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Puny&Bumblebee nicunurse74@gmail.com Posted Apr 21, 2008, 6:38 pm	.
Puny&Bumblebee nicunurse74@gmail.com Posted Jun 13, 2008, 7:13 am	Hello!  I have been put in my suitcase, and am on my way to Marjolein!!  I am so excited!!!
Marjolein Posted Jun 23, 2008, 5:43 pm	Hello!!! I arrived in 's-Hertogenbosch!!! I am very happy to be out of the envelop!! Marjolein got some computerproblems so the photo's will come later. There are lots of nice other ToyVoyagers here, I know I will have a good time with them Greetz TheOutsider
Marjolein Posted Jun 24, 2008, 7:07 pm	Here are the photo's of my arrivel! Nick, Chompers, Pingu, Roots Bear and Davy welcomed me into 's-Hertogenbosch. Who could be in the envelop? What do I hear outside? Let's take a look! Here I am! Hello mates!
Marjolein Posted Jun 29, 2008, 5:53 pm	Hello!! In the province of Groningen, the village Warffum is every year an international dance-festival called Op Roakeldais. This is in the dialect of Groningen and means something like 'hoping for the best'. Marjolein comes from the province Groningen. She lived in the capitalcity which is also called Groningen. Her parents still live here so she goes back to Groningen lots of weekends. By Op Roakeldais people from all over the world come to Warffum for this festival that takes about a week. Dancegroups from for example Mali in Africa: China: Colombia: Georgia: The Netherlands: South-Africa: Guam: ' Venezuela: Mexico: Poland: On these photo's they where all getting ready for the parade in the centre of Warffum. It's a beautifull Dutch village. After this we went to the hobby market. Marjolein bought some presents for her father who's 50th birthday is today. In the Netherlands is costum to buy mustard for people who are 50. And the also say that when you are 50 'you say Abraham'. So Marjolein also bought some stuff with Abraham on it. When a women is 50 the will 'see Sara'. In a big tent some groups from the parade also danced on stage during a performance called 'The world dances in Warffum'. These are the Scottish: And Colombia: Then it was time to go back to Groningen with the train. It's a journey of about half an hour. It was a very cool and also hot day!! Hugs TheOutsider
Marjolein Posted Jul 2, 2008, 7:45 pm	Hi, A new tv arrived today! It's Claire! Atfortunately for her the weather was very bad today! But I guess she is used to that because she is from the Netherlands. TheOutsider
Marjolein Posted Jul 7, 2008, 3:19 pm	Hi, I went back to Groningen! This time I went to the capital city of the province Groningen, which is also called Groningen. We ate at a Tapasrestaurant. Tapas are little Spanish snacks. We ate lots of stuff like spare ribs, dates, lambs, melon in honey and lots more. And for dessert a chocolatecake!! The restaurant had some beautiful and colourfull stairs!! After diner we had some drinks on the Marketplace called the 'Grote Markt'. We also went to a bar called the Newscafé and to the cinema. To the movie called In Bruges. It was a weird but cool movie. Lots of loud music and people shooting people hehehe. All and all we had a really nice night in Groningen! Best wishes, TheOutsider
Marjolein Posted Jul 7, 2008, 11:20 pm	Hello, In Nieuweschans, in the province Groningen, was a very cool festival today. It was called Celtic Midsummer Festival (in Dutch:Keltisch Midzomer Festival). It was so cool! Lots of people where dressed up. Asterix and Obelix where even there! There was a battle between the grown-ups and the children and the children won everytime! Of course I was cheering for them We had beers and spare ribs. And we danced to Celtic music from the Dutch band Rapalje. And the German band called Faun. Marjolein coloured a candle and her boyfriend Kasper got a very cool stone mug with 'Rapalje' on it! They also bought special tea. Marjolein's mother bought lots of juwelery and she flirted with Obelix! He didn't have a shirt on and was getting very red in the sun. So she offered him some sunblock! I had a great time!! Hugs TheOutsider
Marjolein Posted Jul 10, 2008, 4:18 pm	Salve! That is hello in Italian. I am learing a bit Italian because we are leaving for Italy this monday!! That's why today Finja arrived. She is coming with us. She is a sweet little bear. I think I will get to see a very big lake in Italy woohoo Ciao!
