Travelog for: Viper

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Hello Mum!

I am very happy because today I arrived at Bochum.
Unfortunately the postman was a little late, so I had to wait into the postbox while host mum and the others went to Sea life.

But when they were back, Shilo took my envelope into her living room. I could hear voices from outside and was very curious who will be there.
When I got outside, I could see Snowball and Freddi waiting for me.





They gave me a warm welcome and hugged me.





After that I gave host mum the gummy bears I brought with me. She was very happy about it and wants to thank you for it.



Then we took a group picture together.



I was very hungry after my trip, so we ate some really yummi “Berliner”



Snowball and I shared one, because it was too big for me



After that I was so tired that I went to bed.

See you soon
Your Viper

Good Morning Mum!

Today started very funny. This afternoon we want to visit some friends from my host parents, to play there some games. Because of that Snowball had the idea to bake a cake for that.
Hmm I think this bowl should be big enough.



What do you think how much we three weigh together?



First we had to put the baking mixture into the bowl.  Freddi put it in and I looked if there wasn’t anything left into the bag.



Then we needed an egg.



I was helping Snowball putting the butter into the bowl



And now the milk. I think it’s enough.



Ohhh I stuck into the blender. Could somebody help me out?



The cake look’s really delicious.



While the cake was into the oven, we helped host dad preparing dinner.
We were making “Wok-Pfanne” and I opened the tin with the peaches.



Hmm it tasted really good when it was done.



In the evening we went to the friends from my host parents. When we arrived we were eating the cake before we started playing Puerto Rico.



Hmm what should I build next?



Hmm this stone seems to be really yummy. Ups I ate half of it. I hope nobody recognizes it.



Now I need something to drink



Later we were playing Thunderstone. I think I should take this card here.



Oh not the best hand



This was a wonderful day.

See you soon

Your Viper

Hello Mum!

Today we were really hard working. Host mum planned to make spring-cleaning and we wanted to help her.
First we started changing the bedclothes. We three had to work together to pull the blanket out of the duvet cover.



This is very tiring, because the blanket is really heavy, but we will make it.



Yes we made it



After that Freddi and I helped Snowball pulling the pillow out of the pillowcase



Then we changed the bed sheet





You know that I am a very strong snake, so I tried to pull on the new duvet cover on the blanket, on my own.



But it wasn’t so easy so the others helped me with it.



It took a while but now we the bed is ready and we are very proud that we made it.



Then the next challenge started. We planned to put these games to the other games into the game board. I think this should be difficult.





Here can you see it? I found a little space for two games.





Oh we can’t find any more space for the other games.



So we put them aside under this board



After that we went on cleaning the bedroom. I took the cleaning rag to clean the window ledge. It made a lot of fun.



It was easier to pull it with my tail.



And at the end we took the vacuum cleaner. First I started it and then I sat down on the nozzle. It made so much fun.





I am glad the bedroom is ready. Now we went on to the kitchen.
There I cleaned the spice shelf.



The spice smelled really nice.



Then we took of the winter decoration from the windows. Shilo wanted to do it two weeks ago, but then she hasn’t got the time for it, so we were going to help her.



These stars were sticking on us. But I think we look cute with them. What do you think?



Oh mum look. There is a heron on the roof. I haven’t seen one before, it was really cool.





Now the kitchen is ready. Shilo was very proud of us, that we helped her so much.

After so much work we all were so tired that we fell asleep.

Good night

Good morning Mum.

Today was a great day. Yesterday was host mums birthday, so host dad made a strawberry torte for her. She was so happy about it.

I think the cake looks really great.



Wow the torte was really yummy.



I ate the complete piece of cake.



After that we went to a garden Centre to buy some spring flowers.
I love this wonderful colorful flowers. Especially the cacti, I haven’t known that they could have so many colors.





Can you see me?



Wow these stones were really cool



In the evening we planned to go to the cinema to watch “One Life”, but before the film started, we went to “Pizza Hut” for dinner. It was really good.





Then we got our cinema tickets.





But we had to wait a little before we could get in.



Do you think the hat could suit me?



Snowball, Freddi and I shared one seat.



I am so curious how the film will be



Oh he film begins, now we have to be silent



Oh mum the movie was so great. They showed so many animals and places there. Do you think I can visit some of them on my tour? It would be so cool.

Good night
Your Viper

Hello Mum!

Today we went to Oberhausen. Here we visit the Gasometer, with the exhibition “Magic Places – Natural and Cultural Monuments”





In this exhibition the UNESCO has counted more than 900 World Heritage Sites which are masterpieces of human architecture and huge monuments of nature.
For the first time in an exhibition, “Magic Places” is showing the wonders of nature and culture together.
This sounds so great, that we wanted to see it with our own eyes.



