Posted Mar 16, 2008, 5:30 pm
Mausi will leave tomorrow. She's heading for Austria.
At the moment she's eating an apple to be fortified for her journey.
Mausi's itenary:
chrissini - Austria
AbbyB - Canada
Michele one L - USA
wmphimu - USA
katef7167 - USA
Fleurdunord - France
Eryah - The Netherlands
magicwoman - The Netherlands
Mosuha - India
xoparis - USA
She is interested to learn as much as possible.
Posted Mar 17, 2008, 5:45 pm
today my adventure started. I went with mom into her office where she packed my envelope. I'll bring a very small notebook with me, where all my hosts please write something about my journey and their address.
And I've got a little present for my first host, chrissini.
In the morning I sat on the photocopier and kept mom from working too much.
During her lunch break she took the last photos and I climbed into the envelope. I'm glad that my first trip will be rather short. Maybe I arrive in Austria tomorrow or on Thursday.
Alex, mum's daughter put my envelope into the postbox.
chrissini, I'm coming
Posted Mar 19, 2008, 10:05 am
i arrived today in austria. lucky me that the distance was not too big and i hadn't to stay in this little envelope for ages!
i was greeted here by my host (of course) and the little peep that chrissi has adopted from michele_one_l which also arrived here today.
and here am i!!!
when i arrived, chrissi was just making breakfast and as i was very hungry, she made something with puff pastry for me, too. it was filled with raspberry jam and it was really delicious.
now she has to do some things in the house to help her mother a bit, but maybe we will do something more excited in the evening.
i'll keep you updated, mom!!!
bye bye,
Mausi
Posted Mar 21, 2008, 7:09 pm
many greets from austria!! it's great here although the weather really sucks. snowfall, snowfall, snowfall, 10 minutes sun, rain, snowfall etc...
today we went to wels, that's a little city about 15km away from where chrissi is living. we met there with her best friend raphi to have a cup of coffee.
this is the bus station and behind the train station of wels:
and this is me at the change over of the train station waiting for raphi to arrive.
as you can see on the picture, it was raining again, so we decided to just have a cup of coffee and to chat a bit.
here is the coffee shop to which we went:
the hot chocolate was really yummy...
see you soon,
mausi
Posted Mar 21, 2008, 7:17 pm
i hope you're fine, mommy!
in the morning, chrissi went jogging, but i decided to stay at home, because it was again raining and snowing and windy... i don't want to get a cold.
so meanwhile i stayed at home and read a bit in a local newspaper.
it was very interesting, there were many stories about all the villages around here. this newspaper comes once a week.
in the afternoon we went to another gathering with some friends of my host. they haven't seen for a long time.
we had to took the train, i think it was really comfortable.
unfortunately the meeting was really weird, we just had another cup of coffee and some small talk, but the mood was not the best one. so we decided to leave early and now we relax a bit at home.
hugs,
mausi!
Posted Mar 24, 2008, 8:17 am
HAPPY EASTER!!!!!!
here i am in the middle of all the sweets chrissi gave to me:
i love this grass because you can eat it!!! yummyyyyyy
i really like easter...
Posted Mar 25, 2008, 7:38 pm
weather is just as bad as the last days. we just went outside to go to the supermarket. the rest of the time we played some instruments.
so here you can see me playing the keyboard.
i also trolled a bit on a pipe...
and this is me sitting on the electric guitar!!!
last but not least i tried to make some pleasent sounds with the ukulele...it was my favourite instrument.
chrissi said that i'm very talented...maybe i should take some lessons?
see you soon,
Mausi
Posted Mar 29, 2008, 5:59 pm
tomorrow the three of us will make a short trip to graz, where chrissi is living when she doesn't have holidays.
bye bye,
Mausi
Posted Mar 29, 2008, 6:07 pm
so...now we are here in graz. unfortunately it is raining. we hoped to have some sun so that we could have a great time.
nevertheless, we went to the top of the "schlossberg" where the famous "uhrturm" (clock tower) is situated.
here you can see the way to the top:
and this is me on the top in front of the "uhrturm":
from the "schlossberg" you can see nearly every corner of graz.
this huge building is called the "alien" and it is a famous museum of the city.
and here we have the main building of the university of graz:
phu, this was much to see today. now i'm tired and need some sleep.
see you soon,
Mausi
Posted Mar 29, 2008, 6:12 pm
we are back in weißkirchen and today a new toy voyager arrived.
