Travelog for: Tiffy

hello mommy, today was mommy's day = your day! so i have persuaded my dear erol the pirat to go into a nice park with lots of flowers to send some very beautiful pictures to you, mommy.


first i have seen thousands of tulips.


how they have smelled ...




look at these different forms and colours.



me and erol the pirat under an apple tree.





erol the pirat also likes tulips.



oh, these beautiful blossoms of the apple tree.






oh, cute little flowers.


look what we have found: who knows, what this is?


look at these full pear blossoms!



this has been a very nice walk in the park. hope you like the flower photos.

bye bye, mommy - your little travel bird. 

dear mommy,


last thursday a new toyvoyager has arrived kikuchan. she is a nice one, has told us everything about her hometown and country: japan.


yesterday the weather was not so good.


but the evening has become nice.


we have made a little trip in the outskirts and found this funny little house.


we have found out this was a restaurant.


we have had a delicious meal.


at the end we have had very sweet desserts with a black coffee and big sugar cubes.

bye bye mommy, your little tweety. 

hello mommy,


pentecost, that's big party in berlin: the carnival of cultures. many poeple have been in the streets.


to drink beer 


a streetmarket has been errected with stuff from all over the world: arabic lamps for aladdin


psychodelic



and other voodoo puppets



live music at a bus stop


turkish food


later in the evening we have had delicious asparagus, the season's vegetable of this region. yummy.

ciao mama, your tiffy. 

hello mommy,


the weather hasn't been too good, so we (me and erol the pirat) have decided to go shopping.


look mommy: SHOOOOOES!


and natural cosmetics!


nice skirts!


more shops, yippieh!


erol the pirat, come out. it's a furniture store, not a food mart!


ice cream, erol?


uuuuuh, cake is good for my feathers.


oh yes, i do!

look, everything's on sale!


do you love me, erol the pirat?


ok, let's do some shopping!


hihi ... he's the best.



happpppily yours, tiffy. 

good evening mommy.

after some rainy days, me and my dear friend erol the pirat have made a walk through the oldest part of berlin.


but before we have had a healthy breakfast with kikuchan, another tv and our hosts.


then we have gone to the quarter around saint nicolai's church.


it has been too early and too cold, so no one has been sitting in the street cafés.



nice old houses. look this café has been opened. coffee, erol?


this is restaurant called the rib. can you see the rib on the facade?



oh, this is saint nicolai's church with its twin tower.


look, what a funny gully, showing some sights of berlin. let's see, what we will visit.


oooh, spooky, a public water pump.


they sell teddies in every souvenir shop. the bear is the town animal of berlin.


postcards ...


this is the old seal of medieval berlin.



"gebäck" - a bakery.


look, an old pub ... erol?


hihi, they sell beer from a small window ("luke").


an old gravestone in the church wall.


a fountain with a bear on top.


saint george fighting the dragon.


a beer garden.




w have walked around the church. they have built funny and spooky things into the walls.


hey erol: hungry?


they are reconstructing the town everywhere.


this is the red townhall, seat of the berlin government, the senate.


behind us is the television tower at alexander square. we will visit this part of the town at another day.

your loving tiffy.

hello mommy, it's me again.

this weekend we have made a special trip with our host.


first we have got up early and have driven on the "autobahn" southwards ("wow how fast!).


after a couple of hours we have reach our goal: the wartburg, one of germany's most famous castle. here back in 1521 martin luther had translated the bible into german while hiding for the holy inquisition.


this is a map of the castle. left hand side is martin luther.


inside the first courtyard.


the second courtyard.


view from one of the towers into the second courtyard.


then we have visited the nice town nearby: eisenach. this is the house where martin luther had lived after he had left wartburg.


main market square.


this is the birthplace of johann sebastian bach, one of the most famous baroque composers.

after a good dinner, we have left this beautiful town.

your little travel bird

dear mommy.

today we (me and erol the pirat) have made a walk through the tiergarten area in berlin.


we have started at the victory column which originally is a memorial for the german victory against france and later have become a memorial of the french-german friendship.


next to it is bellevue castle, the seat of the german federal president. yes: germany has a president.


the president is in berlin: his flag is flying. bellevue is french and means beautiful view in german. well it does look beautiful.


wedding? they have got a rodsign leading to marriage? hihi, how funny.



this is the former conference hall, a present of the american people to west berlin in the fifties. now it is officially called house of the cultures of the world. well, this is much to long. the berliners call it the pregnant oyster. this is what it is when look at it long enough.


this is reichstagsgebaude, the seat of the german federal parliament. it is completely new inside, as well as the cupola.


way behind us, what looks like a giant washing machine, is bundeskanzleramt, the seat of the federal chancellor.

we sure will see more of this interesting town. but first we will see you soon.

kisses, your curious little plushbird tiffy 

hello everybody!

today was a special day. we have driven to see our family at home in lichtenfels!
what a surprise, a big toyvoyager was taking place:


these tvs have participated (in no order):
erol the pirat joesy 3*euro napoleon tiffy kikuchan dr.kröbner günther jethro *coco* squab mr. casanova bubele aura bzzzzz scruffy mcgee rocky raccoon mr.lemony Húlí hútú lady katherine wavy gravy fipsy lina


we have had a lot of fun and had a lot of travel stories to tell!


erol the pirat tiffy kikuchan napoleon


oh, i was so happy so see erols daddy and his little brother weisbaertle.

cioa mommy. see you again soon 

hello mommy.
it was really great having seen you and the folks the other day! 

