Travelog for: GustavHH

Hi Mummy!
Today we went to the Kazan Kremlin to see a light show on its main tower! There were a lot of people, despite the cold and windy weather)

The square in front of the Kremlin:



The building in the background is the National Museum of the Republic of Tatarstan:



The show (I should say here that the natural colour of the Kremlin is white )





A little glance at the inner part of the Kremlin:



And then we went to see the nearest New Year tree on the Black lake (there are about 40 of them around the city):




By the way this is the firtree we decorated with Galiya apa and her children



Wish you Merry Christmas (a belated one, sorry ) and a Happy New Year! May your life be full of wonders!
Yours,
Gustav

Happy New Year 2016 Mummy! 

We celebrated it in the village called Kyzyl Yeshler (a Tatar name and a Tatar village). Galiya apa's parents have a house there. We had a walk around the village, a New Year's tree, presents under it, small fireworks, a feast (looots of food really!), wishes to make when the clock was striking 12 times. I loved it all! Not all of these things you can see in my pictures, but I hope I will be able to show you a piece of this atmoshpere

Around the village. It was cold really (-20C), so we didn't walk far





Our place.







Hugs and kisses!
Gustav

Dear Mum!

We went to a children's New Year party held in the Kamal Tatar State Academic theatre There was a play first and then a celebration around the New Year tree

Under ground. Almost a miracle to see such an empty carriage
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On our way. This sculpture is dedicated to G.Tukay's fairytale called "Shurale" (in Tatar mythology an evil spirit living in a forest)



The front of the theatre:



Inside:





Take care!
Gustav

Hello Mummy!

Galiya apa went to a meetup with her former classmates at the "Kazan" skiing resort that is not far from the city. We had great fun sliding down on tubes





Miss you!
Gustav

Selam Mum!)

We went to the Ice Town that had been made in front of the Puppet Theatre! There is some magic when everything around you is from ice, I should say
On our way to the Ice Town we went past the historical trams exposition:




And "the bench of the beloved ones"



And here is the town itself









And yes, we slid down this ice-hill
Winter is great!)))
Take care and see you soon (Galiya apa has told me that I return soon )
Gustav

Hello friends,

I just want to tell you that I am back home again. I had a great time with vunder.



If you want to host me, just send a message to my Mum – I am ready to travel again.

Yours
GustavHH

Hello friends,

In the afternoon we celebrated Dicker Kumpel’s birthday. We wished him a happy birthday and sang a song for him. He loved the couch that Murph gave him as a birthday present.



We played soccer, because it was EM!



It was fun. I was the goal-keeper.



Then we went on the swings…



…and into the sandbox.



I had a great place.


 


Then we sat in the sunshine and talked a lot.



Oups, nobody should see this – we took some drinks with us.





Cheers!



Yours
GustavHH

Hello friends,

Greetings from Italy. Look at these beautiful colors. I am in the Giardino dei Tarocchi, what a wonderful name – the garden of tarot.



Niki de Saint Phalle created nice sculptures here.



It was great – a dangerous dragon.



Can you see me? I was brave between all these skulls.



Everything was so colorful.



Oh – a couple in love.



I loved this woman in the fountain!



Then we were in the houses, where Niki lived at this time.



This bench was so funny.



It was very hot – but we continued our walk. We wanted to see the sculptures form different directions.



This face was interesting.



Yours
GustavHH

Hello friends,

Later that day we visited a small Italian town called Tarquinia. This was the town wall.





There were many beautiful houses in the town.



This was the town hall, I think.



Look, how they dry their clothes.  It is so funny!



Love
GustavHH

Hello friends,

I am in Australia at the moment. We went to an Island today - look, the ferry.



When we arrived on the Island, we took a Hop-on-Hop-off-Bus to Parker Point. The water looked like the Caribbean.



This part looked wonderful.



I went down so many stairs to the beach.



Can you see us?



It was so beautiful here.







Maybe I should do a holiday on the beach – but I don’t like water.



We walked to Little Salmon Bay. Funnily they have a kind of path for snorkeler in the ocean. With number under the water.



It was nice here, too.



I wanted to meet Quokkas here – this was the first one.



Surely they had a lighthouse on the highest point of the Island.



Our last stop was West End.

There were many New Zealand Fur Seals in the water.



They were funny and sportive.






A few hundred meters away is the Cape Vlamingh.  Really beautiful.





The Fish Hook Bay was great, too.



A rock with a hole – it will be a blow hole when it is stormy.



We were ready with the bus tour – and started a Quokka Walk with a friendly old man. He told us something about the animals – and much more about trees, history and so on.

Quokkas love the fruits of this tree.



Look, there were some for a late lunch or an early dinner.



These lakes on the Island were interesting. They have a 6-9times higher saltiness as the ocean around the Island.



Hey – a very tall palm tree.



And another funny palm tree.



Then we met Quokkas again.





We were ready to go back to Fremantle, but the ferry was not here. Time for some photos of Thomson Bay.







The tour back to the mainland was funny – and very bumpy.

Yours
GustavHH