Posted Nov 8, 2011, 9:52 pm
just wanted to let you know that I arrived safe in Germany.
Love, Beate
Posted Nov 11, 2011, 4:35 pm
Today Chrissy and Madison arrived here and helped me out of my envelope. It was not easy for them.
There was another tv arriving here. His name is Tapsi.
Chrissy and Madison showed us the area where we will stay for 2 days. The sun was shining so it was not as cold as I thought it will be. During our walk we became hungry.
Madison found these black berries. Mom, you have to know he is a raccoon. And raccoons always find something to eat.
We also found some frozen strawberries!
And we found some decorations. I don't know for what it normally is, but Tapsi got that crazy idea to decorate all that stuff on Chrissy! She looked funny!
I hope all the other days will be funny, too.
I will tell you all my news as soon as possible, Mom!
Love, Beate
Posted Nov 12, 2011, 8:42 pm
today me and the other tvs visited Lutherstadt Wittenberg. We used the car to go there.
First we visited the market place. Here you can find the ancient town hall, the statue of Martin Luther and the town church.
We did a walk around the town church. The streets are tiny! Near the church we found the statue of Johannes Bugenhagen and an old fountain.
When we walked from one church to the next we saw many backyards. Some of them owns restaurants, some museums.
We wanted to go to one of the restaurants but we couldn't read the menu. There wasn't enough straw to build a "tower" to climb up to the menu.
So we went to the next backyard. We found a fountain of 1558 and we also saw Lucas Cranach the Younger painting a picture. We helped him a little bit.
In the third backyard we found the museum of history. There was a picture of the old money of the GDR. It looks really colourful.
Finally we arrived at the most famous building of Wittenberg, the castle church. It is so huge!
Here you can see me sitting in front of the door where Martin Luther posted The Ninety-Five Theses on October 31, 1517. While I was sitting there and waiting for the picture, a young child saw me and wanted to take me with her! But Madison, Chrissy and Tapsi helped me not to be kidnapped!
We also went inside the church. Wow, everything was so impressive!
After this sightseeing tour my feet hurt a lot! So our host decided to do the last part by car. We went to the Hundertwasser school which was designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser. It looks colourful and funny!
It became dark when we went back home. And we saw a wonderful sunset! Have a look, Mom!
I'm so tired now, I think I have to go to bed!
Beate
Posted Nov 13, 2011, 11:19 am
yesterday I took a picture of me in front of a poster of the GDR-money.
Today I saw some real GDR money. And I also found the old money from home!!! Have a look.
Yours, Beate
Posted Nov 16, 2011, 10:00 am
We cuddled him and gave him something to eat for his journey to Hamburg. I hope he'll arrive soon and will enjoy his stay in the north of Germany.
Oh Mummy!!!
While we were having dinner, we listened to the radio and it was told that some people of the radio channel will be in the village! So we went to see Radio SAW live! It was so exciting!
Can you see me on the first picture?
Posted Nov 18, 2011, 12:02 am
today I was a little bit lazy. Our host took Chrissy, Tapsi and me into her car and we just drove around for about 250km!!! We used the highway to go to Berlin and back.
So many cars and lights and so much speed! And I was sitting in the first row!
Posted Nov 18, 2011, 4:32 pm
today my hosts mum took me to her work. So I went to school. It was her first time of taking pictures with a toyvoyager...
This is the classroom.
No pupils around. Maybe I have to wait for a while.
With this long stick I can show all the stuff on the chalkboard.
While I waited for the kids I taught myself some chemistry.
No pupils came. Maybe there was no chemistry today in school...
Posted Nov 20, 2011, 7:16 pm
today we did a trip to the former brown-coal open cast mine of Goitzsche. The lake is also called "Bernsteinsee" (Lake of amber). It's about 840 hectars and it's located in the east of Saxony-Anhalt, near the city of Bitterfeld-Wolfen.
On some pictures you have to look carefully to see me!
We climbed up a wall. Chrissy was the fastest!
Because the lake was a coal mine before we could see lots of old stuff from that time, like the big train.
We did a little competition: "Who is able to go closest to the water without getting wet feet". I got a good idea to do it. Chrissy lost! She got wet feet and a wet nose. Maybe she wanted to go swimming.
Now, I'm on my way to Berlin.
Hugs, Beate
Posted Nov 21, 2011, 8:52 pm
Today we did a sightseeing tour. First we weren't sure where to go...
We decided to go to the Brandenburg Gate. It is one of the most well-known landmarks of Berlin and Germany.
The next stop was the Gendarmenmarkt. There's the Christmas market now.
We also saw the Friedrichswerder Church and the monument of Karl Friedrich Schinkel.
Not far away you can see the Museum Island. We just stopped in front of the "Altes Museum" (old museum).
Next to the museums you can find the Berlin Cathedral.
Not far away from the cathedral there's the Marx-Engels-Forum.
Last but not least the highlight of our tour. The television tower next to Alexanderplace. It was constructed between 1965 and 1969 and with its height of 368 meters, it is the tallest structure in Germany. There is a visitor platform and a revolving restaurant in the middle of the sphere. The tower is part of the World Federation of Great Towers (WFGT).
The big wheel is part of one of the Christmas markets.
This is a special picture of me. Here you can see lots of sights in only one picture: Berlin Cathedral, Humboldt-Box, St. Mary's Church, Hotel Park Inn, television tower and the Red City Hall.
