Travelog for: Belka

It is such a beautiful day, that we decided to go on a walk to the little field chapel.






On the way we passed the seven sorrows of Maria, the holy mother.
They started to built the chapel in 1903 and consecrated it in 1905. In year 1908 the seven stations were finished. The first four stations were destroyed by environmental impact and war and so they were recreated in 1957 and consecrated in 1958.

The Seven Sorrows (or Dolors) are events in the life of the Blessed Virgin Mary which are a popular devotion and are frequently depicted in art.

It is a common devotion for Catholics to say daily a Hail Mary for each.

1. The Prophecy of Simeon over the Infant Jesus. (Gospel of Luke 2:34)





2. The Flight into Egypt of the Holy Family. (Gospel of Matthew 2:13)




3. The Loss of the Child Jesus for Three Days. (Luke 2:43)




We saw this apple tree next to the way.




This is a stone, which reminds of priest Josef Kunz, who built these stations. He wanted to be burried here, but it wasn't allowed.




Look back to the maize field.





4. The Meeting of Jesus and Mary along the Way of the Cross. (Luke 23:26)




This is the field chapel, Feldkirchle.






We had to walk a steep way to come to the chapel.







We didn't walk to the last two stations, because my hosts didn't feel really fine. On our way back we saw this walnut tree.

Dear Mommy,

I am really sorry, I made an entry a while ago but it seems it got lost.
Sometimes the internet connection is really bad.
I will write soon again.
Take care.
See you soon,

Belka

Dear Mommy,

I am really sorry for taking me so long for making an update to my travelog.
But Jeanne has been too busy to show us around.
They decided to move back to Germany very soon but now she got a nice job offer, here in Istanbul. So I, have my claws crossed for her.

Sunday, we went to Eyüp, which is at the Golden Horn in Istanbul.






This is inside the yard of the sultan eyüp mosque




We went with  a cable car, to a hill, which is named after Pierre Loti.










I drank some Turkish coffee.










I hope you like the pictures.
See you soon,

Belka

Hello everyone!
I`m Belka! Surprised? Yes, I`m brown duplicate of Belka, because real one is with her previous host who doesn`t contact us.  But I hope that one day Belka will come home and I`ll have my own travelog....
But now it was decided that I should continue journey.
Yeeeah! It is my chance

Hi Mom!

I have arrived here in Vienna with my new host mom. I was welcomed by two other toyvoyagers: Drilo, a dinosour and a friendly bunny. We talked about our adventures and I showed them the card I brought with me!

Take care!

Hi Mom!

This weekend we went to Graz and had a look at the town's landmark, the clock tower.

Later we were invited to a delicious breakfast!

That was fun!

Hi Mom!

It was Valentine's Day last week, so we went and bought some flowers. Look, aren't they beautiful? I love those tulips, they really brighten the day!

We also bought some chocolates: Candied cherries in chocolate 

Hope you also had a fantastic Valentine's Day!

Servus!

Hi Mum,

I have arrived safely in Wales.

I arrived with another toyvoyager..

Rendolph came home

Today, we have come to Conwy.

We stopped off at the Royal National Lifeboat Institute station in Conwy, and made a donation.

Here we are on the wall by the River Conwy.

Conwy is a Walled town. We are going to walk along the wall. 

Along we go.

We are very high up here! Conwy Castle is in the background.

Look what we found! A small geocache!

That was the tower we were high up.

The castle was built for King Edward in Gwynedd and is listed, along with the town walls as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

We didn't have time to go around the castle, though we did go to the other side of the River Conwy to the site of another castle, though not much remains of Deganwy Castle.

It's another geocache.

It has been a good day.

Hi Mum,
It is a nice quiet Sunday. We didn't do much until the afternoon when we went to Parc Dudley for a walk.

There was also treasure to be found!

A geocache!

Some of the toys are going away on their travels tomorrow, so we thought we'd have a game of Cluedo playing in teams

However, we spent far too much time chatting instead of concentrating on the game and we all drew the 8th clock leaving the crime unsolved.

Today, we went out GeoCaching. We found a couple of caches a couple of miles away and relatively near each other.

The second cache took us on a walk up a lane.

Today, we went out GeoCaching.

The first two we found are part of a series. This is exciting stuff, looking for the treasure. Which stump/tree is it hiding under?

Then, after a nice afternoon cuppa, we found a third.

My host isn't putting in latitude and longitude co-ordinates for this as these caches we found are scattered around.

Today, we went to the allotment

I thought I should inspect the blossom on this fruit tree.

It was tiring work so I went for a lie down in the sun on this rhubarb leaf.

After the allotment, we went Geocaching

We found this one in Aberdesach.