Travelog for: C.K.

What a big surprise!!! Tamalyn arrived today.



Do you see, how we are smiling??





Later that day we played hide and seek. I found a nice place between the roses. Do you think, Tamalyn will find me???





After that play we hurried to go to our place on the oven again - without fire of course, because it is too warm. Bongo didn't feel fine and so we all took care of him.

Today another toyvoyager arrived and Tamalyn was very nosy, while we others stood around the envie and watched, what was coming out of it: Decker from England. We are a very nice round here.

It's time to say good bye. I read interesting things about Bruchsal and then about Russia, the country I will go to now. I'm jumping in my envie now and hope, my journey will be short.

Good bye, C.K. We will miss your funny face. You always have been able to chear us up. Thank you for staying with us.

I'm finally here, in Moscow!! It's not sunny but not very cold. And so many interesting things and two Kristl's TVs. I've already made many photos but I'll post them a bit later. I just wanted to say that I'm safe and happy

So, now it's evening here, we are at home and I have time to write and post my photos.

When my envelope was opened first what I saw were two funny guys - Kristl's new TV Tippi and her future TV PandaKopanda (all the photos are clickable)



They were very glad to meet me and said that they waited for me for a long time. I liked them, I think we'll become friends 



Then we drove from Moscow to a town Geleznodorogny ("Railway-town" in English), that is 10 km from Moscow. Here I am on the MKAD - the road that circles Moscow.



In the car I met a funny Cow who lives there. Here I'm with her and the MKAD goes through the forest reserve the Elk Island.



But as soon as we left the highway we got to traffic jam Such jams are a big trouble in Moscow and nere it.



When we @crept" in the jam we saw a playground that was transported on a car!



That is what was yesterday and today we went for a walk to the central boulevard called Proletarian St. The weather was not w\very good, it rained and was a bit cold so I was surprised to see so many beautiful flowers.





I saw a fountain and the playground that looked like the Kremlin. It was nice so now I'm looking forward to see the Kremlin itself.





It was quite wet but I managed to play there a bit 



It's 10p.m. already and I'm a bit tired.. So I and other toys here (there're very many toys in Kristl's house) decided to read a magazin and to go asleep. Here are some of my new friends (from left to right): BearRose (he wishes to become a TV too), Krol, PandaKopanda, Tom-cat, I, Tippi, Big B.



Till tomorrow! Good night!

The weather today is bad so we decided to stay home. But it is still very interesting. I got an apple-pie with honey from Altai and a cup of fruit drink for breakfast. Was tasty



Then I decided to take some photos of where I live. I live on the 8th floor and here in the view from the balcony:



In the yard there's a very nice playground. Kristl says that usually many children play there but today it's cold and rainy so there's nobody there. I hope I have a chance to go and play there a bit.



I watched a bit Kristl playing LOTRO



and went to explore the flat. I found a big bookcase and some books in English there



With the round giraffe called Globus we decided to read a comics - Guards!Guards! by T.Pratchett.



I found many other toys, they live in the living room. Here I'm with the Russian broun bear who comes from Nizhni Novgorod:



I also met a nice shy house-spirit who came here from Sochi and a clay mouse from the town Myshkin (it means the Mouse Town)

Today I and Tippi went for a walk. Not far actually but I could see a bit around Kristl's flat. We walked with Tippi cause she's leaving tomorrow and she wanted to make some last photos at home.



So we found a BIG basket with flowers =) Just near the road and cars.



And this big brick house is where we live - our balcony is in the 1st column on the 2nd floor from above 

Then we went to a shop and bought a little food =)) Chips and ryazhenka (it's leavened baked milk).



As we came home we decided to eat melon! It was juicy sweet and very tasty!



And now I'm going to taste ryazhenka, I think it must be good!

Hello again! Now I'm ready to tell you about the places I visited the day before yesterday - on Thursday

We had many things to do!! Tippi was leaving for the Netherlands and we had to bring her to the post office. But first we took a train to Moscow. Here I'm on the railway station:

towards Moscow:


towards Vladimir:


Then we were in the Moscow Undergruond!! It's very beautiful there!! But the photos are not very good couse they are taken without light.. or you couldn't see the station, only me))

Kurskaya station:


The Revolution Square Station


There are many bronze statues here and some of them are lucky!! The nose of the dog:


The cock:


Then we came to the post office and said GOOD BUE TO TIPPI. HAVE A NICE JOURNEY!


