Simão IV, Trondheim, Norway

goomymia Posted Feb 11, 2015, 10:37 am	Hey guys, this is Simão IV, but if you just simply call me Simão or Simao I will be very very happy. Ahaha, you may wanna ask if there are also Simão I, Simão II and Simão III. YOU BETCHA! Simão III is my bro, some of you might have already heard about him from Dancing Dolly. Simão II is a dog who has left planet earth already. I will tell you more detail later. Ummm...about Simão I, literally I don't know her that much, she is a human girl. I think that's all for today. Oh forgot to tell you I love playing ukulele.  Ciao!
goomymia Posted Feb 15, 2015, 3:44 pm	Happy Valentine's Day everyone! Er...I reckon it's a bit late...never mind. I just received my present, no no not chocolates. Roses? Are you kidding me! Roses for ladies. Ok it's a sweater. I know sounds weird, it should be a Christmas present. Hold on, maybe it is my Christmas present. I mean there is no card just a white turtleneck sweater. Let me put it on... ...I'm not used to wearing clothes, this sweater is gonna drive me crazy...right this way is much better. Look I also found this lovely stuff, I could put it on my head...or neck. What do you think?
goomymia Posted Feb 18, 2015, 4:14 am	My bro and his friends will come visit me today. I'm so excited!
goomymia Posted Feb 18, 2015, 6:47 am	Hooray...here they come! -How's it goin? -You know same old. How are you? How's grands? -We are fantastic! ... Then I met Anton Bär, Dancing Dolly, MooseS, Eliott, GiGi Giraffe and Crabs. So many friends, this Spring Festival is gonna be awesome!
goomymia Posted Mar 4, 2015, 3:14 am	It was almost 8:00pm. We sat in front of the telly. And watched the Spring Festival Gala together.
goomymia Posted Mar 4, 2015, 3:22 am	I saw very beautiful fireworks tonight. Look, how gorgeous they were!!! It was nearly midnight. Happy Chinese New Year! Simão
goomymia Posted Mar 4, 2015, 3:26 am	ummmm...it's 7:00 in the morning. My gran just came to wake me up. Why sooooooo early. I want to sleep, just give me 5 more minutes... What? Making dumpling?  Then I got up as fast as I can...ummm...it's still a bit dark outside. ... I'm only half awake...need to get back to sleep...yawn...
goomymia Posted Mar 4, 2015, 3:30 am	Oh my...look! It's snowing outside!
goomymia Posted Mar 4, 2015, 3:35 am	I looked outside this morning, It was snowing! I was really excited and can't wait to go outside. This building is my sweet home. Then I found a blue car, a slide, a swing and a seesaw. They all covered under snow. You know I'm an orangutan. I love climbing so much! What do you usually do when it's snowing? Making a snow angel or...to build a snowman? I do enjoy a snowfight! Do you? Haha look at me... ...
goomymia Posted Mar 4, 2015, 4:01 am	I reckon a group photo with friends is always necessary.
goomymia Posted Mar 4, 2015, 4:07 am	So sad, my friends are going to leave after lunch. We decided to do some morning reading. Dolly picked a book about America on shelf. The title of the book is 'Greetings from the 50 States, How They Got Their Names.' Haha, It's about Dolly's homeland and we also found her home state: South Carolina on the map. Dolly told me she will go back home soon, wish I could go visit her in South Carolina someday in the future.
goomymia Posted Mar 4, 2015, 4:33 am	Miss my dearest fellow Maomao.
goomymia Posted Mar 7, 2015, 1:55 pm	I'm so happy to see Eliott Anton Bär Crabs and MooseS today.  Remember we had a wonderful time together on Chinese New Year. Aha, I also met some new friends, they are Rocky Raccoon Cherry Lola and Slowly-Slowly. More photos will be uploaded soon!
goomymia Posted Mar 8, 2015, 10:12 am	Here are more photos we took on Qianmen Street.
goomymia Posted Mar 9, 2015, 2:15 am	I watched 'Night at the Museum' yesterday and found the fan page of Crystal the Monkey Haha..that is so hilarious! She is a born comedian!
goomymia Posted Mar 9, 2015, 8:38 am	This is the memorial archway on Qianmen Street. The tablet on it reads 'Zhengyangqiao', qiao means bridge.
goomymia Posted Mar 9, 2015, 9:17 am	Just right beside the Qianmen Street, there is a narrow street called Zhubaoshi.
goomymia Posted Mar 9, 2015, 9:26 am	Aha, here is Tianfuhao, a prestigious brand which was established in 1738. Wow, their pig elbow souce recipe was classified as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of the nation in 2008.
goomymia Posted Mar 9, 2015, 9:30 am	Heading to the west, we walked through a hutong called Langfangsantiao. I saw a big menu, some old posters and a fancy moped.
goomymia Posted Mar 9, 2015, 9:42 am	The buildings on the photos below are Chairman Mao Memorial Hall and Zhengyangmen. There you go, another group of security guard I met today.