Marjolein Posted Jul 13, 2008, 11:09 pm	Dear mum, It's almost time to leave for Italy! We will leave tomorrow from Den Bosch at 7:30 am with the bus to our first stop in Beek, wich is near Arnhem. From there we will get into the bus, that will get us to Italy! Firstly we will stop in Germany, near Freiburg, for a good night sleep in our first hotel. Tuesday we will continue our journey and in the evening we will arrive in Toscane, Italy! But I will not tell too much already, I will update as much as possible! I have already learned some Italian: Yes: sì No: no Thank you: Grazie You're welcome: Per favore Here you are: Prego Fantastic: fantastico I don't speak Italian: non parlo italiano Do you speak English?: parla inglese? 0: zero 1: uno 2: due 3: tre 4: quattro 5: cinque 6: sei 7: sette 8: otto 9: nove 10: dieci What time is it?: che ore sono? Goodday/morning/afternoon: buongiorno Goodevening: buonanotte Hi: salve/ciao Welcome: benvenuto How are you?: come sta? Have a nice meal: buon appetito See you later: arriverderci Have a nice holiday: buone vacanze I will speak to you in Italy soon! Hugs TheOutsider
Marjolein Posted Jul 27, 2008, 10:26 am	Dear mum, Today was a traveling day. I am in France now, just over the bourder with Germany. Our hotel is very good, the bed nice and soft, and there is a swimming pool! Too bad it is too cold to swim. And because we are soooooo tired, we just went to sleep! Apart from the nice bed, the view from the window wasn't all that. We had a nice diner, a good night sleep, and after breakfast it was time to really go to Italy!
Marjolein Posted Jul 27, 2008, 11:16 am	More traveling today! We went across Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Wow I'm seeing a lot af the world today! In Switzerland and Austria I saw some REALLY big lakes! That promises a lot for my trip to those countries in August with Marjolein! I will show you some photo's of Switzerland. This is the bus I am traveling with and will be traveling with for the next days. We went through the Gotthard Tunnel and after that we almost where in Italy. Just a few kilometres now! Our first stop is in Toscane. The town in called Montecatini Terme. We took a strowl through the town. There wasn't much time, so we went back to our hotel, had some diner and went right to sleep!
Marjolein Posted Jul 27, 2008, 11:49 am	Time for the holiday to begin! I started in Pisa and saw the Tower of Pisa!! This building is where people are baptisted in.
Marjolein Posted Jul 27, 2008, 12:21 pm	After our visit in Pisa, we had some wonderfull lunch in the mountains of Toscane. We tasted lots of wine and olives made from the people who live in the farm.
Marjolein Posted Jul 27, 2008, 12:43 pm	Then it was time to go to Lucca. Lucca is a wonderfull old city with lots of beautiful buildings and old squares. This square used to be an amphitheater. They build houses on top of it, but it still has the shape of the theater.
Marjolein Posted Jul 27, 2008, 3:03 pm	Florence is the place to be, lalala Florence has to be the most beautiful city I have ever seen! Did you know that every year lots of tourists end up in the hospital because they are overwhelmed by the beauty of Florence? It's called the Stendhal Syndrome after this man called Stendhal. He is the first person of who it is known he fainted after seeing Florence. His heart stopped pumping and he coulnd't breath. Thank God none of us had these problems but it is such a beautiful city! Santa Maria Novella Campanile next to the Basilica San Lorenzo Basilica San Lorenzo Duome (Santa Maria Del Fiore) Saint George (from Saint George and the Dragon) made by Donatello The tourguide of the trip told us a story about this George. Donatello made this statue and showed it to his master. He asked him if there is anything wrong with George. His master answered: Yes there is something wrong. Donatello of course wanted to know what this was. But his master simply answered: I won't tell you, you have to find out yourself. Donatello wondered and wondered, he looked at George and he could not find anything wrong with him. He got ill of these doubts. Donatello got so sick, that at one point he was actually dying. On his deathbed he asked his master: Please tell me, what was wrong with Saint George? His master said: He doesn't breath. He looks so real, if he breathed he could just walk towards us. And then Donatello could die in peace. It's a wonderfull story, but in reality Donatello lived happily ever after, after making this statue. But it's a good story David (waiting for Goliath) made by Michelangelo. This is not the original David, that one is savely in a museum. It stands on the Piazza Della Signoria. Ponte Vecchio
Marjolein Posted Jul 27, 2008, 6:52 pm	The fifth day was a bit of a travelingday. We went to Siena first, but after that to our new hotel in Fiuggi. First Siena. This is a very old city from the Dark Ages. It has a very famous square: Piazza Del Campo. The people of Siena call it the most beautiful piazza of the world. It has the shape of a shell. Every year this Piazza turns into a racecourse. When the 'Palio' (horseraces) takes place, every person from Sienna goes to the Piazza. They stand on the inside of the square and the horses run on the outside. Every part of the city have a horse in the race. And it doesn't matter if the jockey makes it to the finishline, when the horse makes it, the horse wins. Sometimes accidents happen because the jockey doesn't ride the horse on a sadle. Duomo di Siena We walked around the city for a bit and we had some really good pizza! Funghipizza (mushrooms) on the Piazza Del Campo.