This relief of a Babylonian Apkallu shows a person with the head of a bird. Such hybrid creatures can be found in the mythology of many cultures. They unite the powers of human beings and animals.



This Photo shows the “double-headed serpent” that represents the heavenly deity Xiuhcoatl, an Aztec god. It was made out of wood and covered in a mosaic of turquoise and seashells. Isn’t this snake beautiful?



This is a picture from the Khajuraho temple group in the north of India, which was created in the 10th and 11th centuries. Of the original 85 temples dedicated to the gods of Hinduism, 25 still exist. All the temples are richly adorned with sculptures telling of the lives of gods and human beings. The Khajuraho Group of Monuments has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1966.



Here we could see a picture from the minaret of the Great Mosque Quwwat UI-Islam in Delhi. It has a enormous height of 73 meters.
Qutub Minar with its mosques and tombs in Delhi has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993.



Oh what an impressive picture. It shows a magnificent tomb called Angkor Wat dedicated to the god Vishnu.  In the 14th century the empire of Khmers broke apart and Angkor Wat slipped into obscurity and the jungle spread over the temple. Angkor in Cambodia has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1992.



Wow, have you ever seen something like this before? This is a Lightning tube. A bolt of lightning had hit the ground and trough the extreme heat the sand were melted. Due to fast cooling down the molten quartz forms natural glass.



Here I want to show you some of the wonderful jewelry we saw.





This is a tree slice from a redwood tree. It was a present from the First Lady Barbara Bush given to the city Bonn. The slice is 750 years old; 2,5 meters high and 2,7 meters wide. Its weight is 7 tones.
20 little metal panels are mounted to the matching annual rings to remind of important events out of the history of Bonn.



At the end of the exhibition we saw the gigantic "Rainforest Tree". This 40 meters high sculpture is a symbol of the beauty, fertility and vulnerability of the eternal cycle of nature. It was really impressive.





Hugs and kisses
Your Viper

Good Morning!

Today we had so beautiful weather that we went to the landscape park in Duisburg with Paula Hip and Sam Hop, the two new TV’s from my host mum.

In the Landscape Park, extending over an area of about 180 hectares, nature, industrial heritage and a fascinating light installation were combined to create a park landscape unlike any other in the world.
At the Centre stands a disused ironworks whose old industrial facilities have today been put to a wide variety of uses. In an old gasometer Europe’s biggest man-made diving Centre has been created and an extinguished blast furnace has been modified to provide a viewing tower.





Around the buildings we saw a lot of wonderful spring flowers.





We climbed up a small hill to have a look over the park. It was really great here.







Wow this bucket is really huge.





I think these hedges look like snakes. Don’t you think so?





What a wonderful cherry tree



Then we climbed up the viewing tower. We were really proud of our host mum.  She has a fear of heights, but she went up there to have a look at the great view with us.



Isn’t it really impressive here?







What a special day. We were really exited what we will experience the next time.



Hugs and kisses
Your Viper

Hello Mum!

The last days were really busy. So I didn’t had the time to write you. I’m really sorry about it. But now I want to tell you a little bit about the last days.

On Monday we visited the dancing school, were host mum and dad went every week to dance.
Wow this room was so big.



From here the dancing teacher could control the music.





We considered dancing too, but then we changed our mind and watched host mum and dad while they were dancing.

The next days we were really busy, because we were helping host mum, sewing a small toy monster.  It made a lot of fun.
In this box was everything we needed. I hope we will make everything right.



First I was reading the instructions



Then we copied the artworks and cut them out. I think this looks good.



After that we were painting it on the sheets of felt and cut them out.





Help….. Help me.  I think I am lost between the left over from the felt.



Wow mum, doesn’t it look great till now?



After so much work, we needed a little break. After that we went on to sew up the head of our new friend.





Then we needed the stuffing to fill it. This wasn’t easy but we made it.





Great we did it.  It took us three days but then our new friend was finished. He is called Domino.



Out of these parts, we want to sew Domino a coat the next days.



This was a wonderful week and soon we have Easter. I am so curious how it will be.

Hugs and kisses
Your Viper

Good Morning Mum,

Today we were really hard working. We made some spring decorations.

It was very funny and we had to work all together.





Wow everything is turning round and round….



What do you think about hide and seek? I am hiding :-)



Do you think I could wear this flower hat?



Wow we were nearly finished.

Hello Mum!

Today was a great day.

When host dad came with the post into the living room, he had two surprises for us. The first one was an envelope. Inside the envelope was Happy Ping who came back home from his first host Dr. Kröbner, before he went to his new host Leslie in Chile.



