Posted Oct 22, 2011, 5:58 am
My mummy promised, that I could go to my first soccer game today. I'm looking forward. ...and I'll write, how it was. See you later...
Posted Oct 23, 2011, 8:31 pm
I also went to the pitch! It was a fantastic feeling!
And last but not least: I could meet Siegfried and Leu, the mascot!
Posted Oct 23, 2011, 8:44 pm
Lia and Mara.
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I'm looking forward, because I'll go to Germany tomorrow!
Posted Oct 29, 2011, 9:54 pm
I say "bye" to my Mummy and my sisters! I hope I'll see them after my trip around the world!
Posted Nov 1, 2011, 1:28 pm
Just arrived in Hamburg right now and ready to visit the Millerntor-Stadium there. My host told me, we're going there tomorrow, after visiting the "Miniatur-Wunderland" near the harbour in Hamburg
Posted Nov 2, 2011, 8:34 pm
Today my host first took me to the Miniatur-Wunderland. As he gets me out of the bag, I thought I am in swizerland again. There were so many swiss trains and also the main station of Basel in there. In another room, I saw my first football stadium in Germany, the "Imtech-Arena", in wich the Hamburger Sportverein plays his home-matches in the first Bundesliga. Of course, everything in there is just miniature, but it is great to see all of this
Later, I've visited my first real stadium here: The Millerntor-Stadium in Hamburg-St. Pauli. It is under construction at the moment. There are 2 new and 2 old stands and a few years ago, all the stadium looked like the small stand on the right side of the last picture.
Posted Nov 6, 2011, 8:51 am
On friday my host took me and the other TVs to a typical old sailors pub in Hamburg, called "Zum Silbersack". This pub opened in 1950 and the founder, Erna Thomsen, sometimes is still there to serve the guests. She is over 80 years old and in St. Pauli everyone only knows her as "Tante Erna". The interior is most original from the first years of the bar and on the walls there are a lot of paintings of the harbor from the 1920-1930's.
We met some friends of my host and I have to say, we had a lot of fun there
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Posted Jan 16, 2012, 5:40 pm
I'm in Vienna!!!
My new host, Jennifer picked me up from the post office early in the morning, then we went staight off to work.
- What work on my first day? -
... sure, I learned a lot of things!
My host works at an archive for theatre and cultural studies in the middle of Vienna. See all those old books on the picture? There were even more and more piles of even older books and scores and original handwritings.
I heard the research focuses on the 17th and 18th century and especially the works of a man called DaPonte, he wrote the lyrics for "Don Giovanni" (or in German he is the famous "DonJuan") together with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who wrote the music. In the room we worked in, there was a big painting of Mozart on the wall.
See me sitting on that pile of old original theatre plays? It was like a time travel back into the old Austrian monarchy!
We had a lot of fun and Jennifer was glad that my mummy also put in some swiss chocolate in the mail, so work was even sweeter for both of us.
Posted Jan 16, 2012, 5:50 pm
I was curious and tried out the scanner too. See what happened!
Posted Jan 29, 2012, 3:46 pm
Her little Parson Jack Russell dog had to go to animal hospital, (I was lucky, I didn't have to go there). She had to take care of her dog "Hazel" the whole week. Although the dog recovered well and quickly it was a quite busy time. I stayed save here in Vienna, because it would have been too dangerous standing next to the dog, because she loves to play with stuffed animals in a very ruff way.
But my mum is back in Vienna with me.
She told me that, she is a rugby player and is part of a women's team here in Austria. So I probably won't see a soccer ball lying around here, but maybe I'll get to see some rugby footage
Posted Jan 29, 2012, 3:58 pm
I saw a very popular sight called "Riesenrad" = big wheel or Ferris Wheel; - it was turning but really really slowly.
At the Prater we saw many attractions like this merry-go-round (Kettenkarussel). The weather was beautiful, a clear blue sky but also frosty and cold. I was happy to go inside to Madame Tussaud's. The famous wax figures from London are also located in Vienna!! - It's a brand new wax figure cabinett filled with musicians, politicians, stars and celebrities.
Posted Jan 29, 2012, 4:31 pm
I liked the architecture of the high dome which, rises above the entrance, that's where I had to point my snout.
Posted Feb 9, 2012, 2:23 pm
It's snowing again!! After a week of heavy snow showers. All the trees and (slippery) streets are covered in white.
We stayed inside this weekend and played some games.
Me and my friend Monkez played a card game called Skip Bo ... it was quite nice, winning against a Monkey
Then we played a mystery game called Elder Sign. We had to defeat a monster in a spooky house, by rolling our many dices. Of course we won! We had some tea and hot chocolate afterwards. What a stay-at-home-adventure!
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...but before he's leaving, we enjoyed some time together!
Posted Mar 29, 2012, 7:49 am
I'll go to Berlin! Yeah, let's eat some chocolate and put on the helmet... I'm coming!