i awaited Galaxy bear with lots of eagerness.
finally he came out of the envelope and we became friends immediately.
i'm very much looking forward to all the things i will do together with him.
bye for now,
Mausi
Posted Mar 31, 2008, 2:36 pm
just back home from graz, we will leave towards graz again in a minute. Galaxy Bear and me were very polite and helped chrissi with her things.
many greets,
Mausi
Posted Apr 1, 2008, 7:01 pm
therefore i studied the guidance carefully...
here is the first nail in the wall:
and here is the new mirror hanging on the wall:
as you can see, we did a lot of great work today,
now i'm tired and i'll go to get some rest.
bye, Mausi
Posted Apr 5, 2008, 8:48 am
as i want to have a recipe with cheese from every host, we decided to help chrissi to cook.
here are the main ingredients for this meal:
some vegetables (we chose carrot, cauliflower, bush beans and onion), shortpastry and of course cheese
first we wahed the vegetables and chopped it in little pieces. then we put it into a pan and stir-fried it.
after that we added some herbs, in our case it were mixed italien herbs, put the vegetables onto the shortpastry and then put the cut cheese over it.
now it only has to be in the oven for about 15 to 20 minutes.
this is our result:
yummy, it's like pizza, only better and healthier
now i can't wait to eat it.
byeeeee
Posted Apr 9, 2008, 6:36 pm
today i saw a really strange island.
it is called "Murinsel" because it is situated IN the river called "Mur"!!
on it, there is a cafe. you can sit inside and when the wheater is fine, also outside. cool idea, isn't it?
then we visited a market, where they sell fresh flowers, vegetables and fruits.
it is always in the morning.
here you can see it:
many hugs,
Mausi
Posted Apr 13, 2008, 6:26 pm
luckily we went by foot, because we passed a radar.
hopefully, the drivers weren't too fast...
then we passed a tree nursery:
beautiful, isn't it?
chrissi had to post some letters, so i helped her doing it.
near the postbox there was also a post car!
so here i am in front of it:
and last but not least, we saw a funny roadside billboard.
it's an ad for an austrian mobile provider.
i enjoyed this walk very much. i don't know how much time i have left here in graz, because soon i'm going to canada!! yeah!
see you soon,
Mausi
Posted Apr 16, 2008, 12:41 pm
i packed all my things and said good bye to my dear friend Galaxy Bear.
then i had to go into this little envelope... not that confortable, but when i go out of it again i'm in CANADA!!! so that's worth it.
please wish me luck that it won't take to long till i arrive!
hugs,
Mausi
Posted Apr 24, 2008, 6:23 am
Upon arriving we were immediately greeted by one of Abby's cats.
But then we both felt a little tired from our travels, so we decided to hop into bed.
Then Abby's cat decided that we needed some more insulation...
That's all for tonight. I'm ready for bed. Goodnight mom :]
Posted Apr 26, 2008, 9:14 pm
We studied some biology.
Abby gave us money to go buy lunch.
And then back to studying
Posted Apr 26, 2008, 9:16 pm
Her team is the blue team. She's not in this picture
This is where I stayed, safe from the carnage :P
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The person we wanted to win didn't win, but oh well, we liked all of the choices.
Afterwards, we went to Dairy Queen. I helped Abby eat the new tin roof brownie blizzard. Mmmm.
Posted Apr 26, 2008, 9:29 pm
I hoped we wouldn't run into these people
To pass the time, Dolly and I played hacky sack.
I got my own seat on the train.
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I decided to check out a few of the stores.
This store sold things with native designs on them
This store sold things made out of alpaca wool. These animals and slippers were very soft
The store sold these dolls as well.
This was just in case I forgot where I was.
This picture is kind of blurry, but if you look in the centre, but towards the right, there's a yellow arrow that points to where we are.
A mosaic on the floor of the market
In the food court. We didn't eat one of these, but they're a very Canadian thing. Big flat pastry things with various toppings' the most popular is cinnamon and sugar.
In front of the market
Near the water we were able to read about ship spotting.
So, I decided to take a look.
There's one! Behind it is downtown Vancouver.
A paddlewheeler paddled by as Dolly and I were posing.
I decided to respect this sign.
Look at the name of this restaurant!
We ended up eating there, but everyone ate fish and chips and there was no cheese to be found
Later we went higher to try to get a better view.
There were some trees in the way.
