Travelog for: Henri

Hello out there

i'm writing this during a spring storm in March 2014.

Last year my host turtles took me along to the great annual postcrossing meet-up in Bielefeld. It was just before my Hibernation and so i write this report now.

Some of the humans in Bielefeld i've seen before but some are new for me.

It was a great weekend with loads of postcards, fun and laughter, but see yourself:





You see - there are millions of postcards. The beautiful Miss Pineapple and i are very happy, that we haven't to sign all these cards.



And then we met nice Kuma Chan San - who is native from Japan but now he is living in Duesseldorf with Duesseljin:



We had a lot to talk und a lot of chocolate to eat - yummi. I wonder, how Miss Pineapple can be so slim, as she loves chocolate





Of course i did a walk to the near forrest and looked for a nice place for my Hibernation. This place seemed very good:





On this card you see my uncle Whity - a famous top model from Alaska:





So we sent you warm greetings from the town, which doesn't exist: Bielefeld. (Bielefeld Conspiracy)

Hello mom <3

today I had a break during my Hibernation and as I was hungry, I decided to do a walk to the Baltic Sea and look for something to eat - maybe fish? 

The first look was good:



I asked the first animal, which I met, for the best place to fish, but he was not able to help:



Then I tasted the seaweed around me, but it was only a appetizer:



No fish under the ice cover....



...and around me a lot of snow and ice...



the pier was iced too



but the seagulls had a tip for me, where i can find a lot of fish...



yeah A great place for fishing!



A last look and now it's time to continue my Hibernation.




XOXO,
Henri

Hello Guys

guess where I am:



Yes! You're right. I visited the Hanseatic City of Bremen and met my mom.

Here I sat at the statue of the Bremen Town Musicians. First I touched the front hooves of the donkey, because that brings happiness.



Today in Bremen was Samba Carnival and i saw a lot of interesting people:





We all strolled through the old city center to a nice restaurant, where we did our Toy Voyager Meeting and wrote some cards to Kuma_Chan, Maschi and other Toys.



Left to right:
Batgirl, Oink, Olga, me and  Lieselotte

Quacky-King had to leave early, because he got an invitation for a birthday party later this day. So he missed this picture

The restaurant was located in the Böttcherstraße, a street which is famous for its unusual architecture, a rare example of expressionist architectur. Turtles loved the red brickstone houses, and I agreed.





And at least I met another group of Town Musicians - they all were reading!





The cats book looked very exciting

A nice day, but now i'm tired. I will countinue Hibernation for a few weeks, I think...

Love and kisses,
Henri

Hello lovely people

Yeah! It's springtime. I finished my hibernation and started live again with some good looking (and good tasting) flowers






Today lovely little Olga visited me and we went out to Lübeck for sightseeing and ice cream.

These are the first two towers (Lübeck is well known as the 7-Towers-City) I saw. It is the greatest of Lübecks churches, the St. Mary's Church (Marienkirche):




Only a few steps away, the Buddenbrook-House is situated, well known by the novel (Buddenbrooks, 1901) from Thomas Mann. He lived in this house for several years.



We had a little break...



...and started culture and history again:





But then we shared this tasty ice cream - yummmiiii !



Time for the photo, which every Lübeck tourist have to do - a picture with the Holsten Gate:



Did you know that in 1863 the Lübeck citizens decided by a majority of just one vote not to demolish the Holsten Gate but to instead extensively restore it?

Can you imagine Lübeck without the Holsten Gate?

Have a nice day, Love and kisses,
Henri.

Hello world

today turtles have to put her bicycle in for a service at Hamburg. And we want to take the opportunity and meet mondkind.

So we arrange a meeting for breakfast here:



at the portugese quarter near the St. Pauli Piers at the harbor.

The breakfast at Cafe Sul looked very good.





And I tried a wonderful thing ..... Pastel de Nata - yummy!



After the wonderful breakfast I were ready for new adventures and had a first look at the harbor.



