Travelog for: Sean

Just a quick note that I'm back home. I think I'm back home.
While Mommy couldn't pick me up at the post office I decided to open the envelope on my own! After eating all the delicious chocolate (thanx to my last host!) I started to find the way home.
It wasn't easy. Lots of people asked me if I come from the zoo. Hell NO!
Finally, after hours, I found the right street. I hope it is the right one. All streets here look so similar!

Sean

Today I visited the "Landesgartenschau" (Horticultural show). Most of the time I spent at the beautiful lake!

Sean

I decided to visit France, because I have never been there.
First I wanted to go to Paris, but I read a lot about France in a book and after this I preferred to visit the Côte d'Azur. Two whole weeks for adventure and relaxing.
I loved the countryside and these tiny villages were so cute!

In August I spent some time in beautiful Wales. I really enjoyed the countryside, can't stop looking at the pix! But the villages have really strange names here, like Blaenau Ffestiniog or Tanybwlch! And I visited the village with the longest single word domain name in the world: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch. After trying to speak that name I had tons of knots in my tongue! I wondered how big are their envelopes? Really confusing!

Sean

I'm back to France for 2 weeks. I think I like that country, even that I don't understand what they are talking about...
Today I visited Aigues-Mortes which is a French commune in the Gard department in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of southern France.
The medieval city walls surrounding the city are well preserved.
And they had a lot of nice stores! I liked that!
Can you see me on the pictures? I wanted to show you so much in every pictures. I forgot that I'm a little bit smaller...

Sean

The next stop on my tour in the south of France was a village called La Grand-Motte. It is a popular seaside resort and port, built in the 1960s and 1970s. La Grande-Motte is characterized by homogeneous architecture; many of the prominent buildings are pyramidal in form. With 2 million tourists per year it is one of the favorite resorts of the French.
I saw so many building on my last stop so this time I went to the beach!

Sean

The next stop was Palavas-les-Flots. It was really wet. It lies on a strip of sand dunes that separates two lakes, the Étang de l'Arnel and the Étang du Méjean, from the sea.
There I met some really nice guys: flamingos! They invited me to there group, but my legs were too short.
On the other side there was the stormy sea. Well, I think I don't stay here...

Sean

This is my last day in the south of France. This little village is called Mèze. Situated on the étang de Thau, Mèze shares with Bouzigues its historic role as the oyster capital of the area. Almost a third of its inhabitants depend on the fishing industry for their livelihood. In recent years, tourism and transport have become increasingly central to the local economy.
I saw lots of boats and a pirate! I should go back home!

Sean

Let me tell you something about the city I'm living with my host at the moment! As I had some guests I decided that it was time for some sightseeing in Cologne.

First we visited the most famous sight: the Cathedral!
Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) is a Roman Catholic cathedral. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne. It is a renowned monument of German Catholicism and Gothic architecture and is a World Heritage Site. The cathedral is Germany's most visited landmark, attracting an average of 20,000 people and 5 Toyvoyagers a day.

The 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 144.5 metres (474 ft) long, 86.25 m (283.0 ft) wide and its towers are approximately 157 m (515 ft) tall. The cathedral is the largest Gothic church in Northern Europe and has the second-tallest spires. Its two huge spires give it the largest façade of any church in the world. The choir has the largest height to width ratio, 3.6:1, of any medieval church.


Then we had a view over their famous river: the Rhine. It is a European river and the second longest river in Central and Western Europe. It is about 1,230 km (760 mi) in length.
Sometimes when my host is in town for some shopping I go to the river to swim a little bit. It is cold, I like that!


This is the Hohenzollern Bridge which is crossing the river Rhine. It is the most heavily used railway bridge in Germany. But that's not the reason why it is famous. Most interesting thing is the decorations! Since 2008 people have placed love padlocks on the fence between the footpath and the railway lines.


Sean

This morning my guests left Cologne and went back home.
I hope enjoyed their big journey!
Last thing to do with them was saying goodbye and hugging my brothers Alex and Squab! Next time I will offer them again a lovely sightseeing tour.

Sean