Marjolein Posted Jul 27, 2008, 7:47 pm	After our visit to Siena, we travelled to Fiuggi. From this town we are going to Rome! I can't wait! Here are some views from thr bedroomwindow, looks pretty doesn't it? Maybe I can jump of this building? O no!! Look at the scary dogs down there! I think I'll just stay in the hotelroom!
Marjolein Posted Jul 27, 2008, 9:01 pm	Time to visit Rome! Or Roma as it's called in Italy. The bus brought us to Rome. We took the subway to go to the centre of the city. Went we got back at the streetlevel this is the first thing I saw: The Colosseum! The Colosseum is soooo big!! It was built between the year 70 and 80 AD. The use was an amphitheatre. You could watch fights between lions, between lions and gladiators or just between gladiotors. One way or another, people would die. When the Colosseum was opened the Romans celebrated the opening with a party of 100 days. In these days everyone was welcome in the Colosseum. Everyday the fights and other events happened during the entire day. Romans where very ahead of their time: they already had fast food! You could buy it at stands near the Colosseum. Bread and wine, that sort of stuff. Forum Romanum, this is the central area which the ancient Roman civilization developed. The Pantheon (Temple of all the Gods) Trevi Fountain Spanish Stairs
Marjolein Posted Jul 27, 2008, 9:54 pm	The second day in Rome! This day we had some time off in the morning and in the afternoon we went to the St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. On our free time we found a cool Toy Store called Al Sogno. They had lots of very cool toys. Too bad Marjolein found the toys way to expensive. But they seem to have a really good life in the store and they will be bought by rich people who will give them a good life We had pizza again today! After walking around we went to Vatican City to see the St. Peter! On this photo I am standing on the Bridge of Angels. The view from the balcony. This is the way the pope always looks at the St. Peter's Square. The guard of the St. Peter are Swiss Guards. They have to be realy Swiss boys from between 18 and 25 and not married. And of course Catholic. The inside of the St. Peter's Basilica The Piéta from Michelangelo. Saint Peter's Tomb, where the popes are burried. It was not allowed to make photo's of the grave of the latest pope but Marjolein did make some photo's where she was allowed.
Marjolein Posted Jul 28, 2008, 10:04 am	Pompei is a town from the first century after the birth of Christ. It was built by Romans. Years (about 15 years) before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, the town was destroyed by on earthquake. The inhabitants of Pompei didn't know it then, but this was just Mount Vesuvius warning them for the eruption. There where other warnings. The water dissaperead. Because of the hot lava the Vesuvius was making the water turned into steam. In Pompei lived about 20.000 people. The went to the store To the bakery Or to a bathhouse Or the just sat in there own garden, for example in the House with the Little Fountain But on 24 August 79 the time stopped. The day turned into night and this lasted for three days. People didn't know what was happening. Some died because they breathed in the ashes of the mountain. Some died because of rocks flying around. Most people died right at the spot. Almost everybody died in 79. But the city was preserved really well because of the ashes of Mount Vesuvius. So that's good for us, we can learn a lot, about the way people lived and what happened that day. We can go back in time and walk around like the people of Pompei used to do.
Marjolein Posted Jul 28, 2008, 10:49 am	On our way our next hotel near Venice, we had a stop in Ravenna. In 409 AD Ravenna became the capital city of the Roman Empire. Julius Caesar gathered his troups here. This was in 49 BC. We went to see a early Christian church famous of mosaics. The Basilica of San Vitale. We also went to the mousuleum (Mousuleum of Galla Placidia) next to the church.