Posted Mar 29, 2012, 5:07 pm
heading for new adventures. let's sing a song:
"old mac donald had a farm, hiahiaho,
and on his farm he had some pigs, hiahiaho,
with a oink oink here and a oink oink there,
here a oink, there a oink, everywhere a oink oink ..."
oh! what's this? i normally don't take hitchhikers with me. but this poor little guy looked so sad, i had to give him a ride!
hey you, hop in boy! i drive you home!
so he did, and we continued ...
Posted Apr 1, 2012, 11:56 am
i found out, that the little hitchhiker was napoleon and he really wanted to go to the very same place i was heading for! what a coincidence.
when we arrived at his place there has been quite some traffic.
so many people just drove all kinds of vehicles criss cross through the place.
when they discovered us, they all came nearer to welcome us.
they all have been very friendly. I think this will be a good place to stay some time. *oink!*
everybody asked different questions - all at the same time.
so, we decided to gather in a round. napoleon and me have not eaten all of my swiss chocolat. we shared it with every one.
then they said there will be a big tea party later on and we are invited!
we have had a great tea party with those nice guys - really a good party!
more pictures of the party?
Posted Apr 6, 2012, 3:49 pm
today the sun was shining.
me and joesy went to napoeleon's favorite park: brither garten.
ok, i gave my host his glasses back. the sunn was not this strong.
look, what sign i found. i have no idea what this means. but i have been here!
funny water machine.
without any sense.
"don't feed" - why not?
strange faces in trees.
a tree with eyes.
a blooming cherry tree.
how beautyful.
these flowers sound like bells.
hey joesy! come up here and listen to these flowers.
it has been a very nice day in a very nice park. *oink*
see you soon, kiss!
Posted Apr 8, 2012, 4:41 pm
me, joesy, napoleon, and the other guys went to a large park. little bunny, little teddy, and the two big elephants started to hide easter eggs and other chocolat candies.
we, the others had to wait for their return.
the sun came out. now you could see how good big friends are: in winter they give you warmth. in summer you can sit in their shadow.
then we started to search for the eggs.
we returned with so many sweets!
we would need a new trolley.
then we restarted.
we returned from our second round.
later napoleon and wulfy returned from their second round.
yummy, what a great harvest.
we carried it home.
we nearly ate all of it.
this was a very good easter party!
everyone at home: i wish you a happy easter. *oink!*
Posted Apr 9, 2012, 4:03 pm
in the morning we all said goodbye to napoleon, who will travel to danmark today. everybody gave him sweets for his long journey. i have given him some swiss chocolat!
after he left i decided to take a walk through the city of berlin. this is spree river. in the background you see the television tower, called "tele-asparagus".
this is reichstagsgebaeude, the federal german parliament.
here you can see the federal chancellory, were the head of the german government resides. hello angie!
next to it is our embassy: gruezi mitanand!
then i went to brandenburg gate.
this is one of the most famous buildings in germany and a national symbol.
hihi: look at this funny gully with pictures of berlin monuments.
i went along the boulevard "unter den linden". hm, where are all the linden trees?
here i am at "gendarmenmarkt", a very nice market square with the french church. a prussian king had built it for the huguenot refugees from france.
opposite to it he built the german church.
and in the middle: a big theatre! today used for classical concerts.
her you see a part of humboldt university. this building has been built after sketches of the famous "wiener hofburg" - a couple of years before its original in vienna!
this is the main building of humboldt university.
famous state opera is now being refurbished.
this is new guard (neue wache), a monument for freedom and peace.
nice royal prussian building at boulevard "unter den linden".
the berlin cathedral, main church of the berlin-brandenburg archbishopric.
the red tower is of the berlin townhall, seat of the governing mayor.
old museum - part of museum island.
behind me is another building on museum island: bode museum.
this was a nice day and a very interesting sightseeing tour.
see you - many greetings from berlin
Posted Apr 13, 2012, 7:38 am
yesterday i was walking through this large town again.
i started at vicory column, a building with no sense but a beautiful golden angel on top of it. it was built after the victory over france back in the 19th century.
next to it is bellevue castle, the seat of the german federal president. yes, germany also has a president!
mommy, why are people always giggle and point at me, when i do my photoshots?
then i found a very strange shaped building.
the people i asked said "this is the pregnant oyster."
an older guy said "smiling mouth of jimmy carter". unbelievable!
its official name is "kongresshalle" (conference hall) or house of the cultures of the world. it was a present of the us-american poeple to berlin in the 50th. well, nice present.
then i moved on to a quarter called "potsdamer platz" - a very modern quarter with shops, cinemas and offices.
look at this funny car! cult car trabant.
don't know wha this is, but liked it.
skyscraper in glass ...
... and stone.
hah, time to go home. very nice city walk, right?
