Travelog for: Ronja

i Hola !

In the evening I visited in a zoo named Biopark.
More information about Biopark you can find here: http://www.bioparcfuengirola.es/en

It located in the town named Fuengirola, one of the town in Costa del Sol.

There was amazing in the Biopark!!!  There were so many animals there, and the hole zoo was like a tropical paradise!

I met different monkeys, tigers, alligators, parrots, flamingos, hippos, frogs, snakes, birds... etc.

The most exiting thing was that we all were able to go inside the place where they kept monkeys from Madacascar (the first photo). And when we were there with those monkeys, one of them was interested about hostmom's backbag, and tried to take a look inside of it. Hih!  Maybe the monkey was hungry and searched food from hostmom's bag... Or maybe he was only too curious.      But it was funny thing anyway.

Love,
Ronja
xxx

Hello mommy!

Here you can see a view of town Fuengirola.

I visited many times in Fuengirola, because it was a place where we had to change a bus, if we wanted to visit another cities.

This photo has been taken very near of the bus station of Fuengirola.

Love,
Ronja
xxx

i Hola !

Today I visited town named Mijas. It's beautiful small town located more away from the ocean, and more near to the mountains.

Look mommy, how breath-takingly beautiful views there was! 



We all toys found a small nice park. So, we walked there.





I climbed on the tree to see surroundings even better. It was fun!



From the tree I saw a very old church. I wanted to see it better, so I went there, and others came, too.
We are sitting on the wall of the church. Can you see me, mom?



Well, now you can see me for sure! 



Then I walked on small streets of Mijas.
This is one of the street I walked on. Look the background mom, there's a nice mountain there. And if you look very carefully, you can see the white building in the mountain, it's a cathedral.



How nice, they have donkey-taxis in Mijas! I said 'Hello!' to donkeys.



And here is the Plaza de Toros, an arena where have bullfighting shows every week. And guess what mommy?!? We are going to see a bullfighting there! 



At first, there was a flamenco show. It's a typical dance in Spanish culture. It looked nice!



Then I watched the bullfighting. I have to say, the bullfighters were very brave!







Love,
Ronja
xxx

Hello mom!

I had a great time in the hotel room, too, because I met many new toys there. Hostmom's godchild was travelling in Spain, too, and she has many toys with her. We all wanted to have a group-friend-photo, so we took it. And now I want to show it for you, mom.

Love,
Ronja
xxx

Hello mom!

I visited today in a great place: Gibraltar. 
Gibraltar is a British overseas territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean.



I saw these flags: A flag of United Kingdom, a flag of European Union, a flag of Gibraltar, and some other flag (I think it's an advertising flag or something).



On the window of one shop I saw a picture of the Queen Elizabeth II. She is the head of Gibraltar state, and represented by the Governor of Gibraltar.



Because Gibraltar is British overseas territory, there's some double-deckers, offcourse. I think those red busses look nice and unique.
In the backround of the photo there's a part of the Rock of Gibraltar.



This is the lighthouse, it's called "The Europa Point".

"The Europa Point Lighthouse was built by Governor Sir Alexander Woodford between 1838 and 1841. It was fully automated in February 1994 and its loom can be seen over a distance of 27 km (17 mi). It is the southernmost lighthouse for which Trinity House is responsible, and the only one outside the UK." (Wikipedia website)



Here I am, in the southern part of Gibraltar. 



Look mommy, there's so many ships travelling trought the Strait of Gibraltar.  And there's so much more outside the photo!!!



My journey in Gibraltar continues...
Now I am inside of the Rock of Gibraltar. There's a cave, a big one, and inside the cave there's many dripstones!!! Cool!!! 
Mommy, I'm in the stalactite cave! Wow!!!







Outside the cave I met a monkey of Gibraltar.
These monkeys have a bad reputations, because they often try to steal from humans. Luckily they were in kind mood today, and didn't try to steal anything from hostmom.



This is one view from the Rock of Gibraltar to the city and the sea. Is it awesome?



And this is one view from the city to the Rock of Gibraltar.



Mommy, I did something really exiting thing!
I drove in a cable car to the top of the Rock of Gibraltar!!! 



I'm in the cable car.





And now I'm on the top of the Rock of Gibraltar.
It was a windy place, so hostmom had to take photos quickly.



And there, on the horizon, there's a mountain from Africa!!! Wow!!!
Mommy, I can see the part of Africa!!! 



...and the closer-look photo of Africa.



It was a nice day! 

Love,
Ronja
xxx

Hi mom!


Mommy, can you believe that sometimes can be exactly right place in right time? Well, today it happened. I was in the right place in the right time! 

I saw The Olympic Torch!!! And it was only good luck, because it happened suddenly, and hostmom hadn't any clue of that beforehand.

It was so nice surprise, that hostmom couldn't believe her eyes, she couldn't believe it's really true, The Olympic Torch, wow!!!    When hostmom started to believe it's really true, she had hurry to have a camera... 

I'm so happy, that I was there with hostmom, and I could see the Olympic Torch!

Love,
Ronja
xxx

i Hola !

Today I visited in a city named Benálmadena. It's also one city in Costa del Sol.

We stopped to watch a nice fountain on the street. It was funny fountain, because it changes the sizes of water (first it was small, but then it suddenly turns out to be a big fontain, and then small again etc...). 



There's a mountain named Mount Calamarro in Benálmadena. And there's an opportunity to go to the top of the mountain using cable cards. So I drive cable car today, too. But this time it was much longer way (about 2600 metres), and it took about 12 minutes to go in one direction.

