Hiro, Bremen, Viertel, Germany

silky Posted Jul 6, 2009, 12:07 pm	Hi everyone! My friend S is having such a great time In Austria so I guess it's time for me to travel! Silky made me an ID Card as well I'm looking for new hosts at the moment, please PM Silky if you can host me
silky Posted Jul 7, 2009, 1:10 pm	Still havent found any hosts yet... maybe I'm not pretty enough
silky Posted Jul 20, 2009, 7:35 am	sorry i have been pretty busy! i guess..right now, I am on my way to Annett's - yay thats my new host!- hopefully i'll arrive there soon! the flight is taking much longer than expected:/ oh by the way, I have been trying to plan where I will go later..here's the tentative list: iloveletters(Mechterstädt, Germany) babyamy(Hamburg, Germany) RikeH(Germany) Pandamao(München, Germany) Sissi(Aach, Germany) Pixiedustlady(Pixiedustlady, USA) actually I'm hoping to visit more places in germany before I go to the US would be great if I can visit all the places there
iloveletters Posted Jul 26, 2009, 9:10 pm	Hello from Germany!! After a journey of over a week I arrived here in Mechtersädt at my new host 'iloveletters' today. Her TV is Aimee and I got a warm welcome from her! I am looking forward to all my adventures here!
iloveletters Posted Jul 26, 2009, 9:13 pm	Well, my new host was away for the weekend and now we have to catch up with reading all the new entries on ToyVoyagers.
iloveletters Posted Jul 29, 2009, 1:50 pm	On Monday we took a stroll around the village. My host showed me all the important places... ah, well there isn't really anything here besides a welcome sign the local church the statue of a lion the train station and the festivity hall 'Zum Prinzen  Albert' But it is great to sit on the balcony and enjoy the sun! You have a wonderful look at mountain 'Inselsberg' in the background. And I met these 4 nice ladies: It is fun playing with them!
iloveletters Posted Jul 29, 2009, 2:03 pm	First thing today we went to water supply dam Hohenfelden. It is a recreational place where you can swim, take a boat trip... There is also a camping site where we went to have lunch at a little restaurant. After lunch we  went to the crag! What a fun for a monkey - climbing all day long! There was also a game reserve nearby and there were little  young boars - so sweet!
iloveletters Posted Jul 29, 2009, 2:25 pm	In the afternoon we visited the city of Erfurt. It is pretty old town and you can see all these beautifully restored buildings and places. And this is me in front of Erfurt Cathedral. At the moment they perform summer theatre on the steps and show Carmina Burana. That's why there are these barriers and shut offs in the front. For dinner we went to an Asian street restaurant - yummy! Then, in the evening, we went to an open air theatre. They told ballads by Friedrich Schiller in  a funny way. Unfortunately I was not allowed to take pictures during the play.
iloveletters Posted Jul 29, 2009, 2:28 pm	Thank god it is very sunny these days. I enjoy sitting in the sun on this lazy day. For lunch we cooked Ravioli with spinach and cheese filling! Here is me helping my host: Delicious!
iloveletters Posted Jul 31, 2009, 4:14 pm	Today we took a trip to Gotha. My hosts needed to do some shopping but they also went to the museum of natural science and took me along. There was an exhibition about fashion, fashion of animals: their feathers and furs and so on. We were not allowed to take pictures inside that is why here is only a photo of a leaflet: The museum is next to the castle 'Friedenstein', the landmark of Gotha, built in the 17th century.
iloveletters Posted Jul 31, 2009, 4:21 pm	In the evening we had a BBQ with some friends. I helped my host decorating the balcony: Neighbour's children put up a trampoline! It's real fun jumping on that thing.
iloveletters Posted Aug 3, 2009, 1:33 pm	Last weekend my host went to Dresden to attend a friend's wedding. First there was the church service and then we celebrated until the next morning in a restaurant right at river 'Elbe'. The is the wedding couple (and me  ): and here are their efforts in sawing the tree - successfully! For tea there was a delicious wedding cake, which I had to try! On the other side of the river 'Elbe' there was castle 'Pillnitz'. We used the time between tea and dinner to visit it and take a stroll in the castle garden. To get to the castle you have to take a ferry boat: And here you can see the beautiful buildings and the park with flowers and the fountain: In the evening with had lots of fun playing games. For example dancing with a ballon. If the dancing couple loses the balloon they have to fullfill the wish for the wedding couple inside the balloon!