goomymia Posted Mar 9, 2015, 10:00 am	When we were waiting for the traffic lights, I saw the Railway Museum.  Umm..haven't been there yet, maybe I will go visit next time.
goomymia Posted Mar 9, 2015, 10:21 am	We were cycling on the road beside Tiananmen Square. Hello again Chairman Mao Memorial Hall.. hmm and the Great Hall of the People, the square and a bunch of police cars..
goomymia Posted Mar 10, 2015, 12:07 pm	Night out on the town
goomymia Posted Mar 12, 2015, 12:13 am	Hi guys, Guess what! I came to a library. It's actually a small university library.  Brilliant! They have online public access catalogue, that would be much easier. You know what kind of book I'm looking for, don't you? Here we go..ummm..Biology...Genetics, Evolution no no...Anthropologist, not here..wait let me check Zoology... So sad I only found one book about primate family in this library. I thought it would be much more. But think about it, this is a university of technology, even doesn't have a major about biology. Wish I could go to a bigger library someday. Reading time!
goomymia Posted Mar 12, 2015, 1:19 pm	Here is the National Museum. Hmmm..I just stayed for a little while, didn't go inside. You can't imagine how many people were waiting to get inside the museum. I saw a long queue after I turned right on Changan Ave.
goomymia Posted Mar 12, 2015, 1:36 pm	Here we got to Fuxingmen, you can see the buildings of Beijing Financial Street.
goomymia Posted Mar 12, 2015, 1:48 pm	Today I rode bike along the Changan Ave. There are some important buildings on this avenue. 1. CCTV building, the Spring Festival Gala was held in there. 2. Military Museum 3. The Capital Museum ....Fuxingmen............ 4. The People's Bank of China, they print RMB 5. A building about telephone 6. Industrial & Commercial Bank of China 7. Another bank 8. Xidan, a shopping area 9. Beijing Books Building 10. A building about telegram 11. Zhongnanhai, the President of China lives there. 12. Wangfujing, another shopping area. My route was from west to east about 8km in total.  If you take subway line 1, it starts at Military Museum Station and ends at Wangfujing Station.
goomymia Posted Mar 26, 2015, 3:05 am	Can't believe I met Cherry Lola on No.337 bus. We got off the bus together and she showed me around the roads she walks through everyday. Aha the portraits of Chinese leaders. Lola didn't recognize them, she is from America anyway.
goomymia Posted Mar 26, 2015, 3:56 am	We drove to the 11th International Conference on Green and Energy-Efficient Building & New Technologies and Products Expo. The Expo was held at China National Convention Center, very close to the Olympic Park. The presenter was giving a lecture on how to build an environmental friendly city. Umm..interesting but a bit too professional. Why don't we go out to see the Bird's Nest?
goomymia Posted Mar 26, 2015, 11:26 am	It was so much fun to take a walk at the Olympic Park.  Especially with my friends Rocky Raccoon Slowly-Slowly Eliott Anton Bär Cherry Lola and MooseS. Besides Birds' Nest and Water Cube, there are some lovely sculptures are waiting to be found at the park. Look at this mirror! Wait a moment guys. I need to make sure my hair looks good I also saw a lot of people were roller skating around there.
goomymia Posted Mar 26, 2015, 1:57 pm	Hi there, guess where I am New New York?  Spaceship? What?..Mars? Gallifrey? Raxacoricofallapatorius? ... Right, I'm actually at Wangjing SOHO, still in Beijing..STILL IN BEIJING    why I feel a bit shame..maybe I really should consider going adventure. Quote: Wangjing SOHO is a complex of three curvilinear asymmetric skyscrapers in Wangjing, a suburb of Beijing, China between central Beijing and Beijing Capital International Airport. According to Zaha Hadid, the project's architect, it is a "welcome and farewell to Beijing".The towers contain both office and retail space. Originally the SOHO was designed as a two-tower complex but due to height concerns it was redesigned as a three-tower project featuring towers of lower maximum height.The complex officially opened on 20 September 2014. Who knows what does Raxacoricofallapatorius look like.. I bet it doesn't have such beautiful moon!
goomymia Posted Mar 27, 2015, 2:14 am	This is Marnie the dog. "12 year old NYC Shih Tzu adopted from a shelter as a senior lady.  I love walks & parties. H8 being alone. Adopt senior dogs" Wow the same age as my old friend Maomao, and her mum is also Shih Tzu Looking at Marnie's photos makes me happy all day.
