Remscheid, Germany - 17th December 2008
By: olgamaus
Hi Mummy,
I want to show you my new furry friends today. They are really kind and hoggish. They always try to steal my pecan nuts.
This is Jordan.
Here are Karla and Jordan. Karla is one of the youngest pet rats and the most curious one.
The rats have a really funny furniture in their large cage. This is a trouser leg which is filled with scrap of paper. The rats love to hide in it.
Bye
Theodore
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Posted Dec 17, 2008, 7:19 pm
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Remscheid, Germany - 3rd January 2009
By: olgamaus
Hi Mummy,
although Katja still has a bad cold we took a walk today. The sun was shining but it was really cold. So we went into town because Katja had to exchange something that she had bought. Here she showed us one of the churches in the town centre. In the foreground you can see a funny fountain.
We walked along the route of tools again. We saw that trees must have grown through one of the bordering walls once. They were cut off.
Back home we were sitting in the kitchen window, looking to the town centre. In the background you can see the water tower and the town hall. Look how beautiful the red sunlight looked.
Bye
Theodore
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Posted Jan 3, 2009, 10:16 pm
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Remscheid, Germany - 6th January 2009
By: olgamaus
Hi Mummy,
we went into the town centre with Katja today. It is really cold here, about -9°C. Katja told us that it hasn't been so cold for at least 15 years. It also snowed on Sunday, but not too much.
After work we took the first photos out of the office window, you can see part of the town hall, the shopping mall and the market place. The skating rink will be removed this week.
We had to walk only a few steps to reach the shopping mall. We took a few pictures here.
Again the town hall.
We went home then. The next photo is taken in the vicinity of my current home, in the crossroad.
Back home we went to the attic to have a look out of the roof light at the snowy roofs of the neighbour houses. You can also see the water tower and the town hall's tower. The moon is also visible.
We also took a look out of the living room window, at the front side of the house.
When Katja's daughter returned from work we took a walk to the muncipal park. It is only a few minutes to walk from here to get there. This time the duck pond is frozen up.
In the background you can see the outskirts of Remscheid and Wuppertal, the neighbour town.
We enjoyed the last sunrays on a bench.
Then suddenly I heard something plopping onto our bench ...
There was sitting a chipmunk girl!
She followed us from now on.
She climbed onto a tree when I did ...
... she climbed through this pile of tree trunks when I did ...
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... and she followed me to play in the snow.
She even kissed me on my nose.
Then she disappeared into the forrest. Oh dear, I fell in love, I believe. I hope we will visit the muncipal park again tomorrow.
Bye
Theodore
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Posted Jan 6, 2009, 6:37 pm
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Solingen to Leichlingen, Germany - 11th January 2009
By: olgamaus
Hi Mummy,
the weather is still fantastic here, so we took a walk in the outskirts of the neighbour town Solingen.
We parked the car in Solingen-Unterburg and walked along the river Wupper. Everything is snowy and looks beautiful.
On the next photo you can see a pump which was used at Sengbach dam, a drinking water dam in the vicinity,
We saw an old building with a water wheel.
We reached the hamlet Balkhausen. Here we saw nice old houses.
We walked into woodland again and came along farmland.
Our path followed the river Wupper, we reached a point which is called Wupperhof.
We walked further and reached the parts of the town which are at the border to Leichlingen, another town which is adjoining to Solingen.
Here we saw old industrial buildings, one of them is now a tenement.
Here we rested on the axis of a large water wheel or another ancient machine for a while. This Alsation dog accompanied us.
Here we had the possibility to cross the river Wupper and walk back to the car.
This is our last picture, we were sitting at the banks of the river Wupper and had wet bums afterwards. But this beautiful photo was worth it.
Later in the evening, back home, Katja showed us in Google Earth where we had walked. We saw that we walked about 17 or 18 km.
Bye
Theodore
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Posted Jan 11, 2009, 9:13 pm
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at home, Remscheid, Germany - 11th January 2009
By: olgamaus
Hi Mummy,
in the evening we helped Katja to make snowballs. No, not outside but in the kitchen.
Katja had promised her sister-in-law to bake a cake for her. She was celebrating her birthday a few days ago and will need two cakes tomorrow to celebrate her birthday at her working place in a elementary school.
So Katja decided to bake snowballs.
But how can you bake snowballs?
