Travelog for: BineHH

Moin Mum,

since the sun was shining for once, host mum took me and Palugtag for a walk in Bad Homburg and showed us the ruins of a roman mansion called Villa Ober Eschbach.
I really enjoy spending time with another TV. 

Kiss Kiss

Hi Mum,

today I had to say goodbye to Hostmum Susie's (after 3 months) and my new TV friend. 
But I'm on my Way to Austria now and can't wait for all kinds of new adventueres. 

Love u mom and talk to you soon.

Yours

BineHH

Hello Mommy!

I've finally arrived in Vienna after some loooong days in the dark envelope! 
After my host mum Djali/Marion got home from work I could finally get out!
As soon, as I was out of my transporter I go inspected by her black cat. A bit scary, but I think we will get along quite well. And maybe I'll also meet her other furry friend: Krümel the hamster - but he is still asleep at the moment.

Djali then showed me what she will do at this rainy cold evening: taking a good book and reading! Good choice I think! 

So, good night for today!
BineHH

Hello mum! 

Today my hostmum showed me the palace and park of Schönbrunn! Wow!  This palace is really huge! At the moment they are setting up the traditional christmas market in front of the palace. It will open next week and maybe I'll go there some day too!

Most of the pics are a bit blurry, but it was quite dizzy and foggy today. We didn't stay long because I started freezing...







We took a walk through the large park around the palace. It's nice even in winter.


My hostmum showed me one of the "curiosities" of the park: colombary with exotic doves and pidgeons. I'm quite happy that they are behind these bars!! 


In the park there are several small fountains and this big one here. It's called Neptun's Fountain. I really liked it! 



See you!
BineHH

Hello!

Today I helped my host mum to make an advent calendar for a good friend of her  Even if she's all grown-up and so she still loves to do it and to make other happy.




Djali made the star herself with many small beads.

Finished! 


Hihi! My colors fit really well with the paper and parcels! :-)

CU soon,
BineHH

Hello Mum!

Today is the 2nd advent sunday and my hostmum finally had some time to show me around the inner city a bit! 



But first we had a nice late breakfast, before going out into the cold and I was allowed to ride the cat. Well...somehow the look on her face tells me she was not that happy with it... 


We took the underground to the inner city and Djali showed me the cathedral St. Stephans. We couldn't go inside, but the outside is still very impressive. It's sooo high!






One of the more frightening details of the cathedral: A skull that serves as candle holder next to a door 


Right next to the cathedral there are many carriages for rent. These traditional carriages are called "Fiaker" in German. All of the horses had plankets over their backs so that they don't get cold while waiting.



We walked through some nice streets with different christimas trees. There are many traditional ones, but also some rather odd ones. Like the tree that was decorated with lots of bookmarks:




The next sight Djali wanted to show me is the Hofburg, the old imperial appartements of the emperors and queens. It's a really huge builing complexe. Today you can visit the imperial appartements, the treasury and also the famous Spanish Riding school there. And in another aisle of the building there are the old National Library and many offices.





Directly in front of the Hofburg there are some ancient ruins of some roman houses:



At the end of our tour I was really lucky: We arrived by luck at the spanish riding school in time to see the famous Lippizaner horses!  Every time after the training and shows in the Riding School they are led over the streets to their stables in a sidestreet for everyone to see. The court with the stables is behing glass so that it's not too loud for the horses in the middle of the city.




Before we went back home, my hostmum allowed me a quick glance on the Opera House:


Now I'm really tired for today and wish you all the best!
See you next time! 

BineHH

Hello Mum!

It's only a few days till Christmas and everyone is getting really excited here! 
Yesterday, my host mum and a friend of her bought a christmas tree and decorated it. My host mum told me, that it is her first christmas tree since several years, because normally she isn't home much over the holidays. But this year, some friends and realtives will come over to her place, so she wanted to get a tree. 







I wish you a merry christmas, mummy! 

Hello Mum!

I hope, you have a nice Sunday! I enjoyed mine so far :-) This morning my hostmum, a friend of her with her little child went to the Zoo 

We got to see lots of animals there, even though many of them hid away in the warm stables instead of being outside.

The Zoo in Vienna is one of the oldest zoos in Europe and at the same time of of the most modern zoo. It's really big and pretty! The zoo is right next to the palace Schönbrunn. During the time of the Habsburgian emperors it was even a part of the palace park.

The big rhino was the first animal we saw:



The little boy child of her friend loves all big animals, so we got to see the bisons and the tiger next:





When we started to get cold, we visited the rainforest house. In there it's nice warm with a really humid air. That's why the picture is so foggy


Is was a bit scarred of this big snake, but as it is behind glass it was ok for me.


At the end we visited two very different kinds of birds: Penguins and flamingos. I like the flamingos best because they have the same color as I do 
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In summer, a baby panda bear was born in the zoo - something that is rather extraordinary. And it's already the second panda baby they got here in Vienna! But unfortunately, the panda house was closed, so we couldn't try to get a glimpse of the baby panda. So we took a picture of the statue instead:


This colorfull bike is the hero of a series of childrens detective stories written by Thomas Brezina, an austrian author. The bike is called Tom Turbo. In the stories, the headquarter of the detectives is under the zoo - that's why they got a statue here in one of the cages:


Have a nice day!
BineHH

I wish you a happy new year, mum! 

Hello friends,

I am back home – Dicker Kumpel gave me a warm welcome.



It is great to be back in the family!



I showed my postcard and the chocolate!



Bye
BineHH

Hello friends,

You didn’t see it up to now, but I am on the Cruise with my Mum. I spent most of the time in the kid’s club together with my sisters and brothers, but today we were in the cabin, when we reached Lissabon.





It was a nice view from our balcony.





There was a big bridge over the river.



Tomorrow there will be a big TV-meeting! I am so excited!

Love
BineHH

Hello friends,

Back home I decided to travel again, so I said goodbye to Dicker Kumpel.



I had a last meeting with my brothers and sisters.



Now I am on my way to Russia.

Love
BineHH