Behind me you see the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, which is a concert hall under construction. Maybe it will be ready one day, Mondkind told me with a smile.

And then we climbed up to the Youth Hostel and had a great view at the St. Pauli Piers.



The buildding at the right site is a part of the Old Elbe Tunnel. It is opened in 1911 and till now pedestrians and vehicles can use it to go to the other bank of the river Elbe.

Huge lifts carry motor vehicles to the bottom. That sounds very interesting and i had a look:





Look. A car in a lift. Wow.
And here are the entries to the lift. There are 4 lifts at each side.

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A trip through the Old Elbe Tunnel costs only two Euros for a car:



And after this, we went back to the car, fetched turtles bicycle and drove back to Lübeck. Hamburg harbor was very interesting and thrilling, although the weather was cold and windy

See you soon- hugs and kisses and greetings to Lieselotte <3

Dear mom, Dear Lieselotte <3

a lot of awesome and handsome animals today!

i visited Arche Warder and had a very thrilling day. Most of the animals - okay - all the animals were bigger than I, but my host protected me.

Arche Warder is Europe's largest animal park for rare and endangered domestic animals - look:



At the very back of the entrance the children's zoo is located. No way that my host turtles will miss this 



Meanwhile i met this hen...no, it isn't a small bank...the hen is so big. I've never seen such a great hen before. Is there something i have to worry about?



Yeah! A fence! That gave me safety. The hungarian curlgeese (sorry for the translation, in german they called: Ungarische Lockengänse) looks beautiful, but hungry



And then i met him - this handsome guy:





He had to impress a lot of hens and he did a good job!



The table says: Come and visit our animals at their meadow. I'm sure, i wont do that.

The Girgentana-Goat comes from Sicily/Italy and is extreme endangered - it's a shame

Btw, this travelling toy comes from Uechte and is very endangered at this moment too:





And i saw a donkey, which looks a little bit like a Rastafarian:



The Poitou donkey is known since the eleventh century and is listed as "Critical" on the Conservation Priority List. Only about 300 Poitous worldwide





When i go into retirement, i want to live here!

Bye mom, Bye Lieselotte. I miss you both. Hugs,

Henri <3

Hello Lieselotte

after my adventure at Arche Warder, i was a little bit dirty and wasted and i decided to do some spa today:

       

The bubble bath was very refreshing and after an afternoon in the sun i enjoyed this crackling fire:

 

I'm missing you and hope to see you at Hanover next Saturday?

Hugs,
Henri

Dear mom, dear Lieselotte,

i had mail this week. Wonderful Betze send me a sticker of her favourite soccer club, the 1. FC Kaiserslautern. I need this sticker for the match in Hamburg in two weeks' time.

And turtles made a football scarf for me. So we cheer Kaiserslautern during the match versus Karlsruhe:



Here and there Kaiserslautern leaded, but the final score was 2:2.



I hope for a victory next time....

Dear mom, dear Lieselotte <3

today i had to guide my host turtles during her first longer bicycle tour this year. She has chosen a tour south of Lübeck, so that i could see some nice places...

We started very early - and it was foggy the first kilometres, which we were doing along the the Elbe–Lübeck Canal. The canal connects the Elbe and Trave rivers.





This was my place. I had an excellent view during the ride!



Look at these nice Primula veris'



The sun came out slowly:



The town of Mölln is along the canal and there we left the canal and had a look at this nice old town. At the old city center a lot of red brickstone buildings exists:





The townhall is at the left and at the right you see the church St. Nicolai.
The handsome guy, sitting below the church is Till Eulenspiegel, a legendary trickster known for exposing vices and provoking thought.



For luck you have to touch the thumb, as i do, or the foot, or both together, i'm a little bit confused...every statue in Germany has another point for getting luck. 



Ready for take off again.



From Mölln to Ratzeburg i guided turtles through a nice forrest:



Ratzeburg is surrounded by four lakes and the most known building is the late Romanesque Cathedral, of course built in typical north German 'red-brick' style. 





