Meav, Frankfurt am Main, Airport, Germany

Leslie Posted Nov 19, 2011, 1:42 pm	Hello everybody, I'm Meav!  A few days ago Leslie found me on a little store where I was piled up with a lot of other toys and brought me to live with her! When we got home, I started exploring the house and hopping up and down the shelves when I found a photo of a little giraffe in front of a wonderful church, which I could tell was not here! Next to that one, there was another one of the same giraffe with a fish, very nice!  A little further I found a green frog looking out a plane window! Leslie explained everything about toyvoyagers to me and showed me a photo album of Kirin's trips around the world! I asked her if I could become a toyvoyager too because I have always dreamed of traveling, and guess what... she said yes!!  We came to this site and the first thing I saw was the same frog from the plane photo, my brother Ranil! He seems to be quite famous!  I wish I could be the toyvoyager of the week one day too! I'm planning on staying at home for a little while before starting my trips abroad, I really like the warmth of a home! See you! Meav
Leslie Posted Dec 10, 2011, 6:35 pm	Hi everybody! Leslie, the other toyvoyavers and I made a trip to the Andes mountain range! There were lots of rivers going down from the cold mountains to the sea! This beautiful waterfall is called "Falls of the Princess" That's an interesting name, Leslie said it's because of a love legend There were thousands of lupines by the road! Some were pink, purple, yellow and some even blue! As we were going up the view was getting better and better! Here we started going up the Andes mountain range! Even though it's spring, up here it still seemed like winter! We kept going up and up until we found snow!  Me and my friend Pato went running to play! But only for a short time... Leslie didn't want us to get a cold We built an ingloo! Isn't it nice? There were many big and old Araucarias around us... ...So I found myself a warmer home than the igloo in the trunk of one of them And Here I'm posing in what looks like a baby Araucaria, but must be older than 50! They take about a thousand years to grow! It was a very nice trip! Soon I'll be traveling overseas... I can't wait! Meav
Leslie Posted Dec 19, 2011, 9:20 pm	Hi all! Last weekend I went to Queule! A small fishing village near some lovely beaches where Leslie has her summerhouse. The view from the deck was beautiful! In the garden there were lots of flowers! This is called "chilco" and it's the hummingbirds' favourite meal! Later we started walking to the beach. By the road there was this viewpoint from where you can see the river mouth of river Queule And a big island with a 9km long beach called "horseshoe beach"! Also we could almost see the whole fishing village! We walked for about half an hour and got to Ronca beach! The word "ronca" is spanish for "snore" and the beach is called like that because of its loud and noisy waves! My friend Pato and I really enjoyed the sea breeze and the sound of the waves! I found some cool dunes which looked like ruins of an old civilization! Later, walking back to the house we saw this big rock called Lion rock, can you guess why? I loved Queule! I hope I can come back some day! Love, Meav
Leslie Posted Dec 20, 2011, 9:44 pm	Hi everyone! Today I visited the main craft market of Temuco, there were mostly Mapuche handicrafts (mapuches are the aborigin race from Chile)... I specially liked this "trapelakucha", it's a jewel piece made of silver, worn only by mapuche women who are very important in their community. It is very heavy! Later I went to a shopping mall and saw a giant christmas tree! They were playing christmas carols, there was a lovely christmas atmosphere! Back at home my friend Pato and I sat to watch our christmas tree and listen to christmas carols, I really like this season! Happy holidays everybody! Meav
Leslie Posted Jan 12, 2012, 12:29 am	Hello world! After 15 hours of drive we got to a city in the north called La Serena The climate here is semi desertic, thing you can see also in the vegetation... The first day in La Serena we went to the beach to see its most famous icon, this lighthouse And the rest of the day we spent relaxing in the beach It's very nice here, I want to explore more!
Leslie Posted Jan 13, 2012, 3:42 pm	Today we went out to explore more of La Serena! First we visited a very old cathedral... And then we headed to a Japanese garden, very very nice! What a beautiful flower! And later we visited another cathedral, this one was bigger than the first one. What a nice day!
