in Bali, called Le Mayeur Museum. Museum Le Mayeur can be found straight on the beach between Jalan Hang Tuah and Inna Grand Bali Beach hotel, one of the largest hotels in Sanur.
The museum used to be the former house of the Belgium painter Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merpres who arrived in Bali in the 1930’s.

First he settled in the little village of Klandis, east of Denpasar where he met the famous legong dancer and local beauty, Ni Polok, when she was 15 years old.

She agreed to model for his paintings and lots of the paintings you see today in Museum Le Mayeur feature Ni Polok.

The house is set in a garden with beautiful frangipani flowers, Balinese statues and palm trees.

Love
F-F
Linda Fdph


Posted Dec 18, 2012, 2:02 am
Dear Mum

Iam being located in Inna Grand Bali Beach Hotel, near Sanur Beach.
its a historical hotel, and also tallest hotel in Bali.

Love
FF
Linda Fdph


Posted Dec 27, 2012, 5:44 am
Dear Mum

Here Iam with taste of Indonesia
Its a simple dishes and tropical fruits that can found in daily living.

Love
F-F
Linda Fdph


Posted Jan 9, 2013, 1:55 am
Dear Mum

Here iam , spending the holiday in East Java
My host, Linda, visiting her parents for 1 week, and all the TVs go with her
Pacet -East Java is rural village, green with rice field and fresh air from the mountain.

Love
F-F
Linda Fdph


Posted Jan 19, 2013, 1:08 pm
Dear Mum

Here is some picture when i spending my time in East Java. I take a picture with , no 1 : iconic fruit from Indonesia, DURIAN, no 2 : KEPOK BANANA ( yellow ) and KLUTUK BANANA ( green bananas ), no 3 : BUAH NANGKA ( Jack fruit ), no 4 : Belimbing wuluh ( Averrhoa bilimbi ) , no 5 : Sweet dessert of Indonesia, KOLAK, made from sweet potatoes, banana, jackfruit and coconut milk, no 6 : Belimbing manis ( Averrhoa carambola L ), no 7 : Petai (Parkia speciosa ), no 8 : rice filed before planting with paddys

Love
FF
Linda Fdph


Posted Jan 28, 2013, 10:19 am
Dear Mum

Today, Balinese people celebrate "Tumpak Landep"
It was an occasion where not only the people, but also the vehicles get dressed and ornated with janur - the young coco leaf - in the form of canang ( small offering), tamiang ( shield) and all sort in any colors and delicate crafting. That's when the Balinese people is having the Tumpak Landep ceremony to honor Sang Hyang Pasupati, the Lord of all metal implements. The blessing ceremony is given to heirlooms, weapons and other metal tools (including car, motorcycle etc ) and prayer is held for magical power and proper function, ensuring a trouble-free period for the next seven months. Even offices and shops have this ceremony to bless their vehicles, tools and merchandise.

Love
FF
Linda Fdph


Posted Feb 19, 2013, 7:12 am
Dear Mum

Here iam in Niti Mandala Square
A public square, place for Denpasar Citizens spending their outdoor activity.

Love
FF
Linda Fdph


Posted Mar 1, 2013, 12:54 pm
Dear Mum

Today my host introduced to me about The Music of Bali.
The music of Bali is extremely complex and vibrant. The original purpose of music here again is to serve religious beliefs, accompanying dances or wayang theaters. The traditional Balinese orchestra, known as gamelan, is composed of various forms of percussions, with notes overlapping and criss crossing among the various kinds. There is a number of string and woodwind instruments, but most of the players, which can range from a few to several dozen, sit behind various kinds of metallophones, gongs, and xylophones. Each gamelan has its own tuning, preventing instruments from being interchanged from one gamelan to another.

Love
FF
Linda Fdph


Posted Mar 18, 2013, 1:24 pm
Dear Mom

Here iam with BARONG. Barong is a lion-like creature and character in the mythology of Bali, Indonesia. He is the king of the spirits, leader of the hosts of good, and enemy of Rangda, the demon queen and mother of all spirit guarders in the mythological traditions of Bali. The battle between Barong and Rangda is featured in Barong dance to represent the eternal battle between good and evil.