iloveletters Posted Aug 9, 2009, 8:13 pm	This week was very busy. My host had to return to school - holidays are over, so there is not that much time for updating the log anymore. However, on Tuesday we had a BBQ with my host's choir. They were very funny and liked to play with me. Look here: We had delicious food: and I went swimming in the pool as the weather was very warm! But the water was a bit cold - brrr!
iloveletters Posted Aug 9, 2009, 8:24 pm	Next week my host is doing a night hike with her class. To prepare we walked all the way from school to mountain 'Inselsberg' - 16 km. Puh! Let's see: Which way do we take? I took us about 4 hours. We did not walk very fast and took some rests as well. breakfast: On the way we found a spring: And took another rest: We also walked along the 'Rennsteig', the longest hiking trail in the Thuringian forest.  There is a big 'R' marking the trail: Beautiful views on the way: The aim almost reached... On top! The 'Inselsberg' is the second highest mountain in Thuringia with 916 metres.
iloveletters Posted Aug 9, 2009, 8:34 pm	Last weekend my host had a choir weekend on mountain 'Harsberg', near Eisenach. There is a youth hostel with a great surrounding area, tree houses and a cave for sleeping! Here are some views: I also met some fellows who attended the workshop as well: And look who I met: Another monkey that looked just like me! Unbelievable: could be my dad! And some other monkey friends at his place: We had a great time  together!
iloveletters Posted Aug 11, 2009, 2:34 pm	Today there was a swimming-pool party at my host's school. Unfortunately the weather was bad, quite rainy and cold. Brrrr! Thank god I did not have to swim like the children! I watched them from the outside:
iloveletters Posted Aug 12, 2009, 3:26 pm	My host had to work today and she took me along. She is a teacher and this is the school she works at: A great building! It is surrounded by a park and old but refurbished buildings, the secretary's office and library. These are the founder of the school, Salzmann, and famous teacher GutsMuths:
iloveletters Posted Aug 16, 2009, 10:27 am	Yesterday my host spent the whole day at the fleamarket selling old books, cards, games.... I went along and had a good time watching people. There where about 40 stalls, not that much , but it is a newly organized fleamarket. So people need to get informed about it. The market took place on an ice rink. Well, there wasn't any ice because it is summer. There is a swimming pool nearby but we didn't have time to go swimming. Just spent the time in the shade as it is very hot here now (that holidays are over....)
iloveletters Posted Aug 19, 2009, 7:48 am	Today was my last day in Thuringia. For my farewell dinner we went to the local Italian restaurant. Look at all this delicious food and drink: Mh, let's see: Which hot chocolate should I take? Hazelnut, white, nougat.... And the pasta was delicious. I'll miss it! Playing around with my I-phone, chatting with friends.
iloveletters Posted Aug 19, 2009, 7:51 am	It is time to say Good Bye! Today I will go on my journey to babyamy. She also lives in Germany and so I will get to know another part of this country. Hope I won't travel too long in this dark envelope. See you!
babyamy Posted Aug 24, 2009, 7:57 pm	I've finally arrived at my new host's house. Here are a lot of letters and a parcel waiting - but no host! I'm tired and a bit sad and looked for a place to rest for a while. I discovered this going-to-be blanket made of crocheted flowers which will be my bed for the night.
babyamy Posted Aug 24, 2009, 8:49 pm	It's two days later and I'm still alone here. I felt a bit bored and had a look at my host's book shelf After scanning the titles, I decided to read this book. It is a book about books and has a many interesting facts on it's pages. Then, in the evening I suddenly heard voices. My host is back home and with her two other TVs. Schweinchen and Mr Bananas have been on a weekend trip and now they had a lot of stories to tell. I'm very happy to meet another monkey, but I still have to go on and look for a girlfriend. Maybe Mr Bananas knows where I can find one...
babyamy Posted Aug 28, 2009, 12:47 pm	It was nice and warm outside and I didn't want to spend the time inside. Mr Bananas and I looked for a flower to climb at first we sat in this one. But after a while it was getting really hot in the sun and we were looking for a place in the shade. We talked a lot about our countries and our adventures on the road.