Vancouver's down there...somewhere, but it wasn't a very good day for picture taking.
Kind of a blurry picture at night.
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Gastown is one of the oldest parts of Vancouver. Most of it was destroyed in a fire at one point, but there are a lot of really cool old buildings around; most of them are now tourist shops.
The most famous part of Gastown is the steam clock, the only one in the world.
Up and down the street. They're giving that one building a facelift.
See all the tourist shops?
This was on the building that our restaurant was in.
Here you can see some of the mountains to the north of Vancouver. The red things in front are part of Port Vancouver, at the shipyards.
The building with the sails is called Canada Place. Under the sails are large rooms that are used for grad dinner/dances and conventions. There is a hotel attached. At night they light up the sails with coloured lights.
In the distance you can see the back of Waterfront Station, where the daily commuter train stops. I heard the front is impressive, but I didn't get to see it. Hopefully I'll be able to see it before I leave.
In the distance (sorry the picture is so dark, the sun was beginning to set), you can see Harbour Centre,. The thing that looks like a spaceship on top is a revolving restaurant, but most of the building is owned by a local university, and their communications department has classes there.
One of the nearby buildings. Abby doesn't know the history of this one, but on the bottom floor/basement there's a Mexican restaurant that sells real Mexican food.
One of the many alleys in Vancouver. Gastown is on the edge of the famous downtown East Side, which is known for its homeless and drug users, which is why we didn't go down any of these alleys. I wasn't scared while wandering around the area though, because I had my host's family protecting me :] You can see Harbour Centre again in the background.
This picture was taken in the car, which is why there is a reflection. This place is called Victory Square; Vancouver's war memorial is the big concrete block, and a ceremony is celebrated here on Remembrance Day, November 11, every year. Dolly's reflection kind of obscures the wreaths in front of the memorial, which were placed there last week to commemmorate all the work'related deaths in British Columbia in the past year.
Posted May 10, 2008, 5:13 am
but she snapped a few while we were waiting.
The bus loop is brand new and it was everyone's first time using it.
Across the parking lot is Maple Ridge's theatre, the ACT.
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This is the Gate of Thousand's Happiness, built to commemorate the new millenium.
One of these lions sits on each side of the gate. They are the protectors of the gate. They each have a ball in their mouth which symbolizes prosperity.
This building holds the world record for the narrowest building in the world. It was built by a man known to Vancouverites as Sam Kee. At one point he owned more land in the area, but the city demolished his building to widen the road, leaving him with a strip of land just under five feet in width. Rather than sell what remained of his property for practically nothing, Sam had another building built, one that fit into the strip of land. For years the building belonged to a silk merchant, but now it's leased by an insurance company.
This bell, called the West Han Dynasty Bell, is in Chinatown to commemorate Chinese history in Vancouver and marks the first Chinese settlement in the area. It was a gift from Vancouver's sister city, Guangzhou in China, and it was modelled after a bell found in Guangzhou.
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This is walnut flour crepes with ricotta cheese and berries.
They were very good, but not quite cheesy enough for my standards, so I decided to sneak into the fridge to see what I could find.
Wow! An entire cheese drawer!
Posted May 11, 2008, 2:22 am
This is the Maple Ridge clock. The horse symbolizes the protector of the valley. It represents a beast that fought for Mother Nature against those who were hurting the environment, but was gravely hurt in the process. Mother Nature set up the clock as a reminder to not hurt the environment.
This is the local court house.
City Hall
Desmond wanted to visit the library, so Abby took us there.
While we were there I looked up where I am heading to next.
This is the ACT theatre, the back of which I saw last week.
This park is behind city hall. I wanted to see the gazebo closer up, but there was a couple taking wedding photos and Abby said that we shouldn't disturb them.
This is the World War II memorial in the same park. On it are the names of everyone in the town who fought in world war II. On the back is World War I.
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We celebrated with a special lunch at a local produce store.
There was barbequed BC salmon in special sauce, coleslaw and a bun, with peach juice...
And chocolate cake with fruit and custard on top for dessert.
Then everyone had to check their raffle tickets, but nobody won anything.
We went exploring and found this boat, just sitting on the ground.
So, everyone posed in front of it.
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WOW! It was great to see some many smiling faces. I have my work cut out for me trying to remember all of those names. I'm gonna try my best!