Amyrui Posted Apr 20, 2015, 4:21 pm	Dear All, long time no see! I was traveling in Shanghai with Amy. She is such a sweet girl, helped me take off my sweater, it was so hot there.  My friend Mia told me she was in Suzhou at the same time, she stayed with a very nice host as a couchsurfer for 5 nights. You know I dream to couchsurf someday, and It'll only take 25min to get to Shanghai from Suzhou by train, she really should come see me. Anyway, here are the photos I took in Shanghai....
goomymia Posted May 7, 2015, 9:36 am	Ciao! Come stai? Haha, I'm going to Italy!! I haven't been to europe before, honestly this is my first time to travel abroad. I was always wondering where is my first place to visit, IT IS AMAZING ITALY!! When I was packing, Biscuit brought me passport and asked "Can I go with you, uncle Simao?". He is my nephew, my bro SimãoIII 's son.  "I'm afraid this time you can't my dear." " No, I really wanna go!!"  "Listen, you have to go to school right now, you can go traveling on holidays. Or when you grow up, you can go anywhere you want. And uncle Simao promise to write to you after arrive. If you miss me you can also write to me. I'll show you many beautiful photos...oh don't cry...come on let me give you a hug... ... Ci vediamo presto (see you soon)..
Pablo Posted May 26, 2015, 7:09 pm	Hi Mom. Finally I arrived in Italy. i was welcomed by Rauli, another TV, and some other stuffed animals. I was so excited My host parents loved the goodies I brought for them. Rauli is a very funny Panda Bear and he speaks my language because some time ago he was in China. I hope you like the pictures. Yours Simao
Pablo Posted May 26, 2015, 7:26 pm	My first adventure in Italy. Today my host parents went outside for a walk through the forest and took me with them. I climbed up trees and had much fun. Finally on our way home we crossed a real castle "Schloss Sonnenburg". The view was very nice and I enjoyed it. I miss you Mom
Pablo Posted Jun 7, 2015, 7:21 pm	Hi Mom. As you know my host parents soon will go on holiday to Greece and therefore we did some preparation today. We studied the travel guide and had a look at the map and my host parents showed me some places where we want to go. Afterwards we relaxed on the balkony and enjoyed the view to the castle we already visited. Yours Simao
Pablo Posted Jun 7, 2015, 7:32 pm	Preparing the garden for summer. I helped my host parents planting flowers for the balkony and other stuff.
Pablo Posted Jun 16, 2015, 2:04 pm	My last two days here before we are going on holiday to Greece. My host parents an I cooked "Pasta". It tastes really good Tomorrow we start at 9 o clock with the Bus to Munich and later we fly to Greece. I am really happy to be here with them. Rauli the other Toy Voyager stays at home . Today we checked the weather in Greece and the places we visit. More pictures from Greece coming up. Your´s Simao
Pablo Posted Jun 29, 2015, 6:48 pm	Hello Mum. I am so excited to tell you about my travel to Greece, more specifically to Crete. My hostparents spent there ten days and took me with them. We visited many places and took lots of pictures, but we will post in different updates. The first day we went to Munich by Bus and from there we flew to Heraklion, the capitol of Crete. We flew 2,5 hours and I was a little bit nervous. I saw the clouds from above In the late evening we finally arrived at our Hotel in Agios Nikolaos. I was very tired when we arrived and I fell asleep immediately. I hope you enjoye the pictures. Yours´s Simao
Pablo Posted Jul 5, 2015, 7:16 pm	Good Morning Greece. I slept very well and I am ready for my first Adventure. We had a beautiful view to the sea from our balcony. The weather was fine and it was very warm. My host parents had the Idea to go to Spinalonga. This is a small Island next to Crete. We went there by boat, but look at the Photos. Next Update include more Photos from me Your´s Simao
Pablo Posted Jul 12, 2015, 6:56 pm	Another day, another beach. You know Mom, climbing is my favourite hobby and in Greece there a so many places to climb up on trees and Rocks. My host parents took me to so many places. We have also visited Knossos. Read the Wiki inside Mom. I am very impressed but look at the Photos. Your Simao
Pablo Posted Jul 19, 2015, 10:48 am	Hi Mommy. I am still alive and feeling hot here.) We went to a beach called "Elafonissi" with pink sand. I had never seen that before and it looked so lovely. The water was turquoise but it was a bit windy. My hair got messy in the Wind Look at the Photos,
Pablo Posted Jul 27, 2015, 6:39 pm	Hi Mom. Here I am again I am fine and my host parants are very friendly. Here are some more pictures from my travel to Greece. We drove to Chania and visited the Town. There was a huge market hall with many different kinds of things such as souveniers, clothes, spices, fish, cosmetics and so on.....
Pablo Posted Aug 9, 2015, 4:03 pm	Hi Mom. This is my last Travel Update from Greece. We drove to Balos Beach(a Pirate Bay). A very beautiful beach with turquoise water. We drove with our car to a mountain and then we walked 30 minutes to the beach. Later of the day we visited a small Village with a little cave(stalactite cave). Very impressive. But look at the Photos.....
