Vienna, Austria - 16th May 2007
By: ChristinaB
Hello!!
I'm Gina the Giraffe, the only giraffe that is originally from Austria
I live in Vienna with my funny family and we often welcome toyvoyagers at home. It's amazing which exciting stories they can tell - and since I really envy them for that i decided to leave home for a while, too and search for my own adventures.
I'm a very curious giraffe and easy to live with. I love kids (since I lived togeter with 3 of them) and other animals. There is hardly anything I'm really frightened of - except very narrow places. I love to eat vegetables and fruits - loads of them! - and I'm very interested in anything that is new to me. I really enjoy everything high, towers, mountains, trees... whatever and I'd like to discover the world now.
For my very first adventure I'll go to Upper Austria with my family today because they thought I should visit a few places at my own country first before I start travelling on my own. But then, at the beginning of the next week I'll start my great adventure.
Lots of love, Gina Giraffe
My hosts so far are:
1.KanaPoutz, France
2.drakie, UK
3.dragonjoust, USA
4.BunTraveler, Oregon, USA
5.aliah, Malaysia
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Posted May 16, 2007, 8:13 am Last edited May 18, 2007, 12:15 pm by ChristinaB
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Odessa, Ukraine - 13th October 2007
By: TS
Hi, Christina ! I am in Odessa now - the city of romance and legendary humor! There is a lot of monuments, places of interest, theatres, museums and other.
Tatiana shown me the city when it was a lovely sunny day. We visited the historical center of Odessa, walking along the Derebasovskaye street, visited City Garden with it's beautifull fontain, saw different monuments, Tatiana took me to the very oldest chemicts.
look at photos - i am so happy, I like this city too much....really.... but.... I miss you,dear..... my dear Christina. I hope some time we will come to Odessa together with u.
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Posted Oct 13, 2007, 6:23 pm
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Odessa, Ukraine - 28th November 2007
By: TS
Hi, I am going to leave Odessa, but first want to show you my last photos.
This is famouse Odessa Opera and Ballet theatre.
The Theatre itself is interesting not only by us architecture, but by its rich creative biography. The great merit in the development of musical culture in the south of our country belongs, to this theatre. P.Tchaikovsky, N.Rimsky-Korsakov, S.Rachmani- noff, Ezhen Izai, Pablo Sarasate and others performed their works. There appeared on the stage the actors, who glorified the home art/ the great singers: Fyodor Shalyapin, Solomiya Grushelnitskaya, Antonina Nezhdanova, Leonid Sobinov,
Tito Ruffo, Batistini, Jeraldoni sang here, Anna Pavlova, the first world ballet- clancer, had been dansing here
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Posted Nov 28, 2007, 11:00 am
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Odessa, Ukraine - 28th November 2007
By: TS
There are a lot of beautifull autumn flowers near Opera and Ballet Theatre. You can see here what a wonderfull time I spent in Odessa.... relax.... mmmm....
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Posted Nov 28, 2007, 11:06 am
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Odessa, Ukraine - 28th November 2007
By: TS
In 1823-24 the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin lived in Odessa. Here he wrote the first charter of his novel in verse Eugene Onegin and several other shorter poems too.
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Posted Nov 28, 2007, 11:11 am
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Odessa, Ukraine - 28th November 2007
By: TS
More sites and history are to be discovered along Primorsky Boulevard when you explore Odessa along with the many other visitors and locals out strolling .
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Posted Nov 28, 2007, 11:14 am
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Odessa, Ukraine - 28th November 2007
By: TS
At the center of the boulevard "the Semicircle" is the site of the monument to Duc de Richelieu designed by Melnikov & Martos with bas reilefs depicting agriculture, trade & justice ornamenting the pedestal of the bronze statue of Richelieu overlooking the port & stairs. The two buildings each forming quarter circles in the shape of their facades both have five open apertures with semi-columns decorating the main entrances and a carved ballustrade above the massive cornices establishing the perimeter of Potemkin Square.
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Posted Nov 28, 2007, 11:17 am
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Odessa, Ukraine - 28th November 2007
By: TS
On the next photo u can see Odessa Seaport, but to reach it we need to ho downstairs by famouse Potemkin Stairway or to go by big elevator - funiculer. We chose second variant and it is seen on the photo.
The Potemkin Stairway was originally constructed in 1837 with greenish-gray sandstone imported from Trieste, Italy and consisted of 200 steps. The design creates somewhat of an optical illusion making the steps seem bigger than their actual size as upper flights are 44.22 feet (13.4 meters) wide while the lower flights are 71.28 feet (21.6 meters) wide bordered on each side by 6.6 foot (2 meters) wide steps and seven landings connecting the present day's 192 steps. The stairs name was taken from the battleship Potemkin and were to be later memorialized in the famous film of that name by the Russian producer Sergei Eizenstein.
We are in elevator and there is a view from it
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Posted Nov 28, 2007, 11:35 am
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Odessa, Ukraine - 7th December 2007
By: TS
Hi. Some days ago I left Odessa for Moscow. I liked here too much, hope to visit this wonderfull city again some time.
On the photo you can see that Tatiana created new nose for me, because the previos one was not very strong and one nostris was lost. This one is crocheted of french cotton DMC and match me ideally.
Bye....
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Moscow, Russia - 18th December 2007
By: kristl
Hello,
I've arrived to the cold and snowy Moscow I'm safe and sound, don't worry!
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Posted Dec 18, 2007, 5:40 pm
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Glubokoye (The Deep), Russia - 31st December 2007
By: kristl
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Posted Jan 19, 2008, 3:55 pm Last edited Jan 21, 2008, 3:22 pm by kristl
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