Travelog for: Hurley

Hello everyone!

As you can see i'm a bigfoot. You maybe can imagine that it's not handy when you want to sneak to someone because i always stamp one's foot.

I really love to eat! And i also eat everything. I wanna challange you to find something i don't like. I bet you can't find anything!

You can't see it but i'm also very brave. So i wanna ask you to take a dare with me. I wanna explore how bravely i really am.


I love weather. Rain, sunshine, hailstones, everything! So if you wanna show me the weather in your town/ county i'm the luckiest bigfoot in the world!


Don't i look cute?

I can't wait to start my journey!

Big hugs Hurley

I have arrived and look forward to Munich's sights!

I did a bit of sight-seeing today and visited the Hofbräuhaus (a really huge beerhall), the Orlando house, Alter Hof and Marienplatz

I made a trip to Frankfurt on the weekend. The photos show the view of the Frankfurt skyline taken from a bridge over the Main river.

Just around the corner there is the Isartor. It was one of the old town gates. Today it is used as a museum.

Pandamao took me to a trip to beautiful Provence in France. We stayed in a little holiday cottage in the middle of the mountains.

Unfortunately the weather was not good - lots of rain for quite a few days. So I did not venture out often. The photos show a bit how the area looks like.

One evening I visited La Motte, a little town.

On the weekend I had a short day trip to one of the lakes south of Munich, the Ammersee. It was a great summer day and I enjoyed walking along the lake side. We found a tree xylophone - nice sound.

Surprise!!! Some traveling toyvoyagers were in town and I met up with them and their host olgamaus. We had a nice walk along the Isar river, saw the Friedensengel ("angel of freedom" statue) - the fountain shows a rainbow! - and ended up in the beergarden of the Chineses Tower inside the English Garden (that's a large park in Munich).ö

On the weekend Pandamao traveled to Sulzbach-Rosenberg to visit her dad. I also came along and took a walk in the city center.

This week the Auer Dult takes place. I loved to take a stroll over there.

This is some information about the Auer Dult:
The Auer Dult is characteristic of Munich, the Bavarian capital. The history of the popular fair with its folkloric flair can be traced back to the Middle Ages.

Three times a year, the locals flock to the Mariahilfplatz, in the part of town called the "Au", which means "meadow" or "pasture": here they can walk around at leisure, shop for bargains, have a bite to eat and enjoy a good time. During the "Dult", the fairground, which spreads over 20,000 square meters, becomes an island in the heart of the city, alive with conversation and congeniality. Children young and old enjoy going on the bumper cars, the boat-like swings, the merry-go-round or the ferris wheel.

The Auer Dult is Europe's largest market for tableware and all kinds of pots and pans. New-fangled household products are proudly praised as "kitchen marvels". The junk dealers' wares conceal many a treasure, sometimes art and sometimes kitsch. Whether glass or porcelain, wax or wicker, cloth or leather, whether it's candy or an old-fashioned herbal remedy you're looking for: your heart's desire awaits you at the Dult. This is open-air shopping with a smile.

I am so exited - I'm going to Nürnberg for the Bardentreffen.

Some info from the website:
33rd Bardentreffen
Singer-Songwriter Festival, Nuremberg 2008
Friday 1 August to Sunday 3 August, 2008
 
Finns are brilliant in school, some are a bit bizarre. This we gather from PISA Studies and Kaurismäki films. But who knows that in Finland, the tango is popular? Or what a "Kantele" sounds like? You will be able to hear it during the 33rd Bardentreffen singer-songwriter festival. This year, Finland will be the focus of Germany's biggest free outdoor world music festival. Of course, the bizarre Leningrad Cowboys are a must. As is the Master of the Singing Saw, "La Sega del Canto". All in all, the festival will feature about 60 bands and musicians from all over the world, including Joan Armatrading.

I arrived in the afternoon and headed out right away for the music .... besides the "official" groups and singers lots of other people come to make music on the streets.

As the concerts start in the afternoon I used the morning for a bit of sight-seeing. I had a look at the Lorenzkirche (Lorenz church)and strolled along Königstraße (King Street). In the background of the second and third photo you can spot the castle of Nürnberg.

Today is the last day of Bardentreffen. I was great to have been here. I even managed to see the Leningrad Cowboys play. I stayed till the very end and met with Pandamao's friends at the Tiergärtnertorplatz. The last photo shows the house of Dürer (wich is at Tiergärtnertorplatz).