Travelog for: Orpheus

Hi Dad,

Today I made a sightseeing-trip through the hometown of Murph. Here you can see the emblem of the town.



Bad Salzdetfurth is an old mining city. And there are many machines out of this time all over the city.

On this sign you can learn a lot about the salt production.



This is an old mine head tower.



Wheels likes these ones were inside the towers.



There are many beautiful houses in the city.



There are two salines in the spa gardens. We saw a small one in Bad Karlshafen some days ago. These salines are much bigger and older. In the Past people used them for producing salt.



The salines are not working in the winter time. In one of the salines I found this. Beautiful – isn’t it?



This bumbling stone is really funny. You sit in it and then you bumble. It tingles in the belly!



Next to the bumbling stone is a colorful house for doves.



On the way back I saw this beautiful house.



Bad Salzdetfurth is a nice small town!

Love
Orpheus

Hello Dad,

Today we walked along the ‘Laves-Kulturpfad’ – a path of culture.



The path started at the Derneburger Castle. It is really big.





At a small river we saw this old weir. It belongs to an old mill.



We walked over the Laves-Bridge and crossed the Nette – a small river in Lower Saxony.



Murph wanted to show me many rare birds. But unfortunately the Pond was empty – there were no birds.



Look – this house is in the water.



There was a distillery in the next village.  The distillery produces the ‘Astenbecker Weizenkorn‘.





Maybe I can try it in the next days?

Then we made a rest next to a big fishpond.



These small fisherman houses were beautiful!



Then we found a strange thing. It was a pyramid in the middle of the forest. It is the grave of the first owner of the Castle.

There are still coffins inside the mausoleum. But it was too dark for a photo.



The last thing we found in the forest was an old Greek temple. It was used as a teahouse in the Past.



Then we went back home – to our cosy warm chair.



Love   
Orpheus

Hello Dad,

today Murph and I showed Spencer the lovely town Seesen.

Although we have been some time ago, we found many new windows.

The cellar of the town hall



They restore the St. Andreas-church at the moment.



We found new photos of Max und Moritz. I love these guys.



This old gate belongs to the ‚Koch’schen Hof’.



Look – they were so colorful!



This is the old middle-class house.



Have a look at the trousers of Moritz!



At the end of our trip we saw the town hall of Seesen.



Many greetings
Orpheus

Hi Dad,

Today it was Spencer’s last day with us.. The weather was horrible. It was cold and foggy. But we wanted to go outside. Can you see how cold it was?



I am sure that this pavilion will be beautiful in the summer time.



There were many wonderful scrubs.



You know that Bad Salzdetfurth is an old mining town. The miners used these baskets to get the salt out of the mine.



On this sign we read how they did it.



This is the Lamme – a small river that flows through Bad Salzdetfurth. Can you remember it? I saw the spring in Lamspringe.



Bad Salzdetfurth has a street of planets. All over the town there are all planets in the right dimension and distance to the sun. Here I sat under the sun.





Later we found the Earth.



At home it was time to say goodbye to Spencer.





He will travel to his next host on the GermanRR. Have fun!

Many greetings
Orpheus

Hi Dad,

Today a new guest from the German RR arrived in Bad Salzdetfurth.



Murph and I opened his envelope and SunnyHH jumped out of it.



He showed his gifts for Hobi.



I told SunnyHH that I have already visited RikeH, his Mum. We had so much to talk about. Murph decided to have a party!



He mixed cocktails for us. It was so interesting!





Ready – look – the cocktail looked like the German Flag.



We talked and drank….



…and talked and drank….



Oops, maybe we drank too much.  But the cocktail was yummy!

Many greetings
Orpheus

Hi Dad,

Today it was very cold and windy. But the sun was shining, so we made a trip to Alfeld.

Here you can see the town hall.



There was a big sculpture on the market place.





At the market place a little river started its way down the street.



The little river started at this fountain.



There is a funny bookcase in Alfeld. You can put your own book into it and take another one with you.