*oink!*
Posted Apr 15, 2012, 11:54 am
yesterday my host ha a meeting in the eastern part of berlin. so he took me with him to take a walk there. i have made lots of pictures and could not decide which ones i should show here. so i am showing them all!
and this is what i have seen:
i dandered along karl-marx-avenue.
strange: those houses could also be seen in moscow.
when this avenue was built in the 1950s it was called stalin-avenue.
the houses were called "palaces for the working people" with large appartments, large rooms, central heating and a fully stuffed bathroom inside the appartment. very rare in those days.
the avenue directly leads to the television tower.
this is "kino kosmos", one of former east-berlin's premiers' cinemas.
then my host picked me up to show me ...
... the largest left overs of the berlin wall!
it looks more like an art gallery than a departing wall of older times. today it is called "east side gallery". let's go closer.
be miggy, be happy, be berlin!
at the end of the gallery we found a nice bridge crossing the spree river. one half used to be in the west, the other half in the east.
this bridge wants to show us, that berlin and the surrounding state of brandenburg belong together: on one of the towers you can see the berlin bear, on top of the other the brandenburg eagle.
well, what's this? is it art or can this be disposed?
we walked back the whole gallery wall ...
do not forget love!
this was a very nice walk. i hope you also like the pictures!
*oink!*
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today i really experienced a big surprise. at first i was thinking being able to tick one of my life missions. but see yourself!
the sun was shining and voltaire - one of the big blue elephants - invited me to go to very special gardens.
we had to drive quite some time. and in the park we discovered things that looked like we were ...
... in china!
small garden pavillion.
this is called stone boat.
voltaire said, we were in the garden of the reclaimed moon. this must be china!
after this we had to eat something.
then we went into the garden of merging water. behind me is a zen garden.
the last cherry bloosoms.
this looks like japan!
we continued to another garden.. its name is written at the gate
korea? or what?
funny monkey statue.
next was the garden of the four holy rivers, an arabian garden.
last station was an european garden, a renaissance garden.
thank you so much for showing me this interesting gardens, voltaire.
no mommy, i have not been in asia! *oink!*
Posted Apr 24, 2012, 4:55 pm
see you mommy *oink*
Posted Apr 28, 2012, 5:26 pm
today it started with blue sky, sunshine and warm temperatures. so voltaire, one of the big blue elephants and i decided to go to britzer garten again, his favorite park.
since eastersunday this park has changed completely: the trees are blooming and many many flowers are there.
i was so excited that i had to jump up several times.
then we walked to see the cherry trees.
from up the trees we have seen lots of tulips. hey! are we in holland?
so nice and yellow!
and red as a contrast.
and other flowers which names we didn't know. but they have tasted very good
at the end of this beautiful walk in the park ...
... i have even been on uranus
this is springtime in berlin. very very very nice!
*oink!*
Posted May 1, 2012, 9:45 pm
we had to walk through meadows with liontooth flowers ...
... and blowball flowers.
we crossed an oat field ...
... and finally we reached the cherry orchard.
we climbed the trees. it was wonderful.
after that we ate a yummy piece of cherry cake ...
... and drank a black currant and an elder wine. very tasty!
tomorrow i have to leave very early for my next adventures. i have liked it here with all these fine guys very much.
*oink!*
Posted May 2, 2012, 9:57 pm
now i am sitting in my travelbox.
i have started my journey early in the morning.
everybody came to say good bye.
i tried hard to get into my travelbox. have i grown or has the box shrunk?
well, they gave me some sweets, for the long trip.
see you soon i am going to sleep a little bit.
*oink!*
Posted May 12, 2012, 2:56 pm
would somebody be so kind as to let me out of here? please!
Posted May 13, 2012, 8:04 am
It would be fantastic to hear from you.
Please let us know, if you're arrived safetly!
Posted Jun 17, 2012, 12:01 pm
Wonderful!
Here I am! Welcom Spain!
Please pick me up!
I'm ready, let's go!
Posted Jun 17, 2012, 12:08 pm
It's la Ciudad de las Artes y de las Ciencias.
Posted Jun 17, 2012, 1:41 pm
Hmmm, I'm so hungry!
The America's Cup Building, also called the Foredeck Building, is known locally as "Veles e Vents".
This building was the base of the Alinghi-Team during the America's Cup. Alinghi was the first european team which won the America's Cup. They won it in 2003 (New Zealand) and 2007 (Valencia).
The nice Clock Tower (Edifcio del Reloj) at the port.
Look, they are preparing the F1 racetrack. The European Grand Prix take part here in about 2 weeks.
Posted Jun 18, 2012, 12:48 pm
The press room.
...me as a journalist...
...and like a soccer player!
The changing room.
The players tunnel.
Let's go to the pitch!
Let's take a break!
Me on the pitch!
The VIP lounge.
...some new friends.
The bar of Manolo EL DEL BOMBO! Manolo is the most famous football fan in the world. ...but the bar wasn't open, because he support the Spanish soccer team at the UEFA EURO 2012.
Posted Jun 18, 2012, 9:20 pm
The Plaza del Ayuntamiento with the City Hall.
The Mercado Central (Central Market)
Little break with a typical Paella Valenciana...