Pablo Posted Aug 19, 2015, 6:40 pm	Hi Mom Enjoying the View with my new friend Qah at the balkony and we saw a wonderful rainbow. It looked amazing and I am very happy to be here with Qah. He speaks my language I have a surprise for you Mom. Next week Qah and I will go to Prague with our host parents. I am looking forward to our travel. Bye and  many kisses. Your´s Simao
Pablo Posted Sep 2, 2015, 7:10 pm	Hi Mom. Finally I am back at home and today I want to tell you about my journey to Prague. We went there by train and it was a very long travel. We visited so many places and saw interesting things. Most I liked the Zoo There where so many animals. I can´t find words so I must show you the pictures. Also we visited the Torture Museum, a big Market, the Prague Castle, a big Musik Store and many other things. The food was excellent and also we visited a "Absinth Bar" and ate "Karlsbader Oblatsky" Miss you Mom, hugs Simao
Pablo Posted Sep 22, 2015, 6:09 pm	Hi Mom. Today we made traditional Tiramisu. It´s an italian dessert with many good ingredients Qah an I are the chefs and responsible for the dessert. Our host mom gave us instructions to make it perfect. Well, look at the pictures
Pablo Posted Oct 11, 2015, 8:50 am	Hi Mom. Today my host Mom took me with her and said she had a surprise for me. When I went out of her bag i could not believe.... I was in the public library. Finally I could do my research on primates and fullfull one of my life missions! And this is my last week in Italy (Südtirol). Next week  i will travel to Germany. Many kisses yours Simao
Pablo Posted Oct 11, 2015, 9:09 am	My last post before i travel to Germany. I had a very good time here in Südtirol but now its time for me to say good bye. I will miss my new friend Qah, Rauli and the other stuffed animals. Bye Bye......
goomymia Posted Oct 16, 2015, 3:01 am	Hello uncle Simao, This is Biscuit just come back home after an amazing trip!!! Mia and I are so happy to read your travelog updates. We both agree that you're somewhat getting to be more humorous. Jealous you haha..but guess what! We went to Lhasa, Tibet. Mia said she'd definitely go there again someday in the future. Maybe she could take you with her! Have fun in Germany! Biscuit
goomymia Posted Oct 23, 2015, 1:18 pm	WHAT A SURPRISE!!! Tons of thanks to you and your host family !!! Biscuit and Mia
RikeH Posted Nov 9, 2015, 2:19 pm	Hello Mum, I arrived in Sülfeld. Dicker Kumpel gave me a warm welcome. Then he introduced me to his other guests. We decided to take a walk – and met this friendly cow. Next to it there lived a lot of chicken! Autumn is coming – behind me you see Dicker Kumpel’s famous tree. Look,  nice red berries! Time to relax on a sunny bench. This was a beautiful river. On our way home we found this big mushroom! Well, maybe I was to big too sit on it! Yours Simão
RikeH Posted Nov 22, 2015, 9:35 am	Hello Mum, We sat together and talked. Suddenly RikeH arrived and brought something for us. What should we do? It was Halloween – and we had to wear scary dresses. This was me, Mum. Really scary! We got some chocolate! And money – I am rich, Mum. It was a funny evening. Simão IV
RikeH Posted Nov 24, 2015, 4:38 pm	Hello Mum, Today I went to a beautiful park. The park belongs to this house. This gate was the entrance. Let’s go. I learnt a lot about the park here. These trees are called the 12 apostles. We were not allowed to take a photo of the Castle, because the way was closed. There was a beautiful obelisk inside the little lake. Dicker Kumpel showed us something interesting. People cooled goods in this house in the Past. On our way back we saw this beautiful graffiti, the church of Sülfeld. And here you see the emblem of Sülfeld. Love Simão
RikeH Posted Nov 25, 2015, 8:00 pm	Hello Mum, It was Stoker’s 101st birthday today. RikeH had a surprise for him. Can you imagine where we sit? Right – it is a music stand. Stoker LOVEs shanty-music!!! So RikeH brought her songbook… …and he was allowed to choose one of his favourite songs. He was allowed to sit next to the accordion. Then he received his gift. A wonderful mushroom. We spend the rest of the evening sitting around the fire – talking of course. Love Simão IV
RikeH Posted Nov 26, 2015, 7:42 pm	Hello Mum, We had wonderful weather – time for a walk. Our first stop was in the park of Sülfeld. There was a nice little lake behind me. This was the old school – look, the Christmas Tree is already there. The mayor works here – maybe I will become mayor in the Future. This is the home of the pastor. The pharmacy is inside of an old beautiful building. But the church is the nicest building in the village, I think. And it is old – more than 800 years. A great church! Yours Simão IV
RikeH Posted Nov 29, 2015, 3:47 pm	Hello Mum, Many greetings from Dubai. We arrived yesterday – and today we drove to the Marina – there were great skyscrapers.       We jumped into a big yellow rubber boat and started a trip.         All these houses were built in the last few years.       We drove with the speedboat around the palm of Dubai and stopped at the big hotel Atlantis. Great, wasn’t it?     Our next stop was the famous hotel Burj Al Arab.     It looked beautiful.     On the way back we saw the high houses of the Marina again.     After the boat trip we went home with the Metro. We saw the highest building of the world - the Burj Khalifa.   Then we were back in our hotel – we had a wonderful Suite! We loved the living room.        For the first time in my life I had a dining-area in my hotel-room.     Good luck for us – we had something delicious to eat – strawberries with chocolate.     There was nice decoration in the room – a vase…     … and a treasure chest.     Then it was time to go to sleep. This bed was too normal.     We preferred this one.     Yours Simão IV