Love
FF
cocoaby


Posted Mar 27, 2013, 9:51 am
White owl delivered mail.
Registered mail arrived from Indonesia.
He had souvenirs from Linda Fdph .
It is good smell of tea and Bali's keychain .
We were warmly welcomed FerdiFuchs.
Welcome to Japan!
:D
cocoaby


Posted Mar 27, 2013, 9:59 am
Enjoying the cherry blossoms are a lot of people in Japan.
Cherry blossoms are in full bloom !
It so beautiful.
We went to see the shrines and temples.
The shrine was built 350 years ago.
Fujiwara Michizane riding a cow has been worshiped.
He is called the god of learning.
There was a bill of the tree.
It is  Ema.
Each wish is written to this.
Puppies and great mother dog is a symbol of  Wishing You Love & Happiness!
We went to the temple last dragon has been enshrined.
It is so cool!
Once back home, we ate sushi for lunch.
Eating sushi in Japan is the best of all.
;)
cocoaby


Posted Mar 27, 2013, 1:05 pm
We went to the central park Yokosuka in the afternoon.
The park was located in a high place.
There is also a Yokosuka City Museum.
Naumann elephant model, kimono, spun yarn, huge crab, shellfish, and Crystal violet.
We will go back home in hurry because it's seems to rain.
cocoaby


Posted Mar 27, 2013, 1:13 pm
It is raining cold today.
We will show you some games in Japan.

"Hyakunin Isshu" is one of the Japanese traditional games.
It is also the name of the game in which they are used.
The game is played mostly on Japanese New Year's holidays.
On each card, a poem (waka) is written, and there are a total of 100 poems.
The standard collection of the poems used is called Hyakunin Isshu,
which is often also the name of the game.
The collection was chosen by a poet Fujiwara no Teika in Heian period.
There are national conventions for the game.
Two sets of 100 poem cards in Box.

Karuta is one of the Japanese traditional games.
First,a person read the card. Like this way.
And the others look for a card which is the picture and word drawn about it.
How many cards can you find?
The winner is having the cards most.

Next, We will show you "Pokemon Card Game".
This is what son of my host was using.

And, The next show is "Duel Masters Card Game".
This is what son of my host was using, too.
He was the winner of the competition of this card game.

I learned to play shogi.
Shogi is Japanese chess.

My host's sons have spring vacation began.
They taught  a lot of games for us.

;)
cocoaby


Posted Mar 31, 2013, 3:22 am
After work of my host at afterbnoon,
We (Nana, Lotta, FerdiFuchs) went to the Umikaze(meaning sea wind) park.
Willy W. and Isidore already came here.
Unfortunately,  weather was not good.
But today is warm.
Flowers were blooming a lot.
We enjoyed the "Umikaze park".
Sakura(Cherry) blossoms are falling.
Road looks like cherry carpet.
cocoaby


Posted Mar 31, 2013, 8:24 am
We went to Kamakura, about 20 minutes get on train.
Kamakura is a small city and a very popular tourist destination.
We went to see the "Great Buddha" in Kotoku-in.
I was surprised that there are windows in the back of the Buddha.
Why is there a window?
I think It was ventilation, tourist can be go to the Buddha's in body.
We went get on Enoden(Gotochi-card).
Enoshima Electric Railway, familiarly known as Enoden, has 100 years of history.
However, it was very very cold, weather is very bad.
If weather is good, We were able to see Mount Fuji the tallest mountain in Japan.
:o
cocoaby


Posted Mar 31, 2013, 9:24 am
We then went to Hasedera Temple.
Hasedera is a temple of the Jodo sect, that is most famous for its statue of Kannon, the goddess of mercy.
The statue shows Kannon with eleven heads, each representing a characteristic of the goddess.
The 9.18 meter tall, gilded wooden statue is regarded as one of the largest wooden sculpture in Japan, and can be viewed in the temple's main building, the Kannon-do Hall.
It was not allowed to take photo.
I found a smile Jizo.
:)
cocoaby


Posted Mar 31, 2013, 10:21 am
We finally went to the Tsuruoka Hachiman Shrine.
Tsurugaoka Hachimangu is Kamakura's most important shrine.
Today is really cold.