Leslie Posted Jan 24, 2012, 10:56 am	Hi! We did more touristing today and went to the city next to La Serena called Coquimbo! And then we went up to the Third Millenium Cross There was a beautiful view from up there! As you can see the surroundings are quite desertic! Below the Cross there was a religious museus and I saw Michelangelo's La Pietà! Later we went to a small fortress near the port area And the first thing I saw was this cactus with a nice yellow flower! It was quite nice! I can imagine that big cannon being used against the pirates! That white rock behind me was full of pelicans, cormorants and other noisy birds Then we went back to La Serena, very very tired and with some slight sun burns Bye!
fleursmum Posted Jan 28, 2012, 1:13 pm	Hi Mum, I have arrived and there were lots of TV's to welcome me there is Shane, Hasune, SchokoCookie, Binky and Toto and they are all from Germany!!  Here I am in the back yard Mum, Even though it has been very hot here on some days, there are still some flowers in the garden which is really nice! Love and hugs Maev xxooxx
fleursmum Posted Jan 28, 2012, 1:22 pm	Hi Mum, Today we took the dog for a walk at the park - I liked these trees!! Tupai the chowchow decided to have a swim in the creek we found a nice agapanthus flower Here is the old court house this sculpture was made from an old tree - it was made by a lady who sculpted with a chain saw!!   There are two football players and a bulldog - the local footie team are called the Gisborne Bulldogs the pink track on this sign shows us the walking tracks around the park here a new TV arrived today Mum, he is Freaky and is from Switzerland -he has a very very long tail - it would keep us all warm in the winter!! Love and hugs Meav xxooxx
fleursmum Posted Jan 28, 2012, 1:30 pm	Hi Mum, Today was Australia Day so we went to the park to have a look at what was going on. the local fire brigade were getting the sausages ready to BBQ we saw the flags being raised on the new flag poles we heard how the flags of England, Ireland and Scotland were combined to become the Union Jack and then that was put into the corner of the Australian flag along with the Southern Cross - stars we can see down here Here we all are with the flag!  Love and hugs Meav xxooxx
fleursmum Posted Jan 28, 2012, 1:35 pm	Hi Mum, Later in the day we drove to visit a friend of Sue's - here I am in Boronia and behind me is part of the Dandenong Ranges - Sue says it is very nice up there. We found some very pretty flowers in the garden Love and hugs Meav xxooxx
fleursmum Posted Jan 28, 2012, 1:52 pm	Hi Mum, Today we took Sue's friend to the antique centre at Tyabb - we had lunch at the Rattling Reds cafe - an old train carriage. this beautiful red rose was on the table - it had a lovely smell  we sat on the park bench and waited for Sue's friend - it was good in the shady spot! Love and hugs Meav xxooxx
fleursmum Posted Feb 4, 2012, 8:11 am	Hi Mum, Today we went to the park to take Tupai the chow for a walk this is Sue's favourite part of the park where the old oak trees grow I found this big dandelion Mum  I found an acorn under the oak tree - good snack for later!  this sculpture was made form an old tree - it is for the local footie (Aussie Rules) club. They are called the Bulldogs. The sculpture was made by a lady with a chainsaw! Pretty good huh!! More soon Love and hugs Meav xxooxx
fleursmum Posted Feb 4, 2012, 9:59 am	Hi Mum, More of the photos from when we went for walk, here we are at the old horse stables, these were used for the police horses back in the late 1800's and here is the court house. Love and hugs Meav. xxooxx
fleursmum Posted Feb 4, 2012, 10:05 am	Hi Mum, Today we went to work with Sue - the holidays are over so it is back to the normal routine here is Shane and I with the lucky cat the Japanese teacher made, it is made from colour printed then folded paper - very clever! we played hide in the shelves time to go home!!  Love and hugs Meav xxooxx
fleursmum Posted Feb 6, 2012, 7:43 am	Hi Mum, Today we went with Sue to visit friends and had a look at an interesting exhibition of contemporary aboriginal paintings - some of these are really pretty colours!  on the freeway on the top of the Westgate Bridge coming sown the other side, can you see the P & O cruise ship int he background? now the city of Melbourne is in the background the name of the lady who did the paintings this sculpture is done by a lady who recycles timber in the garden we found some bush tucker We had a good look here Mum, but it is 33 degrees and it is hot!! So we are heading back to the house now  More soon Love and hugs Meav xxooxx