It starts here.



And now I'm in the cable car.



Look out the views, mom! 





On the top of the mountain there was a bird show. I managed to be in the same photo with this owl.



Mommy, do you think these views are beautiful? I think so, and I enjoyed watching these landscapes. I was walking on the top of the mountain (about 800 metres over sea).















Love,
Ronja
xxx

i Hola !

Today I visited in the Princess Diana Park, in Mijas-Costa.
I think the park is beautiful, especially the entrance to it.
What do you think, mommy?

Love,
Ronja
xxx

i Hola!
Hello mommy!

It's our last day in Spain today. In the evening we are going to the airport of Malaga and start travelling back to Finland.
But before that, we had a nice day to spend, and we were in the city named Torremolinos.



Hostmom chrocheted a new dress for me.
Do I look pretty, mom? I feel like a princess.
My new dress has the same colour as these flowers have! 





Look mom, how nice "stone family" we found! 
Can you see me? I'm just in front of the "stone mom".





Here are we: girls (me and Kit-Kat) in the middle, and boys (Wayne and TobiHH) in the left side and (Druri and BarryO) in the right side, and a small fountain behind us.



Mommy, look! I climbed on the BIG sized pineapple!!!     



Ha haa, I was kidding!!! 
It's not a pineapple, it's a palm tree. Hi hii...
But it looks like a pineapple, don't you think so?



It was so fun, that we searched bigger palm tree, and we all climbed on it.







And this is how this city (Torremolinos) looks like.











Look mom, there's flags of so many countries there!
In the middle there's the flag of European Union, so I think there's all countries' flags who take part in the EU.



There's very nice beach in Torremolinos.



Isn't this bench wonderful? It's so cheer-up! 



Before leaving Spain, I wrote a postcard to you, mom.
So, keep an eye on your mailbox! 



Love,
Ronja
xxx

Hi mom!

I'm back in Finland now. The hole journey in Spain was amazing!

Now I'm in the train travelling back to Central Finland, to Jyväskylä, where hostmom is living.

I feel very sleepy, because the flight was in night-time, and I couldn't sleep in the airplane.

ZZZzzzzz Zzzzzz zzzz zZZzzzZZZ zzzzz

Love,
Ronja
xxx

Hi mommy!

We got 3 new ToyVoyagers to visit mmm105's place today.

And guess what?!? They all are sheeps! So funny coinsidence! 

New toys are Lina, and Mr. and Mrs. Honeymooners.

We all said welcome to them, and then we had a welcome party. 

Love,
Ronja
xxx

Hello mommy!

An envelope arrived today. We all were so curious, what would be inside of it. Kurnau opened it, and we others were looking.



We were sooooo curious! A secret envelope from China...



Oooooh, it's another ToyVoyager! It's Totoro from China!



It's great to have more friends! 



Love,
Ronja
xxx

Hei äiti! Hello mom!

I was walking outside today. I saw a nice small park. And there I saw this statue of Uno Cygnaeus (1810-1888). He is considered the father of the Finnish public school system.



And because the boy in the statue is reading, I feel like I want to read something. Kurnau show me the local library building.



Kurnau helped me and BarryO to find a book about bears. There's so many books!!! Even more books are outside the photo.



And yes, we found it!!! 



There's an art statue in the library building. This one is called "Tiedonpuu" ("A tree of knowledge"). It has made in 1980.



And there's also a nice exhibition about the history of Jyväskylä-city, the dolls are showing things about this town's developement.

In 1870's there's an increase of forest productions (logs), and it made Finnish economy better.



In 1900's came first railways, and it helped making connections to the World.



In 1910's industrialization grows and became more and more important.



In 2000's Jyväskylä became a bigger town, because some federations of municipalities has made (smaller cities joined together to became one bigger city).



Love,
Ronja
xxx

Hi mom!

Today I saw some public art works outside. They are all so unique.

This one is called as "Elämän koulu - vastuu, luottamus, luovuus"
In English it might be something like "A school of life - responsibility, trust, creativity"




This one is "Karhu" ("A Bear"). The artist's name is Oskari Raja-aho, and the statue has made in the year 1930.


Look, we all are riding on the bear! 


This one is "Keinumieli-Tyhjämieli-Häkkimieli" and the artist is Juhani Petäjäniemi, and it has made in 1989.
The name is difficult to translate into English, but it might be something like "a mind of swing - a mind of emptyness - a mind of cage".


I like this statue. It looks like there's two people flying.
The name of the statue is "Elinehto-ajatus-liiketoiminta" and the artist is Heikki Häiväoja, and it has made in 1979.
The translation of the statue's name is "Lifeline-idea-business".


And there's a statue "Kauppias ja apulainen" ("A Merchant and his assistant). The artist is Pauli Koskinen, and it has made in 1959.




And this one has made the same artist, Pauli Koskinen, in the year 1957. It is art in the outside wall of the building. And it's name is "Reliefi"


After walking a little there started to be dark clouds in the sky, so we turned walking back, and we hoped to arrive 'home' before it's raining...

 

...But mommy, we didn't managed. It started raining so quickly.
And the  rain, it was HARD, we got totally wet within one minute.



We run back 'home', and inside it was time to get dry again, aww...



What an adventure!!!

Love,
Ronja
xxx

Hei! Hello!

A new toy arrived here today: Hunny bunny originally from USA.
It's so nice to have more friends!

We had a welcome party for her. We ate all candies what she got with her in the envelope. They were soooo yummi! 

Love,
Ronja
xxx