Travelog for: Minerva

When I arrived at my new house I went up to my new mom's room to rest.


Then a weird looking black and white dude came in so i quickly went under the pillows.

He sat their for awhile telling me that he didnt want to hurt me and he wanted to be my friend. So eventually I came out from underneath the pillow.

I found out his name is Mumble we talked for hours.

I was invited to Buntraveler's Halloween party. I am so exited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  So I quickly wrote a note




Then I climbed into my box and Mumble passed me the note I wrote with a little bookmark ribbon for my host.

I had my box taped up this morning so I could go on my journey and said bye to Mumble

I got home today!!!

first thing I did after I jumped out of my box was show my mommy all my gifts.


When Mumble heard I was home he came running to greet me.



I am happy to be home. I want to see more of Miami then I will be off to see more of the world.

I am on my way to Oksana in Russia.

Today I've finally came to Novosibirsk, Russia to my new host Oksana. She received me in the morning and took to her office, so I spent the whole day there. It was very interesting!
At first I climbed on the Christmas tree that stood in Oksana's office. Here I am


And I hung some Christmas balls on the tree.


Then I worked with Oksana- we were making some financial report.


When the report was finished we went to another room. There was one more Christmas tree. Here am I with my new friends teddy bears under the tree 


I found so-o  many magazines there!


When the secretary went for a lunch, Oksana asked me to replace her for an hour. It was very funny!


I got some sweets for that job and was allowered to dance on the Egyptian drum




Now I feel very tired  and sleepy, so I'm going to bed. Tomorrow I will tell you about Oksana's house, her pets, show you some new photos with my new friends and besides that Oksana promised to take me for a walk

Hello!!! Today I've had a very interesting day! Before going to Oksana's work, I ate Russian soup- borsch- it turned out to be very strange but I like it

Then Oksana asked me to feed her Guinea pigs- she has 2 Guinea pigs- Sonja and Dusja. They are so-o funny!

After that I chatted with Oksana's teddy bears for a while.

And then we went to Oksana' office where we worked till lunch. Then  we ate pizza and went to the nearest park for a walk. Here  I am on the snowy tree-

- on snow

-on the fur tree

- near the Voznesensky Cathedral

-near the Novosibirsk circus


-Here I'm  near the place where Russians buy Christmas trees for their houses and flats.

-While we were walking we saw some very big cars that were clearing away the snow from the roads.

So I liked our walk very much, but it was a bit cold for me-
-15'C So we returned into the office where I met a very interesting guy in a very beautiful clothes. Oksana said that it was an actor who took part in congratulating Oksana's company's business partners  with coming New Year and Christmas. This boy wore the costume of April from the Russian fairy-tale "12 months". So he was visiting different companies and presenting them with Christmas gifts- sweets and flowers.



I had a very long day and I feel tired now. So I'm going to sleep! Bye!
(I like sleeping with Oksana's cat We have become good friends with Musya!

My host took me for a walk about Novosibirsk a couple of days ago. She showed me some very interesting places.

The house of officers.


The Voznesensky Cathedral


Narymsky Garden
I saw some very beautiful  fur trees and pine trees and could feed the doves there.



And here's the famouse Russian birch tree:


Tomorrow I will show you some more photos of me in Novosibirsk

On Saturday my host took me to the playground near her house. There was no other children, so I was playing there alone. But still I had much fun!








After that my host showed me the Novosibirsk Underground:






When we arrived in the centre of Novosibirsk we decided to walk about the city. We could see many interesting places there:




Here I'm on the Lenin's Square near the Opera and Ballet Theatre:


The Heroes of the USSR:




We saw the Russian wedding!


Here I'm near the small fountain:








Near the St. Nicholas Chappel:




Novosibirsk mayoralty:


In the local museum:


Local museum:


Near the Lenin's monument:


The opera and ballet theatre:






In the pet's shop:

Today is Christmas and we are drinking Gruewein (hot red wine with spices)- it's very tasty! 
Merry Christmas to everyone!!!

Today our host Oksana has taken us to the children's playground where I could play and make photos with my new
friends Minerva and Blue Rat.
There were some snow sculptures at the playground.
Here we are with Father Frost (like our Santa Clause, but in Russia they call him Father Frost):

Here we are with Father's Frost grand-daughter Snegurochka:






And then we felt a bit frozen and we went with Oksana to the cinema house. We watched the "The National Treasure2"-
we liked that film very much!
And here are some photos from the cinema house:



Tomorrow we are going to help our host to clean the flat and decorate the Christmas tree.

Hello! Today we help our host to decorate the Christmas tree! It turned out to be so-o funny!

Happy New Year!
Today is New Year's Eve and I and Curly help our host to clean her house and cook some very tasty dishes.
Here we are cooking the salad:

Oksana liked what we cooked very much and she
gave  us many tangerines. I love tangerines! Russians like eating this fruit on New Year Day.

Today we've been sleeping till 10 a.m. Then we had a very tasty New Year Day's breakfast , watched an old Russian New Year comedy and went to the Central park of Novosibirsk to see the big Christmas tree.
All city was covered by white snow and it was snowing heavily!
The city was almost empty- no cars, no people... It looked very strange, because Novosibirsk has 1,5 mln of citizens.
We thought that all those 1,5 mln people were having rest after celebrating all night





I liked walking in the Central Park! I saw there a very big Chrisrmas tree and lots of sculptures made of snow. We were playing there with Curly for about an hour.

Today our has taken me and Curly to the embankment where we could see the ice city. We went there by the subway.



Here I'm near the Egyptian pyramid:


Near Indian Tadj-Mahal:


Near the Cathedral of Blessed Vasily in Moscow:




Here I'm in Africa with a camel:



Here I'm with Curly:


Here I'm with the Statue of Liberty in the USA:


House made of ice:



Curly and me with Sphinx: