Travelog for: Erol the Pirat

Hi dad,

today Ceylon and I traveled to Hamburg to our next hosts. We took a first look and jumped  out of the bag.






Oh, I am back at Scillys home. I introduced Ceylon to my friends LewisHH and Clairchen.


I am looking forward having a good time with my friends.

All the very best
Erol the Pirat

Hi dad,

to Scillys regret we had a very busy time. But today we have time for a short trip to the Hamburg airport.
That's me in the check-in area looking for an interesting flight for me.




I have some flight experiences and suggested to go to the ceck in machine.


Hmm... I put my name in but they didn't find a flight for me  What a pity!




So we went to the terrace to see some planes.







After seeing the airport and the planes I really would like to fly again.

All the very best
Erol the Pirate

Hi dad,

today we had sunshine and so Scilly decided to have a walk through the city center after work.
See me in front of the lake Binnenalster with some restaurant boats and some of the famous Alster swans.


This is another view of the Binnenalster.


We decided to make window shopping. Richy is searching for a new clock. Perhaps we will find a nice one.


This is small an old shopping passage. Very nice!




See me in front of the Alsterarkaden. It is a small shopping alley near the Jungfernstieg.


On these photographs you can see the Hamburg town hall.




We visited the courtyard. I like the town hall, it is a very impressive building.


There is a well in the courtyard.


All the very best
Erol the Pirate

Hi dad,

today the weather was perfect for a spring walk through the green side of Hamburg.
See me with some wild tulips and daffodils.










We went to the Ohlsdorf cemetery. It is the world biggest cemetery and is also used as a park.


There even are two bus routes on the cemetery. See me in front of a bus station.


Erol and I had a short break on a tree. We had a very nice view.




Here are some impressions from the cemetery.










Finally we had a cup of coffee and a tasty piece of cake. Hm yummi...




Tomorrow I will travel to Finland. Scilly said, that in June there will be a surprise guest. Hm, I am very curious. But I have to wait.
I am looking forward having a good time in Finland.
All the very best
Erol the Pirate

Hello dad!

I aaaaaaam iiiiin Fiiiiiinnnnllaaaaaaaannnndd! 
Today I arrived to mmm105's home. I'm so happy to be finally here.

I peeked out of my envelope, and I saw a human, and many other creatures there. Human introduced herself as my new hostmom. Other creatures introduced themselves as other ToyVoyagers!





They gave me a group hug as a welcome. So nice!



I showed them a postcard and candies, that I got from home.
We all ate candies, they were so yummy!



Hostmom's cat came to say welcome to me, too!



...and we became friends!





Dad, can you see the small red spot in the map? It's just in Central Finland. There's Jyväskylä, this town, where I am now.



I'm exited, what things I will experience here...

Love,
Erol the Pirat
xxx

Hey!

Look! I'm riding a bike! How cool! 

Greetings,
Erol the Pirat
xxx

Hello!

I was walking outside today, because I wanted to see, what kind of place this is. Hostmom showed me some great places in the city center of Jyväskylä.

But the most important thing first... this heart is for you! 



And here are some photos of this town.



Ronja-bear, B.o.B.-beaver and Telie-frog were there,too.







This place is tori (a plaza).



This is one building in city center.



This is the street for only pedestrians. There's many shops there.



Hi hii...  I'm eating in the restaurant... NO, I was only kidding!!!
This is a wall art.



This building is quite nice, isn't it?





This is the statue of Minna Canth.



This is one church of Jyväskylä. And this park is called as Kirkkopuisto (a church park).







This building is the city hall of Jyväskylä.



This is Harju. And the big stairs of Harju.



And here are some photos from Harju. Harju is almost like a little forest and a hill just in the middle of the city center! 









I had a wonderful day today.
Now I'm going to sleep, because I'm quite tired about all these new things what I have seen here.

Love,
Erol the Pirat

Hello!

I had a fantastic and so funny day today!!!

I visited in the amusement park named Suomen Tivoli!!! 

I was there with all other ToyVoyagers. And guess what? We met a new puppy toy (look the second photo).  He wasn't a ToyVoyager, he was with one employer of the amusement park. He came to sit next to us to the bench, and he was in the same photo with us! 

There were so many crazy things in that amusement park. And I was so brave, because I went to The Giant Wheel. It was so exiting, but I really liked the views. Hostmom took good care of me, I was in her lap or in her hands all the time.

Hostmom told me this Suomen Tivoli is the travelling amusement park. It stays some times in one city, and then it travels to the other city, and it travels in different parts of Finland.

I had a really great time today! 

Love,
Erol the Pirat
xxx

Hey dad!

Because hostmom feels like she propably going to have a flu, we all stayed inside today, and just relax.

I found today's newspaper Keskisuomalainen, and I read it. But... all is written in Finnish! So weird language!!!
So, I concentrated to watch the pictures, and offcourse the weather forecast.

Love,
Erol the Pirat
xxx

Hello dad!

I had a fun day today, as you can see from the pictures.

Love,
Erol the Pirat
xxx

Hello!