before we make plans to have a little break we have visited the brandenburg gate in berlin, one of the most famous sights in germany.










if you want to learn more about this gate: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg_Gate

dear mommy!

long not seen here ... we (erol the pirat and me) haven't been lazy though: we have made a short break on the baltic sea.


this is where we have been: on the island of usedom.



it has lots of large sandy beaches.


and some nice piers.



us on an old fisher's boat. erol was just about to sail this boat ... hihihi ... boys!


for lunch we have enjoyed some fish. erol has always cried for a beer. 


and: we have had a very good dinner: you now what? YES, fish! i have completed another of my travel life missions! and not only once ... 


and erol finnally has got his beer ... or two or three ... 


next day we went to the beach again.


tried to build a sand castle.


i have chatted a bit with the wild birds on feathers, food and other girlish topics ... nothing for erol. 


dinner was another fish dish!!! so yummy. 


next day we have made a walk to nearby poland.


this is the border nowadays.


poland is also nice. good for a rest at the port anyway.


and ... of course, a fish dinner! 


erol has got something to drink of course ... 

see you sson, mommy, your little fish eating travel birdy! 

hello folks!


tiffy: "today we have made a trip to the city centre at alexander square."


erol: "there are huuuuuge houses and a funny clock: the world time clock. it shows you the time at many different places around the world."


tiffy: "today there was a funny market with lots of peculiar things."


erol: "look, tiffy, what a large tower."
tiffy: "this is the television tower at alexander square."
erol: "wasn't this the tower that was begun by east german builders and finally finished by a japanese-swedish consortium?"
tiffy: "by the way: do you know, what television means?"
erol: "i knew you would ask. yes i do: it means far looking. this is a far looking tower. HUA HUA HUA!"
tiffy: "the unofficial name is tele asparagus."


erol: "look, tiffy! this is neptunes fountain."
tiffy: "oh, how beautiful: all kinds of sea beings are spitting water."


erol: "this is the berlin cathedral. the prussian kings wanted a lutheran main church as a counterpart of saint peter's in rome."
tiffy: "have you seen these lovely trumpet flowers?"
erol: "not seen, i have heard the noice!"


tiffy: "what looks like an ancient greek temple is the old national gallery on the museum island."


erol: "old gallery? i prefer modern art, my dear."


tiffy: "this is spree river, which flows through the whole city from east to west."


erol: "here we are in the world famous hackesche courtyards. hopefully we will finally find a chilled beer in one of the numerous bars. cheers daddy!"
tiffy: "and some coffee with cake. bye bye mommy, see you."

hi folks.


tiffy: "today we have visited the last remains of the berlin wall."


erol: "hah! now i understand why communism has finally failed: they got sick of kissing each other!"


tiffy: "for it's graffitti this part of the wall is called the eastside gallery."



erol: "just in case you have forgot: yes, we are in berlin."



tiffy: "i love these funny faces."



erol: "hee hee ... test the rest ... rangdeedangdeedang!"


tiffy: "funny huge statue of ... a ... of ... hm, what is THIS?"
erol: "tiffy, my dear, this is your wildest dreams! HUA HUA HUA!"

my dear mommy!
this is your day!
we have come together to celebrate YOU!


we have gone into our host's new garden. the sun was shining nearly the whole day. FOR YOU i would say.


we have invited the two gargoyle brothers from next door. they are dragons. the good thing about dragons is, that they are able to blow ON candles - birthday candles. even our new friend miggy-the-pig has come - just in case the sun would not have shone ... he is so yellow ... even a guest from japan has been with us: kikuchan.


mommy, happy birthday. enjoy your day.


mommy, we (everybody) have fun for you!


blowing out the candles together has caused some problems. we had to convince the dragons NOT to blow!

mommy we all love you! much health and luck for you.

your lucky brave travel bird tiffy 

p.s.: plushy greetings to you as well, daddy! 

tiffy: "hello mommy! here we ae again!"
erol: "hi daddy! no, we haven't slept all the time. we have also updated some adventures from august. just have a scroll."


tiffy: "look mommy, where are we?"
erol: "oh daddy, look what a funny bobble cap tiffy wears!"


tiffy: "hey erol! where are you going?"


erol: "come here, tiffy, and have a look yourself."


tiffy: "aaaaaah! we have found LUCK!"
erol: "yes my dear tiffy. it's the great luck! we are the lucky ones."


tiffy: "oh erol, how smart you are."
erol: "i know, darling."

tiffy: "hello mommy! this weekend we have done a short trip to central germany."
erol: "hi daddy! there we have visited nice christmas markets."


tiffy: "first we have visited erfurt."
erol: "it's the capital city of thuringia"


tiffy: "christmas markets, that' a lot of sweets and candies."


erol: "... and hot apple cide and hot wine ..."


tiffy: "we have had a lot of fun."


erol: "next we have gone into that huge cathedral."


tiffy: "this is the inside: a huge hall with so many columns."


tiffy: "hey erol! look: someone is sleeping in that case!"
erol: "no tiffy, this is a coffin. and the man inside looks like jesus."
tiffy: "ooops - i know he is dead since long ago. strange to have him here lying in a cathedral."


erol: "next stop was schmalkalden."
tiffy: "they have written it on the gully. so you will allways know where you are."


tiffy: "look at these nice old houses."


erol: "and a christmas market, a bit smaller than in erfurt. but hey, let's have a drink."




tiffy: "christmas markets are much better with some snow."
erol: "this one is nice anyway."