Travelog for: Mister Spike

Hello again! 

This morning I made a walk trough the park of Schönbrunn palace with my host-mum. We wanted to find some chestnuts for her autumn decoration.

I really like the palace! It's so big and beautiful! 




In the park, Djali allowed me to climb this rather funny looking tree:


We then went on to see the large Neptune Fountain which stands opposite of the palce. From up there you have a great view!




Back at home, we decorated a small plate with all the chestnuts we found. It was quite fun playing around with them! 




Bye!

Hey! 

Today I accompanied my host-mum to her office. Most of the day I had to stay in her bag because she had a lot of work to do, but in the afternoon there was a little more time.



Look mummy! I helped Djali to sort all of these papers! It's quite a huge pile! 


If the weather is fine, we will take part in the Vienna Photo-Marathon tomorrow. So let's cross fingers that the sun is shining tomorrow!

Bye bye
Mister Spike

Hello mummy!

Today was a great day!  Djali and some friends of her took part in the Vienna photo marathon! It was really fun, but now we are all very tired. It's quite a nice idea: you've got 12 hours time to take 24 pictures of given themes or places. You have to take the pictures in the right order of the themes and you are only allowed to submit 1 picutre per theme. So you have to come up with many good ideas for pictures and find good places to take them. We had sooo much fun!  The mascots of Djali's friend (who took the pictures for the contest) were origami butterflies - so sadly I won't be on any of the pictures enterd in the contest.

We started at 9 a.m. with our list of themes and a nice breakfast:



On the way I found you a nice daisy and some delicous looking red berries on a tree:



One of the themes was for exemple "wood/wooden" - so we took pictures of this nice old floor in the inner city:


Another theme was "bridges":


And another shot of me with the beautiful butterflies! 


Good night, mummy!
Mister Spike

Yesterday, my host-mum had a day off from work. But sadly the weather was really terrible with a lot of rain and wind - so we had to stay home... Djali decided to use the day to do some of her housekeeping duties and I've been nice and helped her  Quite a lot of work to do as you see: washing clothes, ironing and vacuuming the floor *puh*







If the weather is fine this weeking, I'll get to see some more of Vienna!

CU
Mr. Spike

Hello mummy!

Today I helped Djali to decorate my envelope because I'll be going home tomorrow! I'm really excited to see you again after such a long time of travelling around! But on the other hand: I'm also eager to travel on to see many more interesting places 

Good night and see you soon 
Mister Spike

Hi there!

After traveling around, I arrived at home.

Now, some time is gone, and I really want to travel again. So guess where I´m going? To the USA! I´m soooo excited!

First I needed to say "Goodbye" to my friends.

Climbing the cat tree with Madam Miff and having a look,



saying "Goodbye" to Madam Miff. She is going to fam_united. Have a good time!




Chilling with my friend "Notpointless",



and finally it was time to go n my envelope.



Bye, bye mommy! See you soon!

Take care,
Mister Spike

Welcome to Minnesota, Mister Spike!!!!


We took a trip to Mall of America!!!








So much fun! Can’t wait to see what else happens!!!!
Xoxoxo,
Mister Spike

We got to go to the St. Paul Shrine Circus!! Yay!!!!
They had numerous acts!! I loved it!! The hilarious Osman Clowns!




THE ACTS!!!!!!
The Chicago Boyz Acrobatic Team:


Flat Out Extreme Motorcycle:






Riding and Performing Elephants:




Wheel Of Destiny:


Sway Poles:


Bengal Tigers:


Other fun acts:







It was soo much fun!!! I was scared when a couple of them were doing their acts! I couldn’t believe they did that! It was AWESOME!!!
xoxoxo,
Mister Spike

Minnesota Pit Bull Rescue is holding their 3rd annual silent auction where all the money benefits the rescue and their mission of saving pit bulls. We got to see great photos of adopters, fosters and volunteers as well as great appetizers and company.






Can't wait to see what's next! =)

Much Love,
Mister Spike

Hello!!!
All of us toy voyagers were there. All 12 of us!! We had cake, went jumping on a trampoline and presents for Chloe’s mom, Grandma and aunts! =)







HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY, MOM!!!