Today we said goodbye to Tokki and Porridge, because they started their travelling to the next place, to the next host.



We gave a goodbye group hug to Tokki...



...and to Porridge, too.



I'm going to miss them both!

Love,
Erol the Pirat
xxx

Hi!

It's raining a lot here today, so we stay inside... and do some silly things!

We all were thinking what to do...



Then we decided to play with the scanner of hostmom, hihii 

Guess what, I scanned myself!!! So funny!     



Hi hiii... I just can't stop laughing! I look so funny!     





We all laughed so much!!! 



It was fun! Oh, silly me! 

   

Love,
Erol the Pirat
xxx

Hello!

I did today something really exiting thing!

I sent a message in the bottle!!! 

It was so fun! 



Offcourse others came to write, too.



This is the message we wrote together.





It's time to put the message into the bottle.





...And put the bottle closed.



Yes, now it's ready to "send" 



We went outside to the lake. There we released the bottle. 









And there it goes... cool!
Bye bye little bottle, travel safe!





Hostmom put a little note in the bottle, too. She wrote one of her e-mail address there, so it's possible if someone will find the bottle, he can write a message to hostmom's e-mail.

Now we can only wait... 

Love,
Erol the Pirat
xxx

Hi dad!

I had a wonderful day! I went to visit exiting place, where I climbed so high, and where could see so awesome landscape views. Can you guess already, where I was? 

Yes, I visited in the ski jump place here in Jyväskylä!!! 

Watch very carefully these photos... Can you believe there's still little bit of snow there? 









Hihii!!! This is like a BIG slide! Dad, this is soooooo fun!!! 



I wanted to climb up... I wanted to see  this place even more better. And I wanted to see the view up there...

So, I climbed up. It was hard work, but I managed it.
Sooooo long stairs!!!





But as I was thinking, the view... Wow! So beautiful! 











On the way back, I saw some great things.

I saw this mysterious tunnel. What might be in the other side of the tunnel? Hmmmm...



...There's even more forest, offcourse! 



I saw also the small stream. Look, how pretty it is!



And I saw the beautiful butterfly, too.
It was just pity, that the butterfly flew away before I managed to be in the same picture...




Love,
Erol the Pirat
xxx

Hey dad!

Today I was cycling with my hostmom and all other ToyVoyagers.
And because Finland is "the country with thousands of lakes" we were cycling around the lake named Jyväsjärvi. There I saw beautiful nature of this town. And guess what... the lake is just next to city center!

Hostmom also told me that there's about 188 000 lakes in Finland. Wow! So many!  Cool! 

Look how nice little basket hostmom put in her bicycle. We all toys travelled in it.



And here we go! Oh, dad, I can already see the lake! Can you?



From there we just came...



And there you can see the lake, a street for cars and a railway, too.



Now we are even more close to the lake Jyväsjärvi.



The city center is so close the lake.



Now we are in the lake Jyväsjärvi. And we are going to cycle all around the hole lake!





The views from the harbour.







Look! The flags of many different countries! 





There is Kuokkala, the one part of the Jyväskylä city.



And this is the bridge of Kuokkala.







Going forward.



The bridge of Kuokkala even one more time.
Hostmom took so many photos... 



And again the bridge of Kuokkala...
C'moon hostmom, please stop taking pictures, and continue cycling. 



Thanks. Now it's the right direction: forward.
(By the way dad, we are in Lutakko, it's the one part of Jyväskylä (as Kuokkala)).



Oh my... even one more photo of the bridge of Kuokkala! 



YES, keep going hostmom...











Ok, I have to admit, that this view is quite nice (there's the bridge of Kuokkala again in the picture, hih).



It's so nice that there's this small street for pedestrians and bikes so close this lake.
Hostmom told me, that this is the popular for people to exercise by walking, running, cycling, rolleyskating etc. around this lake.





There's Lutakko.



And there's Kuokkala.



And there are both: Kuokkala and Lutakko.



Look dad! Can you see that small castle just in front?



The castle is part of the park named Peukkula. It's a place where children can play all the day, and meet some fairy tale creatures!!! 





And look at this! Wow! The pirat ship!!! 



Now we are in the bridge named Äijälänsilta. Look, there's two men canoeing there! Can you see them?





This is Äijälänsilta.



And now our little journey continues.



There's city center... So so far!!!



Isn't this view nice? There's many birches, very typical tree in Finland.



Hih hih... Guess what is this bridge's name... YES, it's the bridge of Kuokkala, only from the other side of the lake now. 





There's the harbour and the city center and Lutakko.





Look, there's two wild ducks swimming (yes, those two small black spots in the lake)





And the journey continues. Look how green there is.



On the left side, there's trees.



And on the right side, there's the lake.





This bridge called as Mattilanniemen silta (a bridge of Mattilanniemi).



And we keep going...







...and keep going...



A cute small bridge.



Now we have cycled around the hole lake!





When we were back inside, we looked from the map, where we were cycled exactly. Look the red line around the lake, that is the way we were cycled today. Hostmom told me, we cycled about 15 kilometres. Wow! 



It was nice!

Love,
Erol the Pirat
xxx