Travelog for: Rudy

We are going on a big journey tomorrow!!!

So we did what we had to do! Packing everything important into our car.
We need something to eat and drink and plates, of course. Günther said we should take some of the pirate gold with us. Maybe we have to pay something. GustavHH is sure we need the canvas chair, if the sun will shine. We also need our skateboards and our driving lesson cars to cruise around.


Everything has to fit into the car!


We fixed the canvas chair and some boards on the car, there was no other free space. And fixed one of the little cruisers behind the car. As there are only 5 guys allowed in the car I have to sit on the cruiser behind the car!


Holidays we are coming!


Your rockin' rat Rudy

I arrived in Cologne, the fourth-largest city of Germany! It is located on both sides of the Rhine River.
I went to the famous Cologne Cathedral (officially High Cathedral of St. Peter). It is a Roman Catholic church and 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. It is Germany's most visited landmark, attracting an average of 20,000 people a day.
Construction of Cologne Cathedral commenced in 1248 and was halted in 1473, leaving it unfinished. The work restarted in the 19th century and was completed in 1880. It is 144.5 metres (474 ft) long, 86.5 m (284 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 and largest facade of any church in the world.


Your rockin' rat Rudy

I made it to another country!
I'm now in Amsterdam, the largest city and capital of the Netherlands.

First we visited the Amsterdam Centraal, the central train station of the city. It is also one of the main railway hubs of the Netherlands and is used by 250,000 passengers a day! It first opened in 1889 and was designed by Pierre Cuypers and A. L. van Gendt.


I really like the design of all these houses! And they are all very old.


Your rockin' rat Rudy

Before going back to Germany we did a stop over next to the North Sea.
We enjoyed the sunset at the beach. It was really windy, look at the waves!





Your rockin' rat Rudy

We are back to Cologne!
Today we had a look over the city from a really high building.
Can you see the big famous Cathedral? And the bridge over the river Rhine.  It's the famous one with all these love locks.


Look, there is the famous Lanxess arena.


Later we went to the Rhine. The water is really cold!


Near the river I found a perfect street to skate!



Tomorrow we are going back home.

Your rockin' rat Rudy

When we arrived back home somebody stopped our car.


It is Petunia from Finland who arrived while we were on holidays. We gave her a lovely welcome hug.

Time for hiking!
We walked wand walked wand walked... and finally arrived near a lake.
Isn't it beautiful? But we couldn't stay here, we had to go on.


Can you see the wind engine? This is where we want to go.


Finally arrived!


This wind engine is huge!


And there are so many more!


We had a wonderful view. Lots of forests. But far far away we could see the highest building of Leipzig!


Can you see the little chimney at the horizon? Normally it's a really high chimney! But now it looks so small!


While we were walking around and enjoying our view Mommy found some "Slippery Jack" mushrooms. When we were home she cooked the mushrooms for us! So yummy!


Your rockin' rat Rudy

Have a look to this beautiful sunset!

Alex bought a new appartement. He doesn't have any furniture yet, but decorated the whole room for Halloween. Crazy kitty!

Alex told us about a weird dream he had when he noticed his dream became true.
He introduced his became-true-dream as "Oops".
I'm confused!


Your rockin' rat Rudy

Today Günther and Cheeks are leaving.
We all cuddled them a lot.


Then they climbed into their envelopes and left the house. We'll miss these guys!


Your rockin' rat Rudy

Today it was windy and rainy, but we did a sightseeing trip to the Bastei. It is a spectacular rock formation towering 194 metres above the Elbe River in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains. Reaching a height of 305 metres above sea level, the jagged rocks of the Bastei were formed by water erosion over one million years ago. The Bastei has been a tourist attraction for over 200 years.




Your rockin' rat Rudy

Another day without sun, but it didn't rain!
We visited Königstein Fortress which is a hilltop fortress near Dresden. It is one of the largest hilltop fortifications in Europe and sits atop the table hill of the same name.
The 9.5 hectare rock plateau rises 240 metres above the Elbe and has over 50 buildings, some over 400 years old, that bear witness to the military and civilian life in the fortress. The rampart run of the fortress is 1,800 metres long with walls up to 42 metres high and steep sandstone faces. In the centre of the site is a 152.5 metre deep well, which is the deepest in Saxony and second deepest well in Europe.
The fortress was used as a state prison for centuries.


We found an old gun!



And we had a wonderful view of the river Elbe.



Your rockin' rat Rudy

Today we got a package. We thought a new ToyVoyager arrived.
We opened the envelope.


Inside we found another envelope.


We were so excited that we crawled into the second envelope to find out what or who arrived.


It wasn't a new TV. But it was a package full of M&M sweets! These are some special Halloween candies which we got from somebody in the US. We tried them and yep, these are some of the most delicious sweets ever!


Your rockin' rat Rudy

My Mommy told me I have to go to school before I start traveling!
I think I was a little bit early, because there were no other pupils.
So I decided to sit on the teacher's desk!
Did you ever do something like this before? I guess not!

Your rockin' rat Rudy