Posted May 24, 2008, 1:52 am
When she returned home she had a bag full of animals. She said that they needed a bath and a snack before they can be sent to South Africa. We asked if we could meet them. She said yes but told us not to be surprised if they didn't answer us. Boy was she wrong! We asked them questions and everyone was answering at the same time. We knew this was going to be tough.
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Who knows what will happen to stuffed animals. Our host promised that everyone who went in for a wash and dry would come back.
Posted May 27, 2008, 12:20 am
Too bad because it would have been a fun mystery.
Posted May 27, 2008, 12:34 am
Our host was right, it's raining outside. So to keep us busy we decided to watch some DVD's. We couldn't agree on one title so we were going to watch 3 different ones.
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Good Luck Cliff! Have a safe journey!
Posted May 30, 2008, 2:17 pm
Good Bye Grape Ape!
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So we left to go one more place before heading home. At the intersection leaving Wal-Mart our host spotted a rainbow! She was hoping that she could get to the next shop before the rainbow disappeared.
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For some reason only people in the front were able to sample his food. Oh well!
After the show was over Tyler signed some autographs, but only on his cookbooks. Our host was thrilled! She said this was the best birthday she's ever had.
Posted Jun 2, 2008, 11:32 pm
Some of us took bigger bites then others. It was sweet and delicious!
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Michele said that she doesn't like going to their house but that she goes for her husband. They live in a town called Potsdam. It's rural so there isn't much if anything to do there. At least we got to tag along...
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We all sat on the couch in the RV and waited to be loaded into her bag.
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Tonight she told us how sorry she was. To try and make up for it she gave us some ice cream! Ice Cream is pretty good but we told her that she will have to do better than that.
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Posted Jun 12, 2008, 2:31 am
And once I popped out of my traveling case, I helped out HitchaRideMo too!
And here we all are!
It has been super hot here - around 100 degrees each day - way too hot for Toy Voyagers to go out in play (since most of us are wearing fur coats!). But the heat is starting to break, so we are planning an outing for this weekend!
Posted Jun 16, 2008, 6:22 pm
Then, I relaxed under the shade of the umbrella...
While we were waiting for lunch to cook, we all played hide-and-go-seek in her parents' yard. Can you find me in my hiding place?
And here we are afterwards relaxing on the front porch!
After we celebrated Fathers Day, we went with Mara and her husband to play softball. They couldn't take pictures during the game (since they were playing!), but here I am at the field!
Posted Jun 23, 2008, 3:08 am
We started with some shopping. Here I am with Snuggles looking around at all the booths to shop at!
Then it was time to take some classes. We looked at the class schedule and decided which ones we wanted to take.
Here I am making a summer album:
Here I am with a flower album I made:
And here I am making a special layout for some pictures!
What a fun weekend!
Posted Jun 30, 2008, 6:39 pm
And here I am in front of the scoreboard, which Mara said has one of the biggest HD screens in any stadium!
Posted Jul 12, 2008, 1:40 am
We spent the afternoon walking around Colonial Williamsburg - the colonial capital of Virginia, and where a lot of early US history took place. Here I am in front of the Governor's Palace:
And here I am in front of the Capital building:
Then we stopped for lunch at a most exciting place for me - The Cheese Shop!
It turns out that it's also a very popular place to get sandwiches - we had a very yummy lunch!
Then we walked around the campus of William & Mary. It's the second oldest college in the US. Here I am in front of the Wren Building - the oldest building in continuous use on a college campus in the US. It's where Thomas Jefferson studied...and Mara took classes in this building too! (sorry for the shadows...it was very sunny!)
And here we all are at Crim Dell - one of the most romantic places on a college campus in the world!
We finished up at Mara's sorority house - where both Mara & Plaid Moose lived in college!
Posted Jul 12, 2008, 1:51 am
And here we are on the balcony of our room!
After all that excitement, we were all ready to go to bed...all tucked in for a good night's sleep!
Posted Jul 12, 2008, 2:01 am
Busch Gardens is divided up into countries from Europe, and each area is designed to look like that country. So here I am in front of Busch Gardens' version of Big Ben in London!
After taking the picture, we had to decide what to do first, so we helped with the map again (still, a good thing that Mara knows her way around!)
I didn't go on any of the rides (they were way too scary for a little Toy Voyager like me!), but here I am underneath one of the roller coasters - the Loch Ness Monster - which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year!
And here I am on one of the bridges overlooking the river and rides - you can see three of the park's roller coasters in the background, as well as the river cruise ride!