Marjolein Posted Jul 28, 2008, 4:39 pm	Time to see Venice! Venice is by many called the most beautiful city in the world. We went here by boat. You could also go there by car but according to our guide you are suppose to go by boat. We set foot on the land and went into the harbour of Venice after a trip of about half an hour. On our way to Piazza San Marco we saw The Bridge of Sighs. This bridge passes over the Rio di Palazzo and connects the old prisons to the interrogation rooms of the Doge's Palace. It got it's name because the prisoner got a last look at Venice and their loved one from the brigde before there inprisonment or death and used to sigh there. On the Piazza San Marco stands the Basilica di San Marco a Venezia. There also stand two poles on the Piazza San Marco. No inhabitant of Venice would ever stand between those two poles, because people used to get excecuted their. Gulp! On the left pole stands a lion. The lion is the animal of Venice. We went for a walk around the city. The first thing we saw was the second most famous bridge, the Rialto Bridge. It's the oldest bridge in the city and build in 1181. We had the most wonderfull view from the bridge! We walked on and saw some beautiful sights. Then we came across the only wooden bridge in the city: Accademia Bridge. But sightseeing was the only thing we did, we also did some shopping! We saw a great toystore again, this was a Disney store! Venice stretches over 118 little islands. It has a population of 271.251 people. People have lived on the islands for centuries but it is known as a city since the ninth century.
Marjolein Posted Jul 28, 2008, 6:13 pm	In the evening after our trip to Venice we took a little walk down the beach near our hotel. I saw the Adriatic Sea in Venice but now I also got to touch it! Tomorrow it's time to go back to The Netherlands. We will sleep in Germany the next night and by friday we are back in Den Bosch. The trip to Italy was so cool! I certainly want to go back I hope you enjoyed the updates! TheOutsider
Marjolein Posted Aug 19, 2008, 12:53 pm	Hi! I have more exciting news to tell you! Today it's time to leave for our next holiday! Check out the cool van we had to leave for the holiday! Hugs TheOutsider
Marjolein Posted Aug 19, 2008, 1:19 pm	We arrived in Austria the same day. We stayed in a Landall Greenpark near the town Gargellen. The view was beautiful!! We are going to do really cool things in Austria, lots of walking and swimming! 9th of August we will leave for another country!!
Marjolein Posted Aug 19, 2008, 1:23 pm	On our way to our next holiday-stop we went through a very small country. Called Liechtenstein! We saw the capitalcity Vaduz. Unfortunately there wasn't much time to make photo's, but look at this one:
Marjolein Posted Aug 19, 2008, 1:48 pm	The next week of our holiday is in Switzerland! On top of the hill of the village Wildhaus is our very big house. For all of the family of Marjoleins boyfriend Kasper. This is a familyreunion! I met everyone! This is our house: And this is the view: The family's name is Paping, so they had their own flag!!
Marjolein Posted Aug 19, 2008, 1:52 pm	We did really cool stuff. On sunday we went on a picknick on a mountain! We roasted sausages on a campfire! Look at the beautiful surroundings:
Marjolein Posted Aug 19, 2008, 2:28 pm	In Unterwasser, they have a very famous waterfall! The Thurwasserfällen.
Marjolein Posted Aug 19, 2008, 2:34 pm	The last day of our holiday, we stayed in because of the rain. We did saw a beautiful rainbow!
Marjolein Posted Aug 19, 2008, 2:49 pm	Unfortunately it was time to go home today. We drove through Germany to get back to Den Bosch. And remember me telling you, I saw a lot of big lakes on my way to Italy? Today I saw the Bodensee (Lake of Constance)!! This lake is 63 km long and 14 km wide and has an average depth of 90 km. This is about 11.500 km2. The Rhine goed through the lake.
Marjolein Posted Aug 19, 2008, 2:52 pm	Pfieuw we're finally home! It took a lot of time, because 38 km before Den Bosch, the car broke down!! We had to wait for hours and hours for someone to get us. But we did ride into a really big truck!!
Marjolein Posted Aug 26, 2008, 9:45 am	Hi, It was the open day of the Footballclub FC Groningen today! Marjolein goes here since FC Groningen playes football in the stadium the Euroborg, which is since 13 January 2006. It a really cool green stadium. We also went to the dressingroom of the players, it had a really big green bathtub!
Marjolein Posted Aug 26, 2008, 5:32 pm	It was time to say goodbye to Den Bosch, Marjolein and all the ToyVoyagers here! I am on my way back home. See you soon mum!! By bye!
Puny&Bumblebee nicunurse74@gmail.com Posted Sep 25, 2008, 5:46 am	I am back home!  Boy, did I have fun!!!  Thank youMarjolein for hosting me!  Fabulous time I had!!!

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