The Plaza de Toros de Valencia (bullring used for bull fighting)
Posted Jun 22, 2012, 8:26 pm
El Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía - an opera house and performing arts center. It contains four large rooms: a Main Room, Magisterial Classroom, Amphitheater and Theater of Camera. It is dedicated to music and the scenic arts. It is surrounded by 87,000 square meters of landscape and water, as well as 10,000 square meters of walking area. The Palau de Les Arts has four sections; the main hall, the master hall, the auditorium, and the Martin y Soler theatre. It holds many events such as opera, theatre and music in its auditoriums. Panoramic lifts and stairways connect platforms at different heights on the inside of the metallic frames of the building. The building has an metallic feather outer roof that rests on two supports and is 230 meters long and 70 meters high. One of the supports allows for part of the building to overhang. The building is supported by white concrete. Two laminated steel shells cover the building weighing over 3,000 tons. These shells are 163 meters wide and 163 meters long.
Let's go swimming!
L'Hemisfèric — an Imax Cinema, Planetarium and Laserium. The building is meant to resemble a giant eye, and has an approximate surface of 13,000 m². The Hemesferic also known as the planetarium or the “eye of knowledge,” is the centerpiece of the City of Arts and Sciences. It was the first building completed in 1998. Its design resembles an eyelid that opens to access the surrounding water pool. The bottom of the pool is glass, creating the illusion of the eye as a whole. This planetarium is a half-sphere composed of concrete 110 meters long and 55.5 meters wide. The shutter is built of elongated aluminum awnings that fold upward collectively to form a brise-soleil roof that opens along the curved axis of the eye. It opens to reveal the dome, the pupil of the eye, which is the Ominax theater. The City of Arts and Sciences is divided in half by a set of stairs that descend into the vaulted concrete lobby. The underground spaces are illuminated with the use of translucent glass panels within the walking path. The transparent roof is supported by concrete arches that connect to the sunken gallery. There is a miraculas echo inside of the building and if two people stay on the two opposite pillars inside of the eye they can seamlessly speak with each other.
L'Oceanogràfic — an open-air oceanographic park. It is the largest oceanographic aquarium in Europe with 110,000 square meters and 42 million liters of water. It was built in the shape of a water lily and is the work of architect Félix Candela. Each building represents different aquatic environments including the Mediterranean, Wetlands, Temperate and Tropical Seas, Oceans, the Antarctic, the Artctic, Islands and the Ted Sea. This aquarium is a home to over 500 different species including dolphins, belugas, sawfish, jellyfish, starfish, sea urchins, walruses, sea lions, seals, penguins, turtles, sharks,and rays. It also inhabits wetland bird species.
El Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe — Is an interactive museum of science that resembles the skeleton of a whale. It occupies around 40,000 m² on three floors. The hotch-potch of exhibits is designed more for 'entertainment value' than for science education. The building is much more impressive outside than inside and its meagre contents show how little thought was put into the whole project. Much of the ground floor is taken up by a basketball court sponsored by a local team and various companies. The building is made up of three floors of which 26,000 square meters is used for exhibitions. The first floor has a beautiful view of the Turia Garden that surrounds it; which is over 13,500 square meters of water. The second floor hosts “The Legacy of Science” exhibition by the researchers; Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Severo Ochoa y Jean Dausset. The third floor is known as the “Chromosome Forest” which shows the sequencing of human DNA. Also on this floor is the “Zero Gravity,” the “Space Academy,” and “Marvel Superheroes” exhibitions. The building’s architecture is known for its geometry, structure, use of materials, and its design around nature. The building is about 42,000 square meter and 26,000 square meters of is exhibition space, which is currently the largest in Spain. It has 20,000 square meters of glass, 4,000 panes, 58,000 m³ of concrete, and 14.000 tons of steel. This magnificent building stands 220 meters long, 80 meters wide and 55 meters high.
L'Àgora — a covered plaza in which concerts and sporting events (such as the Valencia Open 500) are held.[1] The Agora is a space designed to hold a variety of events such as concerts, performances, exhibitions, conventions, staging of congresses, and international sports meetings. Many important events have been held in this building including the Freestyle Burn Spanish Cup in 2010 and the Christmas Special Program.
L'Umbracle — a landscaped walk with plant species indigenous to Valencia (such as rockrose, lentisca, romero, lavender, honeysuckle, bougainvillea, palm tree). It harbors in its interior The Walk of the Sculptures, an outdoor art gallery with sculptures from contemporary artists. (Miquel from Navarre, Francesc Abbot, Yoko Ono and others). The Umbracle is a space that is a home to numerous sculptures surrounded by nature. It was designed as a entrance to the City of Arts and Sciences. It is 320 meters long and 60 meters wide, located on the southern side of the complex. It 55 fixed arches and 54 floating arches that stand 18 meters high. The plants in the garden were carefully picked to change color with the seasons. The garden consists of 99 palm trees, 78 small palm trees, 62 bitter orange trees. There are 42 varieties of shrubs from the Region of Valencia including Cistuses, Mastics, Buddleia, Pampas grass, and Plumbagos. In the garden there are 16 plants of Beauty of the Night. Honeysuckle and hanging Bougainvilea are two of the 450 climbing plants in the umbracle. It also has 5,500 carpet plants such as Lotus, Agateas, Spanish Flags, and Fig Marigolds. There are over a hundred aromatic plants including Rosemary and Lavender.