RikeH Posted Dec 4, 2015, 7:01 pm	Hello Mum, This is the Coast of Oman. We all relaxed on the balcony and enjoyed the sunshine.     In the afternoon I went onto a small traditional boat and we went to a beautiful fjord.      Ok, it wasn’t so small – there were many other people onboard.   This was the entrance to the fjord. It is called Khor Sham and with 16 km it is the longest fjord here.     I really liked it.       Beautiful!   We sat on comfortable pillows and had delicious drinks.       Our boat looked like this one – there were some of them in the fjord.     We arrived at the end of the fjord, the mountain behind me was more than 750 meters high.      Then we went back – on our way we saw dolphins.     It was a nice trip!   Love Simão IV
RikeH Posted Dec 9, 2015, 6:04 am	Hello Mum, We went to the Oasis-Town Al Ain. We visited an old fortress. Inside it was beautiful, too. I really liked this palm tree. Then we drove to the place, where a sheik lived in the Past. This was the family tree. I liked the buildings – and we were surprised, that the grass was so green. Later we visited a museum – you could see Bedouins in the desert there. This was the museum from the outside - it looked like the fortress. Next to the museum was an Oasis with date palms. I love palms. This was the system for watering the plants. I would have loved to see more of the Oasis, but we had to drive back to the ship. On the way back we drove through the desert. They grew plants next to the street, so the sand cannot go over the streets. Love Simão IV
RikeH Posted Dec 22, 2015, 7:58 pm	Hello Mum, Another new country for me – it is Bahrain. Bahrain is a small country. First I visited the museum of Bahrain. You saw big drawings here – they showed how it looked in the Past. So much water – I was surprised. Today it is a dry country and has a desert. In the museum they built a typical building for Bahrain. Men dress like this today. Pearl diving is important for the country. Look – a beautiful old car – but you see not many of it in the streets today. We walked around the museum and saw nice sculptures. I liked this building. Yours Simão IV
RikeH Posted Jan 2, 2016, 7:53 pm	Hello Mum, After visiting the museum we went to the Fort of Bahrain. It is really important – and it is a World Heritage Side. I will enter it soon. This is a beautiful way. We had a great view over the archaeological excavation and the modern city in the background. I wanted to see more of the Fort. You can see the difference between the old and the new time here. Yours Simão IV
RikeH Posted Jan 11, 2016, 2:33 pm	Hello Mum, I visited some camels, it was funny! I went close to the Camels and we talked a lot. Look, a Mum and a Child. It was a nice place! Then we went to the Formula-1-Track of Bahrain. Behind me you can see the plan of it. This was the grandstand. Here you can see it from the other side. This is the way to the Pit-Stop. You can see the skid marks. This is the Pit-Stop number 31. Behind me you see the place for the award ceremony. Instead of Champagne they get rose-water to celebrate. Then we went onto the race track. It was really interesting. Yours Simão IV
RikeH Posted Jan 16, 2016, 6:19 pm	Hello Mum, It was a day on the sea – I had a look from the balcony. To the other side I saw the chimney… I went inside and talked with my friends – what should we do? We knew, where the good drinks were! There! But they were high above us, what shall we do? Good news – Stoker can fly, so he flew to the drinks… …threw it to us and jumped back to us. We brought it back to our place and everybody chose his or her famous drink. Look, what I chose. And I took some delicious chocolate! Well – it was fun – I shouldn’t say more. Yours Simão IV
RikeH Posted Feb 2, 2016, 6:58 pm	Hi Mum, It’s the 24th of December – time to celebrate Christmas here in Germany. I helped decorating the tree. I loved the nice things from RikeH, especially the small wooden things. And these were my favorite balls for the tree. Look, people can create wonderful things out of wood. Then we went to Dicker Kumpel’s Grandma. This looked yummy! Nice candles. A beautiful Christmas tree. The cake was so yummy. Bye Simão IV
RikeH Posted Feb 11, 2016, 8:39 pm	Hi Mum, When we came back into Dicker Kumpel’s home, Snowy and Rudolph were waiting. I recited a poem. And got some gifts. It was a wonderful Christmas! Love Simão IV
RikeH Posted Feb 14, 2016, 10:49 pm	Hello Mum,  Today I visited a town called Ahrensburg. Behind me you can see the ugly townhall. Let’s go to the nicer buildings here – this was the Castle. This stone is a memorial for the end of the serfdom. This church belongs to the Castle. I went into it. I loved this angel. And the beautiful altar. What a beautiful little church. Next to it there were small houses – in the Past poor people lived in it. This was a strange monument – the people here don’t like it. I think it is funny! Yours Simão IV