We can show you "Gosyuin-cho".
"Gosyuin-cho" is  collect stamp book where written by Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines.
;)
cocoaby


Posted Apr 3, 2013, 4:34 am
Today is cold rainy day too.
We were try folding "origami".
It is"Japanese Samurai helmet" .
This is a Japanese traditional origami model which has been folded for hundreds of years.
Made for little boys in Japan on Boy’s Day or Children’s Day (5th May), it is a fun accessory for an action man - or, made with newspaper or wrapping paper or folding paper for children.
Also, we made pig, frog, crane (black, red, yellow), balloons, boxes, bird,  shuriken (Ninja's throwing knifes) , flowers and more.
We had a lot of fun to make!
;)
Of course, I  made a  pink Japanese Samurai helmet for female magpie.
I miss you.
:thinking:
cocoaby


Posted Apr 6, 2013, 1:49 am
New school year begins in April in Japan.
The Japanese government give textbooks for elementary school student and junior high student in Japan. It is all free.
However, high school students must buy a textbooks of myself.
My host's son will be a sophomore in high school.
He showed me to us he bought a textbooks to learn from the new semester.
It was very difficult content.
We enjoying read the manga before textbooks give us a headache.
I like especially "One Piece".
:D
cocoaby


Posted Apr 6, 2013, 7:19 am
We visited the Mikasa park when our hosts work get off.
Time was past the 5 o'clock in the evening, but it was still bright.
Why did you come to this time?
Because spring storm will passes through Japan tomorrow .
We enjoyed the Mikasa park today.
The sound of water was able to relax.
We went to the Yokosuka port market on the way home.
However, there was nothing to what my host want.
:(
cocoaby


Posted Apr 12, 2013, 11:35 am
We went to the Central Library of Yokosuka.
we took a picture in front of Oriental literature.
After that, we were playing in the park.
4 TVs slid down the green slide.
I found a beautiful pink flower.
This is a flower called "Satsuki".
"May" is called also "Satsuki".
It seems so named because this flowers bloom on May.
My host bought 2 books at bookstore before heading back home.
It is a "The man called pirate" and "Marunouchi Tanita cafeteria".
;)
cocoaby


Posted Apr 19, 2013, 9:02 am
We went to the Kannonzaki park.
There were a lot of flowers, and  stone Japan map and statues.
I think this statue is mermaid and soldiers.
Sea was also very beautiful.
I looked for a mermaid with my host.
But mermaid and female magpie is not here.
:(
cocoaby


Posted Apr 28, 2013, 7:47 am
Hi,Mum!
It’s been a long time.
My host was very busy two weeks so far.
But I am very well.

We came to Tokyo today!
Tokyo is the capital of Japan.

And we visited the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
There was a wonderful thing around the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
Flat stone falling from the sky, Circle of stone(maybe tiger used in the circus) , two best friends ladybug and two dove of good friend.

There are observation room free to Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building.
45 floors above ground and there is a 202m height.
Fortunately so, I was able to see  tallest tower  "Tokyo Skytree" and the tallest mountain the "Mount Fuji" in Japan .

At last, I saw "Kumade"called lucky ones.
Kumade is wide rake that can gather up a large pile of fallen leaves and other garden litter in a single sweep.
Kazari Kumade, a gorgeous ornamental version often handmade by traditional craftsmen, is believed to "rake in"wealth, fortune, business success, and even family safety.
You can obtain Kazari Kumade at Torinoichi (Rooster Fairs), held in various places in Tokyo including the Asakusa area in November.
Generally, Torinoichi are bustling with people from all over the nation and the world.
Torinoichi are regarded as seasonal festivals announcing the arrival of winter.
:D
cocoaby


Posted Apr 28, 2013, 9:20 am
We have been moved by subway to Asakusa from Tochomae Sta..

We came to the Senso-ji Temple.

I saw a big red lantern in Kaminarimon gate.
There is  "Fujin"(god of thunder) and "Raijin(god of the wind), next to the lantern.
Then there is Nakamise Street.