fleursmum Posted Feb 6, 2012, 10:19 am	Hi Mum, Look what we found in the garden today - there aren't many roses left at the present because the weather has been so hot, but this one smelt beautiful!  Love and hugs Meav xxooxx
fleursmum Posted Feb 7, 2012, 8:51 am	Hi Mum, Tonight we helped with cutting up the veges for dinner - enough yet?  Mmmmm...maybe a few more, then there will be some for us!! Love and hugs Meav xxooxx
fleursmum Posted Feb 7, 2012, 8:53 am	Hi Mum, Today we said goodbye to Toto, he is off to visit another host in Orange, NSW. We hope he has a good time there. Love and hugs Meav xxooxx
fleursmum Posted Feb 16, 2012, 6:37 am	Hi Mum, Today we had a trip into the city to have a look around - we got off the train at Southern Cross station and walked around the back to Docklands - this used to be the dock but has been renovated and now there are apartments, restaurants and shops and a huge sports stadium We had a ride on the City Circle tram - it is a free tourist tram that goes around the edge of the city centre We got off the tram at the State Parliament building - the old building over the road is one of the city's theaters This is St Paul's cathedral here we are on a bridge overlooking the Yarra River This is the spire on the Arts centre building this statue is near the Arts centre - it is called Family 2, so we decided to become part of the family!!  Family 1 statue was missing, so we filled in instead!!  we found this plant in the gardens near the river, here we are by the river Nice day today - 25 degrees C, sunny, slight breeze - very nice!! we found this nice flower in the gardens too Mum here we are back on the bridge - this time looking the other way - the stadium behind us is the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) where cricket and Australian Rules Football is played here I am in Federation Square this is Flinders Street train station this is the train we went home on, at Southern Cross Station On the train and heading home - I am ready for a rest now!!! Love and hugs Meav xxooxx
fleursmum Posted Feb 16, 2012, 6:44 am	Hi Mum, Today we went to the beach - it was very windy but not cold. Hey look Mum, matching seaweed!! More soon Love and hugs Meav xxooxx
fleursmum Posted Feb 16, 2012, 6:49 am	Back again Mum, Barwon Heads was very windy - this area along this coast is known as the Shipwreck coast - back in the 1800's lots of sailing ships were wrecked along here. Sue had to hold onto us here to stop us blowing away!! this bollard was by the river at Barwon Heads. More soon Love and hugs Meav xxooxx
fleursmum Posted Feb 16, 2012, 6:53 am	It was super windy here Mum, and it started to rain so we didn't stay long we took a photo of the light house and then headed home to St Leonards. me helping cook hamburgers for dinner!!  Love and hugs Meav xxooxx
fleursmum Posted Feb 16, 2012, 7:00 am	No rain this morning Mum, so we went for a walk along the beach Very nice sitting here just watching the water  this nice flower is growing back at the house We got to sit in the sun for a while on the back verandah! Nice day here Mum. Love and hugs Meav xxooxx
fleursmum Posted Feb 26, 2012, 4:57 am	Hey Mum, Today I am at the Ballarat Wildlife Park - we are going to see lots of Australian animals!! the koalas were snoozing in the trees this is the Tasmanian Devil Mum - a bit scarey  - they scream at each other!! Back when the first settlers went to Tasmania they could hear these animals in the bush and could see the light shining through their ears and they looked like devil horns and so that is how they got their name! They didn't stand still for a photo much though they are on the move all the time. Flummi and I met Tilly the koala - she was munching on gum leaves and quite happy to meet us - we were told she had a baby in her pouch - it is very small at the present.  then I met a grey kangaroo - it was busy eating the food mix we had for it! these are red kangaroos - they are fenced off from people because they are frightened of people - they thing people are predators! then Diddl-Maus and I met Patrick the wombat - he was wanting to sleep but didn't mind us dropping in to have a photo. He is nocturnal and prefers to be up at night time. over the back here Mum, there are two giant tortises - not Australian but interesting to have a look at anyway! Sue can't remember what this is Mum!! but it was dusty and just sitting. mmmmmm.... mmmmmm....x2!!! We had a good day out Mum, off for a sleep in the car on the way home now! Love and hugs Meav xxooxx