Soon it was the time for Kristl to go to the university. We came a bit earlier and could have a cup of tea outside.





And here is the building Kristl studies in:


Tomorrow we're going to go to the summer cottage. It must be interesting!

Soooooo! This day we went to the summer cottage of one of Kristl's friends.

We went there by car but we didn't think that roads could be soooo eroded that when we tried to park the car stuck in the mud. I became a bit frightened cause we just couldn't get it out.. And the neighbours scolded us cause the car supposedly ran into their crops that were for some reason outside their plot! But soon came an off-road vehicle that nedded to pass through the road we blocked and helped us to get out. I was so impressed that could not make photos while the car didn't get out, but then I made a photo of the wheel to show how dirty it was!!



By the way in the car I met some more lovely toys. They are: Koala (she noticed something interesting behind us), Punya and Farmer-Rabbit:



Here are the car, the house we lived in and my new friends. And I'm very happy!!



There we many ineresting things to do: I could for examle climb on a tree with help of a roap:



And I could travel in a pocket so I could take part in all the funs!



The autumn is coming here, the trees begin to turn yellow and red



except the fur-trees of course! (this one is a blue spruce)



And there were many tasty apples!!





Some of them fell into the grass:




And once more the house, it is very small but cosy:



It's the veranda. When it's warm the windowsare open and everyone comes in and out through the windows, but that time it was quite cold..



On the veranda:



In the room. Do you recognize this man? It's Antinous! The hostess of this house is an architect and she had to sketch it



And here are some paintings she made!



And some more views in the end. This is our campfire, it was small but we still could grill some sausages there



And this is the summer cottage of our neighbours, it a very typical summer cottage in Russia. Well.. to tell the trueth it was so some years ago but know people like to build stone cottages, but there still are very many such houses everywhere in the country. I liked them more than these huge brick cottages behind unapproachable fences



And here is our fence 

Finally I got some photos from Krist's friend who helped me to make them during a small party We had some guests so I met a very nice little blue owl called Bobble! We didn't go to sleep for a long time so we could take part in the party too:





The party was on the previous weekends but I could get the photos only now.

And this Saturday we walked a bit in the centre of Moscow. Not Kremlin or Red Square, there we're going on Wednesday, but Kitay-gorod.

I'm in the Underground again! Look! I'll show you where we are exactly!



And this one is a very nice building:



And the next photo.. Do you see the plant on the gate? I wonder..   



And finally some photos from the road as we went to the cattage in Zvezdny town.
Zverdny town means Star-town, it is called so in honour of Russian astronauts There is a railway station Bakhchivangy nere, it's called in honour of a pilot!
On this photo you can see a plane statue and direction sign to the station:



One more photo with the plane:



And here is a birch grove They are very typical here. Looks beautiful, doesn't it?



Kristl promised that our next trip will beto Kreml and Red Square, I'm looking forward for it!

Dear Bec,

on Wednesday I visited inally the Kremlin! I made so much photos that I needed time to sort them and upload and now I'm ready to tell you about it.

The morning was fresh and clear and the day promised well



We came by the undergroud to the Teatralnaya Station and first thing we saw was the Bolshoy Theatre! Unfortunately it is being restorated now and I couldn't see the whole building.



Near it we saw the Cantral Department Store (it is pronounsed as TSUM):



Then we came to the Manegnaya Square and saw the Historic Museum:





And now - the Kremlin Towers!

Arsenal Tower:





The Kremlin Wall, the Eternal Fire and the Arsenal (yellow building - built in 1736):



View of the Troitskaya (= of the holy Trinity) Tower:



The monument for those who died for their motherland:



At the place where now there is the Historic Museum earlier was the building where Moscow State University was founded! And Kristl didn't know about it thougn she studies at the Moscow State University (MSU).



The Sun shines from the wrong side but I hope you can see how beautiful Voskresenskie (= of Christ's Resurrection) Gates are!!





