Travelog for: King Tut

Hello Mum,

Look, where we were. Do you see the sign – 180. Yes, we went to see Darts – the German Darts Championship.

There were many people and it was fun. First you can see us on the 180-sign. You have to put it in the air, if the player scores 3 times the triple 20 – worth 180.



We had a great place and were able to see the players on the stage.



In the break we went around and ate delicious things.  You can see another view of the place.



In the end Phil Taylor won – he is the best player in the world and my new hero!

Greetings
King Tut

Hi Mum,

On our way back we made a stop in Porta Westfalica and visited the the monument of Kaiser Wilhelm. We were not sure, if it is an ancient monument - but it is older than 100 years!



Here we had a closer look.



He – and we – had a great view over the River Weser – it was a wonderful place.



It was a great week-end. I will become a Darts-Player soon.

Love
King Tut

Hello Mum,

Today is St, Nicholas Day in Germany – maybe all over the world. We don't know that. It means that you have to clean your boots – and put them next to the door. Then they will be filled with delicious sweets.

We all wanted to do it, but we found out that we don't have boots and were very sad. But then we found out that RikeH's Mum helped us – and bought this beautiful boot for us. And we loved the sweets inside.



In the afternoon – after eating a lot of sweets, we visited RikeH's mum – Hummel. She had a lot of Christmas things – so we could make a lot of photos. First with the Advent wreath.



A friendly nutcracker.



Beautiful things out of wood.





Here you can see all of us with a very famous person – Rudolf the red-nose reindeer.
He is living here – it is so exciting!



Bye

King Tut

Hi Mum!

We had snow!!! I was so excited!!! Look, how beautiful it is outside.



We went into the centre of Sülfeld to see the church and the rest in white.





Back home we had some delicious cakes. What a nice week-end.





Yours
King Tut

Hi Mum,

The winter is in Germany now. We helped RikeH with the snow shovel.



Then we made a nice walk through the snow. Here you see me on a big snowhill.





Later we had a great view.



Back home we played in the garden. Here is a quiz. Can you see, where I sat????



Here is the solution:



There are beautiful trees with the snow on it.





These two friendly guys were in front of our house.



In the house we first sat on the radiator to get dry.



Then I had a hot tea and some delicious cookies. Now I am waiting for Christmas.



Love
King Tut

Merry Christmas Mum,

On the 24th of December the people celebrate Christmas in Germany. In the North it is Santa Claus, who brings the gifts, in the south it is the Christ Child. Because we are in the North, normally we have Santa Claus – but this year it was different – just have a look.

This is the Christmas Tree – I really love it!



Under the Christmas Tree there were many Christmas Cards from all over the world.



Another nice Christmas decoration!



We all sat together and RikeH read the Nativity story for us. It is about Maria, Josef and their child Jesus.



What a surprise – I were able to visit them – in a stable...



Then the important time of the evening came. The gifts!!! Four Christmas people came – a Christmas Bear, Rudolph, the famous Rendeer, a big Snowman – and Santa Claus. Hm – Santa Claus??? It was a Santa Bunny. Maybe because Dicker Kumpel is living here?

Well, I told a Christmas-poem and Santa Bunny gave me a present.



I opened it – some sweets. I love Christmas.



When we all got our gifts, we sat together and sang the wonderful German Christmas Songs. I especially loved ‘Alle Jahre wieder.’



I hope that you had a nice Christmas time, although I didn’t celebrated it with you?

Love
King Tut

Hi Mum,

It is New Year's Eve – and we will celebrate it.



The clothes for the bottle were so funny – I tried it out,



We found a nice bottle of egg liqueur.



We danced together – it was great!



Do you remember the egg liqueur.?



Mum, I wish you a Happy Year 2010.



yours
King Tut

Hi Mum,

We have winter here in Germany now. I looked out of the window and saw the snow.



I had a great idea – I should build a snowman. It was hard work for a little ToyVoyager like me.



But look, he is great, isn’t he?



Snowy greetings
King Tut

Hi Mum,

because it was so cold outside, we decided to play darts.



RikeH helped me to throw the darts.



Wow – I was great. And I had fun playing in the dartboard.







Mum, you can be proud – I won.  And look, my price was a very big bar of chocolate.



Greetings
King Tut

Hi Mum,

Today I will leave Sülfeld. I had a great time here – and Dicker Kumpel is a good friend of me now. I say good-bye to him – and he wished me a good trip to my next host.



Then all the others gave me a big hug.



I will update again, when I arrived at my next host’s home.

Greetings
King Tut

Hello Mommy!

Today I arrived in Mechterstädt, Germany. The journey was not very long, it only took one day. Still, nice to see daylight again:



RikeH also sent a nice postcard.



Here is a view of the village I will stay during the next weeks. Very small and quiet. But we sure will also go on some trips elsewhere.



At the moment everything is white here with zero degrees. Oh, how much I miss the warm sun of Egypt....



This afternoon I will enjoy with writing cards as my host is a postcrosser too and we'll work on the holiday photo album.





See you soon!

Today we went to the nearby town of Waltershausen.
It  is small with only about 10000 inhabitants. There is a nice church and town hall.









We also went to the library. A very nice place.





Mh, let's see: Where shall I travel next?



We then decided on this thriller to read next - a detective story playing on Iceland.



And we had to go to the post office to send off the cards we wrote for postcrossing yesterday.



At the moment you can buy funny stamps. If you rub them they smell like the fruits that they show - mmmmmmh!





See you!

This weekend my host and me went to Sondershausen, a town in north Thuringia. A one hour drive, so not that far away.

My host took part in a choir workshop that was hosted at the music academy in Sondershausen. The venue is an old castle up on a hill.
Here is me in front of it:





This building is called octagon house - as it has eight corners. Unusual architecture. That is where the concerts take place.

It has been snowing heavily for the last hours and so we started the day with shoveling snow.







Before and after:







I have to admit that I prefer sunny Egypt for the weather!

Hello mommy!

These girls are crazy! They took me along to a beauty evening where they tested different cosmetics by JUST. Unbelievable what you can use for beauty or against illnesses.







Still it was lots of fun! Most of the time I spent eating crisps and other sweets.