Nice Candy
...Shopping mall...
I also like to be a fast driver!
Look, me as a F1 driver!
Posted Jun 22, 2012, 8:35 pm
Let's take the last sunbath.
A nice bridge on the way to the airport.
Look, the metro is coming.
At the airport. Look, all these people wants to take the Swiss plane to Zurich!
Waiting...
Our plane.
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Thanks to all hosts, you're fantastic! I really saw so many interesting things.
And thank you very much for the lovely souveniers!
Miggy takes a little break.
After, he's ready for new adventures!
Posted Oct 15, 2012, 12:38 pm
I arrived in Oldenburg! Of course I made some new friends after leaving my travel bag: Ping and HelgaHH
We will have a lot of fun together!
Maybe we´ll do something in the house because it´s getting colder here and I have to warm up a little bit.
We could watch football? Isn´t that a good Idea? I´ll tell Ping and HelgaHH
See you soon
Miggy
Posted Oct 19, 2012, 8:27 pm
I watched football on german television on Tuesday: Germany vs. Sweden! It was real fun to see them play!
Today we went in the garden to enjoy the beautiful weather! I saw a big mud puddle and really would like to jump in and have a great mud bath! But my host could make me just stay still at the last moment. She said if I did it she has to wash me with SOAP
So I had a little "boat trip" on the mud "lake" instead.
Posted Oct 28, 2012, 12:11 pm
Good bye little Ping!
Posted Nov 10, 2012, 12:14 pm
We had a little Halloween party and ate some sweets while we were waiting for the kids.
Hope you had a great Halloween, too!
Greetings to my family in Switzerland,
yours Miggy
Posted Nov 10, 2012, 12:19 pm
My host showed us the graffiti art you can find here in Oldenburg.
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Also there were many different cat and dog breeds, birds, rabbits, snakes, cockroaches, turtles and all kind of pets you can imagine! That was a great trip!
Posted Dec 20, 2012, 5:41 pm
I was responsible for the flour. That was a really important job!
Look at these tasty cookies
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I really enjoyed my Christmas Eve,
bye Miggy
Posted Jan 1, 2013, 12:37 pm
Yum! Look at the tasty sticks with cheese and grapes! Yes, we had a big party yesterday and I was allowed to drink a little bit of the champagne...
The fireworks were awesome!
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He laughed a little bit but then allowed it. I think he just couldn´t see my cuteness
The trike was really cool! Maybe I could drive with such a thing one day?
Also we´ve see some very expensive cars!
Jut look at the pictures
Posted Jan 31, 2013, 8:47 pm
This is my last day here but I´m happy that my jouney goes on! Guess where my next host lives.... I´ll travel to Barcelona!
So I said Good Bye to Pitzelpatz and Pingi.
See you next time in Spain!
Posted Mar 30, 2013, 8:07 pm
Z,D,B,R – One… two… three!!!!
M – Yeeeeaaaahhhh!!!!!!
Z,D,B,R – Wooooooo!!!!!!!
I was a bit uncomfortable inside the box and I was so nervous to get out, so I think I scared my little friends…
Despite this, they give me a very warm welcome. Here you are my new partners: Zero the dog, Doña Felisa the elephant, Betty Bear the bear and Rocky Raccoon the raccoon.
I was added on the guestbook and started my days here.
I miss you mom, but I will be fine!!!!
Posted Mar 30, 2013, 8:34 pm
Today is “Dijous Gras”, the first day of Carnival festivities, and here in Catalonia is so typical to eat “butifarra d’ou” (egg sausage) and “coca de llardons” (crackling pancake). Here we are eating this!!!
It was delicious!!
Posted Mar 30, 2013, 9:17 pm
Today we went to a Postcrossing meeting!!!! But it was a special Postcrossing meeting because there we met Ana and Paulo, the bosses of Postcrossing web!!!! It was a pleasure to meet them and take some drinks with them and some more fantastic people!!!!
We had a wonderful afternoon with a lot of postcards and laughs!
I’m a very lucky Toy Voyager!
Posted Apr 3, 2013, 11:34 pm
Today another Toy Voyager has arrived at home!!!! We opened the envelope and wait about who was inside…
Suddenly, a little monkey appeared!!!
?- Hi!! My name’s Suny!!! I’m from Germany!!!
She brought some candies and a lovely postcard and we took a group photo
And then, Zero add her on his guestbook ^^
Welcome Suny!!!!