As Henry the Lion was responsible for the construction of this Cathedral, a copy of the Brunswick Lion stands in front of the cathedral.

Look at the wonderful details of the cathedral:



Finally we enjoyed the view at Lake Ratzeburg and visited my (and not only my) highlight of the day: Eis Pavillon Pelz





All those people are waiting for icecream. We did the same. Turtles promised me a very good icecream - she said, that she came for this icecream since she was a young girl.

After a short break, we started the last climb to the railway station and went back to Lübeck by train.

I enjoyed this beautiful Sunday very much, but i miss you.

Bye mom, bye Lieselotte.
Hugs and kisses,
Henri

Hello mom, hello Lieselotte

my report is a little bit late, but i hope, you enjoy it anyway.

The Easter weekend was so sunny, that i did another bicycle tour. This time i visited Eutin in Holstein Switzerland. And i have to say: the name is right. A lot of hills were on my way to Eutin. I was very exhausted when i reached home in the evening.

So have a look at my adventures:

The beach chairs are typical for both german coasts and just today they left their winter quarters.


The first kilometers i cycled along the coast and enjoyed the ocean.




Near Neustadt i turned to the hinterlands and saw a lot of blooming rapefields. The smell was wonderful and the yellow looked so nice!




Behind me is the Lake Eutin, only a few minutes to lunch


But first i had a look at Castle Eutin:






This is Eutin's market place and i had a great lunch under the cherry blossom...


After lunch i cycled back to Lübeck. At least i have done 86 km and slept very well

But next day, Easter Sunday, i had another look at the coast:



Behind me children did Easter egg hunt on the beach.
And the first people are in the beach chairs:



I didn't need a beach chair as you can see:



The sound of the sea was wonderful!

After that, i had a look at a stork's nest nearby, because Mr. Kwaadapp will arrive soon to meet a stork. Yes, i can offer two storks and they look friendly and not hungry....



I miss you both, mom and Lieselotte, and send a lot of hugs and kisses. <3 <3 <3

Hi mum, hi Lieselotte,

today was a hot and sunny day and i didn't have much action. But a guest arrived from down under: Kwaadapp. A friendly green frog.

Luigi and i welcomed him and we had a nice afternoon in the garden:

Hi MOM
Today i make a  father's day excursion
with food, drinks and fun on a ship  with
kwaadapp He comes from down under
and  ugla a TV candidate
i am a little bit seasick, i think i am not a true sea bear.





At the beach we meet Luigi Palermo he spend a wellness day at the beach

Today i am with Kwaadapp in Wallnau
Wallnau Waterbird Reserve (German: Wasservogelreservat Wallnau) is one of the most important reserves for migratory birds in Germany and the largest of NABU's nature conservation centres. The former pond estate of Wallnau lies on the west coast of the Baltic island of Fehmarn and covers, in its core zone, an area of just under 300 hectares (740 acres).







Unfortunately, most birds have hatched



but that does not matter,
there's a pond with frogs
Kwaadapp compliment his related





his aunt
is a little bit shy



it is here  quite tiring





but  after a break on the beach  is all ok

Today i take a cruise on the river  trave with Kwaadapp around the old town of Lübeck.





We start near the Salzspeicher, a  historic warehouses where salt delivered from Lüneburg awaited shipment to Baltic ports.





and continue the downward traveling to the Lübeck museum port  with old sailships and the old  Fehmarnbelt Lightship.







To the new port It is  the gate to the Baltic Sea.



There is the  Burgtor  the northern city gate of Lübeck




We pass under bridges through



the sun is shining





it's sunny and nice



we see the building of authorities
there work  the police




on the way back we see  the old churches of Lübeck
The St. Mary's church

Today i am with Kwaadapp
in Büsum it is a fishing and tourist town.








We see and the harbor with its fishing boats and the lighthouse.





The water  police comes





At the beach it is very warm and interesting
everywhere are beach chairs
it is warm and windless.








after this exertion we eat a crab bun
a local specialty