babyamy Posted Aug 29, 2009, 4:25 pm	Katrin wanted to go to one of her favorite places on town and grabbed us before she left the house. This is the local post office, but not the special place. It's not a "real" post office, because the German Post wanted to save money. They closed many post offices years ago and now in smaller cities there are just little counters left, usually in a supermarket. In Kellinghusen the post office is in a clothes store. We walked on and saw the tower of the church. Katrin wanted to go there, but it started to rain and we hurried on. This is the special place: the local library. It's not a big surprise, since Katrin studies Library Sciences and will hopefully be a librarian herself next year. This is the new built children's area. While Katrin was looking for some books, we explored the room. Back home: This is what happens when there is noone in the library with Katrin to stop her taking books. She always carries back home too many books. These books were the ones she was looking for. They are all written by the same author: Kirsten Boie. She writes picture books, children books and teen books. Katrin has to read a lot of different books by her for one of her classes in university. The last two books she will read just for fun. Do you know them? In Germany they are known as the "Bis(s)" books, the English title is the Twilight series. These books are part one and two.
babyamy Posted Sep 13, 2009, 7:33 pm	We had to be very strong these days. Katrin is travelling with her boyfriend and let us alone at home. But she didn't forget us, she sent us a postcard from Rome, Italy.
babyamy Posted Sep 13, 2009, 7:38 pm	Today Katrin is coming back home from her Rome trip. We took care of all the letters and postcards which arrived during the last days. What may be inside these envelopes?
babyamy Posted Sep 13, 2009, 7:46 pm	Now Katrin is back home for two days and she is really productive again. :P Look at all the letters she has already written. OK, one letter is a book she has sold via www.booklooker.de In the afternoon Katrin took me and Hiro with her to Wrist, the town next to Kellinghusen. We were waiting at the station for her boyfriend to arrive. Here is also the mailbox in which me dropped all the letters. The sign above says "to the trains". We were a bit early so we had a look at some of the posters which were there at the station. These are ads for political parties because the are elections for the German gouvernment on September 27. In Katrin's state Schleswig-Holstein there are also elections for the state gouvernment on the same day.
babyamy Posted Sep 14, 2009, 7:56 pm	This afternoon we checked the TV guide and it looks very boring. Four TV channels show the TV duell of the chancellor Angela Merkel and her opponent Frank Walter Steinmeier. Looks like you HAVE to watch this tonight because of the election in two weeks. Well, on channel shows the Simpson movie... In the evening we wanted to have a look at the politicians. Katrin watched the discussion for about 15 minutes, then she decided that her book is more interesting. :P It was really boring, because they didn't argue, they just talked nice about each other. Here are some photos of us in front of the TV and the two politicians:
babyamy Posted Sep 14, 2009, 8:01 pm	Today was Schweinchen's last day with us. She is going to travel back home to her mum. It was great to meet you, have a safe trip! Here is one last photo of us:
babyamy Posted Sep 21, 2009, 8:15 pm	Katrin got finally the stamps she had ordered and now she wrote some postcards for postcrossing. She was really that she had a postcard which fits perfect for every person she got. - photo from the 1920's - something green - a postcard that makes you smile - a plane
babyamy Posted Sep 21, 2009, 8:24 pm	Today Katrin took me with her on a trip. We are already in Hamburg at the central station. At first we went to the Service Center of the Deutsche Bahn (German Railways) to buy our tickets. Then we had a look a the huge clock... ...and Katrin decided that there is enough time left for taking another photo. This is Michel, he is the mascot of Hamburg. There are statues of him all over the city. Here we are at the platform. They train on the right is the one we came with, the one on the left is the one we will take now.