Posted Jul 12, 2008, 2:12 am
Then we looked at the supply tent:
And here is the tent where George Washington would have stayed and planned the attack:
Finally, we drove to the National Park site (where the actual battle took place) - here we are on one of the cannons:
I had a great trip, but I am glad to be going home (and glad to be getting some rest!)
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And Muumipeikko taught us about the Moomins (he kept telling us that he was a Moomin, but we didn't know what that meant!)
We've also been reading a bunch of books. My favorite is a book that Mara pulled out when I arrived - the mouse in it looks a lot like me!
Posted Jul 23, 2008, 10:22 pm
Of course, it didn't take long for us to find him!
Then I helped mix up the cake.
After the cake baked, it was time to decorate it. Here I am putting the happy birthday candles in:
And here we are with the finished cake!
Don't you think we did a good job?
Mara must have, because she let us come along to the restaurant for dinner. We went to a Japanese restaurant where they cook the dinner in front of you. I liked watching a lot - here I am with our chef!
Posted Jul 26, 2008, 9:26 pm
And here I am at the side before we went inside!
Can you see the trash cans at the very bottom? That should give you a good idea of how big the pavilion is! Here's a picture I found online of a good aerial shot of Wolf Trap:
And here I am before the show started. (sorry it's so fuzzy...you can't use a flash inside!) We saw Eric Idle performing with the NSO his new show, "Not the Messiah: He's a Very Naughty Boy".
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Posted Aug 7, 2008, 2:15 pm
Friends already!!! We're both off to Vermont this weekend with our host family. We'll take alot of pictures!! for our Mon's back home
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Posted Aug 9, 2008, 1:58 am
We'll be headed to Vermont in the morning. See you all when we get back!!
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Posted Aug 18, 2008, 1:28 pm
We'll be doing some more fun things soon!!!
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Posted Sep 3, 2008, 3:18 pm
I know not to eat the crazy mushrooms I find in the yard so I won't get sick
we went for a bike ride
I just love the garden here. It's a perfect place to play
I'll be updating soo with more adventures.
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I arrived safely at Arras, north of France. Great, i've been welcomed by 2 new friends : Gus the girafe and Burrimul the emu. There are also many stay at home toys.
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so sorry for the long delay!
here you can see the seaside i've been there on the day after xmas.
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Well, the "mousse au chocolat" was great too!
Posted Aug 11, 2011, 2:07 pm
I had a nice time in France. But then my host got ill and everything got really hard for her. We helped to cheer her up as good as possible and now I'm on the road again. I'm at fam-united's home now and wait for a possibility to travel on. Maybe I will find another place in Germany or Europe.
Soon I will meet many other toyvoyers, but at first I will have a short rest.
Bye, Mausi
Posted Sep 29, 2011, 5:14 pm
We saw some rather old houses.
We also saw the tv-tower.
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For lunch we had Swabian pockets with fresh flowers on it. It looked and tasted really good.
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On our way we drove through Baden-Baden.
Posted Oct 8, 2011, 8:36 pm
Herrenwies is a small small village with about 60 - 100 inhabitants or so. It belongs to Forbach and is located abou 750m above sea level. You have to drive about 7 km to reach another settlement. It's an area for holidays: in summer you can hike and in winter do winter sports.
We had luck, that the weather was really nice. So we had been able to go outside at once. While the pupils played on the playground and in the water, Petra took some photos of me.
When Petra went to have dinner, we went straight to bed. We had been soooo tired.
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Here we drove through Forbach, to which Herrenwies belongs.
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At first we walked through the citizens' park. Here you see the medieval tower and a part of the community centre.
The tower was built in 1358 and is the oldest building of Bruchsal. It belonged to the old castle.
We walked through the Huttenstraße with its beautiful old houses.
Then we arrived at the baroque palace area. All these houses - about 50 single buildings all together - belong to the "new" palace of Bruchsal. In the far you see the Damian Gate, the end of the palace area.
We're now standing in front of one of the three entrances to the palace church called St. Damian and Hugo. From here you can see the county court, the Damian Gate and the tower of the jailhouse. The building on the left side houses the chamber music hall.
Inside the church you can see these plates, which show the palace during the years. It was built in 1722, started by Cardinal Damian Hugo von Schoenborn and finished in 1760 by Cardinal Franz Christoph von Hutten. On the top photo you can see, how it looked like after World War II. In the last photo we were standing just in the corner, which you see in the middle of this top photo, between main building and church.