I loved this house – it was the old grammar school.



There were so many carvings!





This statue stood in front of the school, but I didn’t know, who it was.


This is the old bell from the church of Alfeld. Some years ago the church got a new bell.



The last thing we saw was the planet-house. Unfortunately you cannot see it that good, but the carvings show all planets.



Then we all wanted to go home – it was so cold outside.

Many greetings
Orpheus

Hello Dad,

Today we wanted to drive to Wohldenberg to make a nice walk there. On our way we stopped at this very old tree.



The tree is awesome, isn’t it?



Our next stop was Sottrom. We wanted to have a photo with this funny guy.



Here comes another photo – and yes, we were on the photo. Can you find three ToyVoyagers?



There were many funny characters on this gate.





At the Wohldenberg Murph showed me a rare mushroom.



And we walked along this beautiful rock.



It must be wonderful in summer here. On the top I had a wonderful view to the Harz Mountains.



There was a look-out – but it is closed during the winter time.



The last place for today was the Abbey Wohldenberg.



It was a wonderful trip, although it was very cold for us!

Love
Orpheus

Hi Dad,

Today we made an excursion to Hildesheim. We started our walk next to the old Bernwardsmauer.



Next to the wall there is a statue of an Indian Godhood.



Can you see what she had next to her feet?



Hildesheim has a lot of big churches. Here you can see the Godehardikirche.



The „Kehrwiederturm“  is the last existing tower of the town fortification.



We went into the town center through this gate.



We found this sign – it reminds of the old horse market in Hildesheim



This guy is funny – but a little spooky. It is the “Huckup”. The Huckup is a kobold, who jumps onto the back of a thief to remember him that he is not allowed to steal something.



The marketplace of Hildesheim is very famous. First of all I show you the town hall.



There was another beautiful house: the Wedekindhaus



On the right side you see the Knochenhaueramtshaus, on the left side is the the Bäckeramtshaus.



I had to show you the next house – it is called Zuckerhut!



I could live in this Zuckerhut.



The last thing I found was this fountain. It is in front of a church. I cannot remember the words of this man.



Hildesheim is a beautiful town. We wanted to make more photos, but the weather was too bad.

Many greetings
Orpheus

Hello Dad,

today we went to the  Wildgatter in Hildesheim.





At the entrance I found this beautiful wooden sculpture.



The first animals I saw were red deer and goats.



I absolutely wanted to have a photo with this funny guy.



There were many nice wooden characters.



But there were living animals, too.



Unfortunately theses mushrooms were not for the pan.



Before we went home, I visited the information centre of the Wildgatter and learnt a lot about the animals in Germany.



Love
Orpheus

Hi Dad,

Today Murph wanted to show us mushrooms.  Yes Dad, it is the Truth - Murph finds mushrooms in the wintertime.

First we went to his famous mushrooms in this time.  Weren’t they beautiful?  They are called scarlet elf cup and they are very rare in Germany.



Oops – we had a problem. Where should we go – the whole path was icy!



Fortunately Murph knew another way. So we went ot our next mushroom. It was very small! Can you see the small point in Front of my beak? It was the hairy black cup.



We were happy to find flowers – maybe the spring is coming now?



I am sure that most people know the next mushroom.  You certainly ate it in a Chinese Restaurant. It is called jelly ear or Mu-Err.



The last mushroom is rare in Germany again – it is the spring hazelcup.



I didn’t know that you can see so many mushrooms in the wintertime.

At home we had to say goodbye to SunnyHH. He travels to his next host on the German RR.





I wish you a lot of fun – SunnyHH!

Love
Orpheus

Hallo Dad,

A new guest from the German RR arrived today. Murph and I helped him out of his envelope. It was Bärndt, a small bear.





We showed Bärndt Bad Salzdetfurth.  First we went to our famous place – it was so much fun sitting in the Summstein.



I found wonderful flowers. Murph told me that it will be very colorful here soon! I am looking forward to it.



There are many old machines from the mining time.