We hugged him to welcome him home. He is a very nice penguin.



Then he showed us the presents he brought with him. And he gave me a chocolate bunny.





Then we took a group picture



After that host mum took out an envelope with a wonderful card from Freddis mum.





In the evening we decided to play a game called “World of Warcraft”.
Freddi and I were playing against Happy Ping, Snowball and Sam Hop.  We played a shaman.



What monster should we fight next? I think I take this one :-)





I think it’s a little bit scary between all this monsters





Now I want to make this quest. I hope we can win. Freddi was rolling the dices and I placed the hitmarkers on the board





Yeah we did it. Now we could lvl up our hero. I didn’t know what spell I should take.



This game is not easy, but it made a lot of fun. At the end we decided to call it quit, because it was so late.





Now it is time to go to bed.
I hope the Easter bunny will bring us some presents tomorrow.

Good night
Your Viper

Happy Easter Mum!

Today we went to the parents from our host dad. When we arrived there we saw, that the Easter bunny had left some presents for us.



I found a lot of eggs, hidden everywhere in the garden.







I hope no bird is coming 



It made so much fun, searching all the presents the Easter bunny had left us. We found so much of them.



I hope you have wonderful Easter holidays too mum.

Hugs and kisses
Your Viper

Hello Mum!

I am so happy, because today I will travel on to my next host. Happy Ping will also travel on to his next host Leslie.



We hugged everybody and said goodbye. I will miss my new friends and host mum and dad.









After that, the others had a surprise for us. Domino gave Ping and me a flower for our next hosts. Isn’t it beautiful?











Then we took one last group picture together.



After that it was time to leave. Ping and I packed everything together and went into our envelops.
Bye bye everybody, I hope we will meet again one day.



See you soon mum, I write again when I arrive at Canada.

Hello mommy!

I have finally arrived in Canada!

My new host is also hosting Mr. Furrington, so he was the one to open my envelope.




Here I am!






My new friend gave me a welcome hug.



So I gave him the flower I'd brought with me! He was really happy!



I also met one of my host mom's cats!



Then Mr. Furrington told me there was another envelope to open! We decided to work together to open it.



We peeked inside...



Can you see anything mom?



Oh, there she is! It was BineHH, who also just arrived here in Canada!



I hugged her.



We decided to share the candies I had brought with me.




Do you want some mommy?



I'm sure I will have lots of fun here with my new friends!




I hope you are doing well mom!

Love,
Viper

Hey mom!

This morning we decided we should do some activities outside today... but then we looked out the window and saw that the sky was covered in dark grey clouds!
We waited a bit to see if it would rain... and it started snowing! So we decided to go out anyway!
It was a little bit cold but not too much, so we went to the park.




We decided to go play!













It was a really fun day! I hope we can come play again soon!




Love,
Viper xxx

Hello mommy!

The weather hasn't been very nice lately, it's raining all the time. But today it was sunny and warm so we thought it would be nice to go outside! Host mom said we should go downtown Saint-Hyacinthe to visit. It's an older part of the city, so there are a lot of small boutiques and restaurants and old-looking buildings!

We invited one of my host mom's friends and took the bus!



And we got off the bus to go walk downtown.



First we decided to go to the library to look at the books.



There were a lot of books!




We even met a friend that lives in the library!



Then we decided to go to the market, so we continued walking down the streets.



And finally we saw the market! It's the red building at the back. In the summer there are farmers who come here to sell all sorts of fruits and vegetables, but for now the weather is still too cold. So we went inside to see the other sellers.



We stopped at the bakery... Everything looks so yummy!



Look at all the cool cupcakes!




We didn't want to eat anything though because it was almost dinner time, but we took a hot chocolate with Belgian chocolate!



We sat at a table to rest for a while.



We went back outside and saw a small fountain!




Then we decided to go somewhere for dinner. We didn't want to go somewhere too expensive so we went to a small fast-food restaurant and host mom ordered a French-Canadian dish, called "poutine". It's simply french fries and cheese with brown gravy.



After dinner we continued to walk around for a while.







Then we decided to stop at a bistro to have a smoothie for desert!




It was really yummy but now I'm full!



The view from the terrace was nice!



After that we went to a small park.




And we found this memorial for the people who lost their lives during the war... It says "In memory of our glorious who disappeared during the wars".



There was also the City Hall beside the park!




The sky was getting cloudy again and we were tired so we decided to start walking back to the bus stop to head back home.
And we took the bus again!


I had a lot of fun today! My host mom said next week-end we should be able to go to Montreal, a big city here in Quebec... I'm looking forward to it!

Love,
Viper