There is a Hozomon gate.
There was Ema(votive picture) in the shape of a tear, there was also a five-storied pagoda.
There was a "Koinobori" in the Senso-ji Temple.
Koinobori are cloth streamers in the shape of a carp which are flown on a tall pole on Children's day(May 5th, public holiday).
:rolleyes:
cocoaby


Posted Apr 29, 2013, 9:46 am
We came to "Tokyo Skytree".
The Tokyo Skytree is a new television broadcasting tower and landmark of Tokyo.
With a height of 634 meters (634 can be read as "Musashi", a historic name of the Tokyo Region), it is the tallest building in Japan and the second tallest structure in the world at the time of its completion.
A large shopping complex "Tokyo Solamachi" with aquarium is located at its base.
I saw shop Hello Kitty, Manekineko, food sample in "Tokyo Solamachi".
:rolleyes:
cocoaby


Posted Apr 30, 2013, 9:31 am
We went to Zojoji from Daimon Station.
Daimon means big gate in Japanese.
We walked to see the historic building.
We like Jizo with pinwheel.
It is very lovely red hat and bib.
:)
cocoaby


Posted Apr 30, 2013, 10:31 am
May 5th is Children's Day(public holiday) in Japan.
Typical to celebrate Children's Day is carp streamers .
We came to see 333 carp streamers to Tokyo Tower.
Why 333 carp streamers?
Maybe Because height of Tokyo Tower 333m.
I found a shop of German cuisine in front of the Tokyo Tower.
Looks like delicious!
;)
cocoaby


Posted May 1, 2013, 1:17 am
I will introduce ticket vending machine of Subway in Japan.
You can see ticket We bought "Tokyo 1 day subway pass".
We came to the Imperial Palace of Japan.
Imperial Palace is very very wide.
It is a bronze statue of Kusunoki Masashige.
He is famous Japanese samurai.
Many tourists had come to the Imperial Palace.
We could not get inside the Imperial Palace unfortunately.
There was office building a lot around the Imperial Palace.
What I loved the stone wall of Edo Castle.
This is sign of financial power of Edo Castle at that time.
It was great stone wall with no gap.
:o
cocoaby


Posted May 2, 2013, 9:17 am
We went to Tokyo station.
Tokyo Station is building of red brick.
There is a hotel in the Tokyo station.
At last,Introduce commercial facility that KITTE near the Tokyo station. KITTE means stamp.
We were happy to can see a lot of tourist destinations in Tokyo.
B)
cocoaby


Posted May 2, 2013, 10:13 am
We came to the "Kurihama Hana-no-kuni" park.
"Kurihama Hana-no-kuni" has with a lot of flowers.
Hana means flower in Japanese.
I was able to see again the carp streamers.
Nemophila flower, poppy, hydrangea, lavender has bloomed.
We met great monster Godzilla here.
He smiling for us.
Japanese black pine was prickly.
:rolleyes:
cocoaby


Posted May 3, 2013, 10:16 am
We went to the Arasaki park.
This is a strange rocky bit dangerous.
I was greeted in the cute ladybug.
I said "Konnichiwa""Hallo""Hello".
But ladybug was asleep.
zzz...
:(
cocoaby


Posted May 6, 2013, 1:11 pm
Very good weather has continued.
We feel Blue sky, bright light of the sun, refreshing breeze.
I found beautiful white and purple wisteria.
It is wonderful and elegant smell.
Pink Rhododendron was also in bloom.
Great flowers and love
FerdiFuchs
;)
cocoaby


Posted May 15, 2013, 3:02 am
We went to Yokohama.
Yokohama is Japan's second largest city with a population of over three million.
Yokohama is the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture.
And I went to "Gumyoji" temple of Yokohama.
"Gumyoji" is the oldest temple in Yokohama.
The name of the temple has become a place name and the name of the station.
Hondo(Main hall) was built is 1044.
Temple big bell is 200 years ago.
;)
cocoaby


Posted May 15, 2013, 3:59 am
We found the capsule-toy vending machine.
And we went to the Landmark Tower in Yokohama.
Landmark Tower is a commercial facility of 296.33m height 70 floor.
I saw many shop, Pokemon Center, cartoon of "One piece"  and , Totoro(Studio Ghibli), the Hard Rock Cafe, Hello Kitty, Disney Store, Snoopy.
There was  nice statue at Landmark Tower outside.
I also saw that the sailing ship Nippon Maru.
B)
cocoaby