By the way, two new ToyVoyagers, Germania and Tiger Lilly, also helped to make snowballs. Germania and Tiger Lilly will start their journey soon.
First you have to bake a sponge cake, or you could buy one.
Then you prepare a cream containing curd cheese, creme fraiche, whipped cream, some sugar and amaretto. Here are the ingredients:
250 g curd cheese
150 g creme fraiche
125 ml amaretto
50 g sugar
1 package vanilla sugar
400 ml whipped cream
2 packets Sahnesteif (a white powder which keeps the whipped creme tight)
200 g desiccated coconut
First you mix curd cheese, creme fraiche, sugar and amaretto. Then you have to make whipped cream and stir it to the other ingredients.
Now you have to rip the sponge cake into small pieces. Put the crumbs into the prepared cream and mingle both.
Put the desiccated coconut into a larger box. Then you have to form little balls with wet hands and to roll them into coconut.
We put the snowballs into paper muffin cups. Ready!
They are delicious!
Bye
Theodore
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Posted Jan 11, 2009, 9:36 pm
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Remscheid, Germany - 21st January 2009
By: olgamaus
Hi Mummy,
a new ToyVoyager arrived today. It's Fluffytail, a squirrel.
We took a walk to the muncipal park in the afternoon. We came along the playground, in the background you can see one of the churches in the town centre.
Here we are in the muncipal park. The duck pond is still covered with ice, while the snow already melted away. The signs is showing something really typical for Germany: A prohibition sign. It says that you are not allowed to enter the frozen surface.
Here you can see more of the park.
This is a very special thing: A garden for blind people. All descriptions are made in braille and the flowers are planted at a convenient height. In summer they have flowers, herbs, sounds, stones and more.
This is the memorial for the victims of several wars.
I met the sweet chipmunk girl here a few weeks ago.
I want to meet her again, so I was looking for her. Elston and Fluffytail helped me, but they did not see her. I also did not find her. I'm a little bit sad. Katja tried to comfort me. She said that I can go the muncipal park as often as I like to look for the chipmunk girl.
We left the muncipal park, walked downhill and walked back home along the Route of Tools. Here we were back on the street. These slate covered houses with green shutters are typical for this region, they are called "Bergische Häuser".
This steep street is leading back to the muncipal park. You have to be in a good shape to take walks here.
Bye
Theodore
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Posted Jan 21, 2009, 5:25 pm
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Remscheid, at home, Germany - 24th January 2009
By: olgamaus
Hello Mummy,
we had delicious fruits in the evening. Katja said we all should lose some weight, so we had fruits instead of a real dinner.
We had banana, a golden kiwi, an apple, physalis and honeydew melon.
We helped to cut all fruits into pieces.
We watched "Hundkatzemaus" on TV. That's a tv show about pets. In English the name would be "dogcatmouse". You can learn a lot about pets. I had also some peanuts, I shared them with Fluffytail, the squirrel.
We enjoyed it.
Bye
Theodore
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Posted Jan 27, 2009, 8:19 am
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Duesseldorf, Germay - 30th January 2009
By: olgamaus
Hi Mummy,
today we visited Düsseldorf, the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The city is situated on the River Rhine and is renowned for its many events and also for its fashion and trade fairs.
We went there by train and walked to the town centre.
We saw this interesting pyramide, a fountain which is put out of service in winter,
this is a church, Johannekirche.
This is an equestrian sculture showing Emperor Wilhelm I, one of the former German Emperors, who lived from 1797 until 1888 A.D.
We reached Königsalle, the most famous shopping street here. They have stores of the world famous designers here. Königsallee is called "KÖ" here.
The small river Duessel is running through the town.
From here we walked to Altstadt (old town). Here you can see the town hall.
From here it is not far to river Rhine.
This is the Landtag of the state North Rhine-Westphalia, the provincial government, also situated at the river Rhine.
Here you can see an information board regarding to Rhine tower.
In Germany they definitely have too many traffic signs, even on footways.
Now you can see Rhine Tower.
It was already getting dark than. The river lookes so beautiful with the sun going down that we made more pictures.
Sunset in the haven.
We walked along the backside of the Landtag, here a library is situated.
When we returned to Altstadt all the pubs at the waterfront were illuminated.
Katja and her friend hat a few delicious beers later and an even more delicious mojito.
Bye
Theodore
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Posted Jan 31, 2009, 9:55 am
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