Travelog for: Landroval

Hello Dad,
   
Today we took a long walk through this forest.



Wow, can you see what we found?





Let’s start the „Blütenpfad“ (Path of Blossoms)…



There were many blossoms I never saw before.





A small break…



The emblem of Canada!



It was so colorful here. Dad, do we have so many flowers at home, too? I cannot remember it….



The view was wonderful, but nothing compared to the Rocky Mountains, was it?



These were the highest trees of the World, but they were small at the moment.



What a wonderful trip!



Until soon

Landroval

Hello Dad,

This looked exciting. We must have a closer look!



Oh, what a friendly greeting



We build towers out of many stones.





Let’s see what’s coming next.



We learned, how far animal can jump.



Surely I was better. I am an Eagle …  - I can fly….



We continued…



We wanted to stay here, because it was so beautiful, but we kept moving.



Normally you can see animals from this tower, but unfortunately it became overgrown. And there were no animals.



We went back to our car over this shaky bridge. What a great day!



Many greetings

Landroval

Hello Dad,

It was my birthday today! Murph lighted candles for me and sang a wonderful birthday song for me.



Then I blew the candles out.



Let’s start the party!





Everything was very yummy!





We will only drink one more glass…



Upps, what happened to the bottle?



It’s time to go to sleep!



Good night!

Landroval

Hello Dad,

Today we visited a great museum.



We saw many old machines.



And a beautiful water wheel.



Even a train station was there.



We took this train into the mountain – how amazing!





Let‘s go here…



We met these two funny guys in the mine.



They told us about a treasure. You can find it with this boat.



Holgi had to help us – we were too small and the boat was very shaky…



Imagine this: we found a treasure chest…



... wow, so many gems! We are rich!



What an adventure!!!

Landroval

Hello Dad,

We took a long walk on the Laves-Trail.



There is a big castle in Derneburg.



In the forest was a small teahouse.



So many stairs…



Unbelievable – there exists a pyramid in the forest inside of Germany. It is the grave of the former owner of the castle.



I liked this house.



There were small houses of fishermen next to many small ponds.



It didn’t look like one – but this was one of the fish ponds.



This region is really beautiful.

Greetings

Landroval

Hello Dad,

What a long time without mushrooms.   It was so dry, but today we will try it again. Maybe we will see some!



Great – our first mushrooms! King boletes



What a beautiful guy…



The Lurid Bolete looked boring from this side…



…but look! If you cut it, it had the same color as Murph.



No friend of mushrooms likes these animals.



But fortunately snails don’t like all mushrooms.





The Devil’s Bolete is rare. It is poisonous and each year people were empoisoned by it. How can you eat this mushroom? It smells like carrion!



We saw a lot of mushrooms

Ruby Boletes…



… and Rosy Brittlegills



We don’t know the English name of this mushroom. But the color looks like my craws.



Then we found our dinner.





It was yummy – finally mushrooms again!

Yours

Landroval

Hello Dad,

We are on holiday and the weather is really hot. Nevertheless we went on excursion. We visited the Botanical garden of Tübingen. A wonderful garden!



A small vineyard – but not enough for a good harvest.



Oups, we didn’t sit comfortable.



We saw lemons.



And beautiful flowers.



It was so hot outside, that it was no problem to go into the greenhouses.



It looked like a jungle.





Outside there was a bridge through a bamboo-forest. What will be on the other side?



Wow, they were beautiful!



A wonderful garden!



We didn’t had to pay an entry fee, so we decided to give a donation. A place like this should be conserved!



On our way back to the car we saw a lot of these funny umbrellas. Should it be art?



It was a great day.

Yours

Landroval

Hello Dad,

Another hot day! We will visit this beautiful castle today.



Let’s have a look at it.



It had high and wide walls.



This is the emblem of the owners.



Another gate…



How many gates will we find? Because of the heat we took a rest.



Ah, we did it. It is really beautiful!



This is the builder of the Castle.



Cool, a big cannon.



It is a wonderful castle!



We need something cold to drink. This garden looked beautiful.



I like a holiday like this one!



Until soon

Landroval

Hello Dad,

Today we went to Tübingen. The old city is very nice – this is the town hall.



All lanterns were decorated with flowers. This looked great!



It was too hot for us in the town– we had 32 degrees Celsius. So we went to the Neckar. The famous „Platanenallee“ was shady!



This poet is a famous man in Tübingen.



The Castle of Tübingen



From the alley we had a beautiful view over the old city.



These wooden boats are called „Stocherkähne“. You can use it in very flat waters.



The small yellow tower is the „Hölderlinturm“. The poet Hölderlin lived here.



We didn’t know why the bags were here – the water was really low.



Tübingen is a really beautiful town!



Many Greetings

Landroval

Hello Dad,

How exciting! We will go into a flowstone cave! Hopefully it won’t be to dark, because we want to take photos!



These stones were very impressive.



I especially loved this hall. It looks so mystic.



Another wonderful stone!



This was the biggest flowstone of the cave. It’s height was 5 meters. Unfortunately it was sawed, because someone wanted to decorate his castle with it.



We didn’t have many photos, but the Cave was amazing.  And it was a great refreshment to have 9 degrees in contrast to more than 30 degrees outside.

Love

Landroval

Hello Dad,

Today we wanted to see a fall. It should be near to Bad Urach.



We walked along this beautiful river.



Will this be the fall? I think, it was too small.



There was the fall! We wanted to go near to it.



On our way to it we saw these great roots of a tree.





We found the fall!



It was so beautiful!



Yours

Landroval

Hello Dad,

Today we visited a famous zoo – the „Wilhelma“ in Stuttgart. Surely it was hot again – and many animals hid in the shadow.



The fishes were not fussed about the heat.



The zoo is famous for its plants, too.



This greenhouse was full of fuchsias – and all bloomed.



The garden was beautiful, too.



There was a big pond with water lilies.



This bear loved to be in the water. He was a big brother of Ole.



These guys didn’t have problems with the heat, too.



And then this! They remember me of Stoker! What a pity that he is not with us at the moment. They looked marvellous!



What a wonderful day!

Landroval

Hello Dad,

…another hot day – and for a change – another castle…



It looked beautiful!



This castle had only one gate.



The houses in the courtyard looked great!





This was the tower of the Castle.



There were some small buildings in the wall.





This Castle could be out of a fairy tale.



I would love to live here – it suited me – didn’t it?



Until soon

Landroval

Hello Dad,

Today we visited a nice small town. The market place was very beautiful.



There were half-framed houses everywhere.





This church is famous. It is called the „Glucke vom Gäu“ and it slides every year 1 mm in direction to the market place.



A beautiful church…



… with a beautiful sundial.



In the church was a museum for church bells. This was the biggest bell with a weight of more than 6 tons.



On the way back we met this funny bird.



A really nice small town!

Greetings

Landroval

Hello Dad,

Unbelievable.  It rained – and it was not hot! A miracle! But surely we took our trip to the abbey. It was beautiful, even in the rain!





The small graveyard of the abbey.



The steeple of the abbey – really beautiful, too…



The courtyard of the abbey:



A wonderful well



…and the “Green Tower” – it is called green tower, because its roof is green. But you cannot see it on the photo that good.



Unfortunately we weren’t allowed to visit this beautiful garden.



Yours

Landroval