fleursmum Posted Feb 26, 2012, 5:02 am	Hi Mum, Today we came here with Sue for a family gathering but we didn't stay all that long because it was 37 degrees C and very hot outside. here I am looking over the Harcourt Valley - this is a good place for growing apples. a little sit in the shade!  Love and hugs Meav xxooxx
fleursmum Posted Feb 27, 2012, 7:10 am	Hi Mum, Today was really hot but in the afternoon the clouds started to gather then it went like night time We stayed inside when the thunder and lightening started! Love and hugs Meav xxooxx
fleursmum Posted Feb 27, 2012, 7:16 am	Hi Mum, Today it was raining so we stayed home when Sue went to work and watched TV. Later in the afternoon Sue brought home a box it was another TV - Diddl-Maus nearly fell over in surprise!! this is Big Foot - he has come from visiting Finland and has lots of lovely things with him. We might have a midnight snack tonight Mum!!  Today we also said goodbye to SchokoCookie - he is off to Norway- so Sue made him a blanket so he wont get cold. Love and hugs Meav xxooxx
fleursmum Posted Mar 1, 2012, 6:17 am	Hi Mum, Another TV arrived today - she is LittleLucy and she comes form Germany but has been travelling in Japan.  Love and hugs Meav xxooxx
fleursmum Posted Mar 5, 2012, 7:20 am	Hi Mum, Today we are on our way to St Leonards but we have stopped in Geelong to have a look at some of the bollards here - they tell the history of the local area and stretch all along the beach front, the life savers I had a little chat about swimming in the bay and saving people with this nice life saver But then the ships captain on Cunningham Pier caught us in his bird cage - luckily Diddl-Maus and I could squeeze out!!  this lovely lady was talking to this sailor who was just home from the sea!! We are off to St Leonards now. Love and hugs Meav xxooxx
fleursmum Posted Mar 5, 2012, 7:27 am	Hi Mum, we got to St Leonards and it was sooooo windy!! There were really big waves and that is not usual for here! We had a walk along the beach for a little while - I sat up on the Bluff to try to get out of the wind but I was nearly blown off!! Sue says the cliff is orange because of the iron in the soil, it was like a cliff to me but then I am small!! Time to head back to the house I think!! Love and hugs Meav xxooxx
fleursmum Posted Mar 5, 2012, 7:29 am	Hi Mum, Today we woke up to more windy weather and rain - we went out for a look but no one wanted to get out of the car!! Maybe we will have better weather tomorrow? Love and hugs Meav xxooxx
fleursmum Posted Mar 5, 2012, 7:33 am	Hi Mum, We were lucky to wake up this morning to sunshine and a not so windy day!!  we are heading off down the beach ! very nice here Mum! someone lost their balloons in the windy weather and they got caught up in the power lines here! Love and hugs Meav xxooxx
fleursmum Posted Mar 8, 2012, 6:33 am	Hi Mum, Today we took Diddl-Maus to the zoo - a mission!! here is the elephant family we found this really nice flower some gray kangaroos having a rest in the sun Hey Mum, we thought this would be a good post crossing mail box - you would get loads of postcards in here!!  an emu a family of Peccaries - they look like little piggies! a sit in the quiet of the Japanese Garden lots of lovely flowers here Mum Oohhh...a bit close Mum!! Off for a rest now Love and hugs Meav xxooxx
fleursmum Posted Mar 8, 2012, 6:36 am	Hi Mum, Today I said goodbye to everyone here and got ready to travel. Bye!! More when I get to Germany!  Love and hugs Meav xxooxx