By the way, they lead to the Red Square! And we went there throught them! But first Kristl showed me the Zero Kilometre - from here starts the counting of all the distances in Russia, so if you see - it's 500 km to Moscow, it means - to this place!!



Voskresenskie Gates once more - from the side of the Red Square:



Once more the Historic Museum - from the Red Square:



The Red Square. Cathedral of God'sMother of Kazan.





When we were there they striked the bells in this cathedral. It was so fantastic! Early cool morning (it was only 9 a.m.),  warm sun shines from the sky and the ding!



The State Departmen Store - GUM:



The Nikolskaya Tower:



And I lie in the very centre of Moscow! Onthe stones of the Red Square!!



The Kremlin wall and the building of the Senate from the Red Square:



Lenin's Mausoleum an the Senate Tower:



The Spasskaya (= of the Savior) Tower:



The Red Square was blocked and we walked round the GUM to get to the other side.


GUM - go shopping on the Red Square!

The unifrom of the Russian Olimpic Team in Athens:



And we came to... The St. Basil's Cathedral!!! It is very beautiful really!!!













And to the Spasskaya Tower:









And to the Place of Execution:



This is the Tsarskaya (= of Tsar) Tower. It is said that Tsars came here to speak with the people.



This is the clock that tells Moscow that the New Year has come The Chiming Clock!



The Spasskaya Tower, the Tsarskaya Tower and the St. Basil's Cathedral:



The Spasskaya Tower and the St. Basil's Cathedral:



The Konstantino-Eleninskaya Tower:



Near the St. Basil's Cathedral - Nabatnaya (= of the alarm-bell, to the right) and Konstantini-Eleninskaya (to the left) Towers:



Moskvoretskaya (= of the Moscow-River) Street and the Beklemishevskaya Tower:



With the Kremlin wall:







The Beklemishevskaya Tower:





The queue of the Moscow-River and the Petrovskaya (= of Peter) Tower:



The queue of the Moscow-River:



The Petrovskaya Tower:



One o the Nameless Towers:



A dome of the Arkhangelsky (=of Archangel) Cathedral:



Another of the Nameless Towers:



Arkhangelsky Cathedral:



The Big Kremlin Palace:





The Tainitskaya (= of the hiding place) Tower. There was a hidden well there!



With Kristl



The Cathedral of the Redeemer:



The Vodovzvodnaya Tower:



A nice white building:



The Orugeinaya (= Armoury) Tower:



The Museums of Kremlin:



And here you can see the plan of Kremlin:



The Troitskaya Tower (we've made a circle!!)





This is a grotto.. We're not sure what is it here for..



Beautiful flowers in the Alesander Garden and the view of Manège:



This "cabbage" I liked most af all!!



The Kutafya Tower and the Entrance to Kremlin:



I have some more photos of Vorobjevy Mountains and Moscow State University but I'm too tired now! Hope you'll like these!! Tomorrow I'll tell you of my other adventures in Moscow but now... Good Night!!

Hope you liked the photos from Kremlin! I'm going to tell you about the second part of that wonderful day we walked in Moscow..

Here I'm in front of the entrance to Manege:



This large building with columns is the State Library:



The Moscow underground! It is Vorobjevy Gory (= Sparrow Mountains) - so called open station - it's not under the ground



The queue of the Moscow-River near the Vorobjevy Gory Station and the view of Luzhniki Stadium:



The station  Vorobjevy Gory is located not under the ground but under a bridge over the Moscow River.  On the brige there is a road for cars



We're on the bridge!! The view of the Moscow-River:



The hydrofoils run along the Moscow-River:



The view of the Luzhniki Stadium from the bridge:



After all we came to the Moscow State University cause Krist had some classes.



This is the Eternal Fire on the territory of MSU:



And in the room Kristl studies in we found such a lovely symbol on the window!! Hope it cheers up students!



This day in Moscow was full of wonderful impressions! I think I'll remember it for a long time!

Hello again!

I think I told you that at times Kristl lives in the other flat in the small town near Moscow called Zheleznodorogny. Today we walked around this town with my new friend - Strider - who is going to become a ToyVoyager too!



There is a field in the town Zheleznodorogny, Kristl told me that she used to fly kite here.