Posted Apr 4, 2013, 12:03 am
Today is the last day of Carnival festivities and here in Catalonia this day is called “enterrament de la sardina” (burial of the sardine). About why is called this way, there are a hypothesis, among others. First of all, to bury something is a way to forget it, to take leave of it… And the hypothesis is that the back-bone of the pigs was known as “sardine” and it was buried at the end of Carnival to start the Lent.
To celebrate it, we have eaten a sardine made of bread with chocolate. It was delicious!!!!
Posted Apr 4, 2013, 12:13 pm
It’s snowing!!!! It’s sooooo strange in Barcelona!!!! As you can see, here it’s only raining, but, can you see the mountain behind me?
Posted Apr 7, 2013, 1:28 pm
Today we went out for a walk and we went to the shopping center “La Maquinista”. “La Maquinista” is situated where the metallurgic fabric “La Maquinista Terrestre i Marítima” was in the past. Here you can see us taking a rest in front of the little park of “La Maquinista”.
This is the large pond, situated in the middle of the park, named Narcís Monturiol (a Catalonian engineer, who invented the first crew submarine). It was built in order to take advantage of the two nearby water sources and it’s used to irrigate the park. Inside the pond you can see the large antique wheel that reminds us of the industrial past of the land. And the building near the pond is “Museo de La Maquinista y Macosa”, a museum which contains historical documents, plans, photographs, models and historical objects from the old factory.
The shopping center!!!!
After visit some shops, we take a rest in a lounge terrace.
Can you see the big clock on the floor??? There was a projector which projected the small hands of the clock to show the hour, but it’s out of order
In the first floor there are the restaurants, near another lounge terrace.
It seems like a jungle!!!
Before come back home, we met Tom and Jerry, who drove us in their sidecar
We had a fun afternoon!
Posted Apr 7, 2013, 5:51 pm
We spent the weekend at hostdad home, so we’re in the train to Sants, the central train station.
In Sants we took another train to Gavà. The views aren’t so nice, just buildings, roads or industrial parks…
Finally we were in Gavà!! This is the train station.
We did a bit of sightseeing while we went to hostdad home. This is the church.
And in this little square there’s a grower with some asparagus.
We spent the afternoon at home and then we went to have supper at hamburger, in the shopping center.
Suny found a little palm tree and she wanted to climb it, just for training, because she wants a bigger one! We waited for her
Then we went to the hamburger and shared a big hamburger with fries. Good appetite!!
Posted Apr 7, 2013, 6:54 pm
Today we stayed at hostdad home playing games. We joined with the other guys who live here, Koala, Pitufina, Beaker, Cálico and Super Coco. Zero introduced us and we took a group photo
First we played alone…
… And after, we played two by two to Kinect, Michael Jackson experience. I played with Koala and we had a lot of fun!
Mom!!! Look what I found while they were playing!! A nice pillow!!
Posted Apr 14, 2013, 2:25 pm
Today we went out for a walk and we found some interesting places during our walk.
This is “Plaça Jardins d’Elx”, where a Lady of Elche’s bust is situated.
And in the same square there’s “Parroquia de Crist Rei” a parish started built in 1924.
We continued walking and we found another church, but this is a quite strange church, “Iglèsia de Sant Joan Bosco”, inaugurated in 1974. When hostmom was a child, she thought it was a very big slide and she always wanted to slide for it. Poor hostmom!!!
In “Carrer Aragó” (Aragon Street), we found a sculpture dedicated to article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Later, we saw “La Farinera del Clot”, a cultural center situated in an old flour fabric in 1852.
And finally, we arrived to “Les Glòries” where we saw “Torre Agbar”, a tower which is the see of the water company of Barcelona (AGBAR = AGuas de BARcelona). At night it’s illuminated by thousands of colored lights.
It has been an interesting walk!
Posted Apr 16, 2013, 11:11 am
Today we say goodbye to Doña Felisa and Betty Bear
Give a big warm hug to Doña Felisa…
And another one to Betty Bear
We take a last group photo
Zero write their check out on his guestbook
And say the last “goodbye”…
I will miss them a lot
Posted May 24, 2013, 8:06 pm
Today is “Sant Jordi” (Saint George) and here in Catalonia is celebrated as lovers’ day and as books and roses day. It’s very typical to present a book to men and roses to women. And it’s so typical too to find a lot of little shops in the streets selling books and roses.
Here you can see me in front of one of these shops near home:
We have bought a book for hostdad about Barcelona and a rose for mom
And as surprise, we have eat a “Sant Jordi”’s cake, it’s delicious!!!
Feliç Sant Jordi!!!
Posted Jun 8, 2013, 10:28 pm
Today we went to Viladrau!!! A little village very known for its mineral water and because a very famous brigand lived there: Serrallonga. It is situated beneath the massifs of the Guilleries and the Montseny, that’s the reason we saw so many green around us.
We arrived at the hotel, “Hostal La Glòria”.