babyamy Posted Sep 21, 2009, 8:38 pm	I'm on the Federal Flower Festival in Schwerin! Katrin and her boyfriend wanted to enjoy the nice weather and took me with them. The area of the festival is around the Schwerin castle which you can see on this photo: This is the view back to the shore, you can see the cathedral and the state museum in the background. Do you wonder were I am standing? On the water of course! There is a swimming bridge from which you have views of the castle which you usually just have when you are on a boat. After walking over the water, we took this path through swamp land... ...into the forest. Here I discovered a funny house on which I climbed right away. In this house there grow a special kind of mushrooms and orchids out of bags. Then we moved on to the little farm. I meet geese, a pig and even a camel! In the "Kitchen Garden" a found a cabbage which was a lot bigger than me! Here I am finally with some nice flowers. Why is it called a flower festival when I don't get any photos with flowers?! In the Castle Garden I discovered this dress... ...and more flowers. I also had some more nice views of the Schwerin castle. It was a long day, but it was maybe one of the last nice summer days of this year and we spent it very well.
babyamy Posted Sep 23, 2009, 8:59 pm	Today was my last day with Mr. Bananas. He'll travel back home tomorrow. We took a last photo together before he crawled into his envelope.
babyamy Posted Sep 25, 2009, 5:28 pm	It's fall now and time for a new decoration. I went through all the rooms and here is what I discovered.
babyamy Posted Sep 30, 2009, 9:26 pm	For Katrin university has started again and she was very busy to get everything organised. I spend the days at her home. Today she was very excited when she came back home. A friend of her had found a "doll" during her vacation and since she knew, that Katrin lives toys, she gave it to her. This is me with the strange "doll", I think, I'll call him Skinny. He has a note which says that you should take photos of him and send the owner an e-mail. This is what Katrini will do next. Maybe we will find out more about him and his missions...
babyamy Posted Oct 11, 2009, 8:24 pm	Hey mum, I'm still alive! Katrin more or less forgot me because she is the whole day in Hamburg at university and in the evening she is doing homework. Now Katrin is working on the project about the German children book author Kirsten Boie. Remember, in August she started to read a lot of her books. Now she brought some picture books from the library and gave them to me to read. I liked the one with a little fairy, who doesn't want to be nice anymore.
babyamy Posted Oct 16, 2009, 10:54 am	Today was supposed to be a nice fall day and Katrin took me with her to Hamburg. She didn't have much time because she had university and worked afterwards. But we could escape her boss for about 15 minutes and took this photo. I'm sitting on a bike which can rent. It's a service from the Deutsche Bahn. You have to sign in for this service first somehow (Katrin just read a few information) and then you can use the bike and bring it back here or to another bike station somewhere else in Hamburg.
babyamy Posted Oct 16, 2009, 10:58 am	Today I'm in Hamburg again, but this time we went to the library of Katrin's university. She wants to work on her essay about libraries in the Roman Empire and Greece. It was interesting to watch her for a while but then I decided to enjoy the view over Hmaburg although it was grey and rainy outside.
babyamy Posted Oct 19, 2009, 8:20 pm	Today arrived a new TV: It's Pepita, the little turtle from Canada!
babyamy Posted Oct 26, 2009, 3:08 pm	Pepita and I had a look out of the window. The colorful trees look nice, but it's raining outside again... We went downstairs into the kitchen to have a hot tea. There was a huge selection and it was difficult to choose the right one: Loose strawberry tea, or black tea, or white tea, or jasmine tea, or green tea? We chose the green tea and went back upstairs into Katrin's room. It was raining heavily outside and Katrin lit some candles which gave the room a calm and relaxed atmosphere.
babyamy Posted Oct 30, 2009, 9:09 am	Katrin is doing homework now, she says she feels a bit like in primary school when she learned how to write. But these letters don't look like the letters Katrin usually uses when she is writing. This is Sütterlin, a widely used form of the old German blackletter handwriting which was only taught in all German schools from 1935 to 1941. Katrin has a class about the history of books and libraries thi semester and her teacher wants that all the students can wirte at least a bit Sütterlin. When you can write it, it's also easier to read. Then Katrin wrote my name in Sütterlin. It looks interesting, doesn't it?
babyamy Posted Nov 4, 2009, 8:17 pm	After many weeks in northern Germany it's time to travel on. But it's not far this time, I'm going to Munich in southern Germany. Katrin thinks, this journey will just take one or two days.
Pandamao Posted Nov 10, 2009, 10:40 pm	Yipppiiie - I made it to Munich! I have arrived safe and sound.
Pandamao Posted Dec 10, 2009, 10:07 pm	the weather is exceptionally mild and sunny for November. So we enjoy our walks and stop in the city's rose garden along the Isar river and sit in the sun.