RikeH Posted Feb 16, 2016, 7:55 pm	Hello Mum,  I went to the Baltic Sea. The weather was much better than it looked like on the photo. What a beautiful beach. This was the long pier. I liked the small dunes. It was a nice walk! And this was funny – this transformer unit looked like a Beach Chair. Bye Simão
RikeH Posted Feb 24, 2016, 8:00 pm	Hello Mum,  We visited a place called Bad Oldesloe. Normally the wheel moves with water, no idea, why it stopped today. There are some nice houses next to the river. The house behind me is an old-people-home. This is the nice church. This is a marketing thing – people should buy in the shops here – and not in the web. Wow, the river has a lot of water at the moment. Normally you can stand there, where the foam is now. Well, no problem, I found more beautiful houses.     This is the market-place with the town-hall and other nice buildings. Bad Oldesloe is a nice small town. Love Simao
RikeH Posted Mar 5, 2016, 10:14 pm	Hello Mum, I went to Hamburg – this is the town hall. What a beautiful door! And a nice old letterbox. Then I was inside the town hall. I went into a kind of patio o fit – with a big fountain. Unfortunately without water, because it was too cold. We found a great place inside of the town hall. Then I went outside and had this great view. On the left side you see the Alsterarkaden. A view back to the townhall. This is a lake inside the town called Alster. There was still ice on the water. Yours Simão IV
RikeH Posted Mar 7, 2016, 6:07 pm	Hello Mum, Great news – I am in Norway. Behind my you can see our holiday house. These were the views from the deck – they look better in reality - not that dark. The house from the other side. We had a lot of fun in the snow. Here you can see how much snow we have – I am on the top of the snow – and Krystal is on the bottom. Yours Simão IV
RikeH Posted Mar 12, 2016, 2:04 pm	Hi Mum, Today we explored the region and drove to Sommaroya. Our first stop was next to a frozen waterfall. Next to it there was something amazing – a rock painting – I didn’t expect to see it here in Norway. Look -  a big icicle. I crossed the street and had this great view. Normally I don’t like photos of driving in the car. But the streets in Norway are different. The people here – and we of course – just drive on the ice. I love snowy mountains… …and the colorful houses. Well you see me better than the houses… The people there have great views out of their windows. Then we arrived in Sommaroya. The village wasn’t very exciting, but they had a nice parking lot. You see the wonderful nature from it. It was a nice trip. Yours Simão IV
RikeH Posted Mar 13, 2016, 1:06 pm	Hi Mum, The weather changed – it is better now – and the view from our deck is much nicer now. There were beautiful trees here. 4 We took a trip to Ersfjordbotn. It was beautiful. They dry fish next to the house. This was funny. Back at home Rike went to the lake with us – the snow was high and it was a hard walk. You can see the house behind me. It was nice next to the lake – and we saw some ice there. The sticker on the car was funny. In the evening we sat next to the fireplace and told us stories. Yours Simao
RikeH Posted Mar 31, 2016, 7:35 pm	Hello Mum, In the morning I saw nice colors during the sunset. Later we drove to Tromsö. I went into the town-center with beautiful wooden houses. I loved the view of the water and the mountains. There were many expeditions to the North Pole that started here in Tromsö. This was a monument for it. More nice houses in the town. And the wonderful church. Look a wonderful view to the colorful houses… …and the big bridge. Can you see this ship? It is a ship of the Hurtigruten – on Monday we will go onboard of one of it. Love Simão IV
RikeH Posted Apr 10, 2016, 7:32 pm	Hello Mum, My short cruise started – and I had a nice view of Tromsö. We will be under this bridge soon. They had funny lights on the ship. Then we had the Polar light over us – and no more time for photos. But I can show you one of yesterday evening. You cannot see it that good on my photo – I show you a photo of Dicker Kumpel and the Polar light. Yours Simão IV
RikeH Posted Apr 10, 2016, 7:51 pm	Hello Mum, We were on the water – and it was stormy. But we saw the sun between the clouds. It really looked like winter. Somewhere there behind the hills should be Harvoysund. But first I had another look forwards. There was the village. With many colorful houses… Then we continued to the North Cape! This was our famous place in the cabin. Sadly the motion of the sea and the wind was too bad – we had wind force 11 and the shipping company decided to change the route. Our next stop was Hammerfest. I liked this monument. And these arches with the Polar bears nice. It was very windy. On the sign behind me I read, that it was the northernmost city of the world. Yours Simão IV
RikeH Posted Apr 13, 2016, 8:29 pm	Hello Mum, Yesterday evening we reached Alta. Today we took the bus into the city – and here you see the only interesting building in the city. It is called polar light cathedral. I can imagine that it looks wonderful during nights with polar lights reflecting in the walls.    And I liked it inside. Then we walked through Alta – there was an Igloo here, but it was not many left of it. This guy produced shingles. Maybe you can get water here during the summer time – but not at this time of the year. Yours Simão IV