And then, after leave all the bags and other things in our room, we went out for a walk. We asked about some routes and the people of the hotel gave us a map with a route named “El camí dels ponts perduts” (The lost bridges route) and who got lost were us! It was very funny
And we discovered some beautiful places.
First, we found “La Font dels Enamorats”, (Lover’s fountain).
And soon, we found “La font de l’Oreneta” (Swallow’s fountain).
In our way, we found “La Riera Major”. This is one of its beautiful little waterfalls:
…And some meters later…
Then we arrived at “Mas els Molins”, an enormous house with a sun clock (although it’s a bit difficult to see the sun clock…)
And near there, in a path beside a field, we met catalan donkeys!!! They’re so beautiful, friendly and lovely!!!
We continued our walk and saw a big old tree. :O mum’s boyfriend is behind us!!! Hahaha!!!
Then, was when we got lost… We were a bit busy trying to find the way back to hotel… And we got it! We arrived at Viladrau again, (well, we were in Viladrau, I mean at the village). And we saw the city council…
… and “Capella de la Pietat”. It’s a chapel dated on 1603 and presided by Mare de Déu dels Dolors. At right of the photo, you can see Sant Domènech Savio, the youngest no martyr saint of the Catholic Church who wears jacket and bowtie. It’s curious…
Ufff!!! Finally we arrived at the hotel, we were so tired!!!! But it was a wonderful day
Good night!!!
Posted Jun 8, 2013, 10:53 pm
We gave him a very big and warm hug…
And as usual, Zero wrote his check out on his guestbook
Bye, bye Rocky Raccoon!!! Hope to see you soon!!!
Posted Jun 14, 2013, 11:41 am
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY MOM!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!
Posted Jul 16, 2013, 5:32 pm
Today we went to “Fira de Bellcaire”, also and more common known as “Els Encants Vells”.
“Els Encants Vells” is one of the oldest markets in Europe. Certain references date its origin in the fourteenth century, being a witness over commercial dynamism of our city, it’s more than just an antique market and peddling, orienting its centennial activity and apparent tentativeness to current demand, making available to the consumer an offer alternative to current models of distribution and trade, promoting the recycling. In this market you can found a lot of things, since new objects as clothes, fabrics, electrical equipment to second hand, used furniture, antiques, books and records…
The bad news is that this market will close in its actual place and it will be opened in another place. Most of people think that the market will lose its charm with this change.
We can find three parts in this market. This is one of the entries, where we can see some shops (one of the parts):
In another part of the market there are some stands:
And in the last part of the market, we find the objects on the floor, on a blanket or boxes…
Look!! We are near of “Plaça de les Glòries”, so we can see “Torre Agbar”, do you remember it?
We will miss this market. We’re waiting to see the new emplacement. Mom, can we come back here to visit it??
Posted Jul 16, 2013, 7:29 pm
Today we went shopping with hostmom. But when we go out of the supermarket (where is not allowed to take photos…
) we went to a square where we played a bit.
This is the square, called “Plaça de l’Assamblea de Catalunya”, near home:
Here we are in the petanque court. Beside us, you can see some tennis tables:
We were sliding:
And then, we found another slide…, but we have to exercise to reach the slide… First, climb on that man…
Then, hang up… Suny is an expert!
And we reach the slide!
After to slide, I wanted to go up for the slide…
…but I rolled down back… ^^U
We found a fountain, but it was out of order
We think is to save water. Doves can take a bath
And surprise!!!! We found some palm trees!!!! Suny couldn’t believe that!!! This one is bigger than the other she climbed before!!!
So she climbed up while we were watching her:
CONGRATULATIONS Suny!!!! You get one life mission!!!! And Zero improve one of his!
After the exercise we took a rest before going home. Goodbye!!! It has been a good day!!!
Posted Jul 16, 2013, 7:47 pm
The good news is we’re travelling together to the same destination
As usually, Zero wrote our departure date on his guestbook:
We gave us a very big hug:
And we said the last goodbye…
Bye, bye Zero!!! We will miss you!!!! Thanks for all!!!
Posted Jul 31, 2013, 1:58 am
I thought we were going to Granada, but apparently I'll get to know another Spanish region before that. Here we are in front of the Concepcion Parish:
Today we went to the Nature and Man museum in Santa Cruz where they had a beach themed cafeteria indoors:
There was a room with drawers for many insects and specially butterflies from around the world, look at the beautiful wings they have:
And also many archaeological items from the islands.
It was very nice,
Love,
Miggy
Posted Jul 31, 2013, 11:00 pm
It's a beautiful beach with white soft sand brought from the Sahara desert:
The water was crystal clear and very refreshing. And the scenery of the mountains and small boats was beautiful.
Love,
Miggy
Posted Aug 1, 2013, 2:45 am
To start we went to the Roque de Garachico:
It is a small island that is a bird sanctuary were several protected species live and some migratory birds also stop by.
Then we went to the Punta Teno lighthouse, which is the westernmost point in the island.
To the left you can faintly see the Gomera island.