Zandy Posted May 22, 2012, 9:15 pm	Hi mummy, today Zandy, her boyfriend, Mirembe and I went Geocaching. It was really funny. We go to Weinsberg, this is a town near to Öhringen. But before we went to the castle we found this funny garden. Do you see the little stone castle there? Somebody try to make a model of the Weibertreu (something like: broad loyal), we found it very nice. And than we went to the original Weibertreu.  First I’ll tell you the story about the castle: In 1140 the owners of the castle were the Guelf (Welfen) and they fight against the Hohenstaufen dynasty about the maystery in the empire. King Konrad III. besiged the castle and won the fight against his adversery Welf VI on the 21st December 1140. So the castle give up some time later and King Konrad III. allowed the women to go. And he said, that the women can take all with them if they can carry it on their shoulders. The men must stay there and the king would kill them. So the women did it like he said, they take all with them what they can carry on their shoulders: Their men! And so the castle get it's name. How you can see there is a lot of wine around the castle. You found here a lot of wine in the area where Zandy live. Of course we went inside the castle and the view was really fantastic. It was the first visit for Zandy and her boyfriend, too. Mirembe and I didn’t believe it, because they life here, but it was really so. They said, that you found out more about the area you life, when you show it to ToyVoyagers.  Mummy, look what a great view we had. It was very windy, so we had always to wait until we could take a picture. Otherwise we TVs will learn how to fly. But we think it was better we didn’t learn it this way. There was a little room inside the castle which we could visit. Inside we found this model of the castle. It tooks round an hour when we walked round the ruin, but it was great. We enjoy the view. Oh mummy, and we found this way They called it music room or something like that. They call it so, because in the windows there were harps and when it’s windy enough (sadly not enough today) you hear the melody of the harps. The next picture shows the view inside the castle. Mummy, can you see the church? And the way there?  At the corner on the right side we take the first picture. Very high, isn’t it? On our way back down, we found this wall outside. I like it, it looks really old and the plants there make it a little bit mystic. And now the last pictures from me with the castle and the church, now from the other side. Bye Bye, Meav
Zandy Posted May 22, 2012, 9:31 pm	Hello at home! Zandy has holidays and she decided to visit a friend in Osnabrück and I was allowed to go with her. On Monday our journey starts, we go by train there. Our first station was Heilbronn. Mirmebe and I keeped an eye on our luggage while we were waiting for the train. And than it came and we found a seat. Our journey began. Zandy was so excited, but we understand her. It’s great to visit other places. And she didn’t saw her friend for the last 8 years. Meav and I said goodbye to Heilbronn. Mummy, look I saw this old castle during our way to Mannheim. It was between Heilbronn and Mosbach. But we don’t know where it really was.
Zandy Posted May 22, 2012, 9:34 pm	Mummy, I decided to split the pictures, so you can really see how our way was. I hope you like the idea. Of course we hadn’t always the time to go outside and take there picture. And sometimes we had to run to get into our next train. Like here in Mannheim. When we came into the station we saw a TGV, a train from France, but when we came to our next train the TGV was already on it’s way back to France. Sadly, we would take a picture, but no chance.
Zandy Posted May 22, 2012, 9:41 pm	Of course we didn’t take a picture in all the stations, because we sleep or the train was to fast for us. But at the airport in Frankfurt we take one. Sadly we can’t see planes from our place. After the short stay in Frankfurt I had a look at the plan. How you can see, our next stations will be Cologne, Düsseldorf, Essen, Dortmund and there we have to chance the train. But first I had a look outside. It was really great. I saw a lot of houses and than there were no once next to the train. Oh mummy, and look these seats were more comfortable like the first ones. And another view outside.
Zandy Posted May 22, 2012, 9:44 pm	After a long, long time (ok we think that it was a long, long time ) we came to Cologne, but the weather was terrible. It was raining the whole time. But we had great feelings and so we didn’t get sad. We came into Cologne trough the Hohenzollern bridge. And the blue building is the Musicaldome. We asked Zandy to go outside to have a look to Cologne. But Zandy said no. When we look saddish she laugh and told us, that we will come on Wednesday back to Cologne and will stay there to Thursday. So we were really happy. We saw some trains coming into the station. And I saw a little peace of the Cologne Dome. Now we drove back to the Hohenzollern bridge and go our way to Osnabrück.