And I found out an interesting fact! At the place where now there's Zheleznodorogny town previously was the village Oberalovka - and not far from here Anna Karenina did away with herself in Tolstoy's roman.

There is a very nice church here, Kristl says it's quite old







Look at the trees! It's almost autumn here, but birches are still green:





Here flew a plane!



I like birches, the're very beautiful and unusual.. They're the symbol of Russia















And this is a swamp!



We walked through the village and saw a cat



and a dog



May be because of good weather they were soooooo lazy))))

In hawthorn




By the way! Here's a photo with Koala that lives here in Moscow in the car of Kristl's friend!! She's so nice!!

Hi Bec, hi everyone!! I've made some more nice fotos! Can you guess where? In Arbat Street! It's a very famous walk street in Moscow! And there are some beautiful monuments and buildings there.

This is a monument of Alexander Pushkin and his wife - Natalia Goncharova:



There are lots of souvenir shops in Arbat Street, here I'm near one of them:





It's Hard Rock Cafe Moscow!!



And so looks the street:



Vakhtangov Theatre:



And near the theatre there's amonument of Princess Turandot:



Some more Russian dolls))



And this is something special!! The restaurant Prague where you can eat the best cakes in Moscow!! Kristl says so)) But unfortunately she has't been there.. It's too expensive, she says But I like this place! May be I'll have a chance to come here once more and taste one of the cakes Let's hope!



Though we were not in the Prague, Kristl took me to some other interesting cafés One of them is called "Moo-moo", that say the cows ) And a cow is a symbol of this cafe!



This lovely cow stays near the entrance))



I think the interior is very nice!





I got a cup of coffee, strawberry jam and a candy called "Cow", everybody in Russia knows such candies though not all like them Cause it's a soft toffee



And Kristl got some noodle soup It smelled very good but I don't like to eat soup in the morning





Besides Moo-Moo we visited another cafe - Grabli (=rake) there we sat near a beautiful rosebush




And yesterday I could taste cavier Not with pan-cakes, Kristl didn't had time to make them, but with lavash (flat unleavened wheat bread) and it was very-very tasty!!!



And some more news.. I think it's time for me to travel further.. Of course I couldn't see everything in Moscow but nobody can do it!! I loved this city very much and staying here was a happy time when I found many new friends Kristl contacted sleepybirdy to whom I'm going to travel now and she's ready to meet me! So I'll leave on Thursday with some other TVs. Babylooney is going to BunTraveller to the Halloween party Though I'm not sure that Strider can leave with us His traveltag has not arrived yet

I think we could make a small farewell-party so that we could say good bye to each other. I'll miss them all!

Hi Bec,

today is my last day in Moscow and tomorrow I'll continue my journey. Of course I'm anxious to see new places but I'll miss friends I found here. They made a special Farewell-party for me and Babylonie who was leaving to visit the Monkey Halloween Party. All the toys who live here came to say Good Bye to us!



Can you find me here?))







Here I'm with some of my friends

With Pups and Morda (behind us you can see Droog Slon (= Friend Elephant), Green Rabbit, The Frog and Ting-a-Ling the Dragon):



With Bruno!! Bruno is a dog 1,3 meter long whom Krist found in her dormitory in Berlin. He was nobody's hound and the Housemaster said that they had to throw him away. Kristl thought it was terrible and took him to her and brought to Moscow He's so nice isn't he??



With Big B!! He's the cleverest Hippopotamus I've ever met!!



With lion Ljova. Kristl and her friend found him in their old garage that was to demolish.. He laid in mud and was very said.. They took him to their house where he could take bath and stay for all his life)) He's allays so serious.. But I tried to cheer him up!



With Bobble the Little Blue Owl



I told the Toys a bit of my journeys and showed some postcards and booklets I had with me:









The Toys presented me a postcard from Moscow for my collection:



And they are going to send you, Bec, a small present - a Russian Doll keyring Strider gave it to me but I asked Kristl to send it direct to you, cause with all my postcards and this doll I'll weigh too much..





I'll write on the postcard when I was in Moscow to keep it in mind!





Tomorrow I'm leaving Moscow and I'm both happy and sad. I'll miss them all and this beautiful city too but I'm looking forward to my future journeys!

Good bye, Moscow!!