Hugs, Beate
Posted Nov 22, 2011, 5:10 pm
Have a look at this crazy Christmas-tree. It's made of scrap metal and toys. Maybe we could have one like this at home, mommy?
We also passed Potsdam Square. The houses are so high!
And this is the Berlin Central Station where I saw another Christmas-tree. It's so beautiful. I really like it!
Bye, Beate
Posted Nov 24, 2011, 7:56 pm
Today we went back from Berlin to our hosts second home.
When we arrived we enjoyed the sun while walking to a park.
At the end of this long street we found the park. We climbed up on different things (trees, benches and something I don't know how to call). And we found some snowballs. Have you ever seen snowballs on a tree?! Tapsi, Chrissy and I did a small snowball fight. It was fun!
Yours Beate
Posted Nov 26, 2011, 8:16 pm
my hosts Mom took me back to school again!
First I checked all the technical facilities. I got a tv, some radios and an overhead projector.
Then I decided what chalk I wanted to use. I took some green one.
Sadly we all were to small to write on the board.
Posted Nov 27, 2011, 9:30 pm
today we took some pictures on our way from A to B.
We stopped at the Charlottenburg Castle. It was windy!
And our second stop was the airport Tegel TXL. Sadly we couldn't see planes.
Yours, Beate
Posted Nov 28, 2011, 11:06 pm
I've been a good girl and I hope I'll get something from Santa!
Posted Nov 29, 2011, 10:16 pm
Posted Nov 30, 2011, 10:57 pm
today we boarded the kitchen!
First we formed the meat into balls that Chrissy could bake it. We think Tapsi stole some of the meat. Then we mixed some milk with different ingredients. While Chrissy stired everything and I checked if she did it correct, Tapsi was searching for something to eat in the bag of the ingredients. Crazy lion! We added the mixture to the balls. Chrissy cut the cheese and we put it on the top of everything. Then we waited for a long time... et voilà... it was delicious!!!
Posted Dec 4, 2011, 7:20 pm
today we welcomed a new tv. His name is Joe. He looks like Chrissy. Maybe they are twins?!
Yours, Beate
Posted Dec 5, 2011, 9:36 pm
today we wanted to do a big sightseeing tour, but it was raining until noon and started again after a short time. So it was a short day for me outside.
First we went to the Oberbaum Bridge. From here we had a fantastic view to the East Harbour section of the river Spree. On the left side you can see the buildings of Mediaspree, like Universal Music Headquarters (Germany), MTV Central Europe and TV Dockyard. On the right side you can see the Treptowers and the TwinTowers. And in the middle of the river Spree you can see Molecule Men. These thirty meters high metal sculpture was designed and executed by the American sculptor Jonathan Borofsky. Symbolically, they represent the intersection of the then three districts Treptow, Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain.
We walked along the East Side Gallery. It is the longest open air gallery in the world. The art mile is located along the banks of the river Spree in Friedrichshain. It is 1316 meters long and it is also the longest segment of the Berlin Wall that is still standing. Right after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the East Side Gallery was painted by 118 artists from 21 different countries. Using various artistic means, the artists commented on the political events that took place in 1989 and 1990 in over 100 works of art found on the eastern side of the wall.
In the course of the years, many of the images became greatly weathered and, in 2009, forty of these works of art were restored.
Our last stop was the o2 World. It was opened in September 2008, a modern multi-function arena setting new standards for Berlin. Up to 17,000 people can attend the concerts – then the stands can be converted to a sporting arena within a few hours after they leave.
The o2 World is particularly suited to large and spectacular shows, such as “Walking with Dinosaurs”, which features life-size dinosaur replicas. Concerts are also provided for by the ultramodern technology and video projections. The arena is also the home of the national league basketball club ALBA Berlin and the ice hockey team Eisbären Berlin.
By the way. It is cold in Berlin, but it is still not snowing!
Love, Beate
Posted Dec 6, 2011, 11:02 pm
today we did a short stopover at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, also known as the Holocaust Memorial. It is a memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust. It consists of a 19,000 square metres site covered with 2,711 concrete slabs or "stelae", arranged in a grid pattern on a sloping field. The stelae are 2.38 m long, 0.95 m wide and vary in height from 0.2 to 4.8 m.
When we came home in the evening there was an envelope waiting for us.
Chrissy and Joe took the scissor to open it. They were afraid of cutting somebody or something inside. But nothing happened...
Chrissy and Joe crawled into the envelope. Tapsi and I had to help them out of it.
When they came out of the envelope they had a new tv in their arms. His name is Greeny delMonte. I think he is a nice guy.
Posted Dec 7, 2011, 11:57 pm
today we found a colorful envelope at hour hosts home.
We opened it carefully and saw something red inside. We were a little bit afraid.
It was Crawfish in the envelope. She came the long way from the US. And she had something sweet to eat for us.
Yours,
Beate
Posted Dec 12, 2011, 11:34 pm
today I left and my journey goes on. Next stop is Kiel, in the north of Germany.
Chrissy and Tapsi also left today. They are going to England together.
Love, Beate
Posted Jan 19, 2012, 9:01 am
Posted Jan 26, 2012, 6:47 am
Its a very nice City at the Baltic Sea <3
I'm really in Schleswig-Holstein:
"Kiellinie" the famous Place at the "Kieler Woche":
Famous Person:
Waaaaahh!!!