RikeH Posted Apr 20, 2016, 7:52 pm	Hello Mum, Our ship went back to Tromsö. Look, there were icicles on the ship. On the sign we read what to do when there will be a man over board. Luckily everybody stayed on board. This is the route of the post ships. We only tried to use a small part – and didn’t do it, because of the weather. There was a big tugboat in the harbour. I built a snowman. This was the flag of the ship. Some hours later we arrived in Öksfjord. The surrounding looked beautiful. But again it was stormy and we had dark clouds. The weather changed every few minutes here. This was Öksfjord. It was a nice holiday here in Norway – unfortunately the ship wasn’t as good as we hoped. Yours Simao
RikeH Posted Apr 25, 2016, 2:23 pm	Happy Easter Mum, It was Easter – the party for Bunnies and Chicken – so I visited some. Look, a wonderful pyramid with Easter bunnies on it. Then I met some birds in front of a nice plant. It was amazing – I met the real Easter Bunny – and got a chocolate Egg. We all had a great day! Yours Simão IV
RikeH Posted Apr 30, 2016, 12:35 pm	Hello Mum, Today we went to Bad Segeberg. There was a big lake. We had lunch in this small house. There were many fallen trees on our way – this one felt into the lake. And this one was cut, because it felt over the way around the lake. On our way back we saw this nice monument. And a helicopter – there is a hospital close to this place. This was the church… … and a place with y nice fountain. Look, this tree was wonderful! Another big old building. Yours Simão IV
RikeH Posted Aug 9, 2016, 8:26 pm	Hello Mum, In the afternoon we celebrated Dicker Kumpel’s birthday. We wished him a happy birthday and sang a song for him. He loved the couch that Murph gave him as a birthday present. We played soccer, because it was EM! It was fun. Then we went on the swings… …and into the sandbox. I had a great place.   Then we sat in the sunshine and talked a lot. Oups, nobody should see this – we took some drinks with us. Cheers! Yours Simão IV
RikeH Posted Aug 10, 2016, 7:30 pm	Hello Mum, We are in the North of Europe. And who lives here? Correct – the Vikings! So we visited a museum of Vikings. The church looked beautiful. I was so brave – and we took a photo of this Viking and me. This was a scary sacrifice place. I liked the wonderful houses. We looked at the boats! This is the place where they are during the winter time. On our way back we stopped at a mountain. This looked steep. What will be there on the top? There was a nice big stone. The Danish flag is everywhere. There were strange signs on the other side of the stone. Yours Simão IV
RikeH Posted Oct 31, 2016, 12:18 pm	Hello Mum, Time for a party- it was called a Halloween-Party. We celebrate it now, because we won’t be at home at Halloween. Wow – a basket full of sweets.     This was our place for this evening. Nice flowers, great confetti and sweets! Yummy and scary sweets! We all found something nice. I chose a funny mouth. Then Kleine Fee showed us a game. Well it looked like chocolate. Before Kleine Fee explained the rules, I played with the funny eyes. We had to play a memory game. There were 5 different pairs. This looked difficult – we cannot see the images on the front anymore. I tried it – no pair – bad luck. After 10 rounds I found one pair - and I didn’t won. Well – Kleine Fee told us, that it was an easy game, because we could have looked at the different colors.  I think that she is very intelligent, no one of us 4 players had that idea! Let’s change the Topic…..What was this? It was getting darker. Wow – a big pumpkin! There were other great shadow-creatures. A big skull – but I was brave! It was funny – a shadow of Stoker. It was a wonderful party! Yours Simao
RikeH Posted Nov 16, 2016, 8:50 am	Hi Mum, I am in Australia and it was time to see the red earth of Australia. We took a guided tour and were 4 human guests, the guide and we TVs, enough space for all of us in the car. Our first stop was Broad Arrow – you can see a water tower behind me. There was a pub – the Australian people leave the town to have a drink in the outback. Really strange. I looked at the map – where we will be today. Then we arrived in Menzies – a small village. But it had a nice tour with funny sculptures. Can you see us on the camel? This was the typical landscape here. Look, some nice old machines. The town hall of Menzies. This side looked great – with a photo of the people in the Past. This was the bakery. I liked the beautiful flowers. Wow – a cool motorbike – I had a great ride on it. This was our goal of the day – the Lake Ballard with 51 statues- we are so curious. I had a great seat in the car. This looked adventurous. Then we arrived at the Lake Ballard – a salt lake with a small hill in it. There were 51 of these art works all over the lake. They should show people out of the region – only smaller and a little different to their normal appearance. We shouldn’t have go here, when there would have been rain in the last days. It looked great! I had a nice view from here. This was exciting – and this was the landscape next to the lake. We stopped in this pub on our way back to Kalgoorlie. Maybe you have to do this on an Australian tour…we had lemon lemonade. yours Simão IV