Zandy Posted May 22, 2012, 9:46 pm	We came to Düsseldorf and Zandy told me, that here is the largest bar in the world. She said that a TV from herself was here in Düsseldorf and she saw some nice things
Zandy Posted May 22, 2012, 9:49 pm	We came to Duisburg and I know, that at the moment a TV from Zandy is visiting this town. She said, that it will be interesting to visit her TV and the host, but of course we hadn’t the time. And after some more minutes we came to Osnabrück. But this day we didn’t take pictures, because Zandy and her friend talked a lot (ok after 8 years…) and I think it’s better to let her doing this today.  Good night mummy! Yours, Meav
Zandy Posted Jun 4, 2012, 9:37 pm	Hi mummy, today it was raining the whole moring. But than we saw, that rain stops and we decided to go into the town. (And we had luck. The rain came only back for 5 minuts during our town visit. :-D ) First we visited the Dome in Osnabrück. It’s a small one, smaller than the one in cologne, but I think it’s beautiful, too. Inside we take some more pictures. Beautyful things there. Or what do you think? I really like the colorful windows inside. And during our walk through the city we see some really nice houses. I like them very much. Mummy, can you see the figures over/behind my left ear? This are Adam and Eve. This was our little walk through the town Osnabrück. How I said at the beginning it was raining the whole day, so we had to go home really early. But I think this houses and the dome are great views. Bye bye, Meav
Zandy Posted Jun 4, 2012, 9:40 pm	And Wednesday comes, time to sit in the train and go to Cologe. During our tour at the train we didn’t take pictures, because we wake up early in the morning and we take the chance to sleep at the train.  But of course when we came out of the train and the train station we banish our first view on a picture.  Zandy met another friend, so it took long before we could take pictures. But this was ok (if you see ) First we went to the Hard Rock Café in Cologne. But the girls talked a lot, because they didn’t see each other for a long time so we only take one picture. And another view of the Dome. Than we take a little walk through Cologne and now I can present you some more impression.  In the backround you can see “Et Pääd” (don’t ask me how you pronounce it right. We didn’t know it. )  It’s a equestrian memorial from Friedrich Wilhelm lll. Than we went to the Rhine and take a walk there. Zandy wanted to buy chocolate at the chocolate museum in Cologne, so we also visited this building. (But we only saw the shop) After buying chocolate we went up the building, there you have a great view over the Rhine and you also saw the Dome and another tower, but I will tell you later something about it. Here we look inside the chocolate museum. There you can see the chocolate fountain (the golden thing inside the building) Than we wanted to drink something, so we sit down at a Café near the tower about I will tell you something. Zandy told me, that in this tower are ghosts. You can hear them sometimes. (But only when the wind came from one special direction. *hehe*) She heard it at her last visit when she took part on a Night watcher walk. However I think this tower is great. That were our first hours here in Cologne. Tomorrow we will go home by train. But before Zandy will show us some more thing, because we have some hours before the train will go. Good night mummy! Meav
Zandy Posted Jun 4, 2012, 9:47 pm	Our last day of this journey. How I already said, we had some time before the train leaves, so we took some more pictures. Here we were inside the Dome. Look how beautiful the windows are. So colorful, we all liked them were much. This picture shows you the communion table. We also took a walk down into a little room where you also can pray. Mummy, look at this nice candle holder. Inside we also saw some organs, here is a picture from one. I know it isn’t the best one, but it’s difficult to take pictures without flash. Here is communion table for Maria. It was really beautiful. Sadly you can’t see the face of the statue. But we wouldn’t go near. There were a lot of people praying and we think it’s better to stay in the back. Another table in gold. I don’t know if this is real gold, but it looks like this. And one more of this beautiful windows. And the last picture inside the Dome. You see what it shows? Mummy, look this doors are from the Dome. They are really massive and the ornaments are nice. Than Zandy showed us the “Heinzelmännchen fountain”. There’s a nice story about it. The Heinzelmännchen were little  men who came at night and made the work for the Cologne people. But the women – you see the women on the first picture? – wanted to know who these persons are. (The people never see them, because they have heads and they make them invisible) So the crafters wife put lentils (or something like that) at the stairs so the men fell down, lost their hads and the wife could see them. After this the men never come back and the Cologne people must do their work themselves. Here are some closer pictures from the pictures at the fountain. And surprise, surprise… another view at the Dome. Mummy, can you see the bishop figure there? We didn’t know why this figure is there, but it looks like the bishop try to banish something or so. The last picture in Cologne is this with the fountain in front of the Dome. Than it was time to went to the train. An the last picture from our trip … WOW! Mummy, look how fast the train was. Good bye mummy. I hope you enjoyed reading about my trip to Osnabrück and Cologne. Love, Meav
