Travelog for: Troot

Ehm Mommy? I swear I have nothing to do with this, but...

We were playing outside, just like Toyvoyagers do. We had a lot of fun...

Anyway, they are going to send you the bill...
I hope you still love me!

Your little Troot

(Pictures taken "before" and "after" having fun! )

Before:


After:

Hello Mommy,

I was just kidding, you won't get a bill... I hope!

Let me tell ya the whole story!

We jumped into the car for... guess what... a roadtrip!
But it was only a short one. We used the freeway just to come to the next exit, because lots of other streets were closed. Our destination for today was Vockerode, a small village with about 1500 inhabitants. And they own an old power station which is closed since 1998.


What do we want here? And what are all these people doing here? We did the same like all of them: taking pictures of the 2 last chimneys, each 100m tall.


At 11 o'clock sharp there were 2 really loud explosions, followed by 2 little earthquakes and LOTS of dust! After a few minutes we could see clearly what happened! The chimneys were gone!
Later we were informed that people used about 90kg explosive materials and 900 detonators.


This pic was taken by our host!


Everybody was a bit sad, because these 2 chimneys were some typical landmarks for the village. You could see them on the freeway long time before arrival. We couldn't take any pictures during the explosion, but a good video can be seen here.

After a while we were allowed to go to the chimneys and have a closer look.


On our way back we just had eyes for the power station and where everything happened. All of us still shocked from the explosions and the earthquakes!



...when we noticed we weren't driving on a street. Holy crap!


We never noticed before some tracks here.


Woah and what a tiny and beautiful train! And yes, the train isn't longer than you can see in the pic. Just a few cm of it cut off in the pic.


Your Troot

Just another update in the car. We cruised to Berlin and through the city!

Hello Mommy,

today we found some seeds. We decided to grow them!
First we needed a box with some soil.


We "cut" the soil into single pieces and gave them numbers. Then we placed lots of seeds in it. All seeds were cacti and succulents.


At least we placed the seed box in a plastic bag, filled it with some water and closed it. Now we have a tiny greenhouse for the seeds. Lets see if they are going to grow!


PS: We are going on holidays SOON!

Troot

Hello Mommy,

as I promised: we made a trip!

Yesterday we traveled through whole Germany to Cologne, the biggest city at the river Rhine!
After that long journey we were too tired and just slept the whole evening.

But today...

We woke up really late, so the first we needed was something delicious to eat!


We started at the famous Hohenzollern Bridge, which is crossing the Rhine. It is the most heavily used railway bridge in Germany. People have placed love padlocks on the fence between the sidewalk and the tracks! Amazing!


Then it was time to see the most famous sight of the city: the Cologne Cathedral! It is a Roman Catholic church. It is also the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne. Construction of Cologne Cathedral commenced in 1248 and was halted in 1473, leaving it unfinished. Work restarted in the 19th century and was completed, to the original plan, in 1880. It is 144.5m (474 ft) long, 86.5m (284 ft) wide and its towers are approximately 157m (515 ft) tall. The cathedral is the largest Gothic church in Northern Europe and has the second-tallest spires and largest façade of any church in the world.



We had a wonderful warm and sunny day, but we had to go back home in the evening.

Your Troot

Hello Mommy,

today we made a tour around the Berlin Cathedral (Berliner Dom) which is the colloquial name for the Evangelical Supreme Parish and Collegiate Church in Berlin.
The Berlin Cathedral has never been a cathedral in the actual sense of that term since it has never been the seat of a bishop. It was built in the 15th century.




Isn't this a pretty view of the river Spree, the TV-tower and the Bode Museum at the Museum Island?!


Hugs
Troot

We celebrated Big foot's birthday!

Hello Mom,

we used that beautiful day to enjoy our lives close to the water.

First we went to the Spandau Ship Canal.



Then we went to lake Plötzensee. Sad it was too cold to swim in it.


Your Troot

Hello Mommy,

guess what! We went to the forest to find some mushrooms. Gustav thinks he knows a lot about mushrooms, because he always reads his brother's best friend Murph's blog. He's famous for his knowledge about mushrooms.

We found some lovely mushrooms, but he told us not to eat them. He wasn't sure about the poison. So we just watched them.


The next mushroom was so beautiful. It had the same color like lovely cakes have. So we decided that it is eatable. It was delicious! I'd really like to tell you about that mushroom, but nobody knows the name. After our meal we all started smiling like Gustav...that explains a lot


Yours
Trooööööoot

Hey Mom,

do you remember my update with all the seeds? Well, the seeds grow up!
Have a look!!!

Troot

Today we said goodbye to Landroval. He's going back home.

He got a big group hug.


Then we opened the window and Landroval spread his wings and flew away. I hope he knows the right way back home!


Troot

Hello Mommy,

we made a short trip to a nearby city called Lutherstadt Wittenberg. It is famous for Martin Luther who nailed his 95 theses on the doors of All Saints' Church ( "castle church" ) in 1517.

It was already getting dark when we arrived so we could only take a picture on the market place.
The white building on the left is the Town hall. In front of it you can see the Luther Memorial.
The church is the Town and Parish Church of St. Mary's. It is the civic church of the city. The reformers Martin Luther and Johannes Bugenhagen preached there and the building also saw the first celebration of the mass in German rather than Latin and the first ever distribution of the bread and wine to the congregation - it is thus considered the mother-church of the Protestant Reformation. Since 1996 it has been a World Heritage Site!

Your Troot

Hello Mommy!

Today it's Halloween! Whoohoooo...
We all were so excited ... until our host told us that we're not celebrating. Instead of eating too many sweets we could do some sports!

We jumped on the bike and started, but after 1km our butts started to hurt! We thought this could be our chance to go back and be able to celebrate, but... no mercy!

We passed forests, fields, lakes etc... Ok, the landscape was really beautiful, but after 30km we asked our host to go back!

I think I can't sit for the next few days. Damn you muscle ache!

Troot

We are soooooo excited! We're going on a short trip to a foreign country!
Can you image what the security wanted to do with us? They wanted to scan us! Hell! If they do they would see us naked! NOBODY wants to see a Toyvoyager naked!

As it is already dark outside we didn't take any more pictures today...

Hello Mommy,

guess what! I made it to LONDON!

I heard when you go to London you have to use the underground, because the London Underground is the oldest underground railway network in the world. So I did!


First I visited the famous Big Ben. This is the nickname for the great bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster. The four clock dials are 180 feet (54.9 m) above ground. Wow!


And of course, we also saw the Palace of Westminster which is the meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The tower you can see in my picture is called Victoria Tower.


Then we went to a circus. We were so excited to see many animals and maybe a clown, but what we saw was something totally different!
Piccadilly Circus is a road junction and public space of London's West End in the City of Westminster, built in 1819 to connect Regent Street with the major shopping street of Piccadilly. In this context, a circus, from the Latin word meaning "circle", is a round open space at a street junction.
And there were lots of illuminated signs, gosh!



From there we went to another close public space and tourist attraction: Trafalgar Square. At its centre is Nelson's Column, which is guarded by four lion statues at its base. There are a number of statues and sculptures in the square, with one plinth displaying changing pieces of contemporary art.


That's enough of rain for today! Let's see what we're going to see tomorrow...

Your little Troot