Bärndt walked around and looked at all the interesting things. Murph and I decided to relax in the sun and talk.



The last place was the train station of Bad Salzdetfurth. I have no idea why it is called Kulturbahnhof.



Many greetings
Orpheus

Hi Dad,

Today we went into the forest and searched bear’s garlic.

On our way we saw the holy spring. The water here should help against illnesses.





People found 5000 years old sacrificial offerings next to the „ Appenteichquellen“. Today people sacrifice things on the small altar next to the springs.



Don’t worry, Dad! I wasn’t sacrificed.

Here you can see another photo of the spring.



Next to it, there were many old trees in the forest.



On our way to the ear’s garlic we found these beautiful flowers. They were spring snowflakes.



The bear’s garlic was too small for collecting. Maybe we can try it the next time we will be here?



Then we climbed up a mountain. This is the ruin of the Winzenburg.



In the Past donkeys carried water from the spring to the top of the mountain, because the people in the Castle needed it. The poor donkeys – the way was really steep.

Many greetings
Orpheus

Hi Dad,

Today Murph and I wanted to show the Laves-Path to Bärndt. On our way to Derneburg we saw an old wind wheel.  It belonged to a mill in the Past.



We had to stop at this gate and make photos. It was so beautiful.



Can you see me on the anchor?



This is the postbox of the Park.



There was a Treasure map. I would love to search a treasure.



This octupus was very funny!



We continued our way to the Lavespath in Derneburg. There was the Castle of Derneburg.  It was really gigantic.



I found another flower of the spring for you : the commun butterbur.



Can you remember this lake? The last time we were here, it was empty.  But today it was full of water – but there were no birds again.



What is the right way to the Mausoleum? I had a look at the map.



There it was. Today Murph and I were brave – and we went to the entrance. It was a little spooky! There was cold air coming out of the Mausoleum and we saw the coffins in it.



We saw another castle on our way back home, but unfortunately  we were not allowed to went closer to it.  The Castle Söder is in private hands.



It was a nice day.

Love
Orpheus

Hello Dad,

Today was my last day with my good friend Murph. IN the morning we went into the forest and searched mushrooms and flowers.

The spring is coming! There were many blooming flowers in the forest. These small flowers didn’t bloom last week – they are kidneyworts.



Daphne mezereum is a wonderful shrub, but very poisonous.



These mushrooms are eatable. We didn’t find the English names – but the Latin name is Gyromitra ancilis.



You know the next flower, I think. It helps with cough: it is a Coltsfoot.



These small mushrooms grow on the cones of the spruce. So their name is  sprucecone caps and they are eatable, too.



The last thing that Murph showed me was the early purple orchis. Unfortunately it didn’t bloom now.

And I have to travel on – what a pity! Dad, maybe you will allow me to visit Murph in April next year? I would love to see wild orchis.



At home we had a look at all our adventures,we experienced so many things together. We even went on holiday!





We searched mushrooms together.





And there were some adventures.



In the evening we had a farewell-party. I were allowed to decide what we drink. Guess what color I chose?



We talked for a long time.





But then it was time to say goodbye to Murph and I had to climb into my envelope.







Dad –am I allowed to visit Murph again? He was such a good friend for me –and I will miss him.
But this is the life as a TV.

Many greetings
Orpheus

Hi,

I am back in France !

After a few days stuck in a (very uncomfortable ) mailbox, today I felt some activity around my envelope.



As I came out I found my old friend Sigfrido helping me out of my travelling quarters .



For some reason he gave me a strange look , but then he gave me a big hug and welcomed me back in Rouen .



I showed him the lovely postcard and delicious sweets that my last host gave me..thank you so much HoBi !



Later I met the gang of residents here. I am not sure why the reintroduced themselves as if we had never met before . I pointed out that it was still me and first they looked a bit puzzled, then they all said: “nice tan!”. I am sure I have heard this comment before .



To reacquaint myself with the place I had a look out of the window: the decrepit tower is still there ...I guess I’ll find back my bearings around here very soon .