Posted May 15, 2013, 4:29 am
We went to the Yokohama International Passenger Terminal.
I was look wonderful views of Yokohama.
Wind of the sea it was very comfortable.
You can see the Yokohama Bay Bridge in the distance.
Yokohama Bay Bridge is a bridge that connects Tokyo and Yokohama.
The length is 860m.
I'm sure,  the night views would be great.
I am glad I saw many landscape and enjoyed Yokohama.
:rolleyes:
cocoaby


Posted May 15, 2013, 4:51 am
I saw a German course on Japanese television.
This show has been broadcast once a week.
It was very interesting.
:)
cocoaby


Posted May 19, 2013, 10:57 am
Konnichiwa!(Hello!)

I am in the "Landmark plaza" in Yokohama with my host and her son today again. Here, it is many wonderful stores in "Landmark Plaza". We ate delicious lunch here.

And We went to Broadcast Library.
We can watch the program of the television station in old Japan there. Also, we went Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Culture History. Though it was regrettable, it was the ban on photography.

Today's our big pleasure is "watching Japanese professional baseball games"! My host Yoko got the tickets of this baseball game because Toy voyagers Lil Chopper wanted to see Japanese professional baseball. However, Lil Chopper did not come to Japan...

Football is popular in Japan and baseball is also a very popular sport. Yokohama has the professional baseball team "Yokohama BayStars" and Yokohama Stadium. There were enthusiastic Yokohama BayStars fans  in Yokohama. However, it was defeated successively five times till today.

We watch a game of the Yokohama BayStars and the Nippon-Ham Fighters today. The Nippon-Ham Fighters is the team to which Darvish belonged from 2005 to 2011. He is playing baseball from 2012 in the Texas Rangers(U.S.A.) .

The Stadiums were in full swing, isn't it ? My host's son and me shouted the player's name. It was a very amazing Japanese professional baseball game.Yokohama BayStars pulled off an upset to win against Nippon-Ham Fighters from 0-2 to 8-4. Everyone was a pleasure.

Kannai Station which  has Yokohama Stadium can be seen.
You can see Broadcast Library's Japanese very popular drama's postcard and Baseball game ticket and Museum Ticket.
It was wonderful day!
Cheers,
FerdiFuchs
:D
cocoaby


Posted May 21, 2013, 10:20 am
We went to the Kannonzaki park.
I can see cute little flowers bloomed in the seaside.
We have to play with model of black cannon.
I was able to see the big ship with binoculars in the park.
There was a little Spooky tunnel.
Actually ... Kannonzaki Park is a great tourist destination during the day, but the night is very famous as ghost park.
I'm afraid, I am not Ghostbusters.
You can see the first Western style historical lighthouse in Japan.
It has been lit in 1869.
Then, broken in the earthquake.
And, It was rebuilt in 1923.
It was destroyed by earthquake also after six months.
This is the lighthouse of the third generation.
We greeted the cats living in Kannonzaki park.
Meao! Meao!
;)
cocoaby


Posted May 25, 2013, 5:43 am
We went to the shrine Hashirimizu today.
The shrine Hashirimizu called "power spots".
So-called "power spots" are places believed to give visitors some special energy, healing or refreshing, spiritual feeling. they are usually religious, historic or natural.
:thinking:
cocoaby


Posted Jun 1, 2013, 4:22 am
It is Happy Wednesday.
Wednesday is my host day off.
The potato and the bread containing bacon in which she made bread to me were very delicious.
:)
cocoaby


Posted Jun 2, 2013, 5:33 am
I have to say good-bye to everyone today.
I passed great two months in Japan.
I have many wonderful memories.
Shrines and temples,Cherry Blossoms,
Sushi,museum,card games,shogi(Japanese chess),Great Buddha,origami,Library,sea,park.
And visited the Tokyo!
Japanese professional baseball games,lighthouse...
I can not find female magpie in Japan.
I will go back home.
I'm looking forward to seeing my mentor.
See you then!
;)
cocoaby


Posted Jun 2, 2013, 5:39 am
Today is my mentor Hippo Nino's birthday!
Here's a long-distance "Happy Birthday" to you from Japan.
Lots of love for your birthday!
:rolleyes:

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