Much Love,
Mister Spike

We took an exciting trip! Sorry it took me so long to get it posted but we had so much fun it’s hard to explain! We took a trip to Michigan, with Chloe’s cousin Jillienne and her awesome TV’s! It was so much fun. It was a nice trip up to Michigan driving through Wisconsin and parts of Michigan. =)
Ready….Set….Let’s go!!



Nap Time!! This was a long boring road so we decided to try to take a nap…..


Bullseye, Juulia, Mr. Scrapes , ME, Miche, Kitsune and Hop loved taking pictures in the car!





Next is Sauna night and movie night! Whohoo!!! =)

We got the honor of going to Sauna night at Chloe’s aunt and uncles place in Humboldt, Michigan.
A sauna (SOW-na) is a room with a hot stove or coals that are heated by water to create a nice hot steamy room. It is a Finnish tradition to have saunas. It was very interesting and quite warm!
Hop, Miche, Kitsune, Mr. Scrapes, Bullseye, Juulia and I had a blast taking in the sauna. =)






We got to watch The Great and Powerful Oz with Chloe's aunt!



We will be heading back to Minnesota tomorrow….it’s been a fun trip! =)
Much Love,
Mister Spike

On our way home to Minnesota!!!! =) We had such a fun trip! We went through Duluth, Minnesota this time….going over a big long bridge that goes over Lake Superior! We also played with this toy we found in Chloe’s car…..it’s a Tiki doll! Haha















We did make a stop in Wisconsin….got to play on the playground and look at Lake Superior!!






Much Love,
Mister Spike

Downtown Minneapolis is filled with big buildings, lots of people and noise!!!













This is the Minneapolis City Hall. It occupies an entire city block and has about 680,000 gross square feet. The building is an architectural treasure listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was designed by Long and Keys Architects. The building also features a 15-bell chime and is the only American made set that can play the "Star Spangled Banner" in the original key. Every hour, quarter, and half-hour you will hear the bells of the tower. The bells were manufactured in New York and weigh from 300 to 7,300 pounds each -- over 14 tons total.











This building is the Hennepin County Court House. Little bit of information about it! It was pretty cool. The Hennepin County Courthouse, located in the Hennepin County Government Center, was completed in 1974. It was designed by John Carl Warnecke and Associates of San Francisco, with Peterson, Clark and Associates of Minneapolis. The masonry is the same carnelian red granite from Ortonville, MN, that was used in building the Minneapolis City Hall, where the courthouse used to be located. The diagonal braces of the modern building are steel sprayed with a fireproofing material to which a cream-colored porcelain-type material was fused. The building's total cost was about $50 million, with $1.6 million more spent after completion on making necessary window changes, fitting an additional floor for courtrooms, and installing glass walls on atrium floors and walkways.








This is the Public Safety building. It's a jail!! Here's some information Chloe09 told us about it! The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office operates the largest pre-trial adult detention facility (commonly called the jail) in the State of Minnesota. Jail facilities are located in two different buildings in downtown Minneapolis, but are treated as one facility:
    The Public Safety Facility (PSF) has 330 beds for arrestees.
    The City Hall (ADC) has 509 beds for arrestees.
On average each year, there are approximately 40,000 bookings at the jail. The jail is currently staffed for a capacity of 703 beds, and the average population in 2009 was 694. The jail has consistently earned the distinction of being accredited by the American Correctional Association for maintaining the highest standards of inmate custody and care.





This is the United States District Courthouse. The history of the judicial system in Minnesota begins in 1849 when the first territorial court term was held in Stillwater, Minnesota. The U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota was not established until nine years later when Minnesota became a State in 1858.





Minneapolis Central Library, located at 300 Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis, is the largest library of the Hennepin County Library public library system. It’s got 4 full floors of books, music and fun!! There is a coffee shop in there along with a little shop to buy books that the library no longer uses.














Such a fun trip downtown!!! =) I hear I may be heading to a new adventure!!

Much Love,
Mister Spike

Happy Halloween!!!!!