Pandamao Posted Dec 10, 2009, 10:09 pm	We even found some rose flowers/blooms still growing. Amazing for this time - it's November!
Pandamao Posted Dec 11, 2009, 11:08 am	I went for a walk in Sendlinger Street and visited the Asam Church. It was built by a rich merchant as a private church. Inside the church and a balcony is a door to his former house so he could enter the church from is private rooms. It is really nice, especially if you like lots of gold and ornaments.
Pandamao Posted Dec 11, 2009, 11:15 am	since the weekend the Christmas markets have started. I enjoyed strolling through the little alleys and watch all the glittering and stuff at Marienplatz.
Pandamao Posted Dec 20, 2009, 9:58 pm	For the weekend I traveled to Sulzbach-Rosenberg, a little town in the North-East of Bavaria. There is a nice old city center and a small park where I went for a walk.
Pandamao Posted Dec 28, 2009, 8:51 pm	Hi mom, wish you a Merry Christmas! I have a great time here, the Glühwein (mulled wine) tastes great
Pandamao Posted Jan 20, 2010, 10:23 pm	During the past days the weather went cold and it snowed. Munich is covered in snow. Therefore I did not go for a long walk but rather did some window shopping in Maximilianstraße. Well, I would have liked to do real shopping but Maximilianstraße is the street where all the posh and expensive designers have their shops (Dior, Armani and such)  ... so, it was only window shopping. I also saw the opera at one end of the Maximilianstraße.
Pandamao Posted Jan 21, 2010, 8:43 pm	I also walked around the king's residence. Do you see the little lions? They stand at the side of the gates and all their noses are shining. It is said that it will bring luck if you rub their noses. So that's why they are shiny. Of course I could not resist and rubbed as much as possible
Pandamao Posted Jan 21, 2010, 9:13 pm	After the short tour yesterday evening I took a stroll in day light to see all the beautiful Christmas things on the market.
Pandamao Posted Jan 22, 2010, 9:08 pm	Opposite the residence is the Theatiner church, it is very nice inside. And there is also the Feldherrnhalle (hall of military leaders/commanders).
Pandamao Posted Jan 24, 2010, 10:06 pm	I went for a walk in Englischer Garten (English Garden). On the way I passed the Hofgarten (garden next to the king's residence). Today it is open for everyone, there is a coffee shop there (nice to drink coffee in the sun in summer time), some shops, people go for walks or play boccia.
Pandamao Posted Mar 24, 2010, 10:02 pm	Today I passed by the Königsplatz (King's square) where several of Munich's museums are located. As it was snowing I did not stay too long.
Pandamao Posted Mar 24, 2010, 10:04 pm	I leave today and go back home for a little while.
miss agi Posted Nov 21, 2010, 1:08 am	After staying at miss agi's for quite a long time it finally was the point to move on. i guess it was very hard for miss agi and mono to let me go - we all became good friends - but in the end of the day: i am a toyvoyager! mono - my good old monkey buddy - helped me to prepare the envolpe. so now i am on my way to the usa!
miss agi Posted Nov 21, 2010, 1:17 am	poooh! finally i arrived at miss agi's! silky sent me off a long time ago ... but somehow i was returned home instead of going to germany ... very strange! well, but i made it! and monkey mono welcomed me warmly! i am sure we will have a great time together!
ekolter Posted Nov 29, 2010, 11:17 pm	Hello all! I just arrived, literally. My hostess & the little guy just rescued me from the mailbox in the cold November downpour. The little guy has already gave him a hug and a kiss Now to rest before our adventuring starts. -Hiro
miss agi Posted Nov 30, 2010, 12:50 pm	i barely arrived in bremen - straight away mono and his friend forschi took me on a pub-craw or actually it was a cocktail-lounge night. to everyones surprise we meet curmit the frog. froschi was very delighted. thus we had a monkey-frog night with plenty of drinks
miss agi Posted Nov 30, 2010, 1:01 pm	woow, the cocktail made me quite tipsy ... so i became very brave ... i climbed up the shelves and wanted to drink more  at some point mono started to keep me off the drinks  well, soon i knew why ...  i am not really used to drinks ... and i got really sick  but it was a great night out anyway

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