The church wasn't rebuilt in baroque style. It is really modern. Somehow that's sad, but the costs were just too high.
Here we are at the backside of the church. You see, that the tower isn't directly next to the church.
This is the backside of the palace. In summer there are weeks, when they play open air theatre and in winter there is a second Christmas market since 2 or 3 years.
This pond is a place for ducks. Children love to go there and feed them.
Next to the main way through the palace garden you find a lot of statues. At one crossing you see in each corner one statue of the four elements: fire, water, earth and air. Here you see the statue fire.
In one side of the main garden you find a small rosegarden.
Ahonui, Mausi and I relaxed in the arcades.
Back in the mainpart of the palace garden again we walked through a large chestnut-lined way. We found some chestnuts on the ground.
When we were in the mainway again, we came to another crossing. The statues in the corners show the four seasons: winter, spring, summer, autumn. Here you see summer.
We walked through a small gate, which you can see on the right side of the next photo. Here you see the mainbuilding of the palace.
At last we read something about the palace history. It is a bit small, I'm not sure, if you can read it here, too.
This is the county court with the Amalienbrunnen (fountain).
The Amalienbrunnen is called Schnecklesbrunnen ( in Bruchsal dialect), which means snail fountain.
A last view back to the palace with the part, that houses the chamber music hall on the right side.
In the Damian Gate you can visit art exhibitions.
Here's the jailhouse of Bruchsal. It is a very interesting building, at least from outside. There were and are some "famous" prisoners in it.
I also read something about it here:
Then we walked to the hospital with its beautiful old part with the small tower. In the far you maybe see the statue of a nun. We will go there at next. There is the entrance to the small hospital chapel.
Here's the back side of the hospital.
The hospital is next to the prison, which you can see here again from the back side.
There are some beautiful old houses next to the Stadtgarten, another park. This house is one of them.
In the park I saw this beautiful lime tree.
This fountain is called Ferdinand Keller Brunnen. Behind the fountain you can see a part of a grammer school called Schönborn-Gymnasium.
The Belvedere is situated at the other end of the park. It was a former hunting lodge. Nowadays it is used for open air theatre during summer, too.
From this point on top of the Andreasstaffel you have a wonderful view over Bruchsal. You already have seen the medieval tower. The next tower belongs to the City Church Our Holy Lady and the next belongs to the Lutherkirche. The houses, which are in one line right in front of us, belong to the Huttenstraße. We had some difficulties to take these photos, because the sun was shining so brightly.
Here you see the baroque church St. Peter in the far. If you take a look at the middle part of the photo right to the edge to the wood, you can see a big house. This house is called Sancta Maria. It is a school for social education and it is still home for Franciscan nuns.
The buildings right in front of us and the white building in the far on the left side are all part of the old people's home. The big grey building behind the white is another grammer school called St. Paulusheim.
Once more we saw a beautiful house next to the Stadtgarten.
Here's the St. Paulusheim. It is a private grammar school, founded by patres of the Pallotti order.
The wall to our right side still belongs to St. Paulusheim. In the far we see St. Peter again, where we will go at next.
The church St. Peter is located at the edge of the graveyard. It is the only church, which survided the bombing on 1rst March 1945.
We took a view back to St. Paulusheim.
Then we went to read about a memorial stone and about the baroque church.
The view into the Petersgasse is our last photo of the walk through Bruchsal. I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.
Posted Nov 6, 2011, 5:19 pm
I've seen many ostrichs, very young and really old and big ostrichs. It's a dangerous thing for us small toyvoyagers to walk between these big animals, but we all were safe, because they had double fences there, so the ostrichs had no chance to reach outside of there green fields and catch us.
Ostrichs can grow 2,60m high and weigh about 170kg. They can become 60/70 years old and lay eggs each second day.
There were also really nice autumn trees.
In the shop you can buy nice egg lamps, but they are really expensive.
On our way back home we've seen some really nice houses.
It was a nice trip
Posted Nov 12, 2011, 11:44 am
Posted Nov 12, 2011, 4:18 pm
I know, it's not New York, but I'm sure, I will have some fun too. And Petra told me, that I will meet someone, I know very well. I'm curious, who this might be
Posted Nov 12, 2011, 4:57 pm
Posted Nov 26, 2011, 9:52 am
My travelling time was great but now I will enjoy my home for a while.
Mausi