Zandy Posted Jun 8, 2012, 11:01 pm	Hi mummy, this week was boring. Zandy was ill and so we couldn’t do something. She lay in bed the whole day. But on Wednesday she said it’s time to do something and so we wrote postcards. Zandy is in postcrossing and we were able to help her writing postcards. First she brought a black box. I was really excitied what there is inside. So I opened it and look postcards. First we had to get an address where our postcard will go (this one will go to Japan), after this we read the profile of the person (of course we didn’t take a picture of the profile, because there was shown the address and a picture). After we read we had to pick out a good postcard. But if you see it wasn’t easy do decided with one is the best. But the person I should write likes flowers so I pic a flowerpostcard. I like it. The cat is really nice, or what do you think mummy?! Than I had to write some words on the card and the address. And at least I had to pic up a stamp. Decisions, decisions, decisions… really hard. But of course I get two stampf. We wrote nine postcards together. Look with we picked up. Aren’t this nice cards? I like them. And than we had a little walk to the postbox, where we throw the cards inside. Great journey postcards! Bye mummy! Yours, Meav
Zandy Posted Jun 8, 2012, 11:32 pm	Hey mummy, today we visited a medieval market at the castle in Untergruppenbach (near Heilbronn). And we decided, that we would do it right and so we dress up. Look, I’m a Scotish princess. Love my dress. The others dress up as a knight and a amazon. Aren’t we nice? First we had a look at the people who camp there. It was very interesting, but hard to understand for me when they talked. But Zandy had no problems with it and so she talked and we look at the interesting things. Here is an armour of a knight or better some pices of it and some swords. And here is a camp of the Scottish people, one of them played a bagpipe and it was really nice. It was hot outside so we get thirsty. I drink a mead. It was really delicious. “Slainte, mummy!” (Somebody told us that the Scottish people say it when they drink.) Mummy look what a great view we had from the little bridge over the moat. One the one side there were jugglers and on the other side we saw a stage. And than we get hungry, because we hadn’t have a big breakfast, so we decided to eat something and we found a really delicious bread with garlic and we could give some other things on it. YUMMY! I can told you! The next picture was taken in the inner courtyard of the castle. And than we walked a little bit and went up, from wehre we had a really great view over Untergruppenbach and the other citys around. After we had enough of this we walked down into the vaulted cellar. There were a lot of people with clothes. The most interesting thing was the big weaving loom. The men there was really nice, he showed us how you must do it and talked a little bit with us. And he allowed us to take this picture: On the other side we came into the moat, how you can see now we stand in front of the stage. And  just at this moment there were some music on it. The man you can see are called “Spielleute Cantoris” and Zandy like them. They play funny songs – of course like in the medieval time. Now we could look up at the wall of the castle and see it from above. Nice, or?! Our next station was a booth from a crocker. Look what for nice things she had. Oh and can you see the little wooden castles? We all were really fascinated of them. And than we walked back to the beginning of our tour, because there was a little arena and when we came there showed some things of higlandgames. (klick at the picture!) Another view over Untergruppenbach, here we are on the other side. We found a place with shadow to relax and had a view over the arena and the tents. After relaxing we decided to walk our way. And look what we found a real armour. It was in front of a smith. Great or? But I thing I won’t wear it, because it looks really heavy. And here we are in front of another tent. We thought it was for  the high society. And another armour. But now it’s with leather. We didn’t really know, but we think it’s from Vikings. Mommy can you see what we saw? Scary! We fastly take a picture and ran away, so that they didn’t catch us. And this area I loved mostly. A area with bows and arrows. And than we saw the highlight of the whole day: the tournament. So cool! All the knights were really good. I don’t know which one I liked most. First they come to the arena and herald introduce the knights. The knights had to do some exercises (Exercitien in German). First they had to pick up the rings with their lance. And for every ring they pick up they get a point (Oculus). (klick at the picture!) Than it was time for headhunting. *hehe* There were a dark head standing on a red block. And