RikeH Posted Jan 2, 2017, 9:55 am	Hello Mum, We drove to the Torndirrup Nationalpark. First we stopped for the view over Albany. This viewing point is called The Gap. Oh – they build an exciting platform there. I was so brave – it was high about the sea level. We were able to look through the platform. Beautiful! This was a Natural Bridge. We had a great view from here. And we learnt a lot about different kind of rocks. These rocks were nice. From the Jimmy Newhills Lookout I saw the ‚secret‘ haven. This plant was great! There was a round way on the Stony hill. This plant next to me was funny and very tall. The rocks on the hill looked beautiful! And we had a nice view. Can you see the small people on the rock? We were on the left side during the last hours – now we will drive to the right side. I am on the beach yet. It was a great day in the National Park! Yours Simão IV
RikeH Posted Feb 1, 2017, 3:48 pm	Hello Mum, Time for another beach. However – this one should be cleared for the summer – it was a lot of seaweed on it. But the color of the sea was beautiful! Then we went to high Dunes. The Australians have their own sense of humor. This sign is for drivers, who stuck in the sand. This looked beautiful. The small points on the Dune are humans – they drive on sand boards there. I would have loved to drive in this sand buggy, but I wasn’t able to reach the accelerator. Yours Simão IV
RikeH Posted Feb 12, 2017, 5:42 pm	Hello Mum, These funny formations are called Pinnacles. You can find them in different sizes. I really like it here. These ones were very tall. And it was very windy here. It was a great trip through this scenery. We saw many Pinnacles from this viewpoint – and many tourists. In the evening we went to Cervantes’s beach. Soon we will be back in dear old and cold Germany - so we had to enjoy the blue sky and the high temperatures. There were fishing-boats on the ocean. love Simão IV
RikeH Posted Apr 12, 2017, 9:22 pm	Hello Mum,  I am on the Amrum Island with my friend Dicker Kumpel. There was a nice plank roadway. And surely the way went into the Dunes. The signs showed different nice places here. This is a wonderful lake in the Dunes. The sky looked wonderful! It looked great into all directions. I like Dunes! Hey – there is the lighthouse. There were more small lakes between the Dunes. I came from there… It will look great when the plants are blooming. At home we sat on the beach chair and looked at the Kniepsand. It is beautiful! And I liked the tree in the garden. Love Simão IV
RikeH Posted Apr 25, 2017, 9:03 pm	Hello Mum, Today we went to Bad Oldesloe - a small town near to Sülfeld. We walked through the spa gardens. This small lake looked beautiful. I felt like being at home – look – a salt spring. It should have been here – but the view was nice. We had a break in the forest. This was the sign of the salt lake. Yours Simão IV
RikeH Posted Apr 29, 2017, 8:02 pm	Happy Easter, dear Mum! Many Easter bunnies are living here! I love this Easter-Pyramid. Then we met the Easter Bunny. He gave us chocolate! What a nice day! Yours Simão IV
RikeH Posted Apr 29, 2017, 8:11 pm	Hello Mum, Today we visited Murph and his friends. We were so happy! Dicker Kumpel had a present for Murph! Murph called us! What an exciting object! We had to wait for the darkness. We spent this time with talking and eating Easter eggs. It was still too light. It became better. What a wonderful sphere! The next day we had to say good-bye. What a wonderful visit! Love Simão IV
RikeH Posted May 5, 2017, 8:11 pm	Hello Mum, We were in the Wisentgehege in Springe. Wisents and other animals live here. We started with the birds. Wow, they looked great! Then I found the wisents. What a nice house – I would love to live in it. We were very close to these deer. The other family was far away! Look – little pigs. Well – you can see it better on Dicker Kumpel's photo. Do you know these animals? Sure – raccoons. The wild horses were in a strange mood. It was a nice day here! Yours Simão IV
RikeH Posted May 7, 2017, 7:48 pm	Hello Mum, Today I visited Hildesheim – a beautiful small town. Here you see it in small. This is a strange house here. It is called Zuckerhut – just like the street, where I live at the moment. Look, the St. Michaelis church. We went inside. What a beautiful ceiling. Near to the church there was this strange statue. Scary!!! Then we went to the Hildesheim Cathedral. Sure we went into it. There was a beautiful garden next to it. Behind me you see the famous rose of Hildesheim. It was nice here. What a funny person – sitting on another man. We arrived at the marketplace – with so many beautiful buildings. You should visit Hildesheim – it is beautiful here. Yours Simão IV
RikeH Posted May 15, 2017, 6:54 pm	Hello Mum, It was so nice here in Sülfeld. But today it was time to say goodbye to Dicker Kumpel and the others here. We had a great time together. Now I am coming to see, where you live now. Love Simão IV
goomymia Posted May 20, 2017, 4:14 pm	Hei hei folk! I have arrived in Norway. What a nice day! I can sit on the balcony all day! Mia just told me on wechat that her guest HolgiHH has traveled to Italy 2 weeks ago. Ummm..that is quite a while. I wish he has a good journey.  I'm planning to get myself tanned .Ha det bra!

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