Travelog for: Crabs

Hi mom
Today I had to say goodbye to Stripes. He travels to Nebraska.



I hugged him and wished a good trip.



see you
Crabs

Hi mom,
Today I looked around a bit.





On the balcony even grow some herbs.







Otherwise, it's still pretty cold.
And the weather forecast does not bode well.
On weekends it supposed to snow again. Jasper does not like snow longer.
Spring is sure to come - I feel it.

see you
Crabs

Phh
to despair!





Crabs

Hello mom
I think that Switzerland goes down.





Thank God I can swim.

A little frustrated
Crabs

Hi mommy
what one does if it is boring.
A crab climbs on orchids.








This will end badly.
Crabs

Hi mommy
as Jasper came home from shopping today, she brought with fun stuff.
Gradually a beach formed.







Okay, the grass is made of plastic and the sea are blue glass stones, but the alcohol was real.





I celebrated with myself a beach party.





Yeahh, life is beautiful.





It will be sorry tomorrow.




Yours
Crabs

Hello
We surprised Jasper when she made dough.
Of course we also wanted to bake something for Easter.
Everyone got a piece of the dough and could form what he wanted.





We kneaded, rolled (round and long), cuted and pressed.











Look what came out.



a frog



looks a bit like me.


Jasper used the rest of the dough for a braid.





Also looks good.





If you could smell it!





Bye mom
Crabs

Happy Easter to all!
As you can see, I am ready to look for the Easter Bunny.



Jasper did her best to prepare us a nice Easter.



And now: Search









Ooh, looks like many sweets.







Special encounters included.





Mom look what I found.





Sweet Greetings from Switzerland



Crabs

Hello mommy
we needed sun. Therefore, we escaped the bad weather and traveled to the sunny part of Switzerland - Ticino.





More specifically to ...



Locarno is the capital of the Locarno district, located on the northern tip of Lake Maggiore.

First, we took the old funicular to Orselina.















There we visited Madonna del Sasso.





The sanctuary of Madonna del Sasso in Orselina above the city is the principal sight and goal of pilgrimage in the city.







The founding of the sanctuary goes back to a vision of the Virgin Mary that the Franciscan brother Bartolomeo d'Ivrea experienced in the night of 14/15 August 1480. The interior is highly decorated, and a platform gives a magnificent view of the city.











With life-size figures here is the "Last Supper" imitated.





Back in town, we stroll through the narrow streets of the old town - Città Vecchia.













Chiesa S. Antonio Abate, one of many churches.













Then we came to the Piazza Grande.









The Locarno International Film Festival takes place every year in August in the city and, at night, on the Piazza Grande.





Through a small park with palm trees and flowering plants we reached the shore of Lake Maggiore.













What a view.







Although I found no mermaid, but on this ship might be pirates.





We enjoyed enjoyed enjoyed.









Then it was time to say goodbye. Ciao Locarno - maybe we'll come back.



Bye mommy
Crabs

Hi
spring comes - at  least at home.



Our cherry branches bloom.



Crabs

Hello everyone,
Today reached us a new Toyvoyager.





We need a lot of patience until we were able to welcome the turtle.



Her pace was breathtaking.



Some of us fell asleep.





With some help from the front and top she has finally made it.





The joy was great.



We welcomed: Cassiopeia from Germany




Crabs

Hi mom
This morning we went for a walk.
We started uphill.





A bridge over the railroad



- and continue uphill.



Under a small tree, we stopped for a break.



A few years ago here stood a big, old apple tree.
When lightning struck it and split, it had to be cut down.

We walked on and came to a wayside cross.



The view was good





- here you see where I live in the moment.



We were looking forward to the flowers that bloom right now.





We went up and down and up again.





The pathes were getting narrower.



Next break on a root.





Then we had to climb stairs.



That took some time, the turtle is not the fastest.

We marveled trees with large roots



and sat on a high seat for hunters.





This is the path to the waterfall - we will visit it another time. It was too wet to climb among the rocks.



We found a place where we could see the falls from above.
Looks so small.



We came to another bridge over the railway and the ring road.





This is the old weaving. Today, several companies and the Railway Museum are located there.



We walked on



and came to the station. Not much going on today.



Passing chestnut trees,



we reached the railway bridge over the river Thur.





From there we had a beautiful view of Lichtensteig.









The main street.



The Old Town Hall



The "Gallsche Offizin", earlier schoolhouse, then hand press printing with old letters.



Through winding streets we came to the bank building.







Prior to that, there is a statue called "Lost Shadows"
In 1992, the Bank purchased the artwork "Lost Shadows" and make up in front of their office building. A naked man moves out from under a blanket and looking shocked in the sky.



The sculpture was an instant moral scandal in the town. A removal petition to the council initially had no success. The "people's anger" raged with color stops above all to the sex part of the frightened man. In 2000 a second petition achieved a partial success. The figure has been moved and turned so that her nudity is not visible from the main alley.

Okay, let's move on.

This is the town hall



and this is the Toggenburg Museum.



The town from another side.





The next break on a bench behind the Protestant Church.





As far as you can see, everywhere I went.



And it goes on.
Next stop: the factory that produces happiness. (in form of chocolate wafers)



Last stop was the St.Loreto chapel.





A Loreto chapel is a replica of the revered Italian pilgrimage Loreto Basilica della Santa Casa, which the Santa Casa (Holy House) of the Holy Family in Nazareth houses: According to legend, in the 13th century angels should have converted the building from Nazareth to Loreto.



Three hours later we arrived where we started: at home.



Tired but happy
Crabs

Hi mom
today Yuma made on his trip to Poland.



We wished him a quick and safe trip.



Bye for now
Crabs

Hello Mom
Yesterday we took a walk along our river Thur and looked at the waterfall.
The waterfall itself is not very big and not very spectacular. But the way ...



Looks like jungle.





We followed narrow, very narrow paths (the path is good, but there is a risk of falling beside it).





We squeezed through narrow gorges











and crawled through under huge boulders.







Then follows a long jump (via the effluent water)
and there it was, the little waterfall.







We were amazed that such a small waterfall can wash out such a large pool.











Jasper told us, waterfall and Thur are unpredictable.

Normally, everything looks very romantic.





But two days heavy rain, and every path and every place you see here is several meters under water.







We followed the river,











running through fields of wild garlic,











played with stones



and sat on roots









or in the warm sand.



Several times we were happy to sit in Jaspers pocket.



She had to overcome dangerous places and we were chattering in the bag with our teeth.







But Toyvoyager are adventurers and we spent a exciting afternoon.

Bye for now
Crabs

Hi mom
Today there is not much to tell.
Jasper is very busy and I help where I can.
For example, with the laundry.



As a reward I was allowed to bathe in chocolate bars.



Marvelous

Crabs