the knights had to behead the dark head. They must knock out the red block and therefore they get points (Oculi). The third discipline was the boar hunt. Therefore they prepare a wooden boar with a strawbag and all the knights hat to ride in a line and they must throw their lances into the boar. Now you can see all the knights in the arena. They had little crowns on their helmet and the others had to knock off the crown. But they must do it from the front side. I German it’s called Bargordia, but we don’t know how to call it in English. (klick at the picture!) We really like the music. It’s perfect for this day and we can’t stand still, we would shake a little bit, but we know that maybe the people around us didn’t like it and of course we would see the Exercitien. The next one was this. They had to throw the torso down with their lance. And if the herald had a lance, too. He metering the distance from the thing the torso was on it to the torso itself. And one full lance of the herald gives two Oculi (points) (klick at the picture!) One of the horses was young and was a little bit scary, so an older horse rides with him. And this was a game in with the knights had to knock the shield with their lance an for every round the shield does they get a point. I like this very much, because they were very fast. (klick at the picture!) (klick at the picture!) The next knight was really funny. He ride to the shield and blow on it. He thought that he get more rotations. So funny! And the last Exercitium was the joust (Tjost). The knights hat to ride with their lances and must throw out their opponent out of the saddle or to broke their lance on the shield. (klick at the picture!) And than it was the end of the tournament Sadly, we ha d a lot of fun there. The knights say goodbye to the people. (klick at the picture!) Than we walked back to the castle, because we wanted to eat something before we go home. And there was a band playing some songs. We found a great place from which we see all. Mummy do you know the next song? It was funny. And we can’t hold on, we dance and sing together! Wohoooo! (klick at the picture!) (klick at the picture!) And of course we had a great view from our place. Here you see a wide view and a view at the wall of the castle (Stettenfels). And our last view in the moat. With nice clothes in the background. Mummy, I hope you enjoy this post how I enjoyed the day. It was soooo nice! Love yours, Meav
Zandy Posted Jun 9, 2012, 7:49 am	Hello mummy! Today was Mirembes birthday and we had to celebrate it (of course!)  Therefore I met three other plushis, they will get TVs soon, too. It was funny, because we didn't know us before, but the feeling was really good from the first moment on. It was if we know us for years. Mirembe had to blow out the candle. And of course she did. After that we all clap in our hands, sing a lot of birthdaysongs, had some drinks and talked a lot. At leat we take a group picture with al the Mirembe-Birhday-Celebration-TVs  Yours, Meav
Zandy Posted Jun 9, 2012, 7:55 am	Time to say goodbye Hey mummy, today Mirembe and Jala leave us. Mirembe will go home and Jala goes with her. I give the leavers some hugs and wish them all the very best for their next journeys. It's great that the both can travel together, so they can talke to each other.  And than it was time, to crawl into the envelope. Goodbye my friends. Meav
Zandy Posted Jun 9, 2012, 11:24 pm	Hello mummy! You won't belive what for a surprise I had today. Zandy told me, that I will go on holiday with her and some other TVs. We will to to Tenerife.  First I checked the sunglasses, if there are ok.  Than we all - that are: Hessen-Leo, Bussi, Ayana and I - checked the card of Tenerife which we will take with us. We study it and also the book about Tenerife. The place we will stay is called Playa de las Americas. Than we packed the luggage. Look here we are ready. And at least we all jumped into Zandys backpack. But she smiled and sayd that this is to early, this night we will sleep at home and in the morning we will fly. But we all decided that it is better to sleep in the backpack, so that she can't forget us.  Good night! We will see us in 14 days. Meav
Zandy Posted Jul 12, 2012, 9:56 pm	Hello mummy, like you allready knew: We lost the SD-Card with all our TVpictures  But Zandy allowed me to take her "private" pictures to show you what I see. Of course without myself at the picture, but I will show you all the fantastic things. And at the end, you will see some pictures and videos with me, because there we had another card (this one with we had to put into the cam, because the other one was full. In out last hour in Tenerife.  ) But ok, it happens and we can't change it. But we can keep the nice things we saw in our mind.  We flight from Frankfurt. Here you can see our airplane whith reflect in an bulding. And here we are over Frankfurt. What a nice view! An here, look how great it is over the clouds. We sang the song "Über den Wolken" together (Ok the others sang and I tryed to sang with them  ). It was funny! So this are the first pictures. More will come soon after prepairing them for uploading.  Yours, Meav

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