The water sea here in Tenerife is beautiful:
Afterwards we drove through the mountains and arrived to a small town called Santiago del Teide:
Apparently they had their local festivities during these days which are related to the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage.
Then we went to the Costa Adeje where there are many large beaches and resorts:
It was very touristy.
Finally we stopped by the Cathedral of La Candelaria:
Where there are very large statues of the 9 Menceyes (or kings) that ruled the islands by the time the Spaniards invaded them.
We had a very fun day today and saw many places around the island.
Love,
Miggy
Posted Aug 11, 2013, 3:56 pm
Here we are with the Teide on the background as well as the La Palma island:
After going through a dense pine forest we came into a desert that looked very much like the surface of Mars!
In fact they use this area to test robots that NASA and ESA will send to the Red Planet!.
We stopped for a drink, it is very important to drink a lot of fluids here in the desert, and the view was like that of an American cowboys movie.
Look at the weird structures the rocks make here:
Cheers,
Miggy
Posted Aug 28, 2013, 11:56 pm
It was amazing and we got a big window all to ourselves. Here we are just below the sea level waiting to go down
Here I am at almost 30 meters below sea level:
We saw many fishes during the trip, it was very fun.
They also explained to us that the red light from sunlight does not reach so far down, so that's why everything looked so blue, and my snout looks so black!.
It was absolutely amazing!
Cheers,
Miggy
Posted Sep 12, 2013, 4:49 pm
The indigenous people used to call these cliffs the Wall of Hell.
Posted Nov 2, 2013, 10:20 pm
Today we relaxed at the Lago Martianez, which is a really big salt water pool.
And it had nice view of the sea:
Cheers,
Miggy
Posted Nov 2, 2013, 10:32 pm
But sadly a friend must leave us now. So good bye Charly, it was very nice knowing you and we hope to meet you again.
Bye bye
Posted Nov 2, 2013, 11:29 pm
In case anyone doesn't know, the Alhambra is a castle complex built between the 9th and the 14th century. It is an UNESCO World Heritage Site and the main tourist attraction of Granada.
Here I am in the Patio de los Arrayanes:
And here I am at the Ambassadors' room:
And of course we visited the courtyard of the lions:
I got to see the beautiful Albaycin from a beautiful wooden balcony:
And here I am outside the Palace of Charles the V:
Cheers,
Miggy
Posted Nov 2, 2013, 11:46 pm
As I got into my travelling box with my big smile thanks to the great friends I got to know here and the thought of the adventures that await me in Madrid.
Farewell friends,
Miggy
Posted Nov 14, 2013, 2:36 pm
i was received by purple monkey Ssshnake Tourtlellini , the nymeria´s twin sister, and Adam, the palymobil
all of them hugh me and say welcome to spain
Here, i meet MÍA, mi host kitty
i can sleep with she
and i meet BOB too, my host cat
he kiss me!! is very funny
and he hug me too.
after this, i going to the bed, cause i´m very very tired.
See you soon mom, maybe my host give me tomorrow a park for play with purple monkey
Posted Dec 1, 2013, 2:31 pm
And i can help with some of them.
Here i was making a picture in glass. Is very funny!!! i use security glasses
purple monkey help too.
hahahah, look purple monkey with glasses. Are too bigger for him hahaha
The other day i see the tv series Águila roja (red eagle). Is an adventures series. in the XVII century of a Spanish masked heroe known as Águila roja (red eagle) is very interesting and funny. The name of Águila roja is gonzalo de montalvo and is a schhol teacher. The actor is DAVID JANER. I like this series
the next week, maybe we can go to a park called parque Liana, to make some photographs with the Iker casillas statue. And maybe we can go to the Iker casillas fields too, i´m very happy.
And the December 14th i going to an expocomic in Madrid and the monday december 16th i going to puerta del sol to make some photographs too. I´m very excited!!!!
See you soon mom.
Posted Dec 17, 2013, 6:22 pm
look this big box. But is not a printer inside.
and this other
are 3 big boxes for our host father. Wow. I cant wait to december 24th for see what are inside of the boxes!!!!
Oh, oh, i thin we have a sticky problem
we made some tags for the gifts too
the other day we go to expocomic. Ana try to make us some photographs, but are too much people, purple monkey fall out and someone kick him. Ana can rescue him and save us in her backpack. She was afraid that someone can broken us or kidnapping.
Maybe tomorrow we go to make some photographs with the iker casillas statue. And next monday go to make some photographs in madrid
Posted Jan 2, 2014, 3:17 pm
the other day we go to the centre of Madrid. I take some photographs with the christmas tree and some shops.
and look! there is some football shops here
and in the new year night, at 12 o clock, we eat the 12 grapes and drink sider.
purple monkey was playing with the bow tie hahah. He tries to killed me!!!
see you soon mom
Posted Apr 11, 2014, 6:03 pm
inside the box come Gabby a green hipo.